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  • 5th December 2023
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Investigations
·4th June 2016

Intimidating aspects of Oxford politics discourage women from speaking

Ariane Laurent-Smith Naomi Southwell
Despite the university’s history of producing prominent female politicians, the atmosphere of political discussion in Oxford does not encourage women...
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Investigations
·15th May 2017

Queerphobia and the Rise of the ‘Snowflake Student’

Oliver Hirsch
Created in 1980, Oxford Friend is a voluntary organisation which runs a helpline for LGBTQ+ people in Oxford. Back then,...
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Investigations
·26th February 2018

Dead Society of Poets: What happens to defunct societies?

James Ashworth
What happens after we die is one of the biggest and difficult questions that any philosopher could contend with. For...
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Investigations
·3rd May 2018

80 percent of Oxford students plan to vote in local elections on May 3rd

Lucy Clay
On 3rd May, we will head to the polls to vote in local elections across the country. This is the...
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Investigations
·23rd May 2018

The struggle for gender equality in Oxford’s political societies

Jake Davies
On 6th February this year, Britain celebrated a landmark anniversary. The day marked one hundred years since the first women...
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Investigations
·26th October 2018

Transphobic tweets linked to Oxford sociology professor

James Ashworth and Charlie Willis
Image Credit: Tom Gould. Description: St Cross College. Please note that this article contains explicit discussion of transphobic statements and...
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News
·11th January 2019

College Open Day pay disparities revealed – see how your college ranks

Tom Gould, Jay Staker, Erica Yokoyama, Una Yates
One of the hard facts of Oxford life, obscure to most applicants but quickly apparent to newly-arrived freshers, is that...
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News
·3rd March 2019

Revealed: London has four times as many college outreach links as the North West

Maya Middleton-Welch
A wide regional disparity exists between college outreach links in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Oxford Student can reveal. Whilst...
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News
·20th December 2019

Only 3% of Oxford’s state school offers go to ‘markedly below average’ schools

Ruth Whiteside
The Oxford Student can report that, out of all state school offers to Oxford between 2016 and 2018 surveyed by Progress...
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·23rd April 2020

Classics exams to be webcam invigilated

Myesha Munro
Image description: A laptop with a webcam being covered by tape The Classics faculty have proposed that exams for students...
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Investigations
·25th February 2017

Investigation: students overwhelmingly believe Oxford has a homelessness problem

98.5% of students surveyed believe there is a homelessness problem in Oxford In an investigation carried out by the Oxford...
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Investigations
·29th January 2018

OxStu Investigates: What would you do in a nuclear war?

James Ashworth
Four minutes. As the warning sirens begin to peal, that is the time left before a nuclear strike. A three-megaton...
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Investigations
·1st May 2018

“I’m more scared about coming off Facebook than I am of staying on it”

Lucy Clay
It’s a normal Wednesday evening and I’m eating a meal with friends. “Are you coming out tonight?” one of them...
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Investigations
·5th May 2018

Are Oxford colleges equipped to deal with student mental health concerns?

Jake Davies
Mental health is rapidly climbing up the agenda of university authorities across the UK with five times as many students...
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Investigations
·13th October 2018

Essay Mills: The crime ‘one in seven’ students are committing

Lou Lou Curry
Image credit: Durova A recent study by Swansea University has revealed that “one in seven” students have paid someone else to...
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Investigations
·2nd November 2018

Investigation: Classics students overworked as tutors break Faculty rules

Tom Gould
The stereotypical image of the workshy Humanities student is well-established in Oxford culture. The regimen of self-supervised library sessions and...
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Investigations
·18th February 2019

“Confusing and very difficult” – college suspension policies revealed

Erica Yokoyama and Úna Yates
Suspension is becoming increasingly common in Oxford, having risen by 68% since 2011. Yet it continues to be an invisible...
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Committee member resigns from Oxford Union over systemic issues
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·25th July 2019

“Nepotism is not a substitute for friendship”: Union Access Officer resigns amid controversial appointments

Samuel Burns
An Oxford Union Access Officer, Beth Chamberlain, resigned her position on 12 July, condemning the society as “full of pseudo-politicos...
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News
·22nd January 2020

Plush Bouncers Accused of Violence Against Women

Alexander Haveron-Jones
The Oxford Student have been informed that male security staff at the Plush Lounge, Oxford’s LGBTQ+ nightclub, have been accused...
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  • Law Faculty announces plans for closed-book final examinations 3rd December 2023
  • Katie Hopkins speaks at Union vegan debate 1st December 2023
  • SU release statement condemning Oxford Union speaker invitations 29th November 2023
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