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Way back in early March, I woke up to a letter from College advising everyone to wash our hands to avoid the spread of a new disease that had started to circulate around China and, although in small numbers, the UK. Being young and all too preoccupied with essays and bops, I paid scant attention […]
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Image description: A computer showing a Facebook profile with an open mobile phone held beside it. No amount of telling yourself that Oxford is not the real world can prepare you for the culture shock when you come home. Here, my preferred way to begin the day is to argue with the radio. Whilst the […]
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Image Description: A paper heart hanging from some string. You don’t sleep, you don’t eat, and you won’t understand what it’s like unless you’ve been there. There are some surprising similarities between having your heart broken and studying for an undergraduate degree at Oxford. This is what we can learn from the double ordeal of […]
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To our readers, We know it’s been an unusual term. Not having a physical paper has been disappointing, to say the least for the OxStu editorial team, but we like to think we have continued to create worthwhile and interesting content for you. Moving forward, we have exciting plans to transform and modernise the paper […]
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Got any troubles, worries, concerns, or heartaches? Send them to the Dean of Hearts by filling out this anonymous form. “Dear Dean of Hearts, I think I’m in love with my college husband. I know the whole college marriage thing is a joke but I can’t stop thinking about him. We’re both single, so there’s nothing really […]
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Last week, we asked Oxford’s students to sum up their lives with the brevity of a thesis title. With results ranging from a 1st for originality to a 0 for plagiarism, it’s safe to say that you lot are a diverse bunch. This week, we wanted to find out even more about the twists and […]
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The world has turned upside down, we’re barely allowed to leave the house, but we have to make the most of our fees, right? Enter the Zoom tutorial, stage left. There’s something bizarrely terrifying about being perceived in our home environments – because yes, your tutor is definitely judging you for that My Chemical Romance poster […]
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Each week we’ll be releasing a question for readers to answer, and producing an article reviewing the best submissions received. So are you bored? Isolated? Think you can submit some banging chat? Send your (anonymous) answers to the RevYou, and you can have them discussed, mocked, attacked, and maybe even praised… This week’s question is […]
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Last week, we asked Oxford who it would want to quarantine with, and some of the responses were… questionable. One thing that OxYou can get behind though is self-improvement – to the two readers who voiced a desire to sort out their hair and to get hench, we commend you. If only we had such […]
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Got any troubles, worries, concerns, or heartaches? Send them to the Dean of Hearts by filling out this anonymous form. “Dear Dean of Hearts, I spent the year sleeping through my college JCR committee, I was only missing the president. Any ideas on how to chirpse the JCR pres in time for a post lockdown shag?” JCR […]
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Each week we’ll be releasing a question for readers to answer, and producing an article reviewing the best submissions received. So are you bored? Isolated? Think you can submit some banging chat? Send your (anonymous) answers to the RevYou, and you can have them discussed, mocked, attacked, and maybe even praised… This week’s question is […]
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Last week, we asked Oxford what it wanted to do as soon as it got out of lockdown – and it didn’t disappoint. After six weeks of involuntary celibacy, the country’s ‘best and brightest’ were thirstier than the freshers at a bop post-Cha-Cha Slide. This week’s RevYou was your shot at self redemption, as we […]
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Got any troubles, worries, concerns, or heartaches? Send them to the Dean of Hearts by filling out this anonymous form. “Dear Dean of Hearts, I just found out the boy I was sleeping with last term is a Tory. Do I keep seeing them? I’m not sure my friends would forgive me…” Conservatism is the ideology of […]
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Got any troubles, worries, concerns, or heartaches? Send them to the Dean of Hearts by filling out this anonymous form. “Dear Dean of Hearts, I met my tute partner once last term and I really liked them, I think we hit it off. I really wanted this term to be the one to meet someone but now […]
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Each week we’ll be releasing a question for readers to answer, and producing an article reviewing the best submissions received. So are you bored? Isolated? Think you can submit some banging chat? Send your (anonymous) answers to the RevYou, and you can have them discussed, mocked, attacked, and maybe even praised… This week’s question is […]
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Last week, The Oxford Student surveyed students, asking them what they would like to do first once lockdown is over. After many responses, we’ve compiled and discussed the best answers for your entertainment… At the close of the very first OxStu RevYou, it is clear that Oxford has spoken. Ladies and gentlemen, old and young, […]
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The Oxford Student is proud to announce the OxStu RevYou, a light-hearted weekly survey of Oxford students! Each week we’ll be releasing a question for readers to answer, and producing an article reviewing the best submissions received. So are you bored? Isolated? Think you can submit some banging chat? Send your (anonymous) answers to the […]
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Got any troubles, worries, concerns, or heartaches? Send them to the Dean of Hearts by filling out this anonymous form. “Dear Dean of Hearts, My boyfriend has not shaved his facial hair in over 2 months now, despite promising on multiple occasions he would. I am now unable to hold him to account in person […]
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Congregation, the University’s supreme governing body, zoomed on Wednesday to discuss the raising of tuition fees for Trinity term, with some faculty representatives arguing that the increase should be as high as 30%. Pro Vice Chancellor Wartin Milliams, who attended the meeting, told The Oxford Student, “We have heard concerns amongst students that the value […]
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