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Image description: a student holding an open book against her face. Error upon error has marked this year’s exam season. Prioritising avoiding grade inflation rather than fairness led to A Level chaos, and then a sudden change to BTec results caused widespread confusion: it seems that every consideration was made other than for the welfare […]
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The City of Paris Museums voted on 15th November 2018 that photos of the works belonging to their collection would become free for all to look at and use. The museums that form part of this group include the Palais Galliera Museum of Fashion, the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Petit […]
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Going on holiday always involves a degree of escapism – leaving the realities of everyday life behind you for a while to seek out new places and new experiences, or just to take a much-needed break, far-removed from daily stresses. But why not take the escapism up a gear, and remove yourself even further from […]
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It is remarkable how quickly public sentiment can change in the era of social media, but the fall from grace of VAR within the space of 90 minutes is nonetheless remarkable. However, the failure of technology to grant Willian a penalty in Chelsea’s FA Cup replay against Norwich sparked a backlash that, whilst understandable, misses […]
Continue ReadingOn November 18th 2016, Kyle Abbott posted a photo on his Instagram account: the pair of Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander were stationed either side of him, and the trio in unison clutched a used cricket ball. The caption read, “Known as the engine room !!! Always a partnership”. It was in reference to […]
Continue ReadingKick-off at the Signal Iduna Park was scheduled for 19:45 (GMT) on Wednesday. Come 19:49, however, Lukas Podolski was still addressing the endearing German fans who had gathered to witness his farewell to die Mannschaft, and it became clear that England were merely the party guests of the occasion. The script had already been written; […]
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Gareth Southgate sat motionless, deep into the six additional minutes at White Hart Lane, the stern look plastered on his face starkly juxtaposed with the rapturous noise echoing around the ground. The newly appointed England manager had the demeanour of a man who was watching with an agenda that was yet to be finalised: learning, […]
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When England were eliminated from Euro 2016 by Iceland, many considered the moment to represent a true rock bottom for the English national team, how wrong they were. The recent release of undercover reporter footage of Sam Allardyce, a man only appointed to the England role in late July, sent the reputation of English football […]
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This may be my first year living in Oxford, but from what I can gather Trinity Term is truly the term of tradition. Michaelmas has matriculation and Oxmas, Hilary has torpids and half way hall. But these have nothing on May Day, Ascension Day and trashing, which is to name just a few traditions that […]
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The Conservative Party’s relationship with Scotland has been turbulent to say the least. In 1955, they gained a majority of the Scottish vote – the first time this had been achieved by a party since the introduction of universal suffrage. In the 1959 election, they won the most votes, but Labour took the most seats. […]
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At best the results for Labour in this year’s elections could be described as ‘mixed’, but for a party which has spent six long years in the Opposition benches, and are supposedly enjoying the revitalising effects of a new revolutionary leader, ‘mixed’ isn’t quite good enough. Whilst Corbyn may point to the fact that Labour […]
Continue ReadingIn this year alone, the National Union of Students (NUS) has presented evidence against the illegal deportation of 50,000 international students at a Home Affairs Select Committee, given evidence at the UN against the Islamophobic Prevent agenda, and convinced the government to reverse £41 million worth of cuts to Higher Education funding. The NUS does […]
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For me, London stands for multi-culture, diversity and respect. It is a city where 8.5 million people from 270 different nationalities cohabit and, for the most part, get on well and respect each other. As you can imagine, then, my image of London is a far cry from the close-minded and, frankly, racist views of […]
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Have you ever wondered whether Groundhog Day is more than just a fiction? The 1993 film features Bill Murray as a selfish weatherman forced to relive the same day over and over again until he learns the error of his ways. In the meantime he engages in mindless hedonism and ends up driving himself off […]
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England qualified top of their group unbeaten on thirty points after their victory over Lithuania on Monday, yet that does not seem enough. Jamie Carragher has claimed it is the easiest it has ever been to win an England cap, after Dele Ali made his debut in the 88th minute against Estonia. Meanwhile, complaints are […]
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Students from areas of “low expectation” are being targeted by Oxford University in new outreach projects launched this week.
Continue ReadingEngland once again have a seam attack to be feared Although still not the finished article, England’s bowling regained some of its old vigour and force under the masterly stewardship of James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Anderson, now just three wickets away from Ian Botham’s record of 383 test wickets, was back to his magical […]
Continue Reading354 days. The amount of time the English cricket team went without winning a test match. A painful period which saw them being completely blown away by Ashes rivals Australia in the winter, followed by a home series defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka at the start of this summer. The beginning of the […]
Continue ReadingThe curtain has fallen on Steven Gerrard’s career as England captain, but nobody appears ready to take centre stage in his place. That’s how it appears from outside St George’s Park as Roy Hodgson decides who will be next to wear the armband – post-Golden Generation, natural leaders in the England squad are few and […]
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