News·9th May 2023Union finances jeopardised after SU boycott Rose Henderson The Oxford University Student Union has severed ties with the Oxford Union. 78% of voters were in favour. The motion...Read More
Culture·4th November 2021Night on the Town Amina Lounas Image Description: a selfie taken in a night club. Freshers week has been and gone, and our inevitable freshers flu...Read More
Features·16th October 2020Surviving in The Bubble: A Fresher’s Homage to Freshers’ Week 2020 Elsie Clark Image Description: Two Bubbles separating two groups of individuals 1. THE ARRIVAL The day had come – after a year...Read More
Comment·4th November 2017Freshers’ Week: do a few years make a difference? Alice Spiers, Graduate There is a particular breed of fresher roaming the streets of Oxford this October. One that often...Read More
News·21st September 2017A letter to my fresher self Emma. It’s the day after your nineteenth birthday, you’re moving to university and you’re terrified. You’re a home bird at...Read More
News·16th August 2017So, you’ve got into Oxford… The sickening rush of results day is over, and you’ve made it! Congratulations. It’s soon going to start to sink...Read More
Life·11th October 20165 Types of Fresher and How to Spot them 1. The Gap Yah Inbetween long stories about how they built a well in Kenya or chundered everywhere in Budapest,...Read More
Comment·16th October 2015My first week in Oxford: a review Claire Sims Until the moment I arrived at Oxford, I thought I was ready. I was the classic overzealous fresher; I diligently...Read More
Entertainment·7th October 2013What’s On Stage? 0th Week Stage Editors Welcome to What’s On Stage?, our new weekly update showcasing the editors’ picks for what to see in Oxford each...Read More
Entertainment·16th September 2013Behind the mask of Freshers’ Week fancy dress themes Eleanor Grange Before all of you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed freshlings descend upon Oxford for Freshers’ Week, what to wear to the inevitable...Read More
OxYou·9th October 2022The freshers you’re guaranteed to meet in Oxford Milo Dennison It is a truth universally acknowledged that an Oxford student, in possession of a freshers’ week, must be in want...Read More
Features·4th December 2020Champagne Activism Turned Sour Lily Sheldon You laugh with your friends about the evils of capitalism and get drunk off your face discussing progressive ideals. You...Read More
Features·15th October 2020From behind the screen to in front: a new perspective to fresher’s week Kwabena Osei Image Description: Statue facing upwards at Bodleian Libraries Put quite simply, Freshers’ Week 2020 for me was… intense. So much...Read More
News·24th September 2017With a week until Freshers’, here’s our guide to the Oxford club scene Darius Latham-Koenig Ah, the Oxford clubbing scene. A veritable assortment of packed floors, questionable music transitions, and suspiciously cheap drinks. Despite what you may have heard...Read More
News·17th August 2017Rowing at Oxford isn’t scary Danny Cowan Before I started at Oxford, I was considering taking up rowing. My reasons were not the usual ones. Due to...Read More
Comment·28th October 2016Freshers’ Week First Aid Could Save Lives Emma-Jane Hampsheir-Gill Every autumn, universities up and down the country open their doors to new students excited by the thought of independent...Read More
Comment·4th October 2016Freshers’ Week Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be Dear Freshers, You will probably have been dreaming of the wonders of Freshers’ Week since your UCAS offer changed from...Read More
News·18th August 2014The university packing list After all of the stress, you’ve made it. The exams are done, the results good; your parents have gushingly informed...Read More
News·4th October 2013The fashion police on the Traffic Light Party Emily Bootle With the looming prospect of Freshers’ Week in all its overhyped glory comes the even darker thought of its fancy...Read More