“The one who pulls focus is as important as anyone in front of the camera”: in conversation with Edward Norton
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
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
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
Entertainment·15th September 2011Freshers’ Fashion Guide Freshers! What you need to know about fashion at Oxford - a handy guide to the five things you really should bring up, and the one thing you should definitely leave behindRead More
Entertainment·12th September 2013FRESHERS’ WEEK: Beat the Suitcase Squeeze Lucinda Toole As you pack for your first (or third!) year of university and prepare for Freshers’ Week, it can be hard...Read More
Entertainment·24th August 2013FRESHERS’ WEEK: The ultimate university shopping list part 2! Kostas Chryssanthopoulos and Sam Gebreselassie Earlier this month, the fashion editors at The Oxford Student presented you with their Ultimate University Shopping List. It was...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
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
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
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
EntertainmentLife·28th September 2012A Freshers’ Week Playlist Otis Graham Like many things in life, Freshers’ Week needs a soundtrack, something that’ll bring back the beautiful memories when everything’s over....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
Features·15th September 2012College Cocktails: Drink with pride this Freshers’ Week Raph Torrance  As another 0th week approaches and the annual wave of Freshers looms ever closer to the gilded shores of Oxford,...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
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
Entertainment·18th August 2013FRESHERS’ WEEK: The ultimate university shopping list! the Fashion Editors So, you’ve made it into Oxford University. Congratulations. You are the intellectual crème de la crème, the apple of your...Read More
Entertainment·2nd September 2013FRESHERS’ WEEK: How to decorate your new student room Eleanor Grange It’s the first day of Freshers’ Week. Among the many things you’re presented with, baffled and bewildered, is your home...Read More
Science and Technology·2nd October 2012How to snag the perfect college spouse in ten days… “…To love and to cherish, till death us do part.” Those words – uttered by the besotted, the head-over-heels-in-love and...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