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Image Description: figurines of a doctor next to a patient in a bed, against a white background It’s October 2019; I have just started a gap year before taking up my deferred place at university. Hopefully, I think, this will be a year of rest and recovery and working with Birmingham Children’s Hospital. At the […]
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Image description: A messy kitchen countertop with a loaf cake, orange juice and a spoon of flour. This banana almond cake is moreish and best eaten on a long, relaxing break from work. I made this cake on a whim while procrastinating one day. Baking is always worth the effort, even if you’re pushed for […]
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We all know that universities are rife with toxic productivity. But, much as we’ve all come across it at some point, that doesn’t mean that it always takes the same form. It’s hardly surprising that Oxford has toxic productivity. It’s an undercurrent of studying that we all know is here and yet are reluctant to […]
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There can never be a shortage of coffee shops in Oxford. I am constantly on the hunt for a new haunt, being someone with a desperate inability to work without the humdrum of café chitchat and the growling of the coffee bean grinder in the background (so much so that I downloaded a loop of […]
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Most students would vouch for the fact that caffeine is an integral part of student life here in Oxford. Whether you’re nursing your post-Park End hangover, cracking out a last-minute essay, or simply seeking a retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city, Oxford offers an abundance of coffeehouses and cafés suited to every […]
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Dear Reader, In my previous column, I wrote about meeting strangers: how to do it, why you should do it, where you should do it. This week, I took my own advice. Where could I meet strangers in the intellectual village that is Oxford? For all you post-grads out there: where could I meet strangers […]
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Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at Oxford last week, describing it as a “university for stupid people” in the aftermath of a study accusing him of paying for online support during his election bid and during his subsequent term in office. According to the paper ‘Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organised […]
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Tucked away on Turl Street, The Missing Bean is located in a quieter corner of Oxford’s city centre. With the Rad Cam just a short walk away, it’s perfect for those much-needed coffee breaks during revision. You’d be lucky to get a table immediately – the cafe is busy at the best of times, with […]
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A new study by economic researchers at the University of Oxford has found that Uber on average increased employment for taxi drivers on wages and for those who were self-employed. The study was done through an analysis of labour data in the markets into which Uber had entered. Although it found that employment did not […]
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The media’s recent poor-quality reporting and interpretation of a novel male injectable contraceptive is unhelpful and misleading. Ethical arguments in the media should be based on sound scientific interpretation – they can be so much stronger for it. A little oestrogen, a splash of progesterone – taken once a day the combined oral contraceptive pill […]
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Situated on George Street funnily enough: on one of Oxford’s prime eating streets, both a blessing and a curse, George Street Social has become the queen of revamps and redecoration projects. We went along to see if its latest reincarnation was worth sidestepping the copious other cafes and eateries vying for our attention. It was […]
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New research has shown that urban transport networks are becoming too complex for the human mind. A team of mathematicians and physicists from Oxford and Paris has shown that even a journey with just two changes comes close to exceeding the brain’s cognitive limits. After analysing 15 of the world’s largest transport networks researches found […]
Continue ReadingAccording to climate scientists at Oxford University, heavy storms, such as the one that caused devastating flooding in the South of England in the winter of 2013/2014, are heavily facilitated by climate change. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions increase the risk of extreme floods by more than 40 per cent, the researchers found. As temperatures keep […]
Continue ReadingLife as an Oxford student is notoriously stressful but there is a least one thing you can count on in the dreaming spires, a good pub. So you’ll be pleased to hear that a new Oxford University study has found that regulars at a local pub are ‘significantly’ happier with more friends, better life […]
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The Oxford Vaccine group began trials of a new Ebola vaccine on 1st January, with students targeted as participants in the study.
Continue Reading“So what’s it actually like, studying at Oxford?” After the awkward cough and shuffle that accompanies any admission of our alma mater, I am sure it is a question we have all been asked. My next step is always a brief exposition of the college system (that is both incomplete and inaccurate) and a poor […]
Continue ReadingA recent Oxford University study reveals that people who see the world from a lower perspective may experience more negative feelings of paranoia, distrust, and incompetence in comparison to others. The study, funded by the Medical Research Council, required 60 female volunteers who had recently experienced paranoid thoughts but had no history of mental illness, to take the same […]
Continue ReadingLewis Coenen-Rowe It is perhaps our fear of irrelevance that leads music students to the kind of self-deprecating humour usually focussed on how ‘out of touch’ the Oxford music course is. I used to think so but now I’m not sure this is the problem it is made out to be. If by relevance we […]
Continue ReadingTeenagers still only communicate with a small number of people despite having hundreds of “friends” on Facebook, according to a recent Oxford study. Young people were found to operate an unconscious system of ‘one in, one out’ policies such that their communications patterns and number of close friends remain the same even who they socialise […]
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