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Image Description: A white street sign reading ‘Zakaz Tlumoceni Translating Prohibited’ The study of foreign languages is at an all-time low in the UK, with over 50 universities in the UK having scrapped language courses or departments altogether since 2000, and the number of students choosing to take the subject at GCSE and A level […]
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Image Description: Manchester United fans at the back of a coach on their way to a game against Halifax Town It has been over a year since away fans have been permitted in stadiums. This has meant that the ritual of thousands of supporters travelling up and down the country on a bi-weekly basis has […]
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Image description: a painting of a woman sat on a bed looking out of the window. Universities have neglected year abroad students in the midst of a pandemic, leaving them to negotiate foreign laws and lockdowns by themselves away from home. The holiday period took a toll on the wellbeing of many students. Jake, an […]
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Image Description: A split image with car light trails on a motorway, right, and the Radcliffe Camera, left. The UK government has announced a ‘travel exemption’ for students, enabling them to “move on one occasion from their student household on or after 8th March 2021 but before 29th April 2021 to one other household for […]
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The University has now confirmed that Hilary term will have a ‘staggered start’, with formal in-person teaching to begin from Monday of 2nd week for most taught courses. A ‘small number’ of taught courses will be led in person from the existing start date. Individual departments are expected to confirm teaching arrangements as soon as […]
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Students are struggling to comprehend and comply with ever-changing travel guidance while trying to see their families over the Christmas holidays. In light of the news of a travel window for UK students to return home for Christmas, how are international students affected, and has enough thought been given to help people spend time with […]
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Image Description: Plane taking-off during a sunset As a visiting third-year student from the United States, you might be wondering one of three things: 1. Why are you here? 2. Do you have issues with your country and Trump too? 3. What was your experience of moving to Oxford like? In short, I am studying […]
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Image description: The view from a plane window I had already seen the film upon its theatrical release, yet here I was watching it again on a screen one-hundredth of the size. Dunkirk nonetheless had me transfixed. Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece almost made me forget the uncomfortable economy seat I was in and the ever-present buzz […]
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Whilst most of the world is in lockdown, literature is still free to comfort, entertain and let you explore different cultures. Here are my favourite books from around the world, to be read whilst our world is a little further away from us. Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (originally in Spanish) An underrated book […]
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Advertisements for teaching abroad summer camps are a common sight on JCR pages in Hilary and Trinity, with China being one of the most common destinations. That’s how I ended up spending the summer vacation teaching English – I wanted to travel abroad to Asia and saw four weeks teaching in Guangzhou as a fair […]
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If I’d heard the word “Paris” before July this year, I’d have thought of the Eiffel Tower, croissants, nice coffee, cultured, attractive people, and enough cheese, bread and wine to make any Tesco aisle look poorly and scarcely stocked. Or maybe world-renowned art galleries with original masterpieces dating back centuries. Or King Louis XIV’s monumental […]
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Ahhh, the long vacation. At last, examinations and coursework assessments are behind us and we are finally permitted to relax. Well, with the slight aside of vacation reading that is. In order to fully escape from the clutches of such texts and memories of those ever more muggy libraries, many of us may be tempted […]
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In an attempt to create a new ongoing article template (rest in peace for now, pastappreciation), I’ve decided to recount the most amazing dish I’ve had the privilege to eat from all around the world. First stop, Japan! Here is the most incredible dish I had during my time in Echigo Yuzawa! Echigo Yuzawa is […]
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Picture the scene: it was a bleak day at the dying end of Hilary term. For at least six months, my friend and I had been battling through blustery British weather and a relentless onslaught of essays about medieval manuscript culture; our reward was a tutorial in which the tutor refused to refer to my […]
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Image Description: Mostar Bridge, Bosnia and Herzegovina Travel, without any doubt, is my greatest pleasure. I usually travel alone, and for the purpose of leaving my comfort zone. At the border crossing between Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, I puff out my chest a little and sit up straight. I keep a stony face. The […]
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Above: Bridge St., Chester If rumour has it that the North is a no-go zone and rumour also has it that Chester is not in the ‘real’ North, then Chester is the destination. So Southerners (in particular), prepare to be pleasantly surprised by the contents of my must-have guide. Chester is a Roman city […]
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When I got off the plane at Marrakesh Menara Airport, it was a sensory overload. People yelling from all directions, every car communicating with honks of aggravation, and pops of bright colour around every corner. I got in the airport transfer feeling sceptical at best about spending the next week here. However, after a week […]
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The British railways have come to be one of the most blatantly obvious examples of where privatisation has failed. Commuters and tax payers are being ripped off by dividend collectors, while services deteriorate, prices climb much faster than wages, and incompetent Conservative ministers like Chris Grayling fumble around a problem they have no desire to […]
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This summer, me and 5 of my friends went on the most stereotypically coming-of-age holiday possible. Comprised of 3 film students, a ballet dancer and two Oxford biologists (yay!), we had the makings of a semi-functional group of 3 couples that could just about bear to live in each other’s pockets for two weeks straight. […]
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