2024年10月20日 · Punting is a relatively new tradition for Oxford; the first pleasure punts became popular in the late 19th century. Punts were originally a mode of transportation for cargo and livestock, but much like those who walk around college in work boots and shop at Urban Outfitters, the industrial became trendy and student-ified.

2024年10月22日 · At the age of 35, few people have scaled the broadcasting ladder as quickly as Lewis Goodall. He began his journalism career at the BBC, moved to Sky, and then returned to the BBC as policy editor for Newsnight.In 2022, he left the BBC with his colleagues Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel to start the widely popular podcast The News Agents, partly due to a conflict over impartiality at the BBC.

Our ancestors evolved into a world that was, and still is, fundamentally microbial. While we often associate microorganisms with devastating diseases—like vibrio cholerae, which the Victorians dubbed the 'blue death', and the infamous Yersinia pestis that killed an estimated 30 – 50 percent of the entire population of Europe during the late …

2020年10月24日 · Image Credit: Elyssa Fahndrich "I can’t talk for all feminists, nor should I. But I know my own reasons for being one and these are reasons many of peers relate to, whether they identify as a feminist or not." Emily MacLeod unpicks the problems with feminism and explains why she still identifies with the label.

2023年11月20日 · “Did you know Greta Thunberg has been arrested?” a friend asked me the other day, passing by the Rad Cam whilst a man with a pressure-washer removed the orange paint remains of a recent ‘Just Stop Oil’ protest. The protesters were removed by police and arrested following the event. The question took me by surprise, as I hadn’t heard the Swedish activist’s name mentioned in weeks ...

2023年5月13日 · The Case For the Abolition of the Monarchy – Leon Wheeler. When Charles I was beheaded in 1649, a fundamental tenet in his belief, and in the belief of his supporters, as to why he should be King was the view that the English monarch was divinely appointed by God.

2021年4月11日 · Image Description: Two men kissing at the Baltimore Pride Parade block party 2017 TW: Body Image, Eating Disorders From an outside perspective, the idea of the ‘twink’ can be something of a joke. It helps non-LGBTQ+ people to neatly categorise queer people into more easily understandable stereotypes, often with the aim of ridicule. In my experience, the question “are you a twink ...

2024年11月17日 · The rules reforms proposals brought by Secretary Siddhant Nagrath have been rejected by members at the polls. Following a 12 hour count The Oxford Student can confirm that 283 members voted for the reforms, 325 against and 4 ballots were spoiled.. The proposed changes included reforms to the controversy stricken ‘RO world’ in light of allegations of institutional racism within the society ...

2024年10月18日 · Matriculation at Oxford is both surreal and mundane—think sub fusc, photos, and maybe too much wine. From prep to the Sheldonian ceremony, here’s a guide to the day's chaotic and magical traditions.

2024年4月20日 · The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) was shut down by the Faculty of Philosophy on April 16th after 19 years of operation. The Institute was founded in 2005 and was run by Swedish-born philosopher Nick Bostrom, known for his work popularizing the theory that the humanity may be living in a simulation. The Institute cites “administrative headwinds” from the Faculty of Philosophy as the ...