Oxford students should resist these medieval trigger warnings
In 1408, the Archbishop of Canterbury convened a synod in Oxford to prohibit the reading of John Wycliffe’s English translation of the…
The Oxford-Cambridge arc shows why the Tories don’t get it
Rishi Sunak has long sought to give Britain its very own Silicon Valley. Partially because pseudo-Californian beaches would provide respite…
Scrapping university personal statements is a mistake
The decision to scrap personal statements shows up our university system for what it really is: the priority is no…
Oxford’s Oriental name change is a mistake
Oxford’s Faculty of Oriental Studies has had a name change: it will now be known as the Faculty of Asian and…
Boris Johnson should quit now to save his career
The greased piglet will soon be sausages. That, at least, seems the obvious outcome of this week’s Tory party confidence…
Studying history isn’t what it used to be
Is history in danger of becoming a thing of the past on campus? In recent weeks, Aston in Birmingham announced a consultation on…
Zoomers like me don’t realise how lucky we are
For millennials like me, talkin’ ’bout our generation usually involves complaining. We Generation Zs – or zoomers – can’t seem…
Rhodes shouldn’t fall but Clive had to go
Tearing down statues and renaming places is all the rage. But acting in this way isn’t always a mistake. Take…
