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How to Stay Motivated When You’re Studying Alone for Online Exams
Studying alone for online exams can be both a blessing and a challenge. While it offers flexibility and independence, it also demands a high level of self-discipline, focus, and motivation. Without classmates, physical classrooms, or direct supervision, many students find it difficult to stay consistent and productive. Motivation often becomes the biggest hurdle in solo…
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Understanding Academic Stress and Its Effect on Student Learning and Results
Academic stress has become one of the most defining challenges of modern education. Across schools, colleges, and universities, students are expected to meet increasingly high standards while navigating complex personal,…
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A Systematic Approach to Excelling in Online Examinations with Structured Support
The rise of online education has transformed how students learn, prepare, and demonstrate their knowledge. Online examinations, in particular, require a unique blend of discipline, strategy, and adaptability. Unlike traditional…
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Why Multi-Agent AI Systems Are the Future
The world of artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving faster than ever. Among the most promising developments in recent years is the rise of multi-agent AI systems, which have the potential…
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New Media: Have We Evolved to Think Less Deeply?
When we think of evolution, our minds tend to spring to the Darwinian theories of ‘survival of the fittest’, or the transition from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens. Yet, technological advancements…
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A Tour of The Grove: Oxford’s Newest Student Theatre Space
“the Grove, with its top-of-the-line sound and lighting, traditional architectural backdrop, and grander scale, is certainly a theatre worth watching out for” Janik Peeters tours the Grove Theatre, at Magdalen…
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The Sabotage of Modernity
In recent times, we seem to be intoxicated by the heady spirits of progress and modernity. A climate of optimism saturates the air as we continuously blaze untrodden paths in…
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Oxford
In Conversation with Lord Neuberger: The Rule of Law, Judicial Power, and the Art of Judgement
On 9 March, Oxford Law Society and Oxford Speaks hosted a talk with Lord Neuberger, the former President of the UK Supreme Court and Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. He reflected on the rule of law and its vulnerabilities, the evolving constitutional role of the Supreme Court, and the art…
First Business Magazine Launched in Oxford
There are a multitude of societies and student publications at Oxford, but, until recently, there has not been a business-focused magazine. This term, The Radcliffe, a new business magazine, released its first issue. Nathaniel Read, the magazine’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, spoke to The Oxford Blue about his vision for the publication. Read’s passion…
Wadham Holds Panel in Honour of International Women’s Day
On Friday 6 March, in Wadham’s Hollywell Music Room, a panel discussion was held in honour of International Women’s Day. The panel consisted of Lucy Lake, CEO of Campaign for Female Education, and Tehila Sasson, Wadham-based Associate Professor of Modern History. Within these blue walls, the discussion ranged from feminism in practice to the future…
opinion
Bombings destroy, not build: the radical uncertainty of Iranian democracy
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a comprehensive air campaign against Iran. Striking over 1,250 targets in the first 48 hours, they claim to have killed 49 members of the Iranian senior leadership, including the former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump described Khamenei’s…
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Are some colleges better than others?
For many of us, studying at the University of Oxford was the ultimate goal — it was Oxford or nothing. But after getting into the university of our dreams, the fact that you’re at Oxford quickly becomes secondary to which college you go to. “Brookes or Uni of?” is replaced in the daytime by an…
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Should we really be turning Trump into a meme?
The meme account Saint Hoax describes “humour as a Trojan horse for fascism”. This is a provocative claim, but one worth considering in the age of arguably our first ‘meme president’: Donald Trump. On one hand, memes can play a democratising function. Publishing a meme is of low reputational cost, they are easy to replicate,…
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Outside OX1 Week 8: Chile, Nepal and Mandelson
Welcome back to this term’s final issue of Outside OX1! Hilary has flown by and Trinity with its blossoming flowers and sunnier days awaits. What a journey this has been. I want to extend a warm thank you to all of our regular readers, we hope to see you back with us in…
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Locking Horns: Past Conflicts Threaten to Re-emerge in the Horn of Africa
Six years after Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing an end to a lengthy military standoff with Eritrea, and four years after a ceasefire was declared in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, the Horn of Africa is on edge again. Landlocked Ethiopia has expressed its desire to have a…
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A Closer Look: Elephant Poo is Saving the Planet
The sun rises on a Sri Lankan paper making factory. Machines whir to life as workers stream through the doors. Wet pulp begins to be spread across a moving wire mesh, drying slowly into one large paper mat in the morning heat. But the pulp used by this particular manufacturer, in the small…
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COLUMNS
InterMEDIAte: The wonders of not understanding a language
“As this is the last column of InterMEDIAte, I hope that it pushes at least one reader to watch something in an unfamiliar language, or to ask a friend about the shows they grew up with, or to search up the translation for a song that spoke to their heart and soul before it did…
Lady Grinning Soul: An Interview with Chris Barker
“I’ve been very lucky to be around people who are really nice and understanding and conscientious. I tend to see those kinds of people do really well, so getting rid of the ego is a big one for me, I would say.” In her latest column, Julia Blackmon interviews Oxford music scene staple Chris Barker.
Risk Appetite: On My Oxford Week, Told Through Food
“Whenever I eat something that surprises me in a good way, I remind myself that there are great food options in Oxford if you’re willing to venture out for them. They’re sometimes obscured by the all-consuming stress and emotional blues that have oftentimes characterised my time here.” Valerie Wu takes us through a week’s worth…
CULTURES
John Webster’s The White Devil at St John’s College Auditorium: Reviewed
If you think your family tree is complicated, you haven’t tried to keep track of the complicated web of relations that is John Webster’s 1612 revenge tragedy The White Devil.…
Oxford’s College Portraits: A Personal History
Evie Williams explores the ‘gallery of Oxonian history’ on every college’s walls, and asks what college portraits tell us about Oxford today.
Prince Consort Ladygirl at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed
“How far will you go to save the one you love? It’s a question commonly asked in fiction, but I’ve never seen it approached quite like it is in Prince…
LIfestyle
Resistance: Food That Refuses to Be Instagrammable
On social media, food seems to belong to a very particular visual world — bone china, ceramic bowls, wooden boards, linen napkins, candle-lit tables. Steel plates, tainted pressure cookers, slightly…
The Lifestyle Lowdown: Day Trips
If you’ve got some free time as week 8 draws to a close, why not use it to explore Oxford and its surroundings? Here are some of our favourite spots.…
How jarring can silence really be?
“I wonder whether this need to complement every menial task with music is a way to convince myself that every minute of my time is being used in a worthwhile…
Identity
The Motherhood Mandate: Fascism’s War on Bodily Autonomy
Katrina Roach discusses the connection between fascism and the restriction of women’s bodily autonomy through past and present cases of female oppression. Image credit to Conatw95, used under the Creative…
The Tradwife Illusion
Isobel Phillips discusses the fallacy of the “tradwife” trend online, and the irony that is inherent in the marketing of this lifestyle by influencers.
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