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Category: Identity

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Inadequacy

by Nithusha Sathyendran June 19, 2025June 19, 2025
"For me, one of the most difficult things about exams is that normality goes out the window. Lessons, lectures, and tutorials that defined my week for the first two terms of Oxford life here have now become a series of scattergun revision classes." Image from Wikimedia Commons by Prosa, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilustrando_a_neurodiversidade.png
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Exam Stress: Not Just A Stereotype

by Dhillon Lalji June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
An oxford building in the background, a book in front with a LGBTQ pride flag as a bookmark. It is a symbol for queer academia.
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Diaries of a Thought Son: ‘Amman ya jameela- عمان يا جميلة’ 

by Jaami Al-Choudhury June 9, 2025June 8, 2025
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What I Learned from a Book That Was Meant to Be Thrown Away

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) June 9, 2025June 8, 2025
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One Way Street: Parasocial Relationships

by Molly Faulkner June 7, 2025June 7, 2025
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Living with Epilepsy – Part 1

by Flora Prideaux June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
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Words of a Multiple: The ‘evil one’ 

by Evelyn Patronus June 1, 2025June 1, 2025
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‘I don’t know what to do without you’: Oxford through the lens of anticipatory grief

by Phoebe Broster May 30, 2025May 30, 2025
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Much Ado About Nowt: A Yorkshire Lass’s Reflections on Living in the South

by Olivia-Mae Butterfield May 25, 2025May 25, 2025
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Unmasking My Friendships: Not Just A Stereotype

by Dhillon Lalji May 22, 2025May 21, 2025

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The Conference of Common Rooms (CCR) met in the HB Allen Centre on Tuesday 3 March. This consisted of representatives from both the Junior Common Rooms…

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