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My five least favourite books from my English degree

by Aria Chakravorty November 18, 2025November 19, 2025

Photo of the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford taken from an Oxford College quad.

Halfway through my degree: What I have learnt

by Beth Barker February 25, 2025February 24, 2025

Accepting failure: Oxford degrees deny perfection.

by Emily Dillon January 25, 2025January 25, 2025

“I don’t know yet”: The challenges of a final year without a post-grad plan

by Lottie Newell November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

An Investigation into the Oxford Admissions System

by Jess Taylor, Liv Ekdawi and Etienne Baker November 12, 2023November 12, 2023

Rest: the forbidden fruit?

by Hannah Clarke November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

My Degree in a Book: History

by Thomas Britton March 3, 2022March 5, 2022

Degree Review: Politics at Oxford

by Ben O'Brien July 21, 2020September 19, 2020

Degree Reviews: In defence of PPE

by Edmund Kelly July 11, 2020July 18, 2021

Beyond colouring pencils: what Geography is really about

by Matthew Doran June 20, 2020July 18, 2021

When Should You Start Exploring Your Family History?

oxford Nov 24, 2025 7 min read

When Should You Start Exploring Your Family History?

People have always sought to determine their origins. Digging into a family tree feels like collecting small pieces of a big puzzle that somehow includes…

The Oxford History of Donations and the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Honcques Laus Nov 24, 2025 4 min read

Provided by Honcques Laus, used with permission

The University of Oxford has a long history of receiving funds for its buildings from benefactors whose donations may stimulate debate. This time, the Schwarzman…

Building a Realistic Football Habit as an Oxford Student

Nicke John Nov 23, 2025 6 min read

Building a Realistic Football Habit as an Oxford Student

Football is one of the easiest and most satisfying ways to escape the Oxford bubble for a few hours. But between essays, battels, and the…

Is TikTok democratising poetry?

Chau Anh Nguyen Nov 23, 2025 7 min read

An illustration of a poet on the platform TikTok reading aloud.

‘On encountering Poetrytok, people who are not in the habit of reading poetry can quickly absorb spoken words that stir in them a memory, a…