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"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

Exam Stress: Not Just A Stereotype

by Dhillon Lalji June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

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Your College Auntie: Exam Season

by Anonymous Author May 31, 2025May 31, 2025

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“Google, how do I revise?”: A guide to vac revision

by Niamh Stansfield March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

Theology course at the Sorbonne. Illumination from the end of the 15th century, Library of Troyes.

Are Lectures Worth Attending?

by Beatrice Sparrow February 18, 2025February 25, 2025

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Love Letters: Collections

by Lucy Pollock April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

How To Stay Collected With Collections

by Phoebe Walls February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

The Perfect Crime: Why Your Grades Could Be Wrong

by Lucy Heywood and Charlotte Gleed June 3, 2022June 24, 2022

The Shrink-In-Violet: Session 6, Exam Stress

by Elyse Airey June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

Oxford SU Condemns Plans to Impose £150 Trashing Fine

by Freya Jones April 22, 2022May 5, 2023

Which Is Better: Online or In-person Exams?

by Aniya Selvadurai April 14, 2022March 10, 2025

Peter Pan Prison: The Infantilisation of Autistic Adults

Isobel Gurnett Feb 27, 2026 9 min read

Infant sits on a slide, looking off to the side.

Isobel Gurnett discusses the stereotyping and infantalisation that autistic adults are subjected to in their day-to-day lives, and the associated pressure to mask their neurodivergence.…

A Closer Look: India’s “Hidden Crisis”

Nancy Gittus Feb 27, 2026 7 min read

Rally conducted by students of the Department of Psychology during the World Mental Health Day 2014 at Periyar University, Salem, India.

“Do you think there is a crisis in mental healthcare in India today?” I ask Dr Manoj Therayil Kumar, Director of the Institute for Mind…

Oxford SU Postgraduate Storytelling Series Discusses the International Student Experience

Amaan Effendi Feb 27, 2026 6 min read

Oxford SU Postgraduate Storytelling Series Discusses the International Student Experience

On Wednesday 25 February, the Oxford University Students’ Union organised a session of its Postgraduate Storytelling Series, titled ‘Journeys of Hope: The International Student Experience…

New Years’ Resolution

Olivia-Mae Butterfield Feb 26, 2026 1 min read

New Years’ Resolution

As the clock struck midnight, the world felt a change. For the ten thousandth year, the ball creaked downwards. Hoping for change and color, all…