new year Archives - The Oxford Blue

Photo of a statue outside the Sheldonian Theatre. The statue has a girl's eyes and fringed superimposed onto it, and is wearing a sash that reads "Class of 2025"

How Oxford’s Park Run Made Me Insufferable

by Eleanor Ware February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

A photo of snowdrops in front of a lake during winter.

January’s Pockets of Sunshine

by Khadija Khalid February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.

Love Letters: 2025

by Lucy Pollock January 26, 2025January 26, 2025

Illustration of a laptop with a job search on the screen, a mortarboard, and a 21st birthday cake against a colourful background.

Third Year Thoughts: Turning 21, Getting a Job and “Growing Up”

by Kiaya Phillips January 20, 2025February 15, 2025

Image of snow falling and blurry Christmas lights in the background.

Fire and Ice: How climate change is already shaping extreme weather in 2025

by Rebecca Nolten January 19, 2025January 19, 2025

illustration of 2025 in blue and purple

‘New Year, (not so) New Me’

by Isabel Valovin December 31, 2024December 31, 2024

Health and Wellbeing

January Blues

by Phoebe Walls January 16, 2023January 16, 2023

The New Year Around the World: Pakistan

by Zyna Shoukat January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

New Year, Same Old Problems

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

New Year’s Resolutions: A Curse on Mankind

by Ahmad Nawaz December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

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…