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Opinion Archive


26th October 2016

Free speech crusaders harm debate

Making some trivial issues to be political under the banner of free speech churns the debating ground into dogma
26th October 2016

Our Internet window to the world is shrinking

David Moseley argues that social media is limiting our perception of the news and the world as a whole
26th October 2016

The triggering: safe spaces are eroding our freedoms

In university campuses across Canada, the United States and Britain is an evil that is triumphing against our freedom. It has led to the erosion of freedoms for many students—not just of speech but also the freedom of expression. But you may well ask me, “Colm, what is this evil you speak of? Is it […]
24th October 2016

How about decolonisation ‘debates’ fall down, instead?

Arguments about the decolonisation of higher education courses have reached a new low, with the suggestion that science is racist
24th October 2016

I am an Essex girl and proud

After a petition to get ‘Essex Girl’ removed from the Oxford English Dictionary, editor-in-chief Jennifer Sterne argues why such stereotyping is so damaging
21st October 2016

A Response: We are not sorry for protesting against the Tories

The women responsible for decapitating a cardboard cut-out of Margaret Thatcher at Welcome Fair reply to accusations of “double standards” on the student left
18th October 2016

The call of the sea

Britain has long depended on its naval prowess and command over the seas, so is it not high time we recognised our need for a presence on the ocean?
18th October 2016

The route to university has improved, and so must we

The updated cycle lanes are to be welcomed, but more caution must be taken by all travellers
18th October 2016

Where do our course fees go?

Equal fees and unequal funding disfavours humanities students writes Elliot Mills
18th October 2016

Knowing and doing: fighting UK poverty

Ryan Khurana comments on the Conservative approach to bringing prosperity to all

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18th October 2016

A reply: Teach First stands for equal education

A response to “What do Teach First ambassadors actually promote?” from experiences in the classroom
18th October 2016

Did they really “have it coming”?

Victim blaming still remains as a lazy attempt to simplify the actions of criminals
17th October 2016

Clickbait culture is killing our news

With clickbait stories saturating our online feeds, is it time we re-evaluated the meaning of journalism?
17th October 2016

A response to ‘Dear fresher females studying STEM’

It is no longer a question of whether women are underrepresented in science—it is a fact. So why are we still having to defend ourselves?
11th October 2016

Dear fresher females studying STEM

Elrica Degirmen offers her view on the dangers for women in STEM subjects
11th October 2016

What do Teach First ambassadors actually promote?

The organisation’s prominence is detrimental to the progress of schools in Britain’s most deprived areas
10th October 2016

The double standards of the student left

The actions and ideologies of some of the student left are shutting down important debates
10th October 2016

Grammar Schools: do your homework, Mrs May

Would the opening up of new grammar schools really help create the meritocratic society envisaged by Mrs May?
10th October 2016

Is the Student Union right to ban the Daily Star?

Has the SU gone too far? And if so, how can we tackle the objectification of women in such publications?
10th October 2016

A Gibraltarian against Brexit

The ‘Remainers’ of the Rock need to make a strong case in EU negotiations