Opinion
The mid-exam meltdown of Inspera was emblematic of wider problems facing the English faculty, writes Maddy Browne
Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor speaks to those who have been shaped by all-female learning environments
Head to Head
Fatima's Fieldnotes
Following a couple of eventful weeks for Cambridge’s SU, Alice Mainwood discusses our need to remain engaged by student democracies
Cambridge’s unique collegiate system leaves us with quite some growing-up to do, argues Zach Foster
Car-centric transport policy is robbing young people of choice
Patrick Dolan argues that it’s time for Cambridge to foster a more holistic understanding of success
Elsie McDowell
Hugh Jones
Ruby Cline
Sam Hudson
Joe Cowan
Omar Burhanuddin
Emily Kelly
The decision perpetuates the very elitism the college claims it is combatting, argues Emily Kelly
Chris Patel
By assigning ourselves just one ‘thing’ outside of our degree, we limit the richness of the uni experience
Ellie Robinson
Patrick Dolan
Maddy Browne
Sam Nicholson
Alice Mainwood
Katie Heggs
Calum Murray
The university must taking urgent action to prevent students perpetually being left in the lurch, argues Emily Kelly
Labour must commit to tackling climate change, or risk losing the student vote
Jack Deasley
Alex Parton-Turner
Telling students it’s a ‘great time to be studying politics’ misses the point
College chapel choirs are not archaic anachronisms, but offer valuable services, argues Omar Burhanuddin
Lauren Bird
Faye Harrison
Hannah Mawardi
Will McLaughlin
Following the new ‘double digit’ Union access membership, Matthew Taylor asks if the schemes designed to make Cambridge affordable for all are more than a just a performance
Although brutalist modern architecture can lack beauty, the new Turing sculpture should be welcomed, argues Emily Kelly
Miranda Evans
After a (mostly) pleasant freshers’, Omar Burhanuddin considers why he’s spent the winter vac feeling disillusioned
Emily Lawson-Todd
Last-minute spontaneity is all fun and games in Cambridge but, unless you live in London, that’s all gone over the holidays
Martha Dacombe
Esther Arthurson
Maddy Browne.
Aenghus Hughes
Caitlin Rajan
Hannah Gillott
With all colleges apart from Trinity moving their interviews to Zoom, Jude Crawley and Emily Lawson-Todd question whether this is for the best
Keir Starmer is right to have backed off private schools’ charity status, now he should back off VAT too
Olive Watt
Ezra Izer
Isabel Dempsey
Heidi Atkins
Heidi Atkins argues that we shouldn’t let the fear of seeking help deny us a better future
As week five draws to a close, Patrick Dolan questions why ‘Week Five blues’ is put on such a pedestal here
Izzy Benardout Ezra Izer
Tom Moran
Lauren Cotter
Micheal Allan
With a new Harry Potter shop opening in Market Square, Emily Lawson-Todd and Alice Mainwood go head-to-head over whether they’re magic or tragic
Daniel Hilton
The supervision system makes us feel as though we can debate everything and anything – but let’s not take that mindset to social media
Lucia Quadrini
Izzy Benardout
Ziyana Kotadia
Head-to-Head
Liza Voloboeva and Emily Lawson-Todd go head-to-head on whether freshers’ week is overrated, or if it deserves the hype
Following his experience at a Cambridge open day, Hugh Jones questions how transparent Cambridge really is
Suchir Salhan
Liza Voloboeva
Jude Crawley
Anna Metzger
Naima Clarvis
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COMMENT
Opinion
The English Faculty had bugs to fix long before the Inspera implosion
The mid-exam meltdown of Inspera was emblematic of wider problems facing the English faculty, writes Maddy Browne
Matthew Taylor
Is co-ed the answer?
Matthew Taylor speaks to those who have been shaped by all-female learning environments
Head to Head
You May (or May not) go to the Ball
Opinion
Thanks Debbie Prentice, but a trip to the North West isn’t enough
Opinion
Let’s reclaim student travelling for all
Opinion
The SU is floundering, and I’m not that bothered
Opinion
No, I won’t bring my parents to lunch
Opinion
The end of Glitterbomb and the importance of a rubbish club night
Fatima's Fieldnotes
Grassroots student activism has outgrown Cambridge’s political societies
Opinion
Sick of the status quo? Register to vote
Opinion
The SU is floundering, and I’m worried
Following a couple of eventful weeks for Cambridge’s SU, Alice Mainwood discusses our need to remain engaged by student democracies
Opinion
University shouldn’t feel like we’ve hardly left home
Cambridge’s unique collegiate system leaves us with quite some growing-up to do, argues Zach Foster
Opinion
The Cass Review fails to move beyond ideology
Opinion
Messy rooms or messed up priorities?
Opinion
Bawling over a garden party
Opinion
Chairs were never meant to cause this much stress
Opinion
EU youth mobility is exactly what the UK needs
Opinion
Sunak’s struggle against the sick note won’t sink Sir Keir
Fatima's Fieldnotes
Accepting black people into Cambridge is not an act of discrimination
Opinion
Cambridge is right to scrap its state school target
Opinion
I shouldn’t have to own a car
Car-centric transport policy is robbing young people of choice
Opinion
Why we should all work a part-time job
Patrick Dolan argues that it’s time for Cambridge to foster a more holistic understanding of success
Opinion
Local investment plans must remember Cambridge is not just a uni
Elsie McDowell
Does Lucy Cav need a billionaire bailout?
Hugh Jones
Greenwashing isn’t a problem
Matthew Taylor
Scrapping state school targets is playing a dangerous game
Ruby Cline
Remote learning is here to stay, whether we like it or not
Sam Hudson
The University is right to cut funding for private ADHD diagnoses
Joe Cowan
Darwin without a chance of Meat Balls
Omar Burhanuddin
UK universities are sacrificing widening access for foreign fees
Emily Kelly
Scrapping St John’s Voices is a step back for choral music
The decision perpetuates the very elitism the college claims it is combatting, argues Emily Kelly
Chris Patel
(Don’t) stick to the status quo
By assigning ourselves just one ‘thing’ outside of our degree, we limit the richness of the uni experience
Omar Burhanuddin
I don’t have a degree to do next term!
Ellie Robinson
What have we learned from Covid?
Patrick Dolan
Denying the existence of ADHD is deeply problematic
Maddy Browne
Prosecco socialism?
Sam Nicholson
When did a trip to the shop become so dystopian?
Alice Mainwood
Can Cambridge get International Women’s Day right?
Katie Heggs
Is this the end of (Union) democracy?
Calum Murray
The Gaza vote crisis reveals parliament’s deep dysfunction
Emily Kelly
How to solve Cambridge’s postgraduate housing crisis
The university must taking urgent action to prevent students perpetually being left in the lurch, argues Emily Kelly
Elsie McDowell
One u turn too far?
Labour must commit to tackling climate change, or risk losing the student vote
Matthew Taylor
A sick perspective on the workload problem
Ruby Cline
May Ball Committees, you’re not the new James Joyce
Maddy Browne
The power of words in queer relationships
Jack Deasley
The education system is broken – doing 28 A-levels won’t fix it
Maddy Browne
The trap of apathy and creating our own politics
Omar Burhanuddin
Cambridge has a racism problem, and we should be angry about it
Alex Parton-Turner
I do not consider myself a victim. The boy who stabbed me does
Ruby Cline
Cambridge has ruined our love languages
Katie Heggs
What an awful time to study politics!
Telling students it’s a ‘great time to be studying politics’ misses the point
Omar Burhanuddin
Do you listen to your college choir?
College chapel choirs are not archaic anachronisms, but offer valuable services, argues Omar Burhanuddin
Patrick Dolan
First-degree murder: how Cambridge killed my perfectionism
Hugh Jones
In defence of selling out
Ruby Cline
Full-time work after university isn’t a gap year
Lauren Bird
Public elf Crisis?
Faye Harrison
Male students ‘can’t’ cook or clean, and I fear for the future
Hannah Mawardi
Pembroke gave me sesame three times. It’s time we start taking allergies seriously.
Will McLaughlin
SU meetings are just too boring
Lauren Bird
How Labour can mobilise the student vote
Matthew Taylor
Cambridge access schemes have become box-ticking exercises
Following the new ‘double digit’ Union access membership, Matthew Taylor asks if the schemes designed to make Cambridge affordable for all are more than a just a performance
Emily Kelly
Turing and the Typewriter
Although brutalist modern architecture can lack beauty, the new Turing sculpture should be welcomed, argues Emily Kelly
Maddy Browne
Graveyard Offices and Haunted Students
Matthew Taylor
The importance of making Cambridge home
Ruby Cline
Lent term isn’t so bad after all
Faye Harrison
Social smoking isn’t about image, it’s about community
Hugh Jones
Cambridge students don’t realise how lucky they are
Will McLaughlin
Cambridge student welfare has a bureaucracy problem
Miranda Evans
You’re a pseudo-intellectual, let Twitter be your soundboard
Maddy Browne
Student spaces are what we make of them
Omar Burhanuddin
The unspoken problems of small, central colleges
After a (mostly) pleasant freshers’, Omar Burhanuddin considers why he’s spent the winter vac feeling disillusioned
Emily Lawson-Todd
Fear and loathing in South Yorkshire
Last-minute spontaneity is all fun and games in Cambridge but, unless you live in London, that’s all gone over the holidays
Katie Heggs
Oxbridge is what you make of it
Patrick Dolan
In defence of our free will
Martha Dacombe
Progressives need something to say about the digital revolution
Esther Arthurson
Bring back that silent night
Maddy Browne.
How to queer your life when the government won’t
Aenghus Hughes
Abolish at-interview admissions assessments
Caitlin Rajan
The Myth of Perfect Consumption
Hannah Gillott
Let Cambridge drinking culture off the hook
Emily Lawson-Todd
Head-to-head: in person interviews
With all colleges apart from Trinity moving their interviews to Zoom, Jude Crawley and Emily Lawson-Todd question whether this is for the best
Hugh Jones
If Peterhouse is a charity, then so are private schools
Keir Starmer is right to have backed off private schools’ charity status, now he should back off VAT too
Hannah Gillott
What on earth is a ‘girl desk’?
Olive Watt
Section 28: 20 years since repeal, how much has really changed?
Aenghus Hughes
Is the return of David Cameron really what the nation needs?
Ezra Izer
When money talks too loudly…the case of ego-billionaires
Head to Head
Head to head: tripos rankings
Patrick Dolan
Cambridge puts the ‘late’ into ‘fashionably late’
Ezra Izer
The Cambridge cocktail: ethanol and elitism
Isabel Dempsey
Cambridge colleges have a clique problem
Heidi Atkins
SSRIs and I
Heidi Atkins argues that we shouldn’t let the fear of seeking help deny us a better future
Patrick Dolan
It’s not just week five when we’re feeling blue
As week five draws to a close, Patrick Dolan questions why ‘Week Five blues’ is put on such a pedestal here
Matthew Taylor
Does Lucy Cavendish’s egalitarian intake conceal an uglier truth?
Izzy Benardout Ezra Izer
Head to head: how to spend first year
Tom Moran
JCRs can be a force for good
Alice Mainwood
It’s ok not to know it all
Maddy Browne
It’s time for universities to shift money from the top
Lauren Cotter
The rise of the far right in British politics
Micheal Allan
Returning from intermission can be joyful
Aenghus Hughes
A Tale of two conferences
Emily Lawson-Todd
Head to head: Are Potter shops magic or tragic?
With a new Harry Potter shop opening in Market Square, Emily Lawson-Todd and Alice Mainwood go head-to-head over whether they’re magic or tragic
Daniel Hilton
You’re not an intellectual powerhouse, you’re a student with a Twitter account
The supervision system makes us feel as though we can debate everything and anything – but let’s not take that mindset to social media
Patrick Dolan
Cambridge is just London 2.0
Lucia Quadrini
The myth of university rankings
Hugh Jones
How to fix the SU? Build a bar
Izzy Benardout
Prep weeks: what are they good for?
Martha Dacombe
Please can we all stop going on Hinge
Ziyana Kotadia
The living legacy of misogyny at Cambridge
Emily Lawson-Todd
Respect must go both ways
Izzy Benardout
Celebrating faith away from home
Head-to-Head
Freshers’ week: best week ever or severely overrated?
Liza Voloboeva and Emily Lawson-Todd go head-to-head on whether freshers’ week is overrated, or if it deserves the hype
Hugh Jones
Open days must be less opaque
Following his experience at a Cambridge open day, Hugh Jones questions how transparent Cambridge really is
Suchir Salhan
Prentice must address Cambridge’s geopolitical crisis, rather than free speech
Lauren Cotter
The public sector’s misogyny crisis
Liza Voloboeva
Is Cambridge really Cambridge?
Jude Crawley
Oops! They did it again
Anna Metzger
Climate criminals have no place in higher education
Hannah Gillott
The problem with the Great British scandal
Maddy Browne
What a return to Pride has reminded me about queer liberation
Naima Clarvis
The ironies of the Oxbridge summer school
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