Aenghus Hughes
As interview season rolls around, we should rethink giving students at-interview assessments
Caitlin Rajan
The trap of ‘ethical’ consumption and resistance through reimagining the role of the individual in creating social change
Hannah Gillott
Emily Lawson-Todd
Hugh Jones
Olive Watt
Ezra Izer
Head to Head
Patrick Dolan
With weeks starting on a Thursday, Cambridge already has a weird relationship with time. So is it so bad that its students are perpetually late?
As admittance to the Lolacoaster opens once again, the equally wild ride of drinking in Cambridge must be addressed, says Ezra Izer
Isabel Dempsey
Heidi Atkins
Matthew Taylor
Izzy Benardout Ezra Izer
Tom Moran
Alice Mainwood
Maddy Browne
Lauren Cotter
Lauren Cotter tracks the troubling rise of far-right rhetoric in the mainstream of the Conservative Party
Micheal Allan
Returning to Cambridge after intermission can be hard, but your approach to it can make all the difference.
Daniel Hilton
Lucia Quadrini
Izzy Benardout
Martha Dacombe
Ziyana Kotadia
The history of misogyny at Cambridge is central to the contemporary experiences
The O’Reilly Plagarism scandal is a disgraceful example of academics demanding respect whilst showing students none
Head-to-Head
Suchir Salhan
Liza Voloboeva
Jude Crawley
Anna Metzger
When we focus on the sensationalism of a scandal, we often ignore the real, more severe issues surrounding it
Pride means more than music and rainbows – and it is up to us to embrace and protect its multiplicities
Naima Clarvis
Sophie Denny
Katie Heggs
Dr Charlotte Proudman’s encounter shows we need to be more careful about playing the sexism card
With Westminster as an example, it’s no surprise that the Union plays a similarly dirty game, argues Daniel Hilton
Famke Veenstra-Ashmore
James Lewis
Ria Patel
But, Varsity’s Vulture Editor Isabel Dempsey argues, that might not be such a bad thing
“What even is ‘student politics’?” wonders Katie Heggs, after spending a year on its frontlines
Maia Livne
Sarah Adegbite
Sam Hudson
Joe Parsons
Christoffer Koch Andersen
Harvey Brown
Hanna D
Hanna puts the ‘pole’ in polemic, repudiating the inherent sexualisation of pole dancing
Joseph Duffy
After some high profile resignations in British politics, Joseph Duffy is hopeful for accountability’s future
Esther Arthurson
Alex Horan
Anonymous Supervisor
Honour de Pledge
Ben Conway
Asha Kaur Birdi
Gwenno Robinson
Does the Beeb hire too many Oxbridge grads?
In her outgoing editorial as Editor-in-Chief, Famke Veenstra-Ashmore argues that good stories don’t need sexing up
Jasper Maughan
Clarissa Salmon
Ellie Austin
Joining that consultancy grad scheme might not be a deal with the devil after all
Under the weather, stuck in bed
Lotte Brundle
Hot Takes
Jacob Freedland
Fabian Apostoaie
Harrison Whitaker
Frankly, it’s remarkable that it’s taken UCAS this long
Tiktok ‘magical thinking’ is harbouring the return of conservative gender roles
Sam Foo
HOT TAKES
Rhea Sarawgi
Esme Bishop
Olivia Young
When did all reality television shows become beauty pageants?
In a sea of friends, most of you are getting fed to the sharks when I graduate – that is, if you don’t throw me overboard first
Max Ghose
Alice Mumford
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Aenghus Hughes
Abolish at-interview admissions assessments
As interview season rolls around, we should rethink giving students at-interview assessments
Caitlin Rajan
The Myth of Perfect Consumption
The trap of ‘ethical’ consumption and resistance through reimagining the role of the individual in creating social change
Hannah Gillott
Let Cambridge drinking culture off the hook
Emily Lawson-Todd
Head-to-head: in person interviews
Hugh Jones
If Peterhouse is a charity, then so are private schools
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’
With weeks starting on a Thursday, Cambridge already has a weird relationship with time. So is it so bad that its students are perpetually late?
Ezra Izer
The Cambridge cocktail: ethanol and elitism
As admittance to the Lolacoaster opens once again, the equally wild ride of drinking in Cambridge must be addressed, says Ezra Izer
Isabel Dempsey
Cambridge colleges have a clique problem
Heidi Atkins
SSRIs and I
Patrick Dolan
It’s not just week five when we’re feeling blue
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
Lauren Cotter tracks the troubling rise of far-right rhetoric in the mainstream of the Conservative Party
Micheal Allan
Returning from intermission can be joyful
Returning to Cambridge after intermission can be hard, but your approach to it can make all the difference.
Aenghus Hughes
A Tale of two conferences
Emily Lawson-Todd
Head to head: Are Potter shops magic or tragic?
Daniel Hilton
You’re not an intellectual powerhouse, you’re a student with a Twitter account
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
The history of misogyny at Cambridge is central to the contemporary experiences
Emily Lawson-Todd
Respect must go both ways
The O’Reilly Plagarism scandal is a disgraceful example of academics demanding respect whilst showing students none
Izzy Benardout
Celebrating faith away from home
Head-to-Head
Freshers’ week: best week ever or severely overrated?
Hugh Jones
Open days must be less opaque
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
When we focus on the sensationalism of a scandal, we often ignore the real, more severe issues surrounding it
Maddy Browne
What a return to Pride has reminded me about queer liberation
Pride means more than music and rainbows – and it is up to us to embrace and protect its multiplicities
Naima Clarvis
The ironies of the Oxbridge summer school
Jude Crawley
Students should have the right to move away from home
Sophie Denny
Lucy Letby, an unlikely murderer?
Aenghus Hughes
Meteoric rises of the Metro Mayors
Izzy Benardout
Maybe the MAB hasn’t been all that bad
Emily Lawson-Todd
Don’t diss the dissertation
Hugh Jones
Down with dissertations
Katie Heggs
A working girl’s guide to Cambridge summer
Isabel Dempsey
‘Keep off the grass’ is not really a sexist remark
Dr Charlotte Proudman’s encounter shows we need to be more careful about playing the sexism card
Daniel Hilton
Don’t blame Ghose for ballot stuffing, blame Tory Britain
With Westminster as an example, it’s no surprise that the Union plays a similarly dirty game, argues Daniel Hilton
Katie Heggs
Barbieland or Kendom? Girlhood in Cambridge
Suchir Salhan
Sham graduations and the farce of provisional results
Emily Lawson-Todd
Student spaces are more important than colleges’ profits
Famke Veenstra-Ashmore
The strikes make it harder to defend the humanities
Aenghus Hughes
Glad to be History’s ‘guinea pig’
James Lewis
How to learn a language nobody wants to hear
Heidi Atkins
Breaking the spiking taboo
Ria Patel
Ignored and let down: being Deaf at Cambridge
Isabel Dempsey
Cambridge is a bubble-wrapped play set
But, Varsity’s Vulture Editor Isabel Dempsey argues, that might not be such a bad thing
Katie Heggs
Reflections on a year in student politics
“What even is ‘student politics’?” wonders Katie Heggs, after spending a year on its frontlines
Maia Livne
Notebook: Champagne and socialism in the Carolean age
Izzy Benardout
Notebook: A fresh(er’s) perspective on time in Cambridge
Sarah Adegbite
Notebook: Our memories of Cambridge are precious – treasure them
Sam Hudson
Deplatforming doesn’t work
Joe Parsons
The right wing press doesn’t understand meritocracy
Christoffer Koch Andersen
Free speech does not mean hate speech
Hugh Jones
It’s time for the University to get tough over the marking boycott
Harvey Brown
We won’t be graduating unless vice-chancellors stop holding our education hostage
Hanna D
Pole dancing doesn’t have to be sexual
Hanna puts the ‘pole’ in polemic, repudiating the inherent sexualisation of pole dancing
Joseph Duffy
Accountability doesn’t come on a silver platter: we must fight for it
After some high profile resignations in British politics, Joseph Duffy is hopeful for accountability’s future
Esther Arthurson
Can Christianity survive another scandal?
Head to Head
Labour’s ‘attack ads’: Clever campaigning or cheap name-calling?
Alex Horan
Cambridge’s left wing men are misogynistic too
Anonymous Supervisor
‘An opaque, irrational mess’: the truth behind supervising
Head to Head
Easter Term: Exam-fuelled gaslighting or summer freedom
Honour de Pledge
Cambridge should be proud of its bursary programs
Ben Conway
Cambridge’s niche degrees make this university special
Asha Kaur Birdi
The other kind of imposter syndrome
Gwenno Robinson
The BBC’s own University Challenge
Does the Beeb hire too many Oxbridge grads?
Famke Veenstra-Ashmore
Student journos should let their stories speak for themselves
In her outgoing editorial as Editor-in-Chief, Famke Veenstra-Ashmore argues that good stories don’t need sexing up
Jasper Maughan
Russian in the wake of war
Clarissa Salmon
Tête-à-tête: Should Cambridge go Vegan?
Daniel Hilton
The dismal double world of Cambridge elections
Joseph Duffy
Lineker’s suspension shows there are still penalties for free speech
Clarissa Salmon
Self-care has always been about community, not individuals
Asha Kaur Birdi
Westminster grifters could learn a thing or two from Sturgeon
Hugh Jones
Strikers and the UCU are missing the bigger picture
Sam Hudson
The Pitt Club’s inevitable decline is a sign of the times
Ellie Austin
You can’t condemn consultancy if you don’t know what it is
Joining that consultancy grad scheme might not be a deal with the devil after all
Hannah Gillott
Notebook
Under the weather, stuck in bed
Gwenno Robinson
Cambridge should change its no-job policy
Lotte Brundle
Why you shouldn’t shag a student journo
Hot Takes
Hot Takes: the worst Cambridge flex
Asha Kaur Birdi
Cambridge has a compassion problem
Lotte Brundle
Pausing the strikes is weak: Cambridge needs to pay up
Jacob Freedland
Why are all my do-gooding friends becoming consultants?
Fabian Apostoaie
Camfess culture is ruining your social life
Harrison Whitaker
Cambridge’s Americanisation is nearly complete
Gwenno Robinson
We should be glad to see personal statements scrapped
Frankly, it’s remarkable that it’s taken UCAS this long
Maia Livne
Manifesting our way back into sexism
Tiktok ‘magical thinking’ is harbouring the return of conservative gender roles
Sam Foo
Forget rap, opera is misogynistic too
HOT TAKES
A survival guide for Cambridge dating life
Clarissa Salmon
Debating King’s solar panel plan is pointless and tiresome
Rhea Sarawgi
Why I’m a quiet leftist, and why I’m trying to change
Hot Takes
What is Cambridge’s best night out?
Fabian Apostoaie
Why do we love to steal stuff from here?
Esme Bishop
Corporatisation is killing our student-run bars – Clare Cellars is next
Hugh Jones
Scrapping UCAS personal statements is a step backwards for fairness
Olivia Young
The Love-Island-ification of The Apprentice
When did all reality television shows become beauty pageants?
Lotte Brundle
Sorry ‘besties’ but most friendships don’t survive graduation
In a sea of friends, most of you are getting fed to the sharks when I graduate – that is, if you don’t throw me overboard first
Harvey Brown
The right to strike depends on us mobilising on February 1st
Clarissa Salmon
Get Big Oil out of climate action
Lotte Brundle
A reflection on ‘Cambarrassment’
Famke Veenstra-Ashmore
Sunak’s maths plan will make A-levels more elitist
Asha Kaur Birdi
This house believes not everything is up for debate
Gwenno Robinson
Don’t be fooled by Oxbridge’s myth of meritocracy
Max Ghose
Abolish HSPS
Alice Mumford
What finding hosts for Ukrainians refugees taught me about hope and solidarity
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