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  • Not all state schools are made equal 
    26 May 2025
  • Impostor syndrome isn’t a rite of passage
    23 May 2025
  • Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?
    28 May 2025
  • The lies we tell prospective students
    19 May 2025
  • Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?

    Maddie Harding

    Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?

    Maddie Harding argues that if the government wants to achieve growth, they need a broader economic vision

    28 May 2025
    Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?
  • Not all state schools are made equal 

    Ffion Edwards

    Not all state schools are made equal 

    Outreach will fall short until comprehensive schools are set apart from grammars in admissions, argues Ffion Edwards

    26 May 2025
    Not all state schools are made equal 
  • Impostor syndrome isn't a rite of passage

    Katie Nicholson

    Impostor syndrome isn’t a rite of passage

    23 May 2025
    Impostor syndrome isn’t a rite of passage
  • Are college-mandated quiet periods more harm than good?

    April O'Neill

    Are college-mandated quiet periods more harm than good?

    21 May 2025
    Are college-mandated quiet periods more harm than good?
  • The lies we tell prospective students

    Martha Rayner

    The lies we tell prospective students

    19 May 2025
    The lies we tell prospective students
  • Lectures are optional so give us the recordings

    Katie Nicholson

    Lectures are optional so give us the recordings

    14 May 2025
    Lectures are optional so give us the recordings
  • What Scotland can teach us about Reform's coming wave

    Jasper Finlay Burnside

    What Scotland can teach us about Reform’s coming wave

    12 May 2025
    What Scotland can teach us about Reform’s coming wave
  • The case for reading weeks

    Katie Nicholson

    The case for reading weeks

    9 May 2025
    The case for reading weeks
  • Is networking dead?

    Chiraag Shah

    Is networking dead?

    5 May 2025
    Is networking dead?
  • Why Cambridge Debates Matter

    Johana Trejtnar

    Why Cambridge Debates Matter

    2 May 2025
    Why Cambridge Debates Matter
  • How colleges shape the way we see the world

    Luca Chandler

    How colleges shape the way we see the world

    Luca Chandler argues that we must reject the tribalism that the college system promotes

    30 April 2025
    How colleges shape the way we see the world
  • Pope Francis helped young people reconnect with the Church

    Dylan Stewart

    Pope Francis helped young people reconnect with the Church

    Dylan Stewart stresses the significance of Pope Francis’s legacy, and argues that it will endure regardless of the new trajectory of the Catholic Church

    28 April 2025
    Pope Francis helped young people reconnect with the Church
  • Pick an exam format and stick to it

    Evie McMahon

    Pick an exam format and stick to it

    25 April 2025
    Pick an exam format and stick to it
  • Multiculturalism is under fire 

    Luca Chandler

    Multiculturalism is under fire 

    25 April 2025
    Multiculturalism is under fire 
  • Cambridge has its own toxic masculinity

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Cambridge has its own toxic masculinity

    25 April 2025
    Cambridge has its own toxic masculinity
  • Cambridge builds up the housing crisis

    Maddy Browne

    Cambridge builds up the housing crisis

    25 April 2025
    Cambridge builds up the housing crisis
  • Does the AI revolution render coursework obsolete?

    Jake Altmann

    Does the AI revolution render coursework obsolete?

    23 April 2025
    Does the AI revolution render coursework obsolete?
  • Cambridge students are too opinionated 

    Gabrielle Lee

    Cambridge students are too opinionated 

    21 April 2025
    Cambridge students are too opinionated 
  • Cambridge's tourism risks commodifying students

    Martha Rayner

    Cambridge’s tourism risks commodifying students

    18 April 2025
    Cambridge’s tourism risks commodifying students
  • The Cambridge workload prioritises quantity over quality 

    Patrick Dolan

    The Cambridge workload prioritises quantity over quality 

    16 April 2025
    The Cambridge workload prioritises quantity over quality 
  • We have a fixation with tracking ourselves

    Ellie Buckley

    We have a fixation with tracking ourselves

    Tracking apps cause more harm than good, argues Ellie Buckley 

    14 April 2025
    We have a fixation with tracking ourselves
  • Death of the June Event?

    Madeleine Wood

    Death of the June Event?

    Madeleine Wood questions what the are implications for Cambridge’s big week

    9 April 2025
    Death of the June Event?
  • Cambridge's gossip culture is a double-edged sword

    Yashraj Garg

    Cambridge’s gossip culture is a double-edged sword

    7 April 2025
    Cambridge’s gossip culture is a double-edged sword
  • Cambridge can't train public servants

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Cambridge can’t train public servants

    4 April 2025
    Cambridge can’t train public servants
  • More Cambridge students should study abroad 

    Ffion Edwards

    More Cambridge students should study abroad 

    1 April 2025
    More Cambridge students should study abroad 
  • Cambridge's spaces still bear the past's misogyny

    Johana Trejtnar

    Cambridge’s spaces still bear the past’s misogyny

    28 March 2025
    Cambridge’s spaces still bear the past’s misogyny
  • ‘We’ have always been here

    Varsity Comment

    ‘We’ have always been here

    26 March 2025
    ‘We’ have always been here
  • Times up for exploitative porn

    Jess Standring

    Times up for exploitative porn

    24 March 2025
    Times up for exploitative porn
  • Cambridge is in a public transport crisis

    Chiraag Shah

    Cambridge is in a public transport crisis

    21 March 2025
    Cambridge is in a public transport crisis
  • Why international aid matters  

    Maddie Harding

    Why international aid matters  

    17 March 2025
    Why international aid matters  
  • Flying the Pride flag is only the first step

    Maddy Browne

    Flying the Pride flag is only the first step

    Colleges need to do more to tackle harmful rhetoric about LGBTQ+ History Month, argues Maddy Browne

    14 March 2025
    Flying the Pride flag is only the first step
  • Cambridge is a masterclass in nostalgia

    Nick Davis

    Cambridge is a masterclass in nostalgia

    College Masters risk losing themselves to nostalgia, argues Nick Davis 

    11 March 2025
    Cambridge is a masterclass in nostalgia
  • Letters to the Editors

    Letters

    Letters to the Editors

    7 March 2025
    Letters to the Editors
  • Bring back unsexy activism

    Martha Rayner

    Bring back unsexy activism

    7 March 2025
    Bring back unsexy activism
  • Are May Balls worth their budgets?

    Rosie Roberts

    Are May Balls worth their budgets?

    7 March 2025
    Are May Balls worth their budgets?
  • Weekly essays don't do justice to important topics

    Duncan Paterson

    Weekly essays don’t do justice to important topics

    7 March 2025
    Weekly essays don’t do justice to important topics
  • Why I'm not a girlboss

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Why I’m not a girlboss

    7 March 2025
    Why I’m not a girlboss
  • We should all be able to Access-a-Ball

    Hattie Holford-Smith

    We should all be able to Access-a-Ball

    3 March 2025
    We should all be able to Access-a-Ball
  • How a culture of knowing shapes the Cambridge application process

    Daisy Hewitt

    How a culture of knowing shapes the Cambridge application process

    1 March 2025
    How a culture of knowing shapes the Cambridge application process
  • Why we should teach Latin in state schools

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Why we should teach Latin in state schools

    27 February 2025
    Why we should teach Latin in state schools
  • Letters to the Editors

    Letters

    Letters to the Editors

    Your letters to the Editors, from class to Cornwall

    22 February 2025
    Letters to the Editors
  • What colleges can learn from international relations

    Elsie McDowell

    What colleges can learn from international relations

    The international stage and the college system bear an uncanny resemblance, argues Elsie McDowell

    21 February 2025
    What colleges can learn from international relations
  • Do you know your housekeeper's name?

    Nicole Banas

    Do you know your housekeeper’s name?

    21 February 2025
    Do you know your housekeeper’s name?
  • The University must get to grips with gender attainment gaps

    Daisy Hewitt

    The University must get to grips with gender attainment gaps

    21 February 2025
    The University must get to grips with gender attainment gaps
  • Why you should keep (either side of) term

    Evie McMahon

    Why you should keep (either side of) term

    21 February 2025
    Why you should keep (either side of) term
  • How to breathe new life into Cambridge’s chapels

    Johana Trejtnar

    How to breathe new life into Cambridge’s chapels

    19 February 2025
    How to breathe new life into Cambridge’s chapels
  • There is a hypocrisy of tolerance here at Cambridge

    Erin McGurk

    There is a hypocrisy of tolerance here at Cambridge

    14 February 2025
    There is a hypocrisy of tolerance here at Cambridge
  • Our lives shouldn't be products 

    Rosie Roberts

    Our lives shouldn’t be products 

    13 February 2025
    Our lives shouldn’t be products 
  • Why Oxbridge's offers day matters

    Benjamin Barrett-Miles

    Why Oxbridge’s offers day matters

    10 February 2025
    Why Oxbridge’s offers day matters
  • It's time to change travel grants

    Martha Rayner

    It’s time to change travel grants

    7 February 2025
    It’s time to change travel grants
  • It’s pay-to-win for health and life skills at Cambridge

    Max La Bouchardiere

    It’s pay-to-win for health and life skills at Cambridge

    Max La Bouchardiere argues that college accommodation disadvantages poorer students

    7 February 2025
    It’s pay-to-win for health and life skills at Cambridge
  • Student politics is at a crossroads

    Martha Lucas

    Student politics is at a crossroads

    Martha Lucas questions the functionality of student parties post-Reform 

    7 February 2025
    Student politics is at a crossroads
  • The news reads like satire, but the joke's on us

    Luca Chandler

    The news reads like satire, but the joke’s on us

    7 February 2025
    The news reads like satire, but the joke’s on us
  • Letters to the Editors

    Varsity Letters

    Letters to the Editors

    7 February 2025
    Letters to the Editors
  • The nasty aftertaste of Cambridge students' stupidity 

    Duncan Paterson

    The nasty aftertaste of Cambridge students’ stupidity 

    5 February 2025
    The nasty aftertaste of Cambridge students’ stupidity 
  • Holocaust remembrance is Gen Z's responsibility 

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Holocaust remembrance is Gen Z’s responsibility 

    31 January 2025
    Holocaust remembrance is Gen Z’s responsibility 
  • Universities need fewer students

    Freddie Reid

    Universities need fewer students

    29 January 2025
    Universities need fewer students
  • Veganism shouldn’t be about perfection  

    Elsie McDowell

    Veganism shouldn’t be about perfection  

    27 January 2025
    Veganism shouldn’t be about perfection  
  • The new History tripos is a step in the right direction

    Eloise Thompson

    The new History tripos is a step in the right direction

    24 January 2025
    The new History tripos is a step in the right direction
  • It's not sharking, it's harassment 

    Rosie Roberts

    It’s not sharking, it’s harassment 

    24 January 2025
    It’s not sharking, it’s harassment 
  • Why university rankings don't add up 

    Johana Trejtnar

    Why university rankings don’t add up 

    Johana Trejtnar argues international university rankings do more harm than good

    24 January 2025
    Why university rankings don’t add up 
  • In praise of part-time jobs

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    In praise of part-time jobs

    Cambridge students can gain much more than some extra cash from part-time jobs

    24 January 2025
    In praise of part-time jobs
  • Letters to the Editors 

    Varsity Letters

    Letters to the Editors 

    24 January 2025
    Letters to the Editors 
  • Let's be more literal about Lent 

    Matthew Taylor

    Let’s be more literal about Lent 

    22 January 2025
    Let’s be more literal about Lent 
  • What happened to being well-rounded?

    Chiraag Shah

    What happened to being well-rounded?

    20 January 2025
    What happened to being well-rounded?
  • Have we become too open about our mental health?

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Have we become too open about our mental health?

    18 January 2025
    Have we become too open about our mental health?
  • Fighting climate change on your (college) doorstep

    Luca Chandler

    Fighting climate change on your (college) doorstep

    15 January 2025
    Fighting climate change on your (college) doorstep
  • Cambridge's outreach departments deserve some love

    Evie McMahon

    Cambridge’s outreach departments deserve some love

    14 January 2025
    Cambridge’s outreach departments deserve some love
  • The case for handwritten exams

    Chiraag Shah

    The case for handwritten exams

    10 January 2025
    The case for handwritten exams
  • Head-to-head: West Hub revision raving

    Head to Head

    Head-to-head: West Hub revision raving

    8 January 2025
    Head-to-head: West Hub revision raving
  • The privilege of not thinking politically 

    Duncan Paterson

    The privilege of not thinking politically 

    Duncan Paterson urges us to educate ourselves on political issues in spite of our privilege

    7 January 2025
    The privilege of not thinking politically 
  • It's time to confront society's rape culture

    Long Read

    It’s time to confront society’s rape culture

    Ria Patel discusses the narratives that surround consent and sexual assault

    3 January 2025
    It’s time to confront society’s rape culture
  • Tolerating anti-intellectualism supports the ‘career-ification’ of university

    Max La Bouchardiere

    Tolerating anti-intellectualism supports the ‘career-ification’ of university

    1 January 2025
    Tolerating anti-intellectualism supports the ‘career-ification’ of university
  • Gen Z’s (not so) unlikely hero

    Ben Lubitsh

    Gen Z’s (not so) unlikely hero

    30 December 2024
    Gen Z’s (not so) unlikely hero
  • Deck the halls and do the dishes

    Maddie Harding

    Deck the halls and do the dishes

    27 December 2024
    Deck the halls and do the dishes
  • All I want for Christmas is (tof)u

    Alex Lee

    All I want for Christmas is (tof)u

    25 December 2024
    All I want for Christmas is (tof)u
  • London has a Cambridge problem 

    Elsie McDowell

    London has a Cambridge problem 

    23 December 2024
    London has a Cambridge problem 
  • In pursuit of the Protestant work ethic at Cambridge

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    In pursuit of the Protestant work ethic at Cambridge

    20 December 2024
    In pursuit of the Protestant work ethic at Cambridge
  • University chancellorships are not fit for the 21st-century

    Maddy Browne

    University chancellorships are not fit for the 21st-century

    18 December 2024
    University chancellorships are not fit for the 21st-century
  • Why can’t voters trust women leaders?

    Rosie Roberts

    Why can’t voters trust women leaders?

    16 December 2024
    Why can’t voters trust women leaders?
  • The supervision system that doesn’t supervise itself

    Ezra Izer

    The supervision system that doesn’t supervise itself

    Ezra Izer argues that to survive the supervision system must reform

    12 December 2024
    The supervision system that doesn’t supervise itself
  • How do I write about street safety?

    Eliza Ousey

    How do I write about street safety?

    Eliza Ousey writes about the difficulties facing women in public places

    10 December 2024
    How do I write about street safety?
  • COP29 failed those who need it most

    Luca Chandler

    COP29 failed those who need it most

    6 December 2024
    COP29 failed those who need it most
  • Trump's second election hits Americans harder than his first

    Zoë Randolph

    Trump’s second election hits Americans harder than his first

    2 December 2024
    Trump’s second election hits Americans harder than his first
  • Let's stop pretending drinking socs can be inclusive

    Fatima Zahra Yusuf

    Let’s stop pretending drinking socs can be inclusive

    29 November 2024
    Let’s stop pretending drinking socs can be inclusive
  • Overcompensating or culturally in touch? On being an international student

    Maria Eduarda Paixao

    Overcompensating or culturally in touch? On being an international student

    29 November 2024
    Overcompensating or culturally in touch? On being an international student
  • Britain should learn from Canada's mistakes on assisted suicide

    Sam Martin

    Britain should learn from Canada’s mistakes on assisted suicide

    29 November 2024
    Britain should learn from Canada’s mistakes on assisted suicide
  • Cambridge students need lessons in employment too

    Hugh Jones

    Cambridge students need lessons in employment too

    29 November 2024
    Cambridge students need lessons in employment too
  • Growing up with Trump: how can Gen-Z reclaim politics?

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Growing up with Trump: how can Gen-Z reclaim politics?

    26 November 2024
    Growing up with Trump: how can Gen-Z reclaim politics?
  • Cambridge's safety nets are often superficial

    Grace Cobb

    Cambridge’s safety nets are often superficial

    20 November 2024
    Cambridge’s safety nets are often superficial
  • What anthropology can teach us outside the classroom

    Luca Chandler

    What anthropology can teach us outside the classroom

    Viewing the world as an anthropologist might just provide the empathy we need

    18 November 2024
    What anthropology can teach us outside the classroom
  • Give humanities students a pathway to academia

    Alex Lee

    Give humanities students a pathway to academia

    HSPS Part III? The time has come, argues Alex Lee

    15 November 2024
    Give humanities students a pathway to academia
  • An ode to the welfare walk

    Evie McMahon

    An ode to the welfare walk

    15 November 2024
    An ode to the welfare walk
  • Cambridge hasn’t been infantilised, it’s grown up

    Wilf Vall

    Cambridge hasn’t been infantilised, it’s grown up

    15 November 2024
    Cambridge hasn’t been infantilised, it’s grown up
  • Cambridge’s LinkedIn culture has changed the meaning of connection

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Cambridge’s LinkedIn culture has changed the meaning of connection

    15 November 2024
    Cambridge’s LinkedIn culture has changed the meaning of connection
  • Labour needs to cultivate a better relationship with Britain’s farmers

    Lily Alford

    Labour needs to cultivate a better relationship with Britain’s farmers

    12 November 2024
    Labour needs to cultivate a better relationship with Britain’s farmers
  • The empowering history of Cambridge's neurodiversity

    Jack Marley

    The empowering history of Cambridge’s neurodiversity

    6 November 2024
    The empowering history of Cambridge’s neurodiversity
  • Reclaim the Gym!

    Eliza Ousey

    Reclaim the Gym!

    1 November 2024
    Reclaim the Gym!
  • How can we fix the crisis in higher education?

    Evie Nicholson

    How can we fix the crisis in higher education?

    1 November 2024
    How can we fix the crisis in higher education?
  • Don't (just) go to your lectures

    Sydney Heintz

    Don’t (just) go to your lectures

    1 November 2024
    Don’t (just) go to your lectures
  • Celebrity deaths are not for clickbait

    Grace Cobb

    Celebrity deaths are not for clickbait

    Why are we suddenly losing self-awareness in the face of celebrity death?

    30 October 2024
    Celebrity deaths are not for clickbait
  • A defence of Cambridge clubbing

    Rosie Roberts

    A defence of Cambridge clubbing

    Our clubs may be bad but it’s our snobbery that gets in the way of us enjoying them, argues Rosie Roberts

    26 October 2024
    A defence of Cambridge clubbing
  • The radical politics of Halloween

    Max La Bouchardiere

    The radical politics of Halloween

    23 October 2024
    The radical politics of Halloween
  • The Grafton Centre is Cambridge’s true hidden gem

    Tom Ainscough

    The Grafton Centre is Cambridge’s true hidden gem

    22 October 2024
    The Grafton Centre is Cambridge’s true hidden gem
  • Starmer's first 100 days, according to Cantabs

    Long Read

    Starmer’s first 100 days, according to Cantabs

    18 October 2024
    Starmer’s first 100 days, according to Cantabs
  • What the media get wrong about male violence against women

    Lili Fairclough

    What the media get wrong about male violence against women

    16 October 2024
    What the media get wrong about male violence against women
  • Universities need to reconsider their outlook on A-Level resits

    Evie McMahon

    Universities need to reconsider their outlook on A-Level resits

    13 October 2024
    Universities need to reconsider their outlook on A-Level resits
  • On the EasyJetification of Eastern Europe

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    On the EasyJetification of Eastern Europe

    10 October 2024
    On the EasyJetification of Eastern Europe
  • Europe's summer of discontent

    Laura Malaussene

    Europe’s summer of discontent

    7 October 2024
    Europe’s summer of discontent
  • Cambridge’s new free speech code is a return to the culture wars

    Sam Moore

    Cambridge’s new free speech code is a return to the culture wars

    4 October 2024
    Cambridge’s new free speech code is a return to the culture wars
  • Long-distance relationships make Cambridge easier

    Max La Bouchardiere

    Long-distance relationships make Cambridge easier

    Being long-distance with your partner at Cambridge allows you to swap feelings of academic pressure with idealism, argues Max La Bouchardiere

    4 October 2024
    Long-distance relationships make Cambridge easier
  • My college’s terrible gender imbalance has a lot to do with meritocracy

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    My college’s terrible gender imbalance has a lot to do with meritocracy

    Daisy Stewart Henderson argues Trinity’s meritocratic admissions system benefits dispraportionately confident men

    4 October 2024
    My college’s terrible gender imbalance has a lot to do with meritocracy
  • Head to head: Freshers' Fair or Freshers' Foul?

    Head to Head

    Head to head: Freshers’ Fair or Freshers’ Foul?

    4 October 2024
    Head to head: Freshers’ Fair or Freshers’ Foul?
  • Shake off our parasocial politics

    Rosie Roberts

    Shake off our parasocial politics

    30 September 2024
    Shake off our parasocial politics
  • Cambridge is cooking up a kitchen problem

    Tom Ainscough

    Cambridge is cooking up a kitchen problem

    28 September 2024
    Cambridge is cooking up a kitchen problem
  • In praise of the local library

    Maddy Browne

    In praise of the local library

    26 September 2024
    In praise of the local library
  • Starmer's tobacco ban gives people back their freedom

    Laura Malaussene

    Starmer’s tobacco ban gives people back their freedom

    24 September 2024
    Starmer’s tobacco ban gives people back their freedom
  • AI doesn’t have to be as frightening as it seems

    Luca Chandler

    AI doesn’t have to be as frightening as it seems

    20 September 2024
    AI doesn’t have to be as frightening as it seems
  • The unspoken divides of the long vacation

    Hattie Holford-Smith

    The unspoken divides of the long vacation

    18 September 2024
    The unspoken divides of the long vacation
  • Goodbye to my beloved bike

    Alex Lee

    Goodbye to my beloved bike

    16 September 2024
    Goodbye to my beloved bike

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