Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that the response to Rachel Reeves’s tears in the House of Commons highlights disconcerting characteristics of modern-day politics
While there are inarguable difficulties facing neurodivergent individuals at the University, there is comfort to be found in its neurodiverse legacies, argues Jack Marley
COMMENT
Jasper Finlay Burnside
Where is the humanity in our politics?
Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that the response to Rachel Reeves’s tears in the House of Commons highlights disconcerting characteristics of modern-day politics
Bernard Shiu
It’s not just Trump who’s after international students
Bernard Shiu argues that the rise of populism poses a threat to international students’ access to education across the world
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino
Why shouldn’t we share our libraries with A-level students?
Ben Lubitsh
No platform, no progress
Jack Deasley
Good riddance to exam rankings
Greg Quinn
May Week isn’t going anywhere
Maddy Browne
Open(ing up about) AI
head to head
All aboard the Varsity line?
April O'Neill
Cambridge students need to resurrect the rave
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Why Cambridge needs college chapels
Katie Nicholson
The importance of student protests isn’t up for debate
Katie Nicholson argues that the right of students to protest is an essential facilitator of political expression
Olive Watt
Labour is betraying disabled people
Olive Watt argues that the government is betraying disabled people, and its roots, through cuts to disability benefits
Calum Murray
Is Cambridge really accessible?
Anonymous student
There must be more to the sciences than exams
Maddie Harding
Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?
Ffion Edwards
Not all state schools are made equal
Katie Nicholson
Impostor syndrome isn’t a rite of passage
April O'Neill
Are college-mandated quiet periods more harm than good?
Martha Rayner
The lies we tell prospective students
Katie Nicholson
Lectures are optional so give us the recordings
Jasper Finlay Burnside
What Scotland can teach us about Reform’s coming wave
Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that as Reform’s popularity grows, we ignore the politics of the devolved nations at our own peril
Katie Nicholson
The case for reading weeks
Katie Nicholson argues that a mid-term break would improve, rather than undermine, the Cambridge degree structure
Chiraag Shah
Is networking dead?
Johana Trejtnar
Why Cambridge debates matter
Luca Chandler
How colleges shape the way we see the world
Dylan Stewart
Pope Francis helped young people reconnect with the Church
Evie McMahon
Pick an exam format and stick to it
Luca Chandler
Multiculturalism is under fire
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Cambridge has its own toxic masculinity
Maddy Browne
Cambridge builds up the housing crisis
Jake Altmann
Does the AI revolution render coursework obsolete?
Jake Altmann argues that AI can compliment coursework as a mode of assessment
Gabrielle Lee
Cambridge students are too opinionated
While our student culture encourages social awareness, Gabrielle Lee argues this is often performative
Martha Rayner
Cambridge’s tourism risks commodifying students
Patrick Dolan
The Cambridge workload prioritises quantity over quality
Ellie Buckley
We have a fixation with tracking ourselves
Madeleine Wood
Death of the June Event?
Yashraj Garg
Cambridge’s gossip culture is a double-edged sword
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Cambridge can’t train public servants
Ffion Edwards
More Cambridge students should study abroad
Johana Trejtnar
Cambridge’s spaces still bear the past’s misogyny
Varsity Comment
‘We’ have always been here
Queer communities have been present at Cambridge for much of its history
Jess Standring
Times up for exploitative porn
Jess Standring draws attention to the prevalence of exploitation on platforms like Pornhub
Chiraag Shah
Cambridge is in a public transport crisis
Maddie Harding
Why international aid matters
Maddy Browne
Flying the Pride flag is only the first step
Nick Davis
Cambridge is a masterclass in nostalgia
Letters
Letters to the Editors
Martha Rayner
Bring back unsexy activism
Rosie Roberts
Are May Balls worth their budgets?
Duncan Paterson
Weekly essays don’t do justice to important topics
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Why I’m not a girlboss
A culture of corporate feminism risks alienating women who do not fit the girlboss image
Hattie Holford-Smith
We should all be able to Access-a-Ball
Hattie Holford-Smith argues that May Balls need to do far more for disabled students
Daisy Hewitt
How a culture of knowing shapes the Cambridge application process
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Why we should teach Latin in state schools
Letters
Letters to the Editors
Elsie McDowell
What colleges can learn from international relations
Nicole Banas
Do you know your housekeeper’s name?
Daisy Hewitt
The University must get to grips with gender attainment gaps
Evie McMahon
Why you should keep (either side of) term
Johana Trejtnar
How to breathe new life into Cambridge’s chapels
Erin McGurk
There is a hypocrisy of tolerance here at Cambridge
Erin McGurk argues that the tolerance advocated by left-leaning Cambridge students is often not put into practice
Rosie Roberts
Our lives shouldn’t be products
Social media is making us commodify our lives, argues Rosie Roberts
Benjamin Barrett-Miles
Why Oxbridge’s offers day matters
Martha Rayner
It’s time to change travel grants
Max La Bouchardiere
It’s pay-to-win for health and life skills at Cambridge
Martha Lucas
Student politics is at a crossroads
Luca Chandler
The news reads like satire, but the joke’s on us
Varsity Letters
Letters to the Editors
Duncan Paterson
The nasty aftertaste of Cambridge students’ stupidity
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Holocaust remembrance is Gen Z’s responsibility
Freddie Reid
Universities need fewer students
Freddie Reid argues that universities cannot manage swelling student numbers
Elsie McDowell
Veganism shouldn’t be about perfection
Elsie McDowell looks at what happens when Veganuary ends
Eloise Thompson
The new History tripos is a step in the right direction
Rosie Roberts
It’s not sharking, it’s harassment
Johana Trejtnar
Why university rankings don’t add up
Daisy Stewart Henderson
In praise of part-time jobs
Varsity Letters
Letters to the Editors
Matthew Taylor
Let’s be more literal about Lent
Chiraag Shah
What happened to being well-rounded?
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Have we become too open about our mental health?
Luca Chandler
Fighting climate change on your (college) doorstep
The power of colleges to drive climate action is only just being realised
Evie McMahon
Cambridge’s outreach departments deserve some love
College access and outreach departments and their student-led initiatives are the backbone of accessibility at Cambridge
Chiraag Shah
The case for handwritten exams
Head to Head
Head-to-head: West Hub revision raving
Duncan Paterson
The privilege of not thinking politically
Long Read
It’s time to confront society’s rape culture
Max La Bouchardiere
Tolerating anti-intellectualism supports the ‘career-ification’ of university
Ben Lubitsh
Gen Z’s (not so) unlikely hero
Maddie Harding
Deck the halls and do the dishes
Alex Lee
All I want for Christmas is (tof)u
Elsie McDowell
London has a Cambridge problem
Elsie McDowell reflects on what it means to be a working class Londoner at Cambridge
Daisy Stewart Henderson
In pursuit of the Protestant work ethic at Cambridge
Cambridge’s extreme workload worsens our work ethics, argues Daisy Stewart Henderson
Maddy Browne
University chancellorships are not fit for the 21st-century
Rosie Roberts
Why can’t voters trust women leaders?
Ezra Izer
The supervision system that doesn’t supervise itself
Eliza Ousey
How do I write about street safety?
Luca Chandler
COP29 failed those who need it most
Zoë Randolph
Trump’s second election hits Americans harder than his first
Fatima Zahra Yusuf
Let’s stop pretending drinking socs can be inclusive
Maria Eduarda Paixao
Overcompensating or culturally in touch? On being an international student
Sam Martin
Britain should learn from Canada’s mistakes on assisted suicide
Sam Martin argues that Britain needs assisted suicide, but it should not ignore the problems it has caused in his native Canada
Hugh Jones
Cambridge students need lessons in employment too
Hugh Jones argue that assuming graduates will stumble into success is a naive waste of potential
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Growing up with Trump: how can Gen-Z reclaim politics?
Grace Cobb
Cambridge’s safety nets are often superficial
Luca Chandler
What anthropology can teach us outside the classroom
Alex Lee
Give humanities students a pathway to academia
Evie McMahon
An ode to the welfare walk
Wilf Vall
Cambridge hasn’t been infantilised, it’s grown up
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Cambridge’s LinkedIn culture has changed the meaning of connection
Lily Alford
Labour needs to cultivate a better relationship with Britain’s farmers
Jack Marley
The empowering history of Cambridge’s neurodiversity
While there are inarguable difficulties facing neurodivergent individuals at the University, there is comfort to be found in its neurodiverse legacies, argues Jack Marley
Eliza Ousey
Reclaim the Gym!
Everyone needs to start respecting Women’s and Non-Binary Gym hours
Evie Nicholson
How can we fix the crisis in higher education?
Sydney Heintz
Don’t (just) go to your lectures
Grace Cobb
Celebrity deaths are not for clickbait
Rosie Roberts
A defence of Cambridge clubbing
Max La Bouchardiere
The radical politics of Halloween
Tom Ainscough
The Grafton Centre is Cambridge’s true hidden gem
Long Read
Starmer’s first 100 days, according to Cantabs
Lili Fairclough
What the media get wrong about male violence against women
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