Olive Watt
Olive Watt reacts to the creation of the Cambridge University Society of Women and reflects on the queer experience
Wilf Vall
Wilf Vall calls for calm amid the rush for a graduate job
Jasper Finlay Burnside and Duncan Paterson
Alex Rutter
April O'Neill
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Duncan Paterson
Nessa Yip
Abril Duarte González
Remy Rushbrooke
Joshua Prince
Joshua Prince thinks ahead to next year’s iconic ‘Battle of the Blues’ and considers whether it’s time for Cambridge’s dominance to come to an end
Head to Head
Daisy Stewart Henderson and Duncan Paterson clash over how to fix this Freshers’ Week staple
Talia Jacobs
Bibi Boyce
Jamilla Wichmann
Elena Buermann
Ellana Cowan
Ellana Cowan argues that the benefits of masking mean that we shouldn’t drop the practice
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that one of the most important lessons we learn at Cambridge is how to disagree
Jasper Finlay Burnside
Kit Roberts
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino
Emy Bengtsson
Comment
Gabrielle Saraway
Gabrielle Saraway argues something very radical: that we should like ourselves
Katie Nicholson
Katie Nicholson rebuts claims that the Tompkins Table is obsolete, instead arguing that the problem lies in its reception
Ben Curtis
Charlie Rowan
Charlie Rowan argues that Cambridge is losing its grip on national attention
Katie Nicholson weighs up the pros and cons of the supervision system
Elsie McDowell
Ben Lubitsh
Bernard Shiu
Tia Ribbo
Tia Ribbo argues that the pressure placed on our summer vacation highlights harmful aspects of Cambridge’s culture
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino argues that we need to remember that Cambridge is not solely a university town when complaining about A-level students in our libraries
Jack Deasley
Greg Quinn
Maddy Browne
head to head
Olive Watt argues that the government is betraying disabled people, and its roots, through cuts to disability benefits
Calum Murray
Students from working class backgrounds discuss the remaining barriers to inclusion at Cambridge
Anonymous student
Maddie Harding
Ffion Edwards
Martha Rayner
Katie Nicholson argues that a mid-term break would improve, rather than undermine, the Cambridge degree structure
Chiraag Shah
Chiraag Shah argues that a Cambridge student’s networking skills are still relevant in the world of work
Johana Trejtnar
Luca Chandler
Dylan Stewart
Evie McMahon
Jake Altmann
Gabrielle Lee
While our student culture encourages social awareness, Gabrielle Lee argues this is often performative
The city’s tourism both benefits and commodifies students, argues Martha Rayner
Patrick Dolan
Ellie Buckley
Madeleine Wood
Yashraj Garg
Varsity Comment
Jess Standring
Jess Standring draws attention to the prevalence of exploitation on platforms like Pornhub
Cambridge’s lacklustre public transport system is representative of the city’s deeper issues with inequality
Nick Davis
Letters
Rosie Roberts
Hattie Holford-Smith
Hattie Holford-Smith argues that May Balls need to do far more for disabled students
Daisy Hewitt
The insider knowledge that some schools possess threatens the meritocracy of the Cambridge system
Nicole Banas
Erin McGurk
Social media is making us commodify our lives, argues Rosie Roberts
Benjamin Barrett-Miles
Benjamin Barrett-Miles argues that the concept of an offers day is a tradition worth preserving
Max La Bouchardiere
Martha Lucas
Varsity Letters
Freddie Reid
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COMMENT
Olive Watt
Anti-trans societies won’t make women safer
Olive Watt reacts to the creation of the Cambridge University Society of Women and reflects on the queer experience
Wilf Vall
Time to slow down the rat race
Wilf Vall calls for calm amid the rush for a graduate job
Jasper Finlay Burnside and Duncan Paterson
Reformed ideas: should we encourage a Reform UK society?
Alex Rutter
Be mindful of non-students in your societies
April O'Neill
Stop relying on your bedder
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Have we forgotten how to empathise?
Duncan Paterson
The conflict of interest at the heart of Cambridge academia
Nessa Yip
Young people don’t like your online political campaigns
Abril Duarte González
On overcoming the freshers’ curse
Remy Rushbrooke
Nathan Cofnas shouldn’t be silenced
Joshua Prince
Cambridge should lose the Boat Race
Joshua Prince thinks ahead to next year’s iconic ‘Battle of the Blues’ and considers whether it’s time for Cambridge’s dominance to come to an end
Head to Head
Welfare workshops are broken
Daisy Stewart Henderson and Duncan Paterson clash over how to fix this Freshers’ Week staple
April O'Neill
Where’s the money for ‘Mickey Mouse’?
Talia Jacobs
It’s not my fault I was followed home
Bibi Boyce
Bonnie Blue is the enemy, not the face, of female liberation
Jamilla Wichmann
Open-mindedness is a British value
Elena Buermann
Flying the flag, properly
Duncan Paterson
When colleges raise rents, everybody loses
April O'Neill
Cambridge needs a proper Freshers’ Week
Head to Head
Should Cambridge be investing in programmes over people?
Ellana Cowan
Let’s bring back masks
Ellana Cowan argues that the benefits of masking mean that we shouldn’t drop the practice
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Find people in Cambridge you disagree with
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that one of the most important lessons we learn at Cambridge is how to disagree
Jasper Finlay Burnside
The protestable state of protest
Remy Rushbrooke
Leave no stone unturned
Kit Roberts
Dear finalists, please have fun
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino
Travelling to Trump’s America
Alex Rutter
Why UCLS are not just another protest group
Joshua Prince
Cambridge South is right to be ambitious
Emy Bengtsson
Cambridge’s culture of anonymous complaint
Comment
A fleshy realisation
Gabrielle Saraway
I think I…like myself?
Gabrielle Saraway argues something very radical: that we should like ourselves
Katie Nicholson
The reality of the Tompkins Table rankings
Katie Nicholson rebuts claims that the Tompkins Table is obsolete, instead arguing that the problem lies in its reception
Jamilla Wichmann
Why do we need to glow up?
Comment
My problem with the year abroad
Ellana Cowan
Cambridge needs to reach out to disabled students
Comment
Who could possibly want more exams?
Ben Curtis
Time’s up for the Tompkins Table
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Yes, I love Britain
Jasper Finlay Burnside
A plague on your new-build houses
April O'Neill
Put an end to the unpaid internship
Charlie Rowan
Oxford wins the ceremonial Varsity
Charlie Rowan argues that Cambridge is losing its grip on national attention
Katie Nicholson
Supervisions are about more than teaching
Katie Nicholson weighs up the pros and cons of the supervision system
Elsie McDowell
What the civil service has got wrong about class
Katie Nicholson
Are degrees still worth it?
Daisy Stewart Henderson
I stand by my sixteen-year-old self’s vote
Ben Lubitsh
Stop disarming people of their nuance
Ben Curtis
The next Chancellor has their work cut out for them
Jamilla Wichmann
What is originality, anyway?
Jasper Finlay Burnside
Where is the humanity in our politics?
Bernard Shiu
It’s not just Trump who’s after international students
Tia Ribbo
So, what are you up to this summer?
Tia Ribbo argues that the pressure placed on our summer vacation highlights harmful aspects of Cambridge’s culture
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino
Why shouldn’t we share our libraries with A-level students?
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino argues that we need to remember that Cambridge is not solely a university town when complaining about A-level students in our libraries
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
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?
Students from working class backgrounds discuss the remaining barriers to inclusion at Cambridge
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
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?
Chiraag Shah argues that a Cambridge student’s networking skills are still relevant in the world of work
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?
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
The city’s tourism both benefits and commodifies students, argues Martha Rayner
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
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
Cambridge’s lacklustre public transport system is representative of the city’s deeper issues with inequality
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
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
The insider knowledge that some schools possess threatens the meritocracy of the Cambridge system
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
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
Benjamin Barrett-Miles argues that the concept of an offers day is a tradition worth preserving
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
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