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  • Popular articles
  • Confidence isn’t earned, it’s bought 
    21 November 2025
  • Anti-trans societies won’t make women safer
    14 November 2025
  • AI isn’t worth the environmental costs
    19 November 2025
  • Be mindful of non-students in your societies
    12 November 2025
  • Confidence isn't earned, it's bought 

    Amelie Rothwell

    Confidence isn’t earned, it’s bought 

    Amelie Rothwell explores the reasons behind the confidence gap between private and state school students

    21 November 2025
    Confidence isn’t earned, it’s bought 
  • AI isn't worth the environmental costs

    Nessa Yip

    AI isn’t worth the environmental costs

    Nessa Yip argues that AI’s harm to the climate outstrips its potential benefits

    19 November 2025
    AI isn’t worth the environmental costs
  • Anti-trans societies won't make women safer

    Olive Watt

    Anti-trans societies won’t make women safer

    14 November 2025
    Anti-trans societies won’t make women safer
  • Time to slow down the rat race

    Wilf Vall

    Time to slow down the rat race

    14 November 2025
    Time to slow down the rat race
  • Reformed ideas: should we encourage a Reform UK society?

    Jasper Finlay Burnside and Duncan Paterson

    Reformed ideas: should we encourage a Reform UK society?

    14 November 2025
    Reformed ideas: should we encourage a Reform UK society?
  • Be mindful of non-students in your societies

    Alex Rutter

    Be mindful of non-students in your societies

    12 November 2025
    Be mindful of non-students in your societies
  • Stop relying on your bedder

    April O'Neill

    Stop relying on your bedder

    31 October 2025
    Stop relying on your bedder
  • Have we forgotten how to empathise?

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Have we forgotten how to empathise?

    31 October 2025
    Have we forgotten how to empathise?
  • The conflict of interest at the heart of Cambridge academia

    Duncan Paterson

    The conflict of interest at the heart of Cambridge academia

    31 October 2025
    The conflict of interest at the heart of Cambridge academia
  • Young people don't like your online political campaigns 

    Nessa Yip

    Young people don’t like your online political campaigns 

    29 October 2025
    Young people don’t like your online political campaigns 
  • On overcoming the freshers' curse

    Abril Duarte González

    On overcoming the freshers’ curse

    Abril Duarte González tells freshers to remember that Cambridge is the least interesting thing about them 

    22 October 2025
    On overcoming the freshers’ curse
  • Nathan Cofnas shouldn't be silenced 

    Remy Rushbrooke

    Nathan Cofnas shouldn’t be silenced 

    Remy Rushbrooke argues that we should defeat Cofnas’ ideology on our own terms rather than censoring them

    20 October 2025
    Nathan Cofnas shouldn’t be silenced 
  • Cambridge should lose the Boat Race

    Joshua Prince

    Cambridge should lose the Boat Race

    31 October 2025
    Cambridge should lose the Boat Race
  • Welfare workshops are broken 

    Head to Head

    Welfare workshops are broken 

    17 October 2025
    Welfare workshops are broken 
  • Where's the money for 'Mickey Mouse'?

    April O'Neill

    Where’s the money for ‘Mickey Mouse’?

    17 October 2025
    Where’s the money for ‘Mickey Mouse’?
  • It's not my fault I was followed home 

    Talia Jacobs

    It’s not my fault I was followed home 

    17 October 2025
    It’s not my fault I was followed home 
  • Bonnie Blue is the enemy, not the face, of female liberation

    Bibi Boyce

    Bonnie Blue is the enemy, not the face, of female liberation

    13 October 2025
    Bonnie Blue is the enemy, not the face, of female liberation
  • Open-mindedness is a British value

    Jamilla Wichmann

    Open-mindedness is a British value

    10 October 2025
    Open-mindedness is a British value
  • Flying the flag, properly

    Elena Buermann

    Flying the flag, properly

    8 October 2025
    Flying the flag, properly
  • When colleges raise rents, everybody loses

    Duncan Paterson

    When colleges raise rents, everybody loses

    7 October 2025
    When colleges raise rents, everybody loses
  • Cambridge needs a proper Freshers' Week

    April O'Neill

    Cambridge needs a proper Freshers’ Week

    April O’Neill argues that the clash of Freshers’ Week and week one robs students of the chance to adjust to the weird and wonderful ways of Cambridge

    3 October 2025
    Cambridge needs a proper Freshers’ Week
  • Should Cambridge be investing in programmes over people?

    Head to Head

    Should Cambridge be investing in programmes over people?

    Jasper Finlay Burnside and Josh Prince debate whether Cambridge should follow Oxford by integrating AI into its education system

    3 October 2025
    Should Cambridge be investing in programmes over people?
  • Let's bring back masks

    Ellana Cowan

    Let’s bring back masks

    1 October 2025
    Let’s bring back masks
  • Find people in Cambridge you disagree with

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Find people in Cambridge you disagree with

    29 September 2025
    Find people in Cambridge you disagree with
  • The protestable state of protest

    Jasper Finlay Burnside

    The protestable state of protest

    24 September 2025
    The protestable state of protest
  • Leave no stone unturned

    Remy Rushbrooke

    Leave no stone unturned

    22 September 2025
    Leave no stone unturned
  • Dear finalists, please have fun

    Kit Roberts

    Dear finalists, please have fun

    19 September 2025
    Dear finalists, please have fun
  • Travelling to Trump's America

    Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino

    Travelling to Trump’s America

    17 September 2025
    Travelling to Trump’s America
  • Why UCLS are not just another protest group 

    Alex Rutter

    Why UCLS are not just another protest group 

    15 September 2025
    Why UCLS are not just another protest group 
  • Cambridge South is right to be ambitious

    Joshua Prince

    Cambridge South is right to be ambitious

    13 September 2025
    Cambridge South is right to be ambitious
  • Cambridge's culture of anonymous complaint

    Emy Bengtsson

    Cambridge’s culture of anonymous complaint

    Emy Bengtsson argues that we should reevaluate our relationship with gossip and anonymous confessions

    11 September 2025
    Cambridge’s culture of anonymous complaint
  • A fleshy realisation

    Comment

    A fleshy realisation

    Jasper Finlay Burnside places communities at the heart of his argument for cycling infrastructure

    8 September 2025
    A fleshy realisation
  • I think I…like myself?

    Gabrielle Saraway

    I think I…like myself?

    5 September 2025
    I think I…like myself?
  • The reality of the Tompkins Table rankings

    Katie Nicholson

    The reality of the Tompkins Table rankings

    3 September 2025
    The reality of the Tompkins Table rankings
  • Why do we need to glow up?

    Jamilla Wichmann

    Why do we need to glow up?

    1 September 2025
    Why do we need to glow up?
  • My problem with the year abroad

    Comment

    My problem with the year abroad

    29 August 2025
    My problem with the year abroad
  • Cambridge needs to reach out to disabled students

    Ellana Cowan

    Cambridge needs to reach out to disabled students

    27 August 2025
    Cambridge needs to reach out to disabled students
  • Who could possibly want more exams?

    Comment

    Who could possibly want more exams?

    25 August 2025
    Who could possibly want more exams?
  • Time’s up for the Tompkins Table

    Ben Curtis

    Time’s up for the Tompkins Table

    22 August 2025
    Time’s up for the Tompkins Table
  • Yes, I love Britain

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Yes, I love Britain

    20 August 2025
    Yes, I love Britain
  • A plague on your new-build houses

    Jasper Finlay Burnside

    A plague on your new-build houses

    Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that new-builds are not the answer to the UK’s housing crisis

    18 August 2025
    A plague on your new-build houses
  • Put an end to the unpaid internship

    April O'Neill

    Put an end to the unpaid internship

    April O’Neill argues that unpaid internships are a barrier to social mobility that we need to knock down

    15 August 2025
    Put an end to the unpaid internship
  • Oxford wins the ceremonial Varsity

    Charlie Rowan

    Oxford wins the ceremonial Varsity

    13 August 2025
    Oxford wins the ceremonial Varsity
  • Supervisions are about more than teaching

    Katie Nicholson

    Supervisions are about more than teaching

    11 August 2025
    Supervisions are about more than teaching
  • What the civil service has got wrong about class

    Elsie McDowell

    What the civil service has got wrong about class

    8 August 2025
    What the civil service has got wrong about class
  • Are degrees still worth it?

    Katie Nicholson

    Are degrees still worth it?

    4 August 2025
    Are degrees still worth it?
  • I stand by my sixteen-year-old self's vote

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    I stand by my sixteen-year-old self’s vote

    26 July 2025
    I stand by my sixteen-year-old self’s vote
  • Stop disarming people of their nuance

    Ben Lubitsh

    Stop disarming people of their nuance

    23 July 2025
    Stop disarming people of their nuance
  • The next Chancellor has their work cut out for them

    Ben Curtis

    The next Chancellor has their work cut out for them

    19 July 2025
    The next Chancellor has their work cut out for them
  • What is originality, anyway? 

    Jamilla Wichmann

    What is originality, anyway? 

    14 July 2025
    What is originality, anyway? 
  • Where is the humanity in our politics?

    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

    7 July 2025
    Where is the humanity in our politics?
  • It's not just Trump who's after international students

    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

    30 June 2025
    It’s not just Trump who’s after international students
  • So, what are you up to this summer?

    Tia Ribbo

    So, what are you up to this summer?

    11 July 2025
    So, what are you up to this summer?
  • Why shouldn't we share our libraries with A-level students?

    Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino

    Why shouldn’t we share our libraries with A-level students?

    25 June 2025
    Why shouldn’t we share our libraries with A-level students?
  • No platform, no progress

    Ben Lubitsh

    No platform, no progress

    23 June 2025
    No platform, no progress
  • Good riddance to exam rankings

    Jack Deasley

    Good riddance to exam rankings

    20 June 2025
    Good riddance to exam rankings
  • May Week isn’t going anywhere

    Greg Quinn

    May Week isn’t going anywhere

    16 June 2025
    May Week isn’t going anywhere
  • Open(ing up about) AI

    Maddy Browne

    Open(ing up about) AI

    13 June 2025
    Open(ing up about) AI
  • All aboard the Varsity line? 

    head to head

    All aboard the Varsity line? 

    13 June 2025
    All aboard the Varsity line? 
  • Cambridge students need to resurrect the rave

    April O'Neill

    Cambridge students need to resurrect the rave

    13 June 2025
    Cambridge students need to resurrect the rave
  • Why Cambridge needs college chapels

    Daisy Stewart Henderson

    Why Cambridge needs college chapels

    Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that college chapels have a great deal more to offer us than we may realise

    11 June 2025
    Why Cambridge needs college chapels
  • The importance of student protests isn't up for debate

    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

    6 June 2025
    The importance of student protests isn’t up for debate
  • Labour is betraying disabled people

    Olive Watt

    Labour is betraying disabled people

    4 June 2025
    Labour is betraying disabled people
  • Is Cambridge really accessible?

    Calum Murray

    Is Cambridge really accessible?

    2 June 2025
    Is Cambridge really accessible?
  • There must be more to the sciences than exams

    Anonymous student

    There must be more to the sciences than exams

    30 May 2025
    There must be more to the sciences than exams
  • Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?

    Maddie Harding

    Keir Starmer’s ‘New Deal’ era?

    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 

    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

    Katie Nicholson argues that faculties must make some changes if they expect students to attend lectures regularly 

    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

    Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that as Reform’s popularity grows, we ignore the politics of the devolved nations at our own peril

    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

    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

    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

    Maddy Browne argues that Cambridge’s housing issues are reflective of the national 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?

    Jake Altmann argues that AI can compliment coursework as a mode of assessment

    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

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

    Madeleine Wood

    Death of the June Event?

    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

    Cambridge’s sexism can’t be resigned to the past, argues Johana Trejtnar 

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

    Varsity Comment

    ‘We’ have always been here

    Queer communities have been present at Cambridge for much of its history

    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

    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

    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

    Cambridge’s constant deadlines risk undermining the significance of the topics we study 

    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

    A culture of corporate feminism risks alienating women who do not fit the girlboss image

    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

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

    Elsie McDowell

    What colleges can learn from international relations

    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

    College chapels can serve the entire community, argues Johana Trejtnar

    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

    Erin McGurk argues that the tolerance advocated by left-leaning Cambridge students is often not put into practice

    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

    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

    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 

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