Duncan Paterson
Duncan Paterson argues that Cambridge’s wealthiest colleges are worsening class divides and providing short-term answers to long-term issues
April O'Neill
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
Head to Head
Ellana Cowan
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Jasper Finlay Burnside
Remy Rushbrooke
Kit Roberts
Sophia Bosworth-Gerbino
Alex Rutter
Joshua Prince
Joshua Prince argues that the new railway station promises to bring far more to the city than it may seem
Emy Bengtsson
Emy Bengtsson argues that we should reevaluate our relationship with gossip and anonymous confessions
Comment
Gabrielle Saraway
Katie Nicholson
Jamilla Wichmann
Ben Curtis
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that patriotism shouldn’t be the preserve of the far-right
Jasper Finlay Burnside argues that new-builds are not the answer to the UK’s housing crisis
Charlie Rowan
Elsie McDowell
Ben Lubitsh
Jamilla Wichmann argues that the emphasis on originality in the humanities at Cambridge can have harmful side effects
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
Tia Ribbo
Jack Deasley
Greg Quinn
Maddy Browne
head to head
April O’Neill makes a case for why a messy night out might be exactly what every stressed-out Cambridge student needs
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that college chapels have a great deal more to offer us than we may realise
Olive Watt
Calum Murray
Anonymous student
Maddie Harding
Ffion Edwards
Martha Rayner
Martha Rayner reflects on the half-truths of college outreach
Katie Nicholson argues that faculties must make some changes if they expect students to attend lectures regularly
Chiraag Shah
Johana Trejtnar
Luca Chandler
Dylan Stewart
Evie McMahon
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that the national discussion on toxic masculinity overlooks privileged men
Maddy Browne argues that Cambridge’s housing issues are reflective of the national crisis
Jake Altmann
Gabrielle Lee
Patrick Dolan
Ellie Buckley
Madeleine Wood
Yashraj Garg
Ffion Edwards argues that Cambridge students deprived of the chance to study abroad
Cambridge’s sexism can’t be resigned to the past, argues Johana Trejtnar
Varsity Comment
Jess Standring
Nick Davis
Letters
Rosie Roberts
Big name May Balls waste more money than they’re worth, argues Rosie Roberts
Cambridge’s constant deadlines risk undermining the significance of the topics we study
Hattie Holford-Smith
Daisy Hewitt
Nicole Banas
Being in Cambridge early and late can help us survive term, argues Evie McMahon
College chapels can serve the entire community, argues Johana Trejtnar
Erin McGurk
Benjamin Barrett-Miles
Max La Bouchardiere
Martha Lucas
Varsity Letters
Duncan Paterson argues that incidents of drunken stupidity reflect dark undercurrents of entitlement within Cambridge
As the last generation for whom it remains in living memory, we must commit to Holocaust remembrance
Freddie Reid
Eloise Thompson
Matthew Taylor
Chiraag Shah argues that an excessive focus on employability devalues interdisciplinarity
We must not forget the privilege and politicisation associated with emotional openness
Long Read
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COMMENT
Duncan Paterson
When colleges raise rents, everybody loses
Duncan Paterson argues that Cambridge’s wealthiest colleges are worsening class divides and providing short-term answers to long-term issues
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
Head to Head
Should Cambridge be investing in programmes over people?
Ellana Cowan
Let’s bring back masks
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Find people in Cambridge you disagree with
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
Joshua Prince argues that the new railway station promises to bring far more to the city than it may seem
Emy Bengtsson
Cambridge’s culture of anonymous complaint
Emy Bengtsson argues that we should reevaluate our relationship with gossip and anonymous confessions
Comment
A fleshy realisation
Gabrielle Saraway
I think I…like myself?
Katie Nicholson
The reality of the Tompkins Table rankings
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
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that patriotism shouldn’t be the preserve of the far-right
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
April O'Neill
Put an end to the unpaid internship
Charlie Rowan
Oxford wins the ceremonial Varsity
Katie Nicholson
Supervisions are about more than teaching
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?
Jamilla Wichmann argues that the emphasis on originality in the humanities at Cambridge can have harmful side effects
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
Tia Ribbo
So, what are you up to this summer?
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
April O’Neill makes a case for why a messy night out might be exactly what every stressed-out Cambridge student needs
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
Katie Nicholson
The importance of student protests isn’t up for debate
Olive Watt
Labour is betraying disabled people
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
Martha Rayner reflects on the half-truths of college outreach
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
Jasper Finlay Burnside
What Scotland can teach us about Reform’s coming wave
Katie Nicholson
The case for reading weeks
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
Daisy Stewart Henderson argues that the national discussion on toxic masculinity overlooks privileged men
Maddy Browne
Cambridge builds up the housing crisis
Maddy Browne argues that Cambridge’s housing issues are reflective of the national crisis
Jake Altmann
Does the AI revolution render coursework obsolete?
Gabrielle Lee
Cambridge students are too opinionated
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
Ffion Edwards argues that Cambridge students deprived of the chance to study abroad
Johana Trejtnar
Cambridge’s spaces still bear the past’s misogyny
Cambridge’s sexism can’t be resigned to the past, argues Johana Trejtnar
Varsity Comment
‘We’ have always been here
Jess Standring
Times up for exploitative porn
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?
Big name May Balls waste more money than they’re worth, argues Rosie Roberts
Duncan Paterson
Weekly essays don’t do justice to important topics
Cambridge’s constant deadlines risk undermining the significance of the topics we study
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Why I’m not a girlboss
Hattie Holford-Smith
We should all be able to Access-a-Ball
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
Being in Cambridge early and late can help us survive term, argues Evie McMahon
Johana Trejtnar
How to breathe new life into Cambridge’s chapels
College chapels can serve the entire community, argues Johana Trejtnar
Erin McGurk
There is a hypocrisy of tolerance here at Cambridge
Rosie Roberts
Our lives shouldn’t be products
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
Duncan Paterson argues that incidents of drunken stupidity reflect dark undercurrents of entitlement within Cambridge
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Holocaust remembrance is Gen Z’s responsibility
As the last generation for whom it remains in living memory, we must commit to Holocaust remembrance
Freddie Reid
Universities need fewer students
Elsie McDowell
Veganism shouldn’t be about perfection
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?
Chiraag Shah argues that an excessive focus on employability devalues interdisciplinarity
Daisy Stewart Henderson
Have we become too open about our mental health?
We must not forget the privilege and politicisation associated with emotional openness
Luca Chandler
Fighting climate change on your (college) doorstep
Evie McMahon
Cambridge’s outreach departments deserve some love
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
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