William Atkinson

Scrapping university personal statements is a mistake

14 January 2023 4:22 am

The decision to scrap personal statements shows up our university system for what it really is: the priority is no…

Oxford’s Oriental name change is a mistake

21 September 2022 11:08 pm

Oxford’s Faculty of Oriental Studies has had a name change: it will now be known as the Faculty of Asian and…

Boris Johnson should quit now to save his career

8 June 2022 3:30 pm

The greased piglet will soon be sausages. That, at least, seems the obvious outcome of this week’s Tory party confidence…

Studying history isn’t what it used to be

12 May 2021 5:30 pm

Is history in danger of becoming a thing of the past on campus? In recent weeks, Aston in Birmingham announced a consultation on…

Zoomers like me don’t realise how lucky we are

28 March 2021 5:30 pm

For millennials like me, talkin’ ’bout our generation usually involves complaining. We Generation Zs – or zoomers – can’t seem…

Rhodes shouldn’t fall but Clive had to go

24 January 2021 5:45 pm

Tearing down statues and renaming places is all the rage. But acting in this way isn’t always a mistake. Take…