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University announces collaboration with Vietnamese research institutions

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam visited Oxford University during a visit to the United Kingdom, to enhance cooperation between Oxford research groups and Vietnam. The agreements with Vietnamese officials and...
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Take it from me, there are worse things than Oxford

Laura van Heijnsbergen -
If you feel things are tough for you at Oxford, try to hold on to the little moments that remind you how lucky you are to be here.

It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

To combine all the factors that might influence someone’s decision-making into an aggregate score obscures as much as it illuminates.  
Alexandre Guilloteau -

The Greens must revive Oxford’s leftist scene

Student Greens are missing a crucial opportunity to challenge Oxford Labour Club's top spot in left wing politics at this University.
Morwenna Stinchcombe -

Dear summer school snobs, please pipe down

You might not like it, but in an era of rising financial pressures for the university sector, summer schools are not just harmless – they are essential.
Barbara Dolgova -

Statute XI is about power, not protection

Sahana Narayan -
The changes to the University's student disciplinary policy do more harm than good.

Features

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Students have started reaching out to Oxfess to solve the annual dilemma: which colleges...

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Erotic suspense and trickery: ‘Twelfth Night’ at St Hugh’s 

Mary Stillman -
Lovers mismatched, siblings detached, and...
Culture

Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

I arrived at a rehearsal of Women Beware Women and found Hippolito (Kit Parsons) and Isabella (Céline Mathilda), uncle and niece, embracing and sharing an incestous kiss flavoured by...
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Culture

Well-managed complexity: ‘In Praise of Love’ 

In Praise of Love by Terence Rattigan was a play well-chosen in today’s political context – it uses the unhappy relationships between Estonian immigrant Lydia (Nicole Palka), English former...
Charlie Bailey -
Culture

Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

Iggy Clarke, the president of the 2025 Oxford Fashion Gala, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now.
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Lifestyle

Hyperactive brain, hypoactive thyroid

Olivia-Mae Butterfield -
Many Oxford narratives have been told time and again, but the story of the...

Sport

Austria, the Allianz, and applause: How we make spaces divine

Natalie Tan -
In March I twice came...

Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

John Frame -
Many people would consider offshore...

The elusive magic of club cricket

Charlie Towle -
As summer draws to a...

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

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Thousands took to the streets...

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