Cherwell
Cherwell is the independent student newspaper for the University of Oxford. Founded in 1920, it is one of the oldest and largest student publications in the UK.
The paper is published five times per term and is delivered to the vast majority of Oxford colleges as well as other strategic locations in the city. Our award-winning website and social media channels are updated daily with breaking news, analysis, features, cultural, sport, and lifestyle content.
A reference point for Oxford history and University life, our articles are read by tens of thousands of undergraduates and postgraduates, alumni, academics, and prospective students from across the country and beyond.
A particular advantage we have is that we are one of very few student newspapers to have complete editorial independence from a student union or other body. Owned by Oxford Student Publications Limited, a student publishing house with no ties to the SU or University, we are funded through common room subscriptions and advertising.
Our history
In 1920, two Balliol students, Cecil Binney and George Edolphus Edinger, founded a publication with an earnestly radical political ethos: pro-feminism and against pre-War conservatives values. Early editions of Cherwell were also distinctly literary, with unedited contributions coming in from (among others) Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, Cecil Day-Lewis, W. H. Auden, John Betjeman, and L. P. Hartley.
Over time, Cherwell became the regular print newspaper that we can recognise today.
