Cherwell is the independent student newspaper of Oxford University, England. It was founded in 1920 by students Cecil Binney and George Edinger and has continued as a weekly publication during term-time to this day. Cherwell is named after a local river in Oxford and is published on Friday mornings when 17,000 copies of each issue are distributed around Oxford's colleges and some cafes. The staff of Cherwell, including the Editors, changes every term.

Cherwell.org is the newspaper's website and has been running since 1996. The current version was launched in July 2008. In recent months Cherwell has made a strong effort to expand its use of different media with the introduction of video reports and podcasts - only available at cherwell.org.

Cherwell is managed financially by a 100% student-run company, Oxford Student Publications Ltd. (OSPL). OSPL's Board of Directors oversee the general running of the company as a business and the Board consists of former Editors of OSPL publications who are still students of Oxford University.