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Twelve Oxford Scientists receive prestigious Royal Society Fellowship

Twelve University of Oxford researchers have been elected as fellows to the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. They join a cohort of 90 scientific researchers elected this year from around the world who specialise in fields ranging from “astronomy and cancer research to mathematics and biotechnology”.
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University Council candidates warn of financial pressures, bureaucracy, and AI disruption at Oxford

Candidates standing in next week’s University of Oxford Council elections have warned of growing financial pressures, rising workloads, governance challenges, and the impact of AI on admissions and assessment.
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Nine colleges indirectly invest in local Campsfield immigration centre

At least nine Oxford colleges invest indirectly in Mitie Group Plc,...
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Oxford ranks second to Cambridge in Complete University Guide

The University of Oxford has ranked second behind the University of Cambridge in the  Complete University Guide’s 2027 league table, marking the second consecutive year that Cambridge has claimed the top spot. 
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Opinion

Who gets to build the future: On tech bros

Nancy Locke -
While scrolling through social media, a video appeared on my feed titled “Remember who you are, start-up boy”, followed by a montage of clips...

Oxford’s exams need an update

In a matter of days, I will face 15 hours of handwritten exams. I will wear a gown that has never truly fitted, because...
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Oxford is not an aesthetic

My social media algorithm has successfully tracked my profile closely enough to have figured out where I study. To my regret. For every now...
Elizabeth Millett -

What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever, and it seems to me that the screens they are...
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Gender is what you make of it

Morwenna Stinchcombe -
If you ever dare to become an audacious transsexual like me, you may have been confronted with a litany of in-group terminology online: “nonbinary...

Features

The BNOC List 2026

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As the academic year draws to a close, the most anticipated list in all of Oxford is finally here! This year’s BNOC nomination form received 331 responses over the course of ten days, with the final response coming in just 14 seconds before the form closed (you’ve got to admire the procrastination of an Oxford student).

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Culture

Culture

The ‘Obsession’ Obsession

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'Obsession' is a taste of what the next generation of filmmakers looks like.
Culture

Slow down, you crazy child: What Oxford student theatre can learn from garden plays

Student theatre strives to be as professional as possible, but the annual garden play offers something unique: permission to have fun.
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Music

Rap as poetry: ‘The Odyssey’ and the breakdown of the medium

When interviewed on his decision to cast Travis Scott as a bard figure in his upcoming The Odyssey adaptation, set to release on 17th July in the UK, Christopher...
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Art

Hag, Nag, Harpy, Hen: Olivia Plender’s ‘Little Fennel’s Complaint’

It is the examination of archaic methods and attitudes surrounding women’s bodies, and the idea of the ‘nagging’ woman, which runs through Olivia Plender’s exhibition.
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Lifestyle

A love letter to my year abroad 

Rebecca Bushee -
A year is a long time: enough to call a place home, enough to...

Sport

It’s impossible not to be Romantic about football 

Natalie Tan -
It’s impossible to not be...

Goodbye football: Welcoming political tension to the centre stage of the World Cup

Jessica Gregory -
It’s been four years since...

The women who turned the tide

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Summer 2024 Annie Anezakis has just...

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