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Oxford Union votes against flying LGBTQ+ flag for Pride Month

The Oxford Union has rejected a proposal to fly an LGBTQ+ flag for Pride Month every year. President Anita Okunde had put forward the Standing Order change but the...

VE Day celebrations to take place across Oxfordshire

Street parties are being planned across Oxfordshire as part of a national programme of...

University Welfare Services release annual reports

The 2023/24 reports from Student Welfare and Support Services (SWSS) were published last week....

Liberal Democrat victory in last County Council election

Oxfordshire residents voted in what was expected to be Oxfordshire County Council’s last election...

Technical difficulties delay Union term card release

Apple delayed registering the app due to technical problems

Nuffield College ‘unconcerned’ about academic’s ‘racist pseudoscience’, claim students

Cherwell understands that as many as seven Nuffield students complained to College administrators about Noah Carl’s conduct in the wake of last year’s revelation...

Is your college investing in your grades?

The amount that colleges spend on their libraries is key to their academic performance, a Cherwell investigation has found. Cherwell’s analysis shows the statistical correlation...

Women-only scholarship opened to all genders

A fellowship previously exclusive to women was made to be availible to all genders after it was deemed illegally discrimanatory last term. The Oxford Council,...

John Major apologised to Bill Clinton over Home Office role in Oxford draft-dodging rumours, papers reveal

John Major sent a letter apologising to Bill Clinton over the Home Office’s involvement in damaging press rumours, official cabinet records reveal. During the 1992...

Andrew Adonis proposes college for underrepresented students

Lord Andrew Adonis has called for the creation of new undergraduate colleges at Oxford and Cambridge as a means to improving “access with excellence”...

Ousted Oxford MP to be awarded peerage

Nicola Blackwood has worked for the lobbying firm Global Counsel since losing her seat

Oxford academics scoop eight New Year Honours

Four female Oxford academics and two famous alumni are among those recognised in the 2019 New Year Honours list

OULC signs letter condemning Chris Williamson

An OULC committee member said an apology from Williamson was "not enough"

Plush to stay put through January

The nightclub released a press statement today confirming that it will remain at its current site “until the end of January 2019.”

University to cover cost of all EU staff and families’ application for settled status

Around 18% of the University’s staff are from EU countries.

Former ACS president wins social mobility award

The current Havard student was a former ACS president

Rhodes Trust announces largest and most diverse cohort

The 2019 class includes two Global Scholars

Research by Oxford University reveals scale of Russian intervention in US election

Research by Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project and network analysis firm Graphika provides an in-depth analysis into Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 US election.

Students face “hit” following ONS student loan reclassification

The reclassification will see £12bn added to the UK annual deficit

Oxford University receives funding for research into potential benefits of AI

Oxford University has received a grant of over £1 million to aid research into the potential benefits of artificial intelligence to the legal sector.

Michael Gove and Caroline Lucas to speak at the 2019 Oxford Farming Conference

The annual January conference will also see speeches from business leaders and union presidents

Nuffield students defend Noah Carl after “racist pseudoscience” petition

Three Nuffield PhD students have signed a letter defending the former Nuffield fellow Noah Carl, after he was denounced in a petition signed by...

New taxi hailing app launches in Oxford

The startup's CEO wants to make taxis "more accessible and affordable"

Oxford flies Suffragette flag marking centenary of women’s vote

The banner is a reproduction of an original flown by the Oxford Women's Suffrage Society