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Oxford Union overhauls voting rules after election scandals

Two forms of identification will be required to vote at the Oxford Union following consecutive instances of electoral fraud involving impersonation.

Proctors’ Office investigations into AI plagiarism rise 46% in a year

Cases are on the rise, whilst the majority of AI plagiarism investigations in the last three years have been in the Social Sciences division, a Cherwell investigation has found.

New scholarship created for Afghan women at Oxford

One scholarship will be awarded to a woman of Afghan descent to study at the University of Oxford each year in a new endowment from the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Trust.

Former L’Oreal CEO donates £30m for new Worcester College library

Worcester College has submitted a  planning application for a new £30 million library, funded entirely by a donation from alumnus and former CEO of L’Oréal Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.

Oxford reacts as Trump elected President

The latest updates from across Oxford on Trump's shock victory

St Anne’s responds to Teddy Hall rugby team smashing toilet and holding “topless brawl”

The email demands an apology and damages "as a minimum" from the rugby team members that caused damage to the bar

Sajid Javid “should have been out on his ear”, says Lord Patten

Oxford University Chancellor defends "the rule of law" and the right of the High Court to rule on Brexit, after Sajid Javid's comments on Thursday

Cheap nights-out app to launch in Oxford

The Dealer was designed by and for Oxford students to help find the best discounts

US election events planned across Oxford

Colleges join other University institutions to broadcast the American election results live

St Peter’s students buy Wahoo sign

JCR crowd-fund to afford sign following club's closure

Exeter housing: Jury’s Inn, students out

Disabled students, finalists and those with coursework given priority to move into college

Oxford conducts more animal testing than any other UK university

University carries out 226,000 procedures a year, according to recently released statistics

OUSU announce tuition fee win

OUSU announce in a video Wednesday evening that tuition fees will not rise for students who began their course before September 2016

UKIP hopeful clashes with Oxford students online

The former UKIP leadership candidate called students "inbred" on the Facebook group Open Oxford

Wahoo opens and closes for the last time

Students rush to Wahoo for the last hurrah before club shutters its doors once and for all

University commemorates 75th anniversary of first use of Penicillin

The University commemorated the first use of penicillin by Oxford scientists on a human patient earlier this afternoon

OUSU domestic abuse policies praised by national report

A report released by Universities UK (UUK) last Friday on university abuse and violence praised OUSU’s eff orts to combat domestic abuse. It recommended...

Balliol joins protest against Yarl’s Wood

JCR pass a motion against immigrant detention centre

Teddy Hall rugby team in“topless brawl”

Players “smashed up” a toilet and fought on the quad, after Teddy Hall’s 10-2 loss to Anne’s at darts

Ashmolean opens new Islamic Art exhibition

"Power and Protection" features artefacts revealing the diverse history of Islamic culture

Pembroke JCR passes anti-Brexit motion

Pembroke College's JCR have passed a motion that stated its “disapproval” of the current government and its support for an “open and tolerant Britain”. The...

Balliol JCR donates to ‘Toilet Twinning’ charity

Balliol college JCR passed a motion on Sunday pledging to twin one of their loos with another block of toilets in a developing country....

Academics need freedom of movement post-Brexit, former minister says

Former Universities Minister Lord David Willetts proposed that the UK government ought to fi ght for academics and students to be given freedom of...

Marco Pierre White to open restaurant in Oxford

The luxury steakhouse will open in 2017, Oxford's second from the Michelin-starred chef

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