Thursday 26th March 2026

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Chewe Munkonge due to become Oxford’s first Black Lord Mayor

Councillor Chewe Munkonge has been announced as Oxford’s next Lord Mayor, becoming the first Black person to hold the city’s highest civic office. The nomination was confirmed at a...

Ellison Institute of Technology unveils designs for Oxford Science Park

New designs for buildings in Oxford Science Park were revealed last month, drafted by...

University of Oxford ranked as top ten UK employer in new national survey

The University of Oxford has ranked seventh in a Financial Times (FT) and Statista survey of the UK’s top employers, placing above companies like Google and Adidas, as well as the University of Glasgow and Loughborough University.

‘Emergency Brake’ on student visas leaves Oxford students facing uncertainty

Students at the University of Oxford are facing uncertainty after the UK government imposed an “emergency brake” on new study visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan.

RMF all over again?

Harvard Law School scraps official crest over links to slavery

Lachs defeats Dattani to win Union presidency

The #19ideas slate was broadly successful in Friday's vote but unable to replicate Stuart Webber's or Robert Harris's dominance

Uber revving up to enter Oxford

Taxi firm filing application to expand online service

Maintain patient privacy or save a life?

New guidelines advise university doctors to contact parents if concerned for students’ mental health

OUSU: #ShutDownYarlsWood

Latest motion to condemn immigration centre

Oxford at centre of new STEM funding

Government announces new funding for DPhils as well as quantum technology programme

Patten goes international

Chancellor in spat with Hong Kong authorities

“Cold as Balls not gunna lie”

Ball-goers left cold by the Mansfield Ball

Universities not to be exempted from FoI requests

Claim that FOI act expensive and time-consuming fails to persuade Commission

Open Letter to Oxford Guild

An open letter signed by now-former members of the Oxford Guild was published this morning announcing their resignation

Guilded Cage Broken

Oxford Guild suffers wave of resignations from senior positions in protest at “framework and culture”

Pembroke JCR creates an anthem

New student composition to signal commencement of JCR meetings

Statue of cock dubbed ‘New Cecil Rhodes’

Cambridge students propose repatriation of Benin Bronze

Police probe Heath’s past at the Bod

Wiltshire police investigate Bodleian Library Archive due to alleged sex abuse claims

Casualties in Didcot collapse

Accident leaves up to four dead, with five taken to John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford and St Andrews Trade Vice-Chancellors

Oxford Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed to Louise Richardson’s former post

CRAE to contemplate Tutor for Race

The OUSU campaign discusses plans to expand the position across the University

Patten renews criticism of Rhodes Must Fall

Chancellor draws controversy, compares RMF action to Chinese government suppression

JCRs motion in support of EU

Corpus Christi and Exeter JCRs pass motions to stay in EU

Oxford wants to stay

Cherwell survey shows 80 per cent of Oxford students want Britain to remain in the European Union

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