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Pro-Palestine march calls for University’s divestment from Israel

Pro-Palestine protesters marched from Cowley to the Weston Library on Saturday 31st October, demanding Oxford University’s divestment from Israel.  Around 120 people attended the protest, including groups such as Oxford...

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.

Benet’s students "emotionally blackmailed" by Master

Students at St Benet’s have complained of Master’s behaviour after he invited “racist” dinner guest and threatened resignation

Oxford Union passes motion that it is institutionally racist

Union Standing Committee today passes motion acknowledging that institution is institutionally racist

Catz student protest continues

JCR refuses to stand up in Hall in bid for financial autonomy

OxHoli event postponed to Freshers’ Week after venue failure

Hindu Society’s paint-throwing celebration cancelled after Brasenose College retracts venue offer

Oriel split over trans event

Anger in JCR after motion to fund trans poetry event voted down

Uni Parks in murder search

Police search University Parks and LMH in hunt for triple murder suspect

OUSU for free Wednesday afternoons

Motion passed in favour of no contact hours once a week

Bouncer accused of aggression at Warehouse

A Pembroke undergraduate was injured after being removed from the club by security

Balliol JCR spends £20k on painting

Common Room votes to purchase valuable Grayson Perry piece

Oxford student sentenced to death in Egypt

Solidarity across University after Masters student sentenced over role in Morsi government

Union BME officer to resign after cocktail scandal

Following the advertisement of a cocktail named 'Colonialism Comeback!' at the Oxford Union debate last night, the Union BME officer has decided to resign

Union in colonial cocktail catastrophe

Union's 'Colonial Comeback!' cocktail sparks outrage at colonial reparations debate

Professor Louise Richardson nominated as new Vice-Chancellor

Ex-principal of St. Andrews would become first female Vice-Chancellor of the University

Rough sleeping ban scrapped

Council removes rough sleeping from list of activities to be criminalised

Presidential hopes punctured

Merton presidential candidate impaled on spike in hustings

Ruskin cuts anger students

Student occupation and outcry at cuts to humanities degrees

Port and Policy conduct angers Somerville finalists

OUCA members singing at Port and Policy provokes an alleged attack

University pledges partial fossil fuel divestment

Council meeting pledges not to invest directly in coal and tar sands, but not to divest entirely from fossil fuels

Trinity votes to keep gendered curry nights

Trinity JCR condemns singing of 'sexist' song but to keep curry nights separated along gender lines

Catz JCR declares independence from College

Following extraordinary open meeting, Catz JCR splits from College

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