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Oxford falls to lowest ever spot in The Times UK University Guide 2027

The University of Oxford has placed fifth in The Times’s 2027 UK university rankings, falling from joint fourth with the University of Cambridge last year. This marks Oxford’s lowest ranking in the guide’s 33 year history and only the second time the University has not been in the top three.
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Protest held outside Town Hall over sale of Council-owned building to St Peter’s

A protest took place today outside Oxford Town Hall against Oxford City Council’s plan to sell 11 New Road to St Peter’s College, which would convert most of the building into student housing.
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Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after...
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Finance workers strike at Oxford University Press

Finance workers are on strike at Oxford University Press (OUP) over plans to offshore jobs to India, with trade union officials warning that “before long this great British institution will exist in the UK in name only."
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Oldest musical instruments discovered

Research team finds 40,000 year old flute in cave in Germany, sparking debate about early settlement in Danube region

Tudor name is misnomer claims don

Dr Cliff Davies says new research reveals that 'Tudor' name may be inaccurate for the period

Man attacked at Bridge

23 year old man attacked last Saturday night and may lose sight in one eye

Oriel hit swan in Summer VIIIs

Oriel's headship crew hit swan while racing, swan is later hospitalised and its wing has to be amputated

JCR Presidents run for cancer

11 JCR Presidents go on fun run in University Parks organised by St Anne's JCR President

Balliol rooms invaded by wasps

Staircase infested with wasps over weekend as students forced to seek refuge in friends' rooms

Students protest in support of Campsfield hunger strikers

Inmates reportedly go on hunger strike as they demand release and asylum

Exeter to give controversial conference profits to charity

Following a student petition complaining about their hosting of a Christian Concern conference over Easter, Exeter College agrees to donate the profits to an LGBTQ charity

How secure is your college?

A number of security breaches occurring across the Oxford colleges causes concern amongst students

Academics’ pay rises as budgets fall

Recent reports express concern over increases to Vice-Chancellors’ incomes despite widespread education cuts to the higher education sector

‘Smart drugs’ on offer to students

Academic drugs are readily available to students in Oxford, a Cherwell survey shows

Investigation: “Human rights abuses” at Campsfield

Student protests call for the closure of immigration centre Campsfield House amid suicides and claims of mistreatment

Teenage boy dies at Donnington Bridge

The body of a 15 year old boy, named as Hussain Mohammed, was pulled from the river last night after he jumped from the bridge with a friend

Brasenose in pyjama palaver

Students react to reports of a notice from the college dean about appropriate formal hall attire with surprise

Filming in library disrupts Corpus finalists

Finalists at Corpus Christi have expressed frustration over noise in the library after it was filmed on Tuesday

Empowerment motion at Jesus rejected

The motion to demand a woman's empowerment event at Jesus has been rejected following a referendum

Six-foot goddess statue disappears from Hugh’s ball

A statue of Venus di Milo, standing at six feet tall, went missing from St Hugh's Odyssey ball earlier this term

Cycling campaign continues in memory of student

Campaign work is continuing in remembrance of the death of Emilie Harris, a former St Catz undergraduate who was killed in a cycle accident eight years ago

Queen Victoria’s journals online

Experts at the Bodleian have digitised Queen's Victoria's journals, to make them available to the general public for the first time ever

Chinese ‘Tiger Mothers’ paying thousands

Chinese parents are reputedly paying hundreds of thousands of pounds to education consultants in an attempt to get their children to top British schools and universities
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