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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The race begins in the elections for next year’s student union positions

Traumatised? Play some Tetris

Playing Tetris may help post traumatic stress, Oxford researchers have discovered. The game may have a special ability to reduce flashbacks not shared by...

Electric shock boosts math skills

Applying electrical current to the brain can enhance people's mathematical abilities, according to new research by neuroscientists at Oxford University. In the study, 15...

Student found in stream

The body of an Oxford Brookes student missing for 36 hours has been found in a stream in west Oxford. Matthew Jones, 23, was...

Massacre at St John’s

1000-year-old bodies belonged to Vikings

Little Pembroke gets big

£29 million building project will include two new quads and social areas

Palestinian scholarship under fire

Wadham JCR motion is criticised by students for being "politically motivated"

Science dons jump ship over cutbacks

Department suffers lack of resources and termination of projects after government cuts

Students warned after week of thefts

Burglaries reported in Balliol and Brasenose, £6,700 of goods stolen

Come one, come all, says Kinky

Private Facebook event claims President James Kingston is “sick of being frugal”

Boy, 16, stabbed outside Baby love

Halloween fight spills onto High Street

Somerville bop dropped

Hallowe’en will now be celebrated on Bonfire Night weekend, after late liscensing application controversy

Wanted: Brasenose JCR Committee

No applications received for top JCR positions

Protesters force Vodafone to close

Thirty people forced the Vodafone shop on Cornmarket to temporarily close on Saturday, in a protest against corporate tax evasion. The protest came after Private...

Donations hit £1 billion mark

Oxford's Vice-Chancellor announced last week that the University's international fundraising campaign has collected over £1bn. The money will go to fund undergraduate teaching, new...