Saturday 30th August 2025

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Protests outside Oxford asylum hotel as campaigners call for unity and compassion

Around 50 protesters from Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) and other local groups gathered yesterday outside a Holiday Inn Express near the Kassam Stadium to oppose a smaller anti-immigration...

Gazan offer holders ‘relieved’ as government approves visas

Oxford University offer holders living in Gaza have told Cherwell that they feel “a...

SU launches new community fund for society events

The Oxford University Student Union (SU) is launching a new community fund to support...

SU Sabbatical Officers urge Government to “remove the barriers” to Gazan students reaching the UK

Sabbatical Officers at the Oxford University Student Union (SU) have signed an open letter...

Goal of the year… already (with video content)

Only the Germans would put their Goal of the Year competition in February. But here it is anyway, the winner, Diego’s 62.6m punt for...

COMMENT: Brideshead Revisited

I used to think Evelyn Waugh was a woman, because I didn’t think a man could be called Evelyn. Then I discovered that there...

COMMENT: Gordon Brown: My (Small) Part in his Downfall

by James Wright.No, I’m not behind the Northern Rock crisis. No, I’m not the cause of current global economic uncertainty. And no, despite the...

CD review: Vampire Weekend

4/5Vampire Weekend- Vampire WeekendAfter the buzz generated by the Blue CD-R, a self-produced demo distributed by the band at gigs last year, and a...

Blues athlete of the week: Alex Toogood

Blues Athlete of the Week takes the form this week of an exclusive interview with Blues’ superstar striker Alex Toogood.Does your high profile in Oxford...

An afterthought on the far left’s hypocrisy

Remember this old rustbucket? The far-left party here in Germany, Die Linke, set one loose on the streets of Frankfurt just before last week’s...

Web 2.0 Voting, revisited

Like many Americans, I am an undecided voter. Not in the way you think, though. I’ve made up my mind about whom to vote...

Video: Classy Accommodation

Rachel Fraser and Sarah Karacs investigate Teddy Hall guests and discover that tensions break out as worlds collide.

University Agrees to Repatriate Human Remains For the First Time

Oxford University agreed to return four sets of human remains currently held in the University Museum of Natural History back to New Zealand. This...

7 days, £10

The ultimate student challenge: to live for a week on a budget of £10. Can it be done? Our anonymous investigator finds out. ...

The Great Divide

Recent research has criticised Oxford’s access policy for lagging behind Labour’s targets for the proportion of state-school students admitted. But should the government be...

Fit College: Trinity or Worcester?

See pictures here!Trinity... ...or Worcester? 

Oriel student attacked at knife-point in St Clement’s

A female Oxford student was robbed and chased at knife-point in the early hours of Tuesday morning on Marston Road. The Oriel student was...

Oxford top of the class for student bursaries

Oxford University is one of the most generous investors in student bursaries, spending over £1.8m a year, according to new figures.The statistics, gathered by...

Oxford fails to ban Sheldonian protests

The University has failed to block animal rights activists from protesting outside graduation ceremonies after a High Court judge threw out its request for...

Owner of The Bridge refutes closure rumours

The owner of The Bridge nightclub has refuted rumours that the club is to close.   Responding to claims made in the Oxford Student, Simon Walker,...

LMH skinny-dipper repents

One of the three students found by police swimming naked in Castle Mill Stream last week has spoken out against the dangers of binge...

Floods and heating failure at Anne’s

The Principal and Bursar of St Anne’s College came under fire from students angry over the lack of heating in a College accommodation block....

CINECISM

Eithne Bradley defends Hugh Grant’s acting talentPretty much any block-busting British film of the last decade will have featured one man: the wonderful, fluttery-eyed...

Israel debate goes pear-shaped after key speaker switches sides

The Oxford Union became the focus of international attention once again last Thursday after a controversial guest speaker decided to change sides mid-way through...

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