Sunday 17th May 2026

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£26 million in visiting student tuition fees: Inside the finances of Oxford’s visiting student programme

Across the twelve colleges that disclosed figures, the total income from visiting student tuition fees from 2021 to 2025 amounted to £26,474,583.

Tommy Robinson Union invite sparks controversy across University

The Oxford Union has invited Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who identifies as Tommy Robinson, to speak at a Week 5 debate on the motion ‘This house believes the West is right to be suspicious of Islam’. The invitation has generated backlash from University societies, senior Union officials, and Stand Up to Racism UK. 

Think tank publishes report calling for centralised Oxbridge admissions

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has published a new report advocating for centralised admissions procedures for applications to the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, arguing that the current collegiate system increases the opacity and complexity for applicants and their teachers.

St Catz reopens dining hall following RAAC renovations

St Catherine’s College has reopened its dining hall, following more than two years of disruption caused by the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in parts of its estate.

Gee Whizz: Oxford in Orbit

When it comes to anything space-related, the UK kinda sucks, or at least pales in comparison to the monopoly of the USA and the...

Debris

4/5 BURTON TAYLORTUESDAY-SATURDAY, 7.30PM ‘Babies grow in rubbish,’ states Michael matter-of-factly, explaining how he found a baby on a trash heap, named it Debris and began...

Measure for Measure

4/5OFSTUESDAY-SATURDAY, 7.30PM When so many larger-scale Oxford productions play it safe, it’s heartwarming when one sticks its neck out, especially when the risks pay off....

Mansfield rowers angry as Merton closes joint gym

Merton College has angered Mansfield and Merton sports teams by announcing the permanent closure of its gym.Rowing teams at both colleges depend on the...

Always in Vogue

Guy Pewsey talks to Anna Wintour about British fashion, her demanding reputation and the size zero phenomenonThe world of fashion is one of the...

Nationalisation is the best solution

Accurate economic forecasting is almost impossible. JK Galbraith argued that its only purpose was to make astrology look respectable by comparison, while even Alan...

Lashed, smashed and two broken bottles

Joshua Glancy has a whinge about the bingeAsk yourself a question. How many great nights out have you had in Oxford which didn’t involve...

Mosquito boxes – a social disease?

When we launched our campaign against ultrasonic alarms (more popularly known as ‘mosquito boxes’) we hoped that many people would share our sense of...

Editorial: Idea Idle

So, two sets of Oxford students have shared the title of this year’s ‘Idea Idol.’ To even hold an annual competition for business innovation,...

Tomorrow begins now

Back from mid-term holiday, 24-ers and back to checking the headlines. Here's my favorite story from the last two weeks:On February 5th, a tornado...

COMMENT: Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?

Unlike their predecessor Henry II, the political elite at Westminster were no doubt positively delighted by the intervention of the Archbishop of Canterbury...

Concert review: Gemma Rosefield and Michael Dussek play Beethoven and Chopin

Holywell Music Room, Sunday 17th February 2008Another full house at the Holywell Music Room, as an expectant audience gathered to see cellist Gemma Rosefield...

Stripper-Related JCR Message Board Comment Causes Stir At Magdalen

Magdalen Junior Common Room was forced to censor a comment on their JCR message board after a student complained that they found it offensive....

Concert review: Tallis Barker’s Piano Recital,

Holywell Music Room, 16th February 2008Both on the piano and when talking, Tallis Barker is a natural performer. He won the affection of tonight's...

St. John’s Says Keble Is Not Rival-Worthy Enough

St John’s passed a ‘Motion of Pity for Keble’ at their JCR meeting last Sunday, after agreeing that declaring war against Keble “would be...

Review: Quills

Oxford’s flirtation with the darker side of human nature has reached its climax this week with the staging of Quills. The play explores the...

Review: The Turn of the Screw

Turn of the Screw, Hertford College chapel 13/2/2008 Many of us cannot resist the  thrill of a supernatural tale. For some this...

C24 gigging and clubbing roundup, part II

Helena Zaba and Rachel Williams catch up with the crowd outside British Sea Power at the Academy, check out the first round of this...

Justice interview

French duo Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Auge are who they say they are. They are not Daft Punk, they are not electronic music,...

The World’s Oldest Missing Page

A missing page, dated November 411, has been reunited with the oldest dated Christian text in existence. Written by a scribe in Edessa (modern...

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