Wednesday 17th June 2026

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Twelve Oxford Scientists receive prestigious Royal Society Fellowship

Twelve University of Oxford researchers have been elected as fellows to the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. They join a cohort of 90 scientific researchers elected this year from around the world who specialise in fields ranging from “astronomy and cancer research to mathematics and biotechnology”.

Oxford summer schools ranked among the fastest-growing companies in Europe

Oxford Royale Academy and Oxford Summer Courses have been ranked among Europe’s fastest-growing companies, according to the 2026 Financial Times’ FT Top 1000: Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies.

University Council candidates warn of financial pressures, bureaucracy, and AI disruption at Oxford

Candidates standing in next week’s University of Oxford Council elections have warned of growing financial pressures, rising workloads, governance challenges, and the impact of AI on admissions and assessment.

Nine colleges indirectly invest in local Campsfield immigration centre

At least nine Oxford colleges invest indirectly in Mitie Group Plc, an outsourcing company...

Anger as driver who ran down student escapes jail sentence

Family and friends of Tsz Fok, the cyclist killed on his bike outside the Kings Arms, have expressed their anger that the driver of...

And the Oscar goes to…

It’s that time of year again. As expected, the writer’s strike was resolved, by coincidence, just in time to finalise the occasion of the...

The Rise of the Machines

Death of the critic? Tim Sherwin thinks not.At the end of 2006, readers of Time Magazine were presented with a metallic, mirrored surface under...

One Night Only: Started A Fire

It’s difficult to pin down exactly what it is about Yorkshire teens One Night Only that has led them to receive some quite considerable...

Top 10 Greatest Cricketing sledges

1. Richard Stobo to Danny Waugh, brother of Steve and Mark A Sydney grade game between Gordon and Bankstown. After Stobo beats Waugh’s outside...

Morrissey: Greatest Hits

Morrissey fans are born, not made. It’s in the genes. Morrissey is the eccentric cousin you love unconditionally, but when you take him to...

It’s just not quite cricket

I hate it. Match-fixing, chucking, drugs bans, Zimbabwe, The Oval snafu, last year’s abysmal World Cup, and now, racism. What next? Anything, it seems,...

Almighty row at Trinity as scholars refuse to say grace

A row has erupted at Trinity over whether or not students should have to say grace at meal times. Over the past few weeks...

Frenzied foot-tapping forty-somethings

It was never going to be an easy night for Richard Hawley. As ushers sell ice cream to the overwhelmingly middle-age, middle-class audience pre-show,...

‘The emphasis has been on fitness training and preliminary plans’

by Paul Rainford (Blues' Football Captain) It’s been a relatively quiet couple of weeks for the Blues football squad since our title clinching victory over...

Monkeys get one over on Tabs

Oxford’s Women’s 2nd XI took centre stage on Monday as they thrashed a strong Cambridge team 5-1, surprising even themselves as they dominated a...

Cowley Road Carnival Fundraiser @ Jericho Tavern

The next Cowley Road Carnival takes place on 6 July and, for those of you unaware of the one-day event (due to its habit...

Every Question Answered

Sophie Manning spends 24 hours at the mercy of an SMS answering serviceWhen Danny Wallace, loser, depressive and slightly porky novelist, decided to...

Merciless Keble martyr Saints

Keble 71 - 17 St. Anne's/St. John's Keble, staking their claim to retain the Cuppers title, thoroughly outplayed St. Anne’s/St. John’s in a onesided quarter...

Matt’s Stats

New OURFC Captain Varsity substitute Peter Clarke has been selected as the new rugby captain, following the retirement of Joe Roff. The surprise appointment...

Peter’s edge out Catz

St. Peter's 17 - 10 St. Catherine'sThis was a Cuppers contest of epic proportions and one which St. Peter’s, sticking to their tried-and-tested brand...

Modern Manners: Gift Giving

Don’t we all feel pretty darn proud of ourselves when we can give a friend the truly perfect present? Who doesn’t just love that...

Hall defeat Univ under the lights

St. Edmund Hall 27 - 12 University Teddy Hall emerged victorious on Wednesday in a game played under lights at Iffley Road. The strength of...

OUSU hands out copy and paste rent pack (again)

OUSU has distributed a guide to college rent negotiations that is almost entirely copied, despite having vowed to change it in Trinity last year....

Cinecism: Star Wars

Star Wars, in a sense, is an easy target. Sure, it’s a ‘classic’, credited with revolutionising cinema, one of the most loved films of...

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