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Oxford and UNESCO launch a free global course on AI and Rule of Law

The University of Oxford has paired up with UNESCO to launch a free global course titled “AI, Justice, and Rule of Law”. The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will teach those in legal settings to navigate the ethical, legal, and human rights challenges of AI.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Legionnaires’ at Hugh’s

Traces of the potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease have been discovered at St Hugh’s during routine annual testing for the bacterium.Legionnaires’ disease is a form...

Restaurant Review: Door74

When you are a drug smuggler, looking inconspicuous is a blessing; when you are a restaurant, it is not. Why is it that I...

Old Stagers: Costume in the Theatre

Costume is an integral, if not essential, part of any piece of drama - be it stage, film, or serialisation. It would certainly be...

The Night of the Iguana

The long night of the soul is a wellworn theme. Yet Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana has a far from familiar feel....

What the Sharia means to Muslims

When I first heard the comments of the Archbishop of Canterbury on Radio 4’s Today Programme, I was pleasantly surprised. Here was someone who’d...

Girl impaled on spike after fancy dress drinking

A second year Worcester student was hospitalised on Saturday after injuring herself on a spike while scaling railings by Magdalen.he accident took place last...

Patriotism: Is a country worth loving?

I found myself at the centre of a minor media maelstrom the week before last when a colleague and I published the findings of...

‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore

‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore is brimming with sexual violence: the dominance of men over women. The play charts the story of Giovanni’s incestuous...

Coming soon: the Hildaboy

William Hedley, 18, is one of the first ever boys to hold an offer for St Hilda’s. The Shrewsbury School pupil spent last Saturday...

Editorial: Get your act together, OUSU

In May last year, Cherwell broke the news that our student union had copied a crucial document from the student union of another university....

Residents angered by plans for Iffley tennis centre

Proposals for a new indoor tennis court on Iffley Road have come up against fierce opposition from locals, including Professor of Theology, Andrew Linzey.Professor...

Middle East Journalists to Apply for Oxford Scholarships

Oxford is to award scholarships to Middle Eastern journalists.The Mona Megalli Fellowship, part of the Reuters Foundation Fellowship Program, is open to mid-career journalists...

Debate Sparked on "Success" of Pro-Test March

About 200 members of the group Pro-Test marched in Oxford on Saturday to declare their support for animal testing for scientific purposes and to...

Oxford Philomusica play Schubert at the Sheldonian Theatre

26th February 2008 It is always exciting to hear young performers who hope to become professional musicians, and it is for this reason that I...

Be My Baby

Review by Frankie Parham Evidently February is the month when everyone is up the duff. While a teen-flick about pregnancy, Juno, is raking in the...

College football report: St John’s 1-3 Pembroke

The increasingly open race for promotion to the First Division saw another twist on Friday as an impressive Pembroke College won at St John's. ...

Timon of Athens

In any discussion of Shakespeare, we have all come to inevitably expect the immediate worship of everything he produced. We are inclined to replace...

I Love Peach Blossom

Review by Rees Arnott-Davies.One anticipates when seeing a play in a foreign language (especially one so distant as Mandarin) that something is always going...

Desert of the Real

Review by Frankie ParhamConflict can always make good drama. From Homer’s Iliad to Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, warfare offers the perfect environment for man...

Video: The Wychwood Warriors

Max Thompson and Rachel Fraser find out what it is to be a Viking in the 21st century.

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