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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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Former L’Oreal CEO donates £30m for new Worcester College library

Worcester College has submitted a  planning application for a new £30 million library, funded entirely by a donation from alumnus and former CEO of L’Oréal Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.
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University style guide criticised by international students 

A style guide issued by the University of Oxford advises staff to use “plain English” to avoid confusing international students.
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St Anne’s to close nursery called a ‘lifeline’ for women at Oxford

St Anne’s College will close its day nursery, ending an institution that was pivotal in supporting women students and academics at the University of Oxford.
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A flood watch alert has been issued for the river Cherwell following heavy rain this winter; the flood watch covers the full length of...

Westgate Expansion Plan Protestors Claim Partial Victory Over Bonn Square Battle

Protestors demonstrating against Oxford City Council ’s Westgate area expansion plan claimed partial victory over Bonn Square Sunday after successfully halting security guards and...

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Over the next few weeks you will be seeing a lot more multimedia content on Cherwell24. We have hugely expanded our broadcasting team and...

Video: Buskers and Bagpipes

Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rachel Williams, Helena Zaba and Tom Carpenter report on the Cornmarket buskers, including the famous Bagpiper and new regulations surrounding their trade. 

Video: Amen Greyfriars

Tom Carpenter, Sarah Karacs and Amelia Leeson report on the soon-to-be-closed Greyfriars PPH. 

Video: Oxford’s Most Haunted

Sarah Karacs, Stephanie Illingworth, Christopher Allen and Rob Dacre dare to go hunting for local spooks...  

Doh! The bloggers are killing me!

To mark last week's panel discussion on online journalism, held by the German Union of Journalists:(Hat tip: Spreeblick) Cherwell 24 is not responsible for...

Don’t believe anything you read

BILDBlog catches Bild out... It draws up from the vault nine bits of speculation about the future of Jürgen Klinsmann, all from the pages...

Fit college: St. Annes or Lincoln?

St. Annes? or Lincoln?

University rejects government academies

By Nadya ThormanOxford and Cambridge have rejected a government attempt to forge stronger links between universities and academies. The government has appealed to universities...

Bilawal steps up

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Christ Church undergraduate who has been made leader of the Pakistani opposition, returned to Oxford on Wednesday nignt.

Oxford duped by bogus uni

Oxford has been giving credibility to a fake university by allowing it to use Univerity premises, a BBC investigation has revealed.The documentary exposed the...

Keble student dies on college ski trip

Keble finalist lost his way coming from from nightclub and died of hypothermiaBy Billy KenberA Keble student hasdied of hypothermia while on a college...

OUSU rejects ‘immoral’ UBA £8,000

OUSU will reject £8,000 in advertising revenue from UBS next year in protest at the company’s links to the Sudanese government.UBS has come under...

Oxford profits from arms research

Oxford is receiving sponsorship contracts from arms companies worth at least £19 million, a report published last week has revealed.The report, Study War No...

Ramadan still barred by US government

An American court has upheld Oxford don Tariq Ramadan’s exclusion from the United States, marking another defeat in the Muslim academic’s fight to...

Sport in Brief

ROWING Oxford University Boat Club began preparation for the Boat Race by holding the traditional ‘Trial Eight’ Race on the 13th of December. Named...

ALF renews threats against University lab

By Jack FarchyAnimal rights activists have renewed their threats against Oxford and its new laboratory, promising to make the new laboratory “the new Huntingdon...

Harry says…

Apart from Joe Roff hanging up his boots to begin a career in commerce, the major talking point before Varsity Rugby was the new...

Friends mourn ‘exceptional leader’

Friends of Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader and former Prime Minister of Pakistan who was assassinated during the vacation, have remembered fondly her time...
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