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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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By Louise Collins and Cassie Lester3  stars. The News Café is not the ideal place for recuperation after a heavy night’s bopping. Devoid...

Oxford is right to reject academies

Michael Sweeney comments on Oxford's attitude towards academies.The news that Oxford and Cambridge have decided to snub the government’s initiative to forge greater partnerships...

Benazir was the best possible chance Pakistan had

Every generation of Oxford life produces characters who form an indelible impression on a new intake of undergraduates. Benazir was one such person. Her...

Noisy cornmarket busker told to pipe down

By Jack Farchy Oxford is divided as a petition is being drawn up to silence a nuisance bagpipe busker. Heath Richardson, a bagpiper who...

Renowned Corpus don dies of brain tumour

Colleagues and former students have paid tribute to the life and work of Andrew Glyn, a radical and influential economics Fellow at Corpus Christi...

Union blames protesters for forum chaos

By Mike Sweeney Thames Valley Police and the Oxford Union have both denied making security mistakes during the Free Speech forum last...

Oxford’s black applications rise by a fifth in one year

There has been a significant increase in the number of applications and acceptances from ethnic minority students, according to recently published figures by the...

Goodbye England’s Rose?

Sean Faye considers why we can’t get enough of the world’s most famous princess.  The “Glums”. “Squidgygate”. The “War of the Wales’”. Perhaps, dear reader,...

If I were Vice Chancellor for a day…

...I'd move Oxford up north. For a centre of worldwide academic eminence, Oxford’s founders were surprisingly stupid when deciding where to put it. If I were...

Gee Whizz: here comes the science

Smoking causes cancer. ‘Really?’ I hear you say, ‘Thanks ever so much for that original and enlightening gem of information; from now on I...

Green Monster

Rhian Harris investigates the GM revolution Like many students at Oxford, I make a basic effort as a consumer to choose products that are environmentally-friendly,...

Cherwell24 and Cherwell Editorial Team HT2008

Cherwell24Editor: Selena [email protected] Editors: Leon Harrington and Charlotte [email protected] Deputy Editors: Daniel Millichip and Tom [email protected] CherwellEditors: Laura Pitel and Tom [email protected] Editors:...

Love letter to Hillary Clinton, the casserole fowl

Bild (sensationalist red-top) columnist Franz Josef Wagner always writes a letter to a person or  group as his regular newspaper piece. His latest one...

Not quite the River Main of Blood

The REAL election '08The boss is in trouble. State Prime Minister Roland Koch is being branded a racist for a pre-election statement… and his...

Could this be the start of a magnificent journey?

For a while I’ve thought the dull German media could do with an injection of the Murdoch treatment. And it seems my wish has...

They’re all saying it

The REAL election '08The wonderfully named Guido Westerwelle, leader of Germany's centre-right liberal Free Democrats, has taken after Hillary Clinton (and everyone else) and...

Slightly off-topic

Enough about this FA Cup magic nonsense already! There's one reason why no one cares about the FA Cup any more. The final's no...

The REAL election ‘08

Welcome back, and happy new year. Three weeks tomorrow, the state of Hesse goes to the polls in the regional elections certain to get...

Union Re-Poll to Go Ahead Unchanged

The re-poll of last term’s overturned Union election will go ahead in 2nd week of this term, as the Appellate Board publishes its final...

Exhibition Review: Joan Eardley at the RSA, Edinburgh

Vibrant and varied, Joan Eardley is well worth seeing for the artist’s influence on Scottish painting and for the expressive nature of her work,...
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