Wednesday 17th June 2026

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Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

New Oxford campaign seeks to demystify genetic and neurological conditions using animations

A new educational campaign developed by the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford aims to make neurodevelopmental disorders easier to understand through a series of animated videos. 

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.

Week at the Union – Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand

by Heather Ryan  Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Yasser Arafat, Helen Clark... try spotting the odd one out. The Prime Minister of New Zealand is perhaps...

Wycliffe crisis continues

By Joy Wong  WYCLIFFE HALL’S troubles continue following the resignation of another Council member in protest at the PPH’s governance this week.Claire MacInnes announced...

Why do men have nipples?

On women they are multitaskers: suckling aids, an indication of sexual arousal, a work of art; on men they do little more than resemble...

Flip Side: Nanny State

David Taylor defends the right of the state to act on behalf of its population The term ‘nanny state’ is usually meant to be derogatory...

Rich colleges told to fund poor relatives

By Mohsin KhanOUSU Council will today debate a motion that demands richer colleges pay more money to poorer colleges as part of the...

Balliol take first division by storm

    Christ Church 2 - Balliol 6 HAVING just missed out promotion to the Premier Division last season, Christ Church would no doubt have been...

Greyhounds dominate Brookes in local derby

 Despite an impressive supporters contingent at Iffely Road, the Oxford Brookes rugby team was sent back up Headington Hill on Wednesday after failing to...

Food, Glorious Food

by Hannah Pennington Cooking beans in your kettle is one of those opportunities to revel in your student status. When you’re not at home and...

Perfect start for ChCh

This is the winning start that Christ Church would have been hoping for, and although an important victory in its own right, it was...

UNited Kingdom?

First week of Michaelmas stands out as an eventful seven days for all Oxford students. The essays haven’t started and Filth is still cool...

Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles

Joe MacDonald talks to the British Ambassador to Afghanistan about his career as an envoy Six years after the US and Britain began the...

Chicken Farmer

 Ben Lafferty This new play by David Cochrane is an attempt to take us into the dissociative psychosis that seized the Nazi cabinet in the...

Worcester rain on Lincoln’s parade

  After a day of torrential downpours it was, somewhat miraculously, glorious sunshine that greeted Lincoln and Worcester for this opening premier clash. Unfortunately...

University to campaign for £1bn

By Matthew Hackett Oxford is to launch the biggest fundraising campaign in its history with a predicted target of £1bn, Vice Chancellor John Hood...

Fewer Emergencies

Max Seddon The problem with experimental theatre is that it’s, well, experimental. You add and take away at random, and you see how it works...

Big Brother – Fun with the Freshers

The recent annual inundation of fresh-faced new students has led to the inevitable freshers’ week fatigue, as party follows party and every drink has...

Bright prospects fail to blow Tabs off court

  The Oxford University men’s badminton team got off to strong start in the league against old rivals Cambridge. The rivalry between the varsity...

How to be the tute partner from hell

There seem to be two specific ways to be the tute partner from hell. Simply put, you can be very, very good or very,...

Stage Whispers: The Producer

It started so innocently. You went to the show after-party hoping to meet the fit lead, and sensing that your pretentious chat might be...

Hidden Art in Oxford

 Why you should go to Keble to see Holman Hunt's Light of The WorldBy Claudia Rimmigton With the exception of the high profile Millais exhibition...

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