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...

Time called on failing college bar

Health and safety inspectors have closed St Peter’s college bar after "significant failings" were unearthed during the summer, leading to the bar manager’s departure.The...

St John’s waive fees for asylum seeker

An asylum seeker who believed she would be unable to afford her place at Oxford has had her fees waived by St John’s College.Sholeem...

Presidents collide over OUSU fees

OUSU has clashed with the Oxford Union following a financial review that revealed generous subsidies for Union advertising were being paid without OUSU’s knowledge.Demands...

PPHs unfit for undergraduates

A review of Oxford’s Permanent Private Halls published last week has voiced concerns about their practices, academic standards and the experiences of those who...

Indefinite sentence for Oriel killer after his “ferocious and unrelenting” attack

I meet Jason Braham in a West London pub on a sunny day in September. He and his wife Julienne have come up to...

Key Hood ally ousted by University Congregation

Dons have forced one of Vice-Chancellor John Hood’s key modernisers to resign from the University Council after a rebellion against giving him a new...

Judge tells Oxford fundraiser to pay council tax despite rat infestation

An Oxford academic and fundraiser has been told that she must pay her council tax after she withheld it in protest at the city’s...

Graduate colleges to merge into Green Templeton

Plans to accommodate hundreds of additional graduate students to meet new University targets will be realised when Green and Templeton Colleges merge next year.The...

Triple attack on gay student clubbers

Three gay students were attacked outside the Coven II night club in the early hours of Saturday morning in what may have been a...

Merton retains Norrington top spot

Merton College remains top of the 2007 Norrington Table for the second year in a row, but the table continues to be criticised for...

Wildcat strike at Catz

St Catherine’s JCR have called a rent strike in protest at the College raising battels charges without consulting students or the College’s Governing Body.The...

How to get ahead in leadership

Have you noticed, thronging in quads and staring at architecture, groups of Malaysians that any sensible person would describe as ‘tourists’? And did you...

Beware colleges bearing gifts of welfare provision

Agatha Christie called herself a "perfect sausage machine", but her approach to murder was positively schizophrenic compared to the tabloids’ formulaic techniques. The perfect tabloid...

The latest review of drug legislation must not give in to media pressure

Endless newspaper reports link cannabis with suicides, murders and assaults. The headlines are dramatic: "Another cannabis teenager in knife killing: Boy on skunk butchered...

Got the Blues?

PERHAPS Oxford’s least-trumpeted asset is its ability to offer its students almost unparalleled opportunities to become involved in competitive sport whilst at university. Finding...

Cherwell’s Guide to Oxford Sports Talk

Blue, aAwarded to those who compete in a first team Varsity match. Only an elite of sports are awarded Full Blue status, the rest...

Can New steal Worcester’s crown?

IT’S a familiar scenario at the outset of what promises to be another compelling season of college football as the chasing pack look to...

Oxford blow away Tabs at Lord’s

Oxford maintained their proud record in Varsity cricket with a comprehensive six wicket victory over Cambridge in the one-day fixture after the four-day match...

Cambridge dropout denied Boat Race Blue

The Oxbridge boat race committee has refused to award a Cambridge rower a Blue after he failed to complete his academic course and instead...

Catz reign supreme once more

N A REPEAT of the 2006 Cuppers Final, Queen’s/Wycliffe were seeking revenge against Catz, who, although strengthened by Vadim Varvarin and Matt Brooke-Hitching, were...

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