Friday 15th May 2026

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Change to Rowing Clubs’ Rules of Racing for transgender athletes sparks backlash

A change to Oxford University Rowing Clubs’ (OURCs) Rules of Racing means that only athletes assigned female at birth may now row in a Women’s boat. This applies to...

Gareth Lim elected Oxford Union President for Michaelmas 2026 in re-poll

A re-run of the election from Hilary term saw Lim beat Liza Barkova, Hamza Hussain and Victor André Marroquín for the position.

Oxford researchers trial non-invasive diagnostic scans for endometriosis

Researchers led by University of Oxford academic Dr Tatjana Gibbons have successfully trialled non-invasive scans to diagnose endometriosis.

Students encounter issues with voting registration during local elections

Multiple students across Oxford have reported being turned away from polling stations during Thursday’s local elections.

Jesus v. Hertford

Semi-Final - 5th Week Winners: Jesus Jesus Hertford

Paxman slates media careers in OU guide

Jeremy Paxman, veteranpresenter of BBC’s Newsnight and an eminent, if abrasive, character among themedia’s great and good, has warned Oxfordstudents away from a media...

Potter weaves more of his magic

“Dark and difficult times lie ahead”, the posters ominously warn. Harry Ppotter is back, riddled with teenage angst and tormented by vexing dreams in...

Left on the ropes

he is now busy rebuilding his life and raking in the profits of a new autobiography, but Frank Bruno’s retirement from professional boxing came...

Exeter mass wedding bliss

ExeterCollege became the love capi­tal of Oxford on Saturdaymorning when a number of the college’s Freshers got married to one another.Theceremony was conducted by...

Running the class-ical

In a city like Oxford, with an enormous number of classical concerts going on here, there and everywhere, it’s often difficult to pick out...

Identity crisis

The desire to identify oneself with something at university is a fairly self-evident step that people take. however, for this identity to be dictated...

Students back animal testing

The majority of Oxford students are in favour of the Universitycarrying out research on animals. A Cherwell opinion poll consulted studentsfrom a range of...

Too soon to harvest

Too Soon MonsoonWheatusOut 21 November"Who are Wheatus?” you might ask. Well, once upon a time (in fact, back in the days when GCSEs were...

‘Students for students’ referendum overruled

A Senior Tribunal has overruled the “students forstudents” refer­endum, proposed by Charlie Steel two weeks ago, which was dueto be put to the student...

Birthday bash clashes with Cuppers chaos

Four days, forty shows and almost four hundred freshers: it sounds like a recipe for chaos, but this is the Drama Festival 2005. Even...

Duke quizzes his host about suspected bong in the bedroom

The Duke of Edinburgh visited St Catherine’s college last Friday to of­ficially open the new buildings. On his tour, The Duke met groups of...

Animation theatre

HorseheadFaulty Optic Theatre Co.11 NovemberPegasus TheatrePeople would go miles for a theatrical horse once,” an elderly blue puppet sadly remarks in Faulty Optic’s latest...

Students consulted over health scheme

The Oxford City NHS Primary Care Trust(PCT) is looking to create a unified health centre in Oxfordby 2012 to replace GP practices around Oxford.The...

Blissfully blinded by faith

The Well of the Saintsdir Michael Levy22 - 26 NovemberBurton TaylorIn a tableau reminiscent of the plays of a later, bleaker Irish dramatist, two...

Hilda’s hits back

Students from St Hilda’s Collegehave this week reacted angrily after Cherwell’s Passé Notes last week contained irreverent commentsabout the College.The article, written by Simon...

Brookes robbed by dire Oxford

Oxford 1 Oxford Brookes 1Oxford jubilation, Brookes despair. Reactions that tell their own story of a match in which Oxford’s dark blue shirts snatched...

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