Thursday 7th August 2025

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SU Sabbatical Officers urge Government to “remove the barriers” to Gazan students reaching the UK

Sabbatical Officers at the Oxford University Student Union (SU) have signed an open letter urging the UK Government “to ensure that students from Gaza who have been offered places...

Lindsay Skoll announced as new Jesus Principal

Jesus College have announced that British diplomat Lindsay Skoll will take up the role...

Oxford University Press ceases publication of Chinese-owned journal following ethical concerns

Oxford University Press (OUP) will cease the publication of the Forensic Sciences Research (FSR)...

Cold Comfort Farm

The world of literature boasts a vast and varied landscape. The compulsive reader may wander through dense forests of almost impenetrable prose translated from...

Midnight Cab

On the evidence of Midnight Cab, James Nichol, established as one of Canada’s prominent playwrights, has made a perfectly seamless transition from acts to...

Students fail to score enough

20/20 Cricket Oxford UCCE 137-8 Oxfordshire 138-5 Thirteen runs in the last over of this TwentyTwenty encounter saw Oxfordshire home after two and...

RBT: From Christ Church to Athens

Mention the letters RBT to anyone involved in Oxford rowing and they’ll know who you are talking about: Robin Bourne-Taylor, of Christ Church, and...

Ultimate Queens

Queen’s followed their victory in the Ultimate Frisbee League by winning cuppers, beating Pembroke/Jesus 5- 2 in the final. Their run of competitive victories...

Keble PemBroken

Before the Blues game against Oxfordshire on Friday evening, it was the turn of the colleges to try 20/20 cricket as last year’s cuppers...

Hugh’s granted final berth

What could have more drama, more nail-biting sleepless-night inducing tension than the Semi-Finals of the 5-a-side Football Cuppers? Exams, perhaps. If the matches at...

Second ‘cry for help’

A man had to be talked down from St Michael’s Tower on Cornmarket Street on Monday afternoon, after threatening to commit suicide for the...

Squaddies smash up student

Two on-leave soldiers from Northern Ireland have been arrested following an assault on three students. The Jesus College students and their friend from...

Hoorah a d hyperboled at the Oxford Union

The recent speculation and hyperbole surrounding the vulnerability of British democracy following the ever-so dangerous attack of a flour-filled condom found its parallel when...

Students are incompatible with OUSU

OUSU was in confusion this week as it attempted to implement the result of last term’s referendum on the future of higher education funding....

AIDS orphans’ blood stolen

An Oxford researcher has been accused of unlawfully bringing the blood of HIV infected African orphans back to Britain and plagiarising another scientist’s work....

Cycle safety for Cowley Road

Mourning for the death of St Catherine’s student Emilie Harris continued this week as the Council approved a multi-million pound road safety project for...

Journalists investigated

The two student journalists who exposed insecurities in the University computer network are facing a police investigation into their activities in obtaining the story....

Shoplift Syringe Scare

Security staff at Debenhams on George Street were threatened with a syringe after confronting an alleged shoplifter last Tuesday afternoon. The man threatened to...

Medial Ultrasex

An Oxford doctor used hospital equipment to enhance his love life, the General Medical Council heard this week. Jane Sullivan, representing the GMC, told...

Burglars walk through Open Doors

One in five burglaries in Oxford occur as a result of owners leaving their doors and windows open, according to newly-released figures. Thames...

Salsa hacked back on right foot

Oxford’s Salsa Society has fought allegations of dissatisfaction with its President, while a hacker highjacked the society’s mailing list with members receiving a torrent...

Old School Celebrations

A former Oxford student has written in The Telegraph about his return to Oxford to “put the fizz back into finals”. Despite the new...

Girl falls from Flying Fox

An Oxford backpacker is fighting for her life in hospital after plunging 65 feet in the Australian rainforest. Queensland Police are investigating the accident....

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