Tuesday 25th November 2025

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Students join demonstration to keep Campsfield House immigration detention centre closed

Approximately 50 protesters staged a demonstration outside the Campsfield House immigration detention centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, this afternoon. The protest included students from the University of Oxford and was...

Exeter College unveils plan for supercomputer science park

Exeter College has unveiled its plans for EXOq, a new research and innovation environment...

Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed Chair of AI@Oxford

Sir Nigel Shadbolt, the Principal of Jesus College and a prominent computer scientist, was...

Local group pushes to preserve historic Corpus Christi barge

The Oxford College Barges Preservation Trust are fighting to save the Corpus Christi barge,...

Bring back the passion to politics

If you’d been born in France in the late 1700’s, would you have stood up to be counted in the French Revolution? Back then,...

Chuckle Decision

Rohan Unni, Rob Stone, and Tim Vogel get their wits tickled by the Chuckle Brothers Much like Marmite, the Brothers Chuckle are entertainers you...

Towering ambition

Silaja Suntharalingam and Christopher Whalen meet the man behind Oxford’s bid to become the 2008 European Capital of Culture “I’ve never had an aspiration...

You rock my world

James Kettle’s imaginary friends “Scaramouche, scaramouche, can you do the fandango” are words we don’t hear enough of in this fair city. Everyone’s looking...

Walker’s crisp 89 feeds hungry Hertford

Hertford record large victory over Lincoln in coppers first round There is something peaceful about cricket. The game leaves one predisposed to thought,...

Blues show St Mary’s no mercy

Thanks to truly top–class performances from Tom Hicks and Huw Jones Oxford crushed a good St. Mary’s side that ran them close last year....

Where were you while we were getting high?

On the rebound from Varsity defeat, Dan James and Hertford soar to new heights Early on Saturday morning is perhaps the least likely time...

Oxford welcomes kidnap hero

Runaway hostage braves media storm to start term at TrinityMatthew Scott, the student who so dramatically escaped from kidnappers in the Columbian jungle last...

Race row don may face dismissal

Race row don may face dismissal A professor’s job hangs in the balance after an investigation into his rejection of a student solely on...

Untitled Archive Article

New balls pleaseA St. Anne’s fresher reduced his chances of achieving fatherhood during an animated game of pool. Following the first few pints in...

Fees battle continues

Helena Puig Larrauri, student union President, followed a defiant stand against top-up fees at last week’s Labour Party Conference by working towards the creation...

University rejects state school bias

Oxford University looks likely to reject government plans which urge top universities to lower offers made to applicants from state schools with low university...

Another term of Cornmarket chaos

The work on Cornmarket which began in 2001 is set to continue long into the New Year. There will, however, be respite for beleaguered...

No respite from rent rises

Student rent charges are likely to soar even higher as the Estate Bursars’ Committee yet again places accommodation subsidies in the spotlight. An independent...

Law dons to replace Law Lords in academic cases

Law academics at Oxford and Cambridge are to launch a national mediation service to solve clashes between students and staff. The new service will...

Tony Martin to speak at Union

Tony Martin will make his first public appearance since release from prison at the Oxford Union. Union authorities hope Martin’s appearance will encourage informed...

Aqua-mac

University of Warwick Freshers in Warwick were conned into paying £400 this week for briefcases filled with bottled water. In four separate incidents, the...

Lech-urer

Jesus College, Cambridge A fellow of Jesus resigned over the summer after allegations of ‘extra-curricular activities’ in his college rooms with local prostitutes. Punternet,...

Gold Thongs

Imperial College, London A guide entitled “how to play responsibly with freshers” advocates locking them in a lecture theatre and drenching them with beer...

Nessun grazie

Un iversity of Milan, Italy An Italian student was given the cold shoulder last month after hitchhiking 1,250 miles to see the Swedish girl...

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