Sunday 17th 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)...

Ultimate Round Up

On Friday, as copies of this paper are arriving in your college, the deciding match for the title of the Oxford Universities Ultimate Frisbee...

Oxford Threaten County Side

An extraordinary thing happened in Oxford UCCE’s game against Hampshire. Oxford declared on the final afternoon, setting Hampshire a target and giving both sides...

Postgrad Marks

Oxford postgraduates will soon find themselves scouted by exam boards to mark A-level and GCSE scripts matter of months after sitting their own finals,...

Toga Party Flops

There were red faces all round at the Oxford Union last Saturday after an extremely low turnout for the Toga Party. Out of a...

New John’s Quad

St John’s has plans to build a new quad when it resumes control of land on St. Giles. The site, though belonging to the...

Virgin Auction

A Chilean student is auctioning off her virginity to pay for her last two years on a Modern Languages course. The 21-year old, who...

Exam Labour

Antonella Magnani, 28, recently sat her final law exam while in labour in a hospital delivery room, after college authorities concluded that giving birth...

Town Spies

Angry York residents are lying in wait every night for unsuspecting student revellers, after the University’s Vice-Chancellor has offered a reward for information relating...

Is This Man a Traitor?

He walks into the council chamber of the town hall, dressed in a black leather jacket and jeans, and proffers his hand firmly when...

One Hell of a Weekend

Schizophrenic weather changes, grass stains, undercooked beefburgers, and a mixed-bag of bands: last weekend, Wadham College managed to recreate the authentic summer festival feeling...

Underwhelming

I want to bottle-fuck you slowly with my sunglasses on. Well, there’s something to try out next time you’re in Filth. Yum. These are...

Stages with Black Spaces

Help me. I’m standing in front of five hundred or so people, on stage with a guy who looks like Errol Brown. I was...

Riding on the Edge

I’m on a bike, up a mountain, in Bolivia, and I’m remembering that bit in The Beach, the part where Richard talks about the...

Pub

The Turf is synonymous with matriculation, mods, finals and student scum. Its mistreatment by absurdly-dressed, braying idiots, commences with the ceremony that makes one...

Mind Over Matter

If you answered; 4 questions correctly you are a genius, 3 correctly – you are above average intelligence 2 correctly – you are normal...

A Philosophical Double-Helix

In 1953, a year after deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was identified as the molecule that carries the biochemical information responsible for the physiology, anatomy and...

Word on the Streets

‘Butch’ sells the Big Issue in Summertown and on Broad Street. He has been homeless for six years and is on a drug rehabilitation...

Hollywood Shoots Another Load

It’s happening exactly as before,” sneers Agent Smith dryly. “Well,” chuckles one of his dozens of clones, “not exactly.” Evidently The Matrix Reloaded is...

A Reich Romantic Laugh

Before I saw Mostly Martha I didn’t know what to expect. It’s billed as a German rom-com so I tried to extrapolate. There’d be...

Spot-On Classic

A sweeping, majestic, sensuous epic of a film, running for just over three hours, and based on the novel by Count Giuseppe Tomasi di...

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