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Nuffield JCR condemns invite to controversial Israeli philosopher

Controversial Israeli political philosopher Professor Daniel Statman has been invited to visit Nuffield College for Trinity Term, despite a JCR statement condemning the decision.
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Oxford-led study develops ‘SimCells’ to target antimicrobial resistance

Researchers led by University of Oxford academic Dr Wei Huang have successfully created biologically engineered cells, designed to target antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria. 
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Twelve Oxford colleges do not pay all staff the Oxford Living Wage

At least twelve Oxford colleges were not paying all staff the Oxford Living Wage...
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Rhodes Scholarship suspends Global Constituency applications

The Rhodes Trust announced earlier this month that the Rhodes Scholarship’s Global Constituency will be suspended for the 2026-2027 application cycle. 
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Word on the Street

Eva, 26, sells the Big Issue on Broad Street and lives in a tent just outside Oxford.“I come from the south of Spain and...

X Marks the Spot a Second Time

The ‘X-Men’ comic books and cartoon series have attracted a fierce loyalty from fans since its genesis in the 60s. The first X-Men was...

Clooney’s Big Clanger

Welcome to Collinwood is to Ocean’s Eleven what Danni Minogue is to Kylie: a less fashionable little sister. Sharing producers (George Clooney and Steve...

Fine and Dandy

The Dandy Warhols are a band emblematic of student cynic chic: their we-take-drugs lyrics on Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia evoked a supremely stylish...

International Rescue

The New Noakes International, fronted by Pete Oxley, played the Wheatsheaf to promote their latest album Blue In Black and White. New Noakes comprise...

Nightmares on Wax

The successor to the Another Late Night series, Late Night Tales continues the tradition of getting artists to choose and mix the music that...

Cinerama

David Gedge’s career is founded on his love of John Peel. Gedge is one of those people who obsessively records the festive fifty every...

It’s Love at First Science

Despite knowing that this production was being revived after rave reviews and a sell-out run, I was slightly puzzled as to how physics could...

Right to Pointillism

As a self-confessed art philistine, I look Georges Seurat’s nineteenth century pointillist painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and see...

A Midsummer Night’s Scream

With just six actors and a five-person crew, the idea of staging any Shakespearean drama with so few people can only be described as...

It’s a Shaw Success

With a musical as popular as My Fair Lady, audiences invariably go to see it with fixed preconceptions as to how it should be...

Politics is a Two-Way Street

This year’s local elections brought excellent results for the Liberal Democrats. With 30% of the vote, this was our strongest ever performance a nationwide...

A Losing Battel?

Last week OUSU released a startling report exposing the massive financial inequalities that exist between colleges in Oxford, and the subsequent disparities in services...

Barbara Kennedy’s Week

I am a Fellow and Geography Tutor at St Hugh’s; also the Wine Steward; and for some of my time, responsible for coordinating the...

Sit Down, You’re Ill

Sir, Last week’s Cherwell (‘Censure for VP Finance?’, 2 May) suggested would be facing a censure motion for having spoken against OUSU policy at...

Andrew Smith

Sir, Andrew Smith claims to have been ‘disappointed’ at the cancellation of yet another meeting at which he was due to actually interact with...

Choosing to Believe

Sir, I would like to set the record straight on the conduct of the schools which Richard Dawkins has attacked (‘Dawkins slams creationist schools’,...

Cw

Sir, Congratulations Cherwell on your fabulous Cw arts/features pullout! As well as your sexy layout and gorgous pix, I just love John Kettle’s ‘On...

Movie Buff

Sir,I’d like to pick the ever-inaccurate Evelyn (‘John Evelyn’, 2 May) up on a couple of points. Firstly, the game to which he refers...

Inside Edge

The Lifesaving Club took the plunge in Bristol this Saturday for their final competition of the year. A disappointing 7th on the day was...
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