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Newly approved off-licence sparks widespread complaints

An off-licence store at 67 Botley Road has been granted permission to sell alcohol despite over 100 complaints from local residents. The site of...

It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

To combine all the factors that might influence someone’s decision-making into an aggregate score obscures as much as it illuminates.  

Inside Oxford’s new Life and Mind Building

The new Life and Mind Building, which houses the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Biology, opened last week following the closure of the previous...

Channel 4 makes waves, snatching Boat Race from BBC

Channel 4 has announced they have secured the television broadcasting rights to the annual Boat Race, upending a 98-year-old relationship with the BBC. The new...

“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY.” It is this (somewhat incomplete) motto of the Post...

On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’

Virginia Woolf’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own is probably the most important 20th century piece of writing concerning women’s place in literature...

What will the Schwarzman Centre mean for music at Oxford?

"Oxford as a cultural centre on a global scale"

Oxford alumnus Richard Robson awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Brasenose College alumnus Richard Robson has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)....

Somerville holds ground-breaking ceremony for new Ratan Tata Building

Somerville College has held a ground-breaking ceremony for the Ratan Tata Building, a new 700m² academic hub in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. The building...

Investigation reveals serious asbestos management issues in the University

An investigation by Confront Power has revealed that Oxford University was recently in serious breach of asbestos management regulation.  An audit conducted in 2019 revealed...

How to survive Oxford

Welcome to Oxford, the place where ambition goes to drink, cry, and write 3,000 words on “liminality” at 3 a.m.

New nightlife champion on Oxford City Council

A role championing Oxford’s night-time economy has been created at Oxford City Council. Labour Party councillor James Taylor was appointed to the position last...

Oxford student arrested ‘on suspicion of inciting racial hatred’

CW: Antisemitism  A student at the University of Oxford was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning after a video of him chanting “put...

Congestion charge introduced in Oxford

Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet has approved plans for a £5 congestion charge for drivers on six of Oxford’s busiest roads. The charge will come...

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