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Over 800 families demand inquiry into Oxford University Hospital’s maternity care

In an open letter addressed to the Health Secretary, parents have criticised a national inquiry which was conducted earlier this year.

KKK hood and sign on Cecil Rhodes statue removed after activist group’s ‘makeover’

Protestors placed a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hood and sign on the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College, days before Nathan Cofnas' controversial talk at the college.

Han Willhoft-King’s journey from Manchester City to Oxford

Willhoft-King is now studying Law at Brasenose College, after walking away from Manchester City’s academy and the prospect of working under the likes of Pep Guardiola.

Do Oxford’s admissions statistics tell the full story?

In June, the University of Oxford published its Annual Admissions Statistics Report, an extensive document detailing the domicile, nation and region, disadvantage, school type,...

The Oxford students Britain turned away

Over the past seven months, some of Oxford’s offer holders have been hoping for their luck to change. They met the academic requirements and demonstrated sufficient intellectual rigour. What led them to fail the test was, instead, the passports they held.

Allow term to change you

It is well known that pride comes before a fall – an excessive assurance in one’s own invulnerability is a likely recipe for disaster....

Burning the candle at both ends: Diwali in Oxford

The question, perhaps, is not whether Oxford makes time for tradition, but which traditions have the privilege of being considered part of ordinary life.

No, I won’t buy a scholar’s gown

On the day I arrived in Oxford, my college mother gave me one piece of advice: “Oh, don’t worry, Prelims don’t matter at all”....

Realisations of a country girl in Oxford

My home village, in the quiet countryside of Cheshire, has a population of 200. Within walking distance, you'll find a church, a pub, and an upscale coffee shop.

One f**king thing after another: ‘The History Boys’, revisited

Grab your motorcycle helmet. Sharpen up on the subjunctive. And cue the synthetic pulses of ‘Blue Monday’. The History Boys is back. Alan Bennett’s 2004...

What are you looking at? A reflection on the Ashmolean’s Aphrodite exhibition

The woman crouches, nude. A gauzy blue curtain hangs where she hides her chest; behind it I can just see the other artefacts. She...

The early bird gets the worm

I am, resoundingly, not a morning person. The precise moment at which my alarm clock begins to beep is, without fail, the worst of my day.

Shedding selves, one term at a time

There is the college self, who you become when you queue for the dining hall, do your laundry, and collect parcels from the porter’s lodge.

The midterms and the YA novel: Impossibly happy endings

Given its intense media coverage and everything that seems to be on the line, I feel as though I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the 2026 US midterm elections for weeks, months – maybe years.

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