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Cherwell Town Hall HT25: Meet the candidates

With the termly set of Oxford Union elections imminent, Cherwell spoke to both candidates vying to become President, Chris Collins and Moosa Harraj, to hear from them about their motivation for running, their plans if they win, and what...
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BMW freezes investment at Cowley electric vehicle plant

German carmaker BMW Group has paused a £600 million investment in its Cowley factory. The project was expected to create 4,000 new jobs and expand the plant’s production capacity for electric MINIs. The factory still remains the largest industrial...
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Pakistani Government supports six new scholarships at Oxford

Pakistan’s Sindh government in collaboration with The Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP), has announced it will provide six scholarships for students pursuing graduate studies in STEM at Lady Margaret Hall. The merit-based scholarships will cover tuition and living expenses, with preference...
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Opinion

Unhappy feet? Uni on thin ice over welfare penguins

Natalie Duffus and Tom Pavey and Will Paine -
Penguins should never be a prize for completely a Bodleian library survey

In defence of Oxford’s ugliest architecture

We should consider what brutalism represents
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Abolishing tuition fees would be a middle class cash grab

Such a move would imperil the quality of British universities, do little to make university more affordable, and be socially unjust.
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‘Expolwed!’: The Oxford Union’s lazy use of AI

A betrayal of the Union’s supposed commitment to free speech, a failure of both imagination and principle.
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Oxford now has the right approach to animal testing

Arun Lewis -
The current position of involving animal testing in research, but not teaching, is best

Features

You wouldn’t steal a Cherwell article: AI and copyright infringement

Chloe Smith -
Hello, Cherwell reader! Think...

Much ado about funding: Financing Oxford student theatre

Lilly Law -
Last term, I performed...

High pressure, few spots: What Careers Service data says about Oxford’s internship culture

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"Planning ahead is sensible, important – even exciting. But it shouldn’t come at the expense of everything else."

“All faiths and none?”: What college chapels can offer their students

Archie Johnston -
The rustle of a scholar’s gown. Dappled evening light glowing behind a stained-glass saint....

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Culture

German Expressionist film: A beginner’s guide

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With Robert Eggers’ remake of...
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Shakespeare and the ‘Dark Lady’

Shakespeare is undoubtedly the most well renowned English playwright. Thus, the chance that the bard might have been strongly influenced by a woman, as early as the 17th century,...
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Cherubs Grow On Trees: Atmospheric student filmmaking

Making short films is hard. You have anything between two and 20 minutes to tell a compelling story. As an audience member, they can often feel unsatisfying. However, for...
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Books

Lessons in Censorship: A Cautionary Tale against Bodleian Blacklists 

For some authors, the Bodleian Libraries have not always a safe haven for their work. Although marginalised texts are no longer demarcated with the phi symbol on their spines, with many having re-entered the undergraduate canon, Sophie Price discusses the valuable lessons we can learn from the Bodleian blacklist which remain pertinent today.
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Lifestyle

How Oxford celebrates Pancake Day, from races to formals

Amanda Li -
Today is Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent, and coincidentally, pancake day! Oxford...

Sport

Torpids 2025: Bumps, slumps and eleven-spot jumps

Clemmie Ewins -
Torpids: the bringer of cult-collegiate...

Oxford dancers reclaim the spotlight with Varsity win

Jack Danson -
In the dead of night,...

England are learning to win again – can Wales do the same?

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Despite contrasting results, England and...

Clear handballs, dodgy calls and ‘learn the rules’

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“Fancy reffing my football match...

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