Thursday, January 23, 2025

Katherine Pye

THE: Oxford best in UK for medicine, humanities, and social sciences

The Times Higher Education World University rankings have released rankings by subject group, with Oxford’s medical sciences department winning first place globally

Thatcher scholarships established in Somerville

Somerville’s Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust will provide scholarships for undergraduates this year

The Trouble with Trinidad

For Katherine Pye, the colour and energy of Trinidad, Cuba cannot erase its dark past. Part of the Cherwell Travel Supplement.

Oxford fellow wins prize for living as an animal

Dr Charles Foster, a fellow at Green Templeton College, medical law lecturer and practicing barrister, has won a parody biology award in America, a...

Endeavour cast spotted in Oxford

The new series of Endeavour is currently being filmed in the historic centre of Oxford

May opposes ‘safe space’ policies in universities

The Prime Minister announced in Commons that it was "quite extraordinary" for universities to ban discussing topics which could offend certain groups of students

Strong criticism from OUSU after University confirms fee rise

Beginning in October 2017, tuition fees at Oxford University will be £9,250 per year, increasing with inflation

Oxford University rejects May’s grammar school policy

Along with Teach First, King’s College London and others, Oxford University has warned that the government’s grammar school plans would abandon many secondary school students...

Oxford sixth in QS World Rankings

British universities fall in overall rankings with Cambridge dropping out of the top three for first time since 2004

Cambridge plans to reduce access targets rejected by Office for Fair Access

Cambridge University’s proposed reduction in access targets has been rejected by the Office for Fair Access

Pre-colonial Mexican manuscript co-discovered by Oxford scholars

Using cutting-edge technology, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Netherlands have uncovered a Mexican codex which has been hidden beneath a layer...

Eddie Ndopu, Oxford’s first disabled African student, might not be able to attend

Eddie Ndopu has won a scholarship to the Blavatnik School of Government, but may be unable to take up his place since Oxford's funding does not cover the extra costs of his care

Government report recommends Oxford to Cambridge expressway

The government’s Department for Transport has published a set of investigation results which explore possibilities of linking existing roads between Oxford and Cambridge via...

National Student Survey: Oxford has 90% satisfaction rate

National Student Survey results placed Oxford in the top 20 nationwide, whilst OUSU took the bottom spot for student union satisfaction

Oxford Physics Department named a ‘Champion’ of gender equality

Oxford University's Physics department has joined 15 other British universities in gaining 'Champion' status under the Project Juno programme. Project Juno is a system initiated...

BBC Panorama editor to become Oxford’s Director of Public Affairs 

Ceri Thomas, who has been editor of BBC Panorama since 2014, to become Director at the Public Affairs Office next year

Brexit likely to impact EU research funding for Oxford

Cherwell has found that contributions from public and private donors within the EU, which represented 12% of Oxford’s aggregate income from research grants last...

Protests in Oxford against EU referendum result

Following the result of the EU referendum on Friday morning, events have been planned in Oxford to voice opinions on the outcome and its effect on Britain in the future.

OUSU releases its annual Impact Report 2015-16

Oxford University Student Union has released its annual report on their work this year, including what they have achieved and the reflections of the...

Les Misérables composer comes to Catz

Claude-Michel Schönberg, the French composer who first adapted the novel Les Misérables into a musical, has been announced as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary...

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