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Bangladesh July Revolution leaders speak at Oxford Union as protesters clash outside

Protesters clashed outside the Oxford Union this evening during a panel discussion organised by the Oxford Bangla Society on the 2024 Bangladeshi July Revolution, entitled “The Student-Led Uprising and...

Oxford Union election count suspended amid electoral fraud allegations

he Oxford Union’s Trinity Term 2026 election count has been suspended after the Returning Officer identified substantial evidence of interference, before any ballot boxes were opened. 

Mansfield College redevelopment plans approved by Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council unanimously approved Mansfield College’s development plans on Tuesday, 26th May. The project, known as the Estate Transformation Project, will be delivered by architects Feilden Fowles. Mansfield told Cherwell that the development would “provide students and the College with up-to-date facilities they need for generations to come”.

Oxford Union town hall TT26: Meet the candidates 

With polls set to open for Oxford Union elections tomorrow, Friday 12th June, Cherwell spoke to the candidates running to be President in Hilary Term 2027. Milo Donovan and Prajwal Pandey discussed their vision for the society, the challenges facing the Union, and how they would respond to recent controversies surrounding speaker invitations and free speech.

Oxford business graduates are UK’s highest earners, report reveals

Historians, philosophers, and engineers earn less according to new government report

Ex-Oxford don, 80, trampled to death by cows

Magdalen College have paid tribute to Professor Brian Bellhouse, the victim of a tragic death by a herd of cows in a field in Sussex

Oxford faces sexism claims after introducing ‘take-home’ exams to close gender gap

Oxford has denied that its move to allow students to sit a new history paper at home was made solely to close the gender gap in results

Man arrested after ‘smashing up’ Univ hall

A man was detained by police yesterday after reports of damaging the high table in University College's hall

WATCH: Hugh Grant drinks from a shoe in New College bar

After talk on press ethics and formal hall, actor Hugh Grant seen “doing a shoe” to the delight of the College rugby team

More than a quarter of Oxford students don’t go clubbing

C+ investigation reveals new details about Oxford clubbing culture

OUSU to fight university over “ridiculous” scholars gowns

OUSU will consult students on changes to “academically hierarchical” exam dress codes

Laali Vadlamani wins Union Presidency for Hilary 2018

Particularly low turnout election sees Vadlamani win with 496 first preference votes

Labour hold Oxford East as Lib Dems take Oxford West from Conservatives

See the full general election results for Oxford's constituencies

Labour is dominating social media ahead of election, Oxford researchers find

39.7 per cent of party-specific tweets have been directed at Labour

Oxford West on election knife-edge

YouGov poll places Liberal Democrats favourites to take seat

Oxford’s historic skyline will “absolutely not” be damaged, despite “high rise” plans

Reports of taller buildings plans dismissed as “headline fantasy” by Councillor Alex Hollingsworth

“Make space for us as we are”

New campaign against institutional racism wins funding from seven JCRs—and a Vogue photoshoot

Pembroke condom cock-up

OUSU contraceptive change brings questions after students receive unexpectedly small welfare condoms

Oxford scientists to build world’s largest telescope

When completed, the optical telescope will assist in “exploring the unknown”

Don picks up Royal Society prize

Oxford mathematician Andrew Wiles awarded the Copley Medal

Almost half of Oxford students to back Labour in June, Cherwell poll finds

Cherwell's 2017 General Election poll suggests overwhelming support for Jeremy Corbyn's party

Rhodes Must Fall hits back at new Oxford global history course

The campaign group have derided reports of a new non-European history paper, attacking the University’s continued “narrow and Eurocentric worldview”

Oxford bucks national trend, increases number of female professors

Despite the startling nationwide figures, Oxford has increased female representation at the top of academia

Boris Johnson heckled upon return to Balliol

The Foreign Secretary was attending a private party at his old College when he was met with a banner reading "Racist Boris, what dead animals have you fucked?"

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