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Anti-hunting group protests against alleged illegal hunt on St John’s College land

Anti-hunting protesters gathered outside the Sheldonian Theatre during matriculation on Saturday to protest against alleged illegal hunting activities on land owned by St John’s College.

Oxford University and councils announce partnership to build Greenway cycle lanes

Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County Council, and the University of Oxford have announced plans...

Local and business leaders in Oxford sleep out for homelessness

Forty-eight business and community leaders slept out in University Parks to raise money for homelessness as part of the annual Oxfordshire CEO sleepout on 8th October.

Students join march against the far right at matriculation

Approximately 300 demonstrators joined the ‘Oxford Unites Against the Far Right’ unity march Saturday afternoon, amid matriculation ceremonies.

Prince Charles and Camilla in surprise Covered Market visit

Camilla spoke exclusively to Cherwell during the royals' tour of the Market

Stormzy donates £9,000 to New College finalist

The grime artist donated to Experimental Psychology student Fiona Asiedu's crowdfunding campaign to study at Harvard

Watch: Theresa May confronted by angry voter on visit to Oxford

Theresa May was challenged by an angry voter, Cathy, over disability cuts on a visit to Oxfordshire today

Vice-Chancellor slams safe-space culture

Louise Richardson speaks out against “cosseted” middle-class students’ “echo chamber” environments

C+: Who has been protested at the Oxford Union, and why?

C+ looks back at recent speakers who have been met by student demonstrations and demands to "no-platform"

Less affluent countries are more committed to wildlife conservation

An Oxford University research collaboration has shown less affluent countries give the most to wildlife conservation

C+: Student testimonials on free speech in Oxford

As part of the survey conducted to gather experiences and opinions of students in Oxford, C+ collect­ed anonymised comments from students on their perceptions of freedom of speech in Oxford.

Oxford University Hospitals “on alert” following global ransomware attack

Colleges have warned students to be "extra cautious" with Nexus email attachments, although there are no reported issues on the University's servers

Royal Society recognition for University academics

Six Oxford researchers have been awarded prestigious fellowships in recognition of their groundbreaking work

Oxford students take on Tories over cuts to art funding

The group created an exhibition to pique youngsters’ interest in the arts

Oxford Union: University should not be a safe space

Members were convinced that the idea would limit free speech and inhibit dialogue

In conversation with Jacob Williams, of ‘Open Oxford’ and ‘No Offence’

Maxim Parr-Reid interviews the founder of one of Oxford's most notorious student publications

Free speech at university has a storied past

Our universities were not built as havens of free expression, and Oxford never led the way on free speech

Rich countries are underperforming on conservation, Oxford study finds

Research shows that LEDCs outperform their richer counterparts on a range of conservation factors

Cashew denies bankruptcy rumours

Cashew in “very strong position”, co-founder of payment app insists

Breakthrough for Oxford University chemist

A new synthetic retina could be the answer to years of research on blindness

Universities warned over Brexit brain drain

Research suggests three in four EU academics would consider leaving the UK post-Brexit

General Election will be battle of “life and death”, says Sanders

Brother of former US presidential candidate to stand in Oxford East, as Greens withdraw bid for Oxford West

Oxford student dies in tragic bus accident

The DPhil candidate fell from her bike on Botley Road and was run over by a bus

“Rapid deterioration” of finances in Oxford University Hospitals

It has been revealed that Oxford University Hospitals has overspent by £24m

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