Friday 24th July 2026

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King Charles III inaugurates the Schwarzman Centre 

King Charles III officially opened the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities and unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit.

Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.

Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

Survey finds Oxford students hardest working and most miserable in UK

Nearly a quarter of students in Oxford say they regret enrolling

Exeter College’s Cohen Quad formally opened

Delays in building work saw 86 students moved into hotels, but Cohen Quad is now formally open.

Details emerge of George Osborne’s Isis editorship

Remaining copies of the new Evening Standard editor’s 1992 ‘Hemp Edition’ had mysteriously vanished from the Oxford Union archives

Oxford University launches £10 million medical marijuana research program

The project could make the UK the leading frontier in medical marijuana research

Welsh students set for Jesus College summer school

High-achieving Welsh teenagers to be hosted at four-day summer school to trial Oxford life

Somerville to build accommodation on historical site

One hundred and ten student rooms are to be built on the site of the Royalist Civil War defence line

Open House squatters evicted from second University building

Twenty people have been offered overnight shelter in an East Oxford church

Several College heads missed off Brexit open letter

Notable absentees from original list of signatories have expressed their desire to have been included

Oxford heads sign open letter for EU residency rights

Vice-Chancellor and heads of 35 Colleges and PPHs write in support of Lords amendment to guarantee EU residency rights

Malala Yousafzai receives offer to study at Oxford

BREAKING: Nobel Prize winning activist will study PPE at LMH so long as she achieves AAA offer, Telegraph report claims

Study launched to reduce Oxford city centre emissions

The £30,000 study will look at whether petrol and diesel vehicles should be banned from the city centre by 2020

Oxford University gives squatters five days to vacate temporary homeless shelter

Osney Open House say 21 homeless people must leave former power station by Sunday, after Oxford University serve possession order in court

Oxford ranked world no. 1 in four subjects

QS World University Rankings place Oxford as the world's best in four subject areas—ahead of Cambridge

Lords votes to sever HE Bill link between tuition fees and TEF

Blow to government as Lords revolt over plans for tuition fees to be linked to university teaching quality

NUS Vice-President cleared of Malia coup attempt claims

Internal inquiry clears Richard Brooks of attempting to oust President with help of Israeli embassy

Oxford has highest number of top-earning staff

Oxford University has more senior post holders earning over £100,000 annually than any other university, newly-released figures have revealed

Oxford has most sexual harassments of students by staff in the UK – report

Guardian investigation finds Oxford has the highest number of staff-on-student and staff-on-staff sexual harassment allegations of any UK university

“Culture change” needed for women in science, says Oxford astrophysicist

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell speaks of struggles facing women

Moving to university harms school social circles, study concludes

A lack of contact and investment in old friendships can lead to the rapid deterioration of relationships formed in childhood

St Antony’s student reverses decision to drop out in support of Gilbert Mitullah’s campaign

As Mitullah approaches his crowdfunding goal of £25,000, Layo London said "it is likely that I will stay on at Oxford"

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