Monday 30th March 2026

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I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week off, mid-term, to, in essence, prat around. The deified ‘reading week’. I have always held...

St Anne’s announces the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship

St Anne’s College has recently launched the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship Fund in memory of alumna Jane E. Hood. The initiative will provide travel and research grants to support students undertaking field work.

Oxford-led study develops calculator to predict long-term cognitive impact of strokes

A new predictive tool has been developed by a team of researchers to help clinicians identify which stroke patients are most likely to experience long-term cognitive difficulties.

Chewe Munkonge due to become Oxford’s first Black Lord Mayor

Councillor Chewe Munkonge has been announced as Oxford’s next Lord Mayor, becoming the first...

LMH launches outreach scheme

Next year 12 students to be welcomed from under-represented backgrounds

Vote Leave hold public meeting at St Hugh’s

Chris Grayling MP and Douglas Carswell MP addressed a Vote Leave rally last week

University officially outlines pro-EU position

Citing numerous benefits to membership, the University Council officially endorsed EU membership Friday morning

Oxford students push for NUS disaffiliation

Oxford NUS delegates and other students call for disaffiliation following Bouattia's victory

Bouattia elected NUS President despite allegations of anti-Semitism

NUS conference elects Malia Bouattia to Presidency despite concerns expressed by Jewish socieities

Wealthy backgrounds lead to higher graduate earnings

Study reveals earning prospects are still determined by background, gender, institution and course of study

Man to be tried for Iffley Road murder

Michael Danaher is accused of having murdered historian Adrian Greenwood

Calls for employers to pay higher living wage

Employers are called to follow the example of the City Council to compensate for high housing costs

Outreach programme launched for ethnic minority applicants

Teddy Hall hosts Target Oxbridge programme for students with African and Caribbean heritage

Claims of anti-semitism hit NUS Presidential race

Oxford JSoc among the 48 student societies asking questions of Malia Bouattia in open letter

Oxford shortlisted for the European Capital of Innovation Award

The small City competed against the likes of Paris and Berlin for the prize

Mary Beard awarded Bodleian Libraries’ highest honour

Well-known Classics scholar awarded the Bodley medal

St John’s through to the final of University Challenge

St John’s College have defeated the University of Liverpool in the semi-final of University Challenge. They will face Peterhouse, Cambridge in the final on...

Fire reported in Balliol College

Four fire engines deployed to Broad Street following incident outside IT room

Man found murdered in his home on Iffley Road

Suspect arrested following high speed police chase down the High Street

Panama Papers to have “no impact” on honorary degree

Award-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will still be awarded an honorary degree following his implication in the Panama Papers

Oxford researchers warn against new power stations

Energy companies can only go on building new coal and gas power stations for one more year if the world is to meet its...

Woodrow Wilson’s name to remain on Princeton’s buildings

Despite a campaign by students at Princeton, the university’s board of trustees has decided not to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from the School of...

Christianity Finals papers no longer obligatory

Oxford’s Theology course has been renamed and redesigned, with students no longer obliged to study Christianity after prelims

OO admins apologise for “Purge”

Following the changes that have been made in discussion rules for the Open Oxford group supporting free speech on Facebook, admin Ash MQ published...

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