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Oxford City Council announces new cabinet for 2026/27

Oxford City Council leader Susan Brown has announced her new cabinet for the 2026/2027 year. Brown, who also leads the Labour group on the Council, has appointed seven Labour councillors to the cabinet following local elections on 7th May in which Labour lost its overall majority but remained the largest party on the Council.

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka delivers annual lecture at Oxford School of Global and Area Studies

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, delivered the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OGSA) Annual Lecture at St. Antony’s College on 19th May.

Oxford researchers collaborate to release open data to accelerate AI drug discovery

University of Oxford researchers have released a new open data set and AI model to accelerate drug discovery.

Rare Oxford University photo of Oscar Wilde sells at auction

A newly-discovered photograph of Oscar Wilde at the University of Oxford was recently sold for more than £5,300 at an auction.  

Vincent’s Club ends gender exclusivity

The 153-year-old sports club for Oxford Blues voted last week to remove the word 'male' from its constitution

Saïd blacklisted by Barclays bank

The founding benefactor of the Saïd Business School and his associated charity, The Saïd Foundation, have been blacklisted by Barclays

Corbyn coming to Oxford

Oxford Labour announces rally with Labour Party leader at the end of March

Cambridge college criticised for Japan-themed ball

Criticism of Trinity Hall's 'Tokyo to Kyoto' ball follows controversy over college ball themes in Oxford

Oxford professor wins Abel Prize for Fermat’s Last Theorem

Mathematics fellow Sir Andrew Wiles wins Abel Prize after solving 300-year-old mystery

The end of Roppongi

"The ultimate destination for Oxford's exclusive highly effervescent and au fait crowd" is to close next Friday

The Oxford Guild responds to last week’s resignations

Following 16 resignations from the Oxford Guild committee last week, the Guild responds

Cambridge’s Cecil falls

Jesus College has agreed to remove a bronze cockerel statue students said ought be repatriated to Nigeria

RMFO march takes to the streets

The group headed to five locations which they have deemed "linked to colonialism and racism"

OULC: “ugly, intimidating and vaguely cultish”

OULC embroiled in new row following passage of motion to make members of multiple political groups ineligible for voting rights at TGMs

RMF all over again?

Harvard Law School scraps official crest over links to slavery

Lachs defeats Dattani to win Union presidency

The #19ideas slate was broadly successful in Friday's vote but unable to replicate Stuart Webber's or Robert Harris's dominance

Uber revving up to enter Oxford

Taxi firm filing application to expand online service

Maintain patient privacy or save a life?

New guidelines advise university doctors to contact parents if concerned for students’ mental health

OUSU: #ShutDownYarlsWood

Latest motion to condemn immigration centre

Oxford at centre of new STEM funding

Government announces new funding for DPhils as well as quantum technology programme

Patten goes international

Chancellor in spat with Hong Kong authorities

“Cold as Balls not gunna lie”

Ball-goers left cold by the Mansfield Ball

Universities not to be exempted from FoI requests

Claim that FOI act expensive and time-consuming fails to persuade Commission

Open Letter to Oxford Guild

An open letter signed by now-former members of the Oxford Guild was published this morning announcing their resignation

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