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...

Oxford Students to protest proposed housing cuts

Oxford student groups mobilise against proposed country council cuts to housing services

RMF win Union debate by slim margin

An acerbic debate brings out varied arguments from both camps' representatives

#MustRhodesFall Live

Live reporting from tonight's Oxford Union panel discussion: Must Rhodes Fall?

YouGov survey supports Cherwell’s findings

A recent YouGov survey found that by a preference of three to one, the British think the statue of Cecil Rhodes should stay up

Exclusive: Oxford Union Hilary Termcard

Cherwell brings you the official list of all the famous faces at the Union this term

Oxford Union sets out to improve its queues

The Oxford Union is reforming its queueing system after the issues with Michaelmas' EU debate

Vice-Chancellor Richardson Criticises RMF, Prevent

Professor Richardson says that the statue of Rhodes should stand and that Prevent program could be perceived as anti-Islamic

Patrick Moore makes Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Eric Hobsbawm and others amongst those added to new ODNB

Oxford academics receive Royal Honours

Five Oxford academics given awards in New Year Honours

More cheating at Oxford than Cambridge

Study finds over 20 times more cheating incidents in Oxford, with 50,000 students caught offending nationwide

Junior doctors’ strike comes to Oxford

Protesters gather outside Broad Street to protest proposed changes

Disadvantaged applicants more likely to be given interviews

Oxford Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach claims applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to be interviewed

Dons salute free speech in Hebdo anniversary e-book

Oxford academics and students pool efforts to translate anthology of Enlightenment essays into English

Break-in at St Catherine’s College

'Questionable' man purportedly on the loose at St Catherine's Thursday evening

Majority of Oxford students: Rhodes should stay

In one of Cherwell's largest ever student surveys, 54 per cent of respondents say that Oriel should not remove Cecil Rhodes' statue

Chancellor Patten implies not fighting RMF "a treason"

The University of Oxford's Chancellor, Lord Patten of Barnes, seemed to criticize the RMF movement at Professor Louise Richardson's Installation Tuesday morning

Professor Louise Richardson Installed as Vice-Chancellor

New Vice-Chancellor of Oxford formally installed Tuesday morning

Global politicians wade into RMF debate

Australia’s Tony Abbott and South Africa's de Klerk speak out against RMF's aims as campaigner Ntokozo Qwabe compares France to the Nazis

Oxford Rhodes scholar attacked for "hypocrisy"

Ntokozo Qwabe, South African Rhodes Scholar and key member of RMF, has been criticised both online and in national media following the recent publicity of RMF nationwide

Star Wars screening false alarm

Midnight viewers of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' at George Street's Odeon Cinema had to be evacuated after a false fire alarm

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