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Exclusive: Oxford Union announces Michaelmas term card

Cherwell can exclusively reveal that actress Rebel Wilson, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, Bridgewater Associates CEO Nir Bar Dea, and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao are all set to speak at the Oxford Union this term.

Oxford partnership allows OpenAI to use rare Bodleian texts to train ChatGPT

A pilot scheme, launched in 2025, allows OpenAI to use materials from the Bodleian Library to train its models, documents obtained by The Guardian and seen by Cherwell show.

Oxford falls to lowest ever spot in The Times UK University Guide 2027

The University of Oxford has placed fifth in The Times’s 2027 UK university rankings, falling from joint fourth with the University of Cambridge last year. This marks Oxford’s lowest ranking in the guide’s 33 year history and only the second time the University has not been in the top three.

Protest held outside Town Hall over sale of Council-owned building to St Peter’s

A protest took place today outside Oxford Town Hall against Oxford City Council’s plan to sell 11 New Road to St Peter’s College, which would convert most of the building into student housing.

St John’s lost in a hedge-row

John’s faces £250k legal bill after hedge dispute

Oxford receives £200m EIB loan

European Investment Bank loans largest ever sum to University

Oxford University Hospitals granted foundation trust status

Four hospitals in Oxford have been awarded NHS foundation trust status, a title held by only 152 hospitals across the UK

Lincoln bans spirits during freshers’

Lincoln College bans spirits from being served at Entz-run events during Freshers' Week

Oxford Conservative abused by online trolls

Christ Church student attacked following viral Owen Jones Guardian interview

OUSU bans ‘No Offence’ materials from Freshers’ Fair

OUSU has banned the distribution of the new student publication at the university freshers' fair over its alleged sexist, transphobic and ableist content

Researchers honoured for Ebola crisis work

An international team of researchers has received medals at an Oxford ceremony in recognition of their work to tackle the Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Hundreds attend ‘Refugees Welcome in Oxford’ rally

As the number of refugees coming to Europe increases, hundreds of Oxonians demonstrate for the UK Government to 'do more'

Oxford students barred from Labour leadership election

The vetting process of the Labour Party's internal election, designed to keep out 'entryists', has affected prominent Oxford left-wingers, provoking heavy criticism

Oxford Union attempts to entice Taylor Swift to speak

A celebrity-speaker video mash-up of 'Shake It Off' made by the Oxford Union aims to gain the icon's attention, and has gone viral

Magdalen tops Norrington while Merton plummets

The 2014-15 Norrington Table has now been released, with Magdalen College taking the top spot

Camera to close and re-launch

A spokesperson has confirmed that Camera will close down this weekend, before re-launching as a new club concept

Student jailed over assault in Plush last year

Abdulrahman Abdelsalam, who had been studying Law at LMH, was sentenced last week to nine months in prison for assaulting another student in Plush in March 2014

Park End undergoes rebranding and refurbishment

Lava & Ignite on Park End Street is to close, refurbish, and re-open as a new nightclub called Atik

Oxford conservation donor counters pro-hunting accusations

Panthera Founder/Chairman Dr Thomas Kaplan responds to pro-hunting accusations after donating funds to WildCRU, the Oxford University-based unit that tracked Cecil the lion

NUS crackdown in plan to enforce Coca-Cola boycott

The NUS has tabled a motion affirming that its BDS policy against Israel applies to Coca-Cola and has censured its President for having gone against the policy

Cafe Coco in "racist" poster controversy with students

The management of Cafe Coco, Cowley Road, has attracted sustained student criticism from students over the content of a vintage poster

University misleads on Facebook over student accommodation

Students and staff criticise the University of Oxford for posting a photo of a guest room at Madgalen College captioned as a 'sample student room'

Student maintenance grants to be scrapped

The Chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Budget that from 2016/17 maintenance grants for low-income students will be abolished, to be replaced by higher maintenance loans

Ashmolean successfully funds purchase of £860k painting

The Ashmolean today announced that it can now proceed with the acquisition of a Turner painting following a fundraising drive

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