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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.
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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.
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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.
News Isaac Gavaghan -

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.  
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Anger at Corpus’ damaged LGBTQ flags

Corpus Christi allocates £1,000 to LGBTQ causes after students tore down pride flags from JCR walls

Spiked criticises Oxford’s “censorship”

Website places Oxford in worst category for free speech

Two in three state schools send no pupils to Oxbridge

New figures reveal deficiency in number of places gained by pupils at secondary state schools

Cambridge’s access scheme #CamTweet leads to porn

A Cambridge University access initiative inspired by Oxford's #OxTweet directs students to pornography

Castle Mill: Grad accommodation under siege

Continued controversy over campaign to remove top floor of Castle Mill student housing

Protests at Exeter over OSFL abortion panel event

Exeter College goes ahead with the discussion despite protesters from across the University

Marine Le Pen protest divides Oxford

Demonstrators clash amongst each other as they rally against French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen

Academics condemn "repressive" Counter-Terrorism Bill

Oxford professors denounce Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill in open letter

Marine Le Pen Protest: Live Blog

Cherwell brings you its coverage of the protests against Marine Le Pen

Iffley Road sports hall named after Olympian Acer Nethercott

A new University of Oxford sports hall will be named after former student who died at the age of 35

Earache for Keble undergraduate

Pliers end up stuck to student’s ear as he tries to remove earring

Gender-specific toilets flushed away at Regent’s Park

JCR passes a motion to convert toilets back to gender-neutral after holiday conversion

Oxford Students inspire #SmearForSmear campaign

Students 'spark imagination' of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust

LMH bop theme accused of cultural insensitivity

The 'Arabian Nights' themed bop sparks controversy amongst students

Hertford College create Women’s Officer position in JCR

The JCR Committee has re-instated the role of Women’s Officer with nearly 80 per cent majority vote

College JCRs overspend in Michaelmas 2014

Budgets shows that several Colleges' JCRs spent more than anticipated last term

Oxford Union Debate Committee in women’s quota controversy

The Oxford Union Debate Selection Committee is planning to send a fixed number of women to the European University Debating Championships

Al Sharpton avoids engaging in Union debate

Last Friday American baptist minister Al Sharpton gave a speech at the Union, instead of participating in the planned debate

Still no answers on rigged NUS referendum

The six month deadline for punishment passes with no new information

Exeter votes to update harassment policy

Exeter JCR has voted to update its harassment policy in line with the university's
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