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Students encounter issues with voting registration during local elections

Multiple students across Oxford have reported being turned away from polling stations during Thursday’s local elections.
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Access to Canvas temporarily suspended by University following cyberattack

Access to Canva has been temporarily suspended by the University today as a precautionary measure following an external breach of Instructure, the third-party supplier of Canvas.
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Oxford Union town hall HT26 re-run: Meet the candidates

A re-poll for the Oxford Union Presidency for Michaelmas 2026 is set to take place on Monday. Cherwell spoke to the candidates running about the state of the Union and their vision for the society.
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Oxford Labour defies national trends at city council elections

The Labour Party defied national trends in the Oxford local elections yesterday, with their seat count in the City Council dropping slightly from 21 to 20, against a national backdrop of major losses for the party.
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Oxford chaplains urge Church to reconsider gay marriage stan

Chaplains sign national clergy letter opposing the recent ruling that Church of England clergy cannot preside over same-sex marriages

Inquest hears deceased student was harassed by tutor

Inquest into the death of a postgraduate student last year raises concerns about how harassment complaint against an Oxford tutor was handled

Exeter College closes JCR kitchen "indefinitely"

The single JCR kitchen has been closed due to 'mess', with students linking the move to the college's ongoing hall boycott

Wellington Square briefly closed due to ‘suspect package’

Fears over another bomb threat led to part of central Oxford being closed for around 40 minutes

A fine time to be an Oxford University Librarian

Students paid almost £130,000 in fines to Bodleian libraries in the last academic year, with the Social Sciences library alone earning £34,000

Oxford research maps populations’ genetic histories

The ancestral genetic mix of populations across the world has been mapped by a research team from Oxford and UCL

Wadham Warden brought into Blair and Brooks debacle

Lord Ken MacDonald QC recommended by Blair as potential chair of hacking inquiry

Wadham lobbies for rusticated students

SU passes unanimous motion to offer resources to suspended students

Oxford research influences NHS decision

A study published by Oxford professors has been used to inform a clinical guideline concerning cardiovascular treatment

St Peter’s receives controversial £5million donation

St Peter's College has attracted interest in accepting a donation from senior employees in Perenco, a large oil company.

Wadham JCR electronics trashed

£3,000 of electronic equipment damaged in Wadham JCR

Oxford MP criticises pro-life adverts on Oxford buses

LIFE pregnancy centre reported to Advertising Standards after counsellor links abortion to risk of breast cancer

History special subjects restricted

Students frustrated as faculty cuts “24-capped” Special Subjects

Exeter students go on indefinite hall strike

JCR launches hall strike to protest 'ludicrous' £840 food fee

Oxford don in sexism row

Fellow of New College criticised for comments in the Financial Times

New IRA claims responsibility for Oxford bomb

“Fireball” device part of campaign against UK recruitment offices

Students protest against Oxford investments

Campaigners call for divestment from fossil fuel companies in Radcliffe Square

Future’s bright for Oxonians in spite of national trend

Almost half of UK graduates cannot find work six months after graduation, but Oxford alumni fare better

Union hosts Chelsea Manning awards ceremony

Edward Snowden praises 2014 Sam Adams Award recipient Manning in an exclusive video shown at the Oxford Union

New IRA claims responsibility for Oxford bomb threat

Scotland Yard confirms that the republican terrorist group used a recognised codeword to claim responsibility for the Army Careers parcel bomb
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