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Plans for new Oxford graduate college approved

Oxford City Council has approved plans for a new postgraduate medical college in Headington. The plans also include a mental health hospital and a modern facility for brain sciences research, forming a new Warneford Park development centred on mental health and brain research.

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Union President-Elect found guilty of electoral fraud by Tribunal

Catherine Xu, the Oxford Union’s President-Elect for Michaelmas 2026, has been permanently barred from holding office at the Society after an Election Tribunal found that she orchestrated a scheme to impersonate legitimate voters at the Hilary Term 2026 election.

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Oxford research changes scientists’ understanding of the development of complex life

A collaborative study by researchers from the University of Oxford’s Museum of Natural History and Oxford’s Department of Earth Science, alongside experts from Yunnan University in China, has shown that complex animal life developed earlier than previously thought.

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Honorary Degree recipients announced for 2026

The University of Oxford has announced its 2026 honorary degree recipients, with seven individuals to be conferred with degrees at the Encaenia ceremony on 24th June.

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Are our JCRs male-dominated?

Cherwell investigates how men dominate Oxford's JCR presidencies

Fire at Oxford immigration detention centre

Two men are in hospital after a blaze broke out at the Campsfield House immigration removal centre in Kidlington

Rutland and JCRs pass defiant motion

OUSU council and college JCRs pass motion condemning further fee rises.

Oxford academics to walk out on Halloween

Academics and staff are set to go out on strike on Thursday 31 October due to a dispute over pay

Keble asbestos not a threat

A college survey finds that Keble's asbestos is not a threat

Osborne’s Ex-checkered past

Former prostitute acquaintance to write memoirs about Osborne

Oxford engineers assist in breaking of land speed record

Drayson Racing has announced that it has set a new World Electric Land Speed Record of 204.185mph using an engine developed by a team from Oxford University’s Department of Engineering.

Bike safety campaign launched in Oxford

Oxfordshire police launch a campaign to improve road safety for Oxford cyclists.

Romantic success sealed with a kiss

Oxford University study shows that kissing can help us to find Mr or Mrs Right

Ex-BBC boss comes to Oxford

George Entwistle, the form Director General of the BBC, has enrolled as a master's student at Oxford

Corpus students in shell-shock

Corpus Christi students saddened by the death of their tortoise

Top flight Oxford lawyer crashes

‘Oxford’ city lawyer outed as a fake and suspended from practice

Oxford Professor’s drug for the treatment of MS approved

A professor of Lincoln College has helped to develop a drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis

Freshers’ week Freudian sleep

A fresher from Exeter college woke up in the early hours of the morning in the cocktail bar's bathroom only to be mistaken for an intruder.

Sign-up sheets confiscated at Freshers’ Fair

OUSU confiscates sign-up sheets at Freshers’ Fair leading to widespread criticism

Marbles prove god exists

A survey conduct by the Student Life Society found that students think that god 'definitely' exists.

‘Overview of Oxford’ sales boom

An Oxford student has written a humorous guide to the city in order to raise money for a homeless charity.

Wadham sexual consent workshops made compulsory

Wadham has made its sexual consent workshops a compulsory part of freshers' week

Drug involvement at St Peter’s bop brawl

Cherwell can confirm rumours of drug involvement at the St Peter’s bop altercation last Saturday

George Galloway confronted with Israeli flag

George Galloway's speech at the Oxford Union this evening was disturbed by a student bearing an Israeli flag who labelled the Respect MP as 'racist'

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