Monday 15th June 2026

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Bangladesh July Revolution leaders speak at Oxford Union as protesters clash outside

Protesters clashed outside the Oxford Union this evening during a panel discussion organised by the Oxford Bangla Society on the 2024 Bangladeshi July Revolution, entitled “The Student-Led Uprising and...

Oxford Union election count suspended amid electoral fraud allegations

he Oxford Union’s Trinity Term 2026 election count has been suspended after the Returning Officer identified substantial evidence of interference, before any ballot boxes were opened. 

Mansfield College redevelopment plans approved by Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council unanimously approved Mansfield College’s development plans on Tuesday, 26th May. The project, known as the Estate Transformation Project, will be delivered by architects Feilden Fowles. Mansfield told Cherwell that the development would “provide students and the College with up-to-date facilities they need for generations to come”.

Oxford Union town hall TT26: Meet the candidates 

With polls set to open for Oxford Union elections tomorrow, Friday 12th June, Cherwell spoke to the candidates running to be President in Hilary Term 2027. Milo Donovan and Prajwal Pandey discussed their vision for the society, the challenges facing the Union, and how they would respond to recent controversies surrounding speaker invitations and free speech.

"Fuck You Willetts" banner unveiled in Union

Two protesters unfurled a banner condemning David Willets at the Oxford Union during the Thursday night debate

New centre in Headington brings Classics to the community

Classics to be ‘put on the map’ by new outreach project, launched by Mary Beard

Academic strike: as it happened

Student protesters occupy Exam Schools as OUSU backs Oxford staff walk-out, amidst national day of industrial action by higher education staff

Cher-ly you can’t be serious!

Cher becomes honorary member of the St Anne’s JCR

Quidditch British Cup to be held in Oxford

Oxford will host the first British Quidditch Cup in the University Parks on the 9th and 10th of November

#cherwellgreatstorm hits Oxford

This weekend saw Oxford hit by the biggest storm of the year

Anarchist speech called off

Anarchist Ian Bone’s talk at the Left Caucus cancelled after police ask for thousands of pounds in security costs

Mertonians in time walk tradition

Last Saturday saw students of Merton College walking backwards around a quad for an hour to help the clocks return to Greenwich Mean Time

Jedward come to Oxford

Christ Church played host to the famous twins as they film new TV show 'Jedward's Big Adventure'

Castle Mill controversy draws to a close

A High Court judge has ruled against establishing a judicial review of the decision to build the controversial Castle Mill student accommodation flats

Sewers flood Regent’s basement

Flooded rooms leave Regent’s Park with not so sweet a scent

Oxford University research makes anaesthesia safer

A team of neuroscientists at Oxford University have discovered a more precise method for administering anaesthetic with advanced brain imaging technology

Sepp Blatter talks racism and FIFA’s legacy at the Union

Speaking at the Union last Friday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter claimed that boycotting the 2018 World Cup in Russia to protest racism would achieve “nothing”

Student wins prestigious art prize

Jack Stanton has won the 'New Sensations' prize from Saatchi Galleries and Channel 4

Plans announced for a new John Lewis store

Westgate shopping centre will soon see the addition of a John Lewis store

Clem’s forced to remove graffiti

City council have told St Clement’s nightclub that colourful exterior was “not in keeping with the surrounding area”

‘Blinds’ lead to fines for Keble second years

PPE, E&M and chemistry students at Keble College were this week fined and banned from having a subject black tie when they held annual ‘blinds’ within the college

Movember: tash of the titans

Oxford is running an inter-collegiate competition to see which college can raise the most money for ‘Movember’

Exeter alumnus’s scholarship rewards first class degrees

An incentive scheme at Exeter has invited alumni to donate on a per-number basis of firsts attained in finals

Oxford humanities department under fire

Cambridge professor and leading critic of higher education policies, Stefan Collini, has condemned Oxford’s economic justification for humanities subjects

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