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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.

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.

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.

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.

Sub-par reaction to All Souls golf course

All Souls College has come under fire for its plans to build a golf course on green belt land

Pembroke rugby club in crew date controversy

“Entirely misguided” emails represent a “serious case of poor judgement”

Exeter third years in matriculation photo prank

Freshers of Exeter College were to have their matriculation photo disrupted when a group of third and fourth year students ran onto the quad to re-enact a famous Monty Python sketch

Investigation: JCR Presidents

Are our student leaders truly representative?

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.

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