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Oxford City Council passes Boycott Divestment and Sanctions motion

Oxford City Council passed a motion on 24th March in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The motion, which cited International Court of Justice...

Magdalen Tower to close for repairs over May Day, choir set to move location

Cherwell has obtained documents that detail three alternatives currently under consideration: the Radcliffe Camera, the Merton Tower, and the Carfax Tower.

Jacinda Ardern to join Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern will take up a role at...

Waterstones to relocate from Broad Street site 

Waterstones' Oxford branch on Broad Street is set to close this summer and relocate...

Oxfordshire constituencies redrawn

The electoral map of Oxfordshire is set to be redrawn, with big implications for the next general election, as the four-month deadline for the...

“We should have done more”: Vice Chancellor addresses University’s handling of Stock controversy

Oxford University “should have done more” to protect trans members in the past year, Professor Irene Tracey has said.  In her first oration to the...

IDF spokesperson gives briefing to Oxford Israel Society

The Oxford Israel Society virtually hosted Lieutenant Colonel John Conricus and the Israeli Embassy on Thursday to provide Oxford students with a briefing and...

University College JCR push back against removal of night porters

University College JCR had appealed to the College, expressing upset at the absence of night porters in the college. From the hours of 11pm...

Distress among applicants as admission tests mix-up papers

Oxford’s first day of admission testing has led to distress amongst applicants. The paper for  the English Literature Assessment Test (ELAT) was reportedly from...

Keble students petition against heating cuts

Keble students have started a petition to protest a trial of turning the heating off from 10pm to 6am. The trial is a part...

Christ Church votes to separate Dean position from head of College

The Governing Body of Christ Church has approved a proposal to separate the responsibilities of the Dean into two roles, allowing non-clergy to head...

Report shows Oxford accepted £1.2 million in funding from fossil fuel companies in 2022

Oxford University was the sixth-largest beneficiary of funding from fossil fuel companies out of all UK universities in 2022-23, according to an investigation by...

Pro-Palestine protests continue, calling for University to oppose Israeli violence

An estimated 100 people gathered at the Clarendon Building Wednesday morning to protest Israel’s recent violence against Palestine and to urge Oxford University to...

International fees surged by 100% since 2018

A Cherwell investigation has found that international student fees have doubled from 2018 to 2023, rising from nearly twice the home fee to around...

Oxford malaria vaccine recommended for use by WHO

An Oxford malaria vaccine has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the second of two malaria vaccines produced...

Oxford centre with mystery £10M donor and family links to autocratic ruler silent on regime’s imprisonment of LSE academic

The Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre (ONGC) is funded by an anonymous £10 million donation and has on its board the sister-in-law of President Aliyev,...

New College student greeted by “escort” in their room amidst hotel havoc

A student at New College was met with a “woman sitting on bed in a lingerie robe” when they opened their room door...

Extinction Rebellion protests outside University’s STEM Careers Fair

Students alongside members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) Oxford gathered outside the Examination Schools to protest the University’s invitation to Equinor to set-up at its...

Solar and wind energy could fulfill energy demand 10-fold, Oxford study finds

Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment has unveiled research that indicates that wind and solar power could not only meet but vastly...

University Church moves to evict Oxford cafe as petition passed 8000 signatures

The University Church of St Mary the Virgin has begun legal proceedings to evict Vaults and Garden Café, a popular coffee shop located within...

Over 300 protest in support of Palestine

More than 300 people gathered on Cornmarket Street to protest in support of Palestine today, eventually ending the demonstration at Manzil Way. The protesters...

Academe in wartime: Oxford’s response to the war in Sudan

Six months into the war in Sudan, and the situation is bleak. Humanitarian workers are despairing at the broken supply lines and the outbreaks...

Oxford University Boat Club unifies men’s and women’s sides

The Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) has announced that it will be unifying its men’s and women’s squads into one boat club. The unified...

Freshers greeted with climate protest

The annual migration of students into Oxford coincided with the Extinction Rebellion protest at Cornmarket Street on Sunday, marking the start of the new...

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