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Milo Donovan wins Oxford Union Presidency after suspended vote count

Milo Donovan has been declared the winner of the election for Oxford Union President in Hilary Term 2027, after the Union released the result of last term's suspended vote count. Donovan, whose campaign pledges included banning hack messages, was last term’s treasurer.
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King Charles III inaugurates the Schwarzman Centre 

King Charles III officially opened the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities and unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit.
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Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.
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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'

Oxford dons back strike action

Over 60% of voters in a ballot by the main union of academics supported industrial action

Harris Manchester razor blade warning

A Harris Manchester student has found a razor blade embedded upright in his bike saddle according to a JCR email

Castle Mill housing named amongst ugliest in UK

Oxford University’s student accommodation at Port Meadow was named amongst the candidates for the 2013 Carbuncle Cup, the Building Design Online prize for the UK’s worst building

Visiting students may risk reputation

'Associate members' of the University could be threatening its academic prowess

Corpus renovation delayed

Building work on undergraduate accommodation delayed indefinitely

Vice-Chancellor reopens debate over tuition fees

Andrew Hamilton draws attention to a £7,000 tuition shortfall per undergraduate each year

Oxford at number two in world rankings

Oxford University is ranked at number two in the Times Higher Education Rankings

Balliol celebrates 750th anniversary with art installation

Balliol College has installed illuminated hearts in its flag tower to celebrate the anniversary of its founding

Oxbridge application may contravene EU law

Recent discussions with experts have revealed that the rule which prohibits Oxbridge hopefuls from applying to both Oxford and Cambridge may be contravening EU competition law
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