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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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Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

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Oxford Professor reveals JK Rowling’s pseudonym

J K Rowling unmasked as author crime novel The Cuckoo's Calling

Oxford MP opposes unpaid internships

Andrew Smith, MP for Oxford East, has confirmed his support for a campaign to end unpaid internships.

Twin girls released from hostage situation

Twin two-year-old girls have been released after having been held hostage by their father in a flat in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.

Licence to thrill denied to Oxford lap dancing club

Oxford’s only strip club has lost a High Court appeal to renew its sexual entertainment licence

‘Grandparent effect’ on social standing

New Oxford Universtiy research has found that grandparents can affect where you are on the social ladder just as much as parents

Oxford Union invites EDL leader

Tommy Robinson, the leader of the English Defence League, has been invited to a nationalism debate in Michaelmas term

Pembroke internship auction "insult"

Students and OUSU condemn college's decision to host a silent auction for Abingdon School

Five jailed for life in Oxford child abuse trials

Seven men, including two sets of brothers, have been sentenced for child sexual exploitation crimes committed in the Oxford area

Oxford University’s largest private donor found dead

Dr. James Martin, Oxford University’s most generous private benefactor, has been found dead in Bermuda

Boat race protester told to leave UK

Trenton Oldfield, who disrupted last year's Oxford-Cambridge boat race, has been ordered out of Britain by the Home Office

Keble hall manager bows out

Keble College’s hall manager, Gerard McHugh, is retiring after eleven years of service at the college

An open letter about the Oxford Union

The former Union Secretary, who stood down last week following hacking and sexism allegations, addresses recent events

Oxford Access schemes: are they working?

Cherwell investigates admissions statistics over the last five years to establish how access programmes have affected on admissions statistics

Scandal at the Union

The Oxford Union Secretary resigns after claims of computer hacking and sexist victimisation

St Hugh’s ‘bomb’ destroyed in controlled explosions

Exclusive photo of the St Hugh's hoax bomb

Bomb scare at St Hugh’s

SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: 'bomb' package no longer being treated as suspicious say Thames Valley Police, 'the incident is closed'. Police seem satisfied there was no malicious intent.