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Students frustrated over filming at Brasenose College during exam season

Students at Brasenose College expressed their frustration last week after scenes for a forthcoming sequel to My Fault: London were shot on the College’s grounds. At the time of...

Hertford College faces student criticism for limiting display of Pride flag

Hertford College is facing backlash from students following a request that the Middle Common...

Encaenia in photos: Oxford’s honorary degree award ceremony

The University of Oxford awarded eight honorary degrees at its annual Encaenia awards ceremony...

Oxford admissions report reveals significant college and subject disparities

Oxford University has released its Annual Admissions Statistical Report, providing information about undergraduate applications,...

Students protest in support of Campsfield hunger strikers

Inmates reportedly go on hunger strike as they demand release and asylum

Exeter to give controversial conference profits to charity

Following a student petition complaining about their hosting of a Christian Concern conference over Easter, Exeter College agrees to donate the profits to an LGBTQ charity

How secure is your college?

A number of security breaches occurring across the Oxford colleges causes concern amongst students

Academics’ pay rises as budgets fall

Recent reports express concern over increases to Vice-Chancellors’ incomes despite widespread education cuts to the higher education sector

‘Smart drugs’ on offer to students

Academic drugs are readily available to students in Oxford, a Cherwell survey shows

Investigation: “Human rights abuses” at Campsfield

Student protests call for the closure of immigration centre Campsfield House amid suicides and claims of mistreatment

Teenage boy dies at Donnington Bridge

The body of a 15 year old boy, named as Hussain Mohammed, was pulled from the river last night after he jumped from the bridge with a friend

Brasenose in pyjama palaver

Students react to reports of a notice from the college dean about appropriate formal hall attire with surprise

Filming in library disrupts Corpus finalists

Finalists at Corpus Christi have expressed frustration over noise in the library after it was filmed on Tuesday

Empowerment motion at Jesus rejected

The motion to demand a woman's empowerment event at Jesus has been rejected following a referendum

Six-foot goddess statue disappears from Hugh’s ball

A statue of Venus di Milo, standing at six feet tall, went missing from St Hugh's Odyssey ball earlier this term

Cycling campaign continues in memory of student

Campaign work is continuing in remembrance of the death of Emilie Harris, a former St Catz undergraduate who was killed in a cycle accident eight years ago

Queen Victoria’s journals online

Experts at the Bodleian have digitised Queen's Victoria's journals, to make them available to the general public for the first time ever

Chinese ‘Tiger Mothers’ paying thousands

Chinese parents are reputedly paying hundreds of thousands of pounds to education consultants in an attempt to get their children to top British schools and universities

Oxford examines the yeti

Researchers at Oxford are leading a project to analyse the possible existence of the yeti and other supposedly mythical species

Octogenarian receives diploma from Oxford

Margaret Broadbent, an 82 year old woman, has taken a diploma from Oxford University in Local English History

Will.i.am flies into Oxford’s University Parks

Hit singer and The Voice judge Will.i.am arrives in University Parks by 'hip.hop.copter' to talk about climate change

Cambridge professor hits out at ‘burgers in the bod’

Gillian Evans, a professor at Cambridge, has criticised the state of Oxford's libraries, claiming that the Bod is used as a place for 'chatting and eating'

Aung San Sun Kyi to collect honorary degree

Aung San Suu Kyi is to receive an honorary degree from Oxford during her UK visit in June, her first trip abroad for over 24 years

Brasenose to name bust as monarch

Brasenose JCR proposed a motion which will see the President subservient to the bust of former student and JCR President Paul Gladwell

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