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Oxford falls to lowest ever spot in The Times UK University Guide 2027

The University of Oxford has placed fifth in The Times’s 2027 UK university rankings, falling from joint fourth with the University of Cambridge last year. This marks Oxford’s lowest ranking in the guide’s 33 year history and only the second time the University has not been in the top three.
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Protest held outside Town Hall over sale of Council-owned building to St Peter’s

A protest took place today outside Oxford Town Hall against Oxford City Council’s plan to sell 11 New Road to St Peter’s College, which would convert most of the building into student housing.
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Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after...
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Finance workers strike at Oxford University Press

Finance workers are on strike at Oxford University Press (OUP) over plans to offshore jobs to India, with trade union officials warning that “before long this great British institution will exist in the UK in name only."
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New College in bar dispute

Price hikes in New College bar prompt animosity from students.

Trinity in access outrage

An ex-Trinity student has accused the College of 'appalling' access policy.

Anna Karenina film casts Oxford students

Open castings were held to find extras for new Joe Wright film.

OULC pass motion in support of Blair’s domestic legacy

Blair's legacy was approved by 29 votes to 14 but the vote on his international legacy fell by 19 votes to 15.

Oxford named top for medicine

The Times Higher Education World ranking places Oxford University in first place.

Tuition fees policy changes again

28 universities have requested to reduce the fees they plan to charge after UCAS applications had begun

‘Death of fun’ ongoing at Jesus

Tutor's approval is now needed for undergraduates who wish to participate in extra-curricular activities

Fresher dies of heart failure

Engineering student Bryan Cao was found dead in the shower on Thursday

Cyclist dies on Woodstock Road

A woman was pronounced dead after a collision with a cement mixer lorry on Woodstock Road on Friday

University applications down

Despite a 9% fall nationwide, Oxford continues to receive a high number of applications

‘Pleb’s College’ returns in East Oxford

The self-styled free university where anyone can go to take part in workshops, discussion, activities or lessons has been set up by squatters off Cowley Road

Oxford students create apps

Alumni designs meditation app called 'bhuddify' and two St Anne's second years design the Oxford Bubble, which provides information about discounts in Oxford

Improvements in IVF treatment

Oxford researchers develop new technique which could take IVF treatment to a 'new level' by increasing avenues through which genetic abnormalities may be screened

Family graduates en masse

Six members of one family are graduating at once after delaying for up to twenty years

Colleges pass Living Wage motions

Univ, Hilda's and John's have now passed wages supporting better pay for staff in support of the Living Wage Campaign

Social Mobility Forum at the Union

A panel at the Union including the OUSU President and law firms as well as audience input discussed social mobility in Oxford this week

Univ safe opened after more than a decade

University College's JCR spend over £100 opening a safe only to find 'just a bit more than £70' inside

Museums feel the squeeze

The Culture Secretary praises Ashmolean private funding initiatives in light of planned budget cuts

Street Pastors celebrate one year

Church group which hands out water and flip flops on Friday nights now one year old

Future of Lava Ignite uncertain

Holders of chain go bankrupt after a difficult fortnight involving a tragic death at their Northampton club
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