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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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Students sexually assaulted

Colleges warn young women not to walk alone at night in the Cowley area of Oxford after the fifth sexual attack in a week

Like a moth to a finalist

Peter’s finalists plagued by moth infestation in accommodation block

Uni investments aren’t ‘armless’

Oxford’s £4.5 million investments in arms manufacturers condemned by Oxford Anti-War Action Movement

Ex-Presidents clash before panel

Two former presidents of the Oxford Union were embroiled in a Senior Disciplinary Committee hearing, while others were fined for wasting time on a “frivolous” complaint.

Railing against Grayling

Dons fight their corner for the private university that claims to rival Oxbridge. The proposed institution has faced backlash from students and academics alike

Colleges call on alumni

The latest college telethons raise hundreds of thousands of pounds, but students question whether enough is being done

Clem’s accommodation condemned

Oxford University joins the chorus of angry residents in condemning a proposal for three blocks of student accommodation on St Clement's car park

Congregation pass historic vote of no confidence in Willetts

Oxford's parliament pass vote of no confidence in Universities Minister David Willetts with a resounding majority of 283 votes for and just 5 against

Skelet-Anne

St Anne's library skeleton had her skull returned after it mysteriously disappeared last week

Boat house broken into again

'60 youths' break into Lincoln boathouse and break windows just days before the Summer VIIIs regatta starts

Tabs take on Willetts

Cambridge join Oxford in a vote of no confidence against the Minister for Universities

BNC JCR cash control

After £500 was controversially spent on a bust of an ex-JCR President, Brasenose students propose a motion to control spending

Tutor position could be History

Hertford JCR and alumni asked to raise £1.2 million to keep teaching position

The penny drops at Lincoln

Ascension day celebrated with Lincoln's traditional penny throwing festival

Sleep out protest for Plato

72 year old philosopher plans to sleep outside Balliol to defend his thesis

Cross dressing bops under fire from OUSU

Cross-gender themed bops slammed by OUSU council on the grounds that they “stereotype men and women in highly objectified and/or sexualised roles”

Worcester dressed down

Students lament the loss of half-naked half hours in Worcester library

Bod launches apps

The Bodelian Libraries launches the first in a series of smartphone apps alongside a competition giving students the opportunity to name them

Let the trashings begin

The first trashings of finalists are described as tame, as proctors warn of punishments for those who break the rules

How green can you go?

A Cherwell investigation discovers differences in eco-standards between colleges and realises the University's green potential
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