Tuesday 12th May 2026

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Gareth Lim elected Oxford Union President for Michaelmas 2026 in re-poll

A re-run of the election from Hilary term saw Lim beat Liza Barkova, Hamza Hussain and Victor André Marroquín for the position.

Oxford researchers trial non-invasive diagnostic scans for endometriosis

Researchers led by University of Oxford academic Dr Tatjana Gibbons have successfully trialled non-invasive scans to diagnose endometriosis.

Students encounter issues with voting registration during local elections

Multiple students across Oxford have reported being turned away from polling stations during Thursday’s local elections.

Access to Canvas temporarily suspended by University following cyberattack

Access to Canva has been temporarily suspended by the University today as a precautionary measure following an external breach of Instructure, the third-party supplier of Canvas.

Cambridge battles over bursaries

Cambridge University backs down after protests over bursary cuts

Oxford increases fees to £9,000

Oxford University to raise tuition fees to £9,000 and increase bursaries

Destruction in the Union at presidential handover

Books burnt at drunken presidential handover celebrations

Two hospitalised in lab explosion

Explosion at the Chemistry Department hospitalises two students

State entrants on the rise at Oxford

New figures for 2011 entry show increase in state school admissions

Union Tribunal goes West for Jack Sennett

Union tribunal acquits President-elect Izzy Westbury of charges of electioneering

Bod-leans closer to target for new library

David brothers donate $3 million to Weston Library Appeal Fund

Hoax fails to fox Cambridge Tab

Cambridge Student editor resigns over hoax emails

Union a-fumin

Standing Committee condemns librarian

681 angry dons

Oxbridge academics write angry letter to Cable

RadCam-nesty

Campaigners brave the cold for Amnesty

Anger over lost crown

Inter-collage rivalry reignited by theft of Queen's crown at Jesus

JCR motions no mis-steak

Brasenose JCR pass motions on library behaviour and steak society

OUSU hang sweatshops out to dry

Buy Right campaigners dangle out their message on Radcliffe Square

Buried Treasurer

St Anne's JCR Treasurer resigns after surviving vote of no confidence

"Sexting" makes the dictionary

New words added to Oxford English Dictionary

Going bananas for Fairtrade

St John's and Brasenose consider applying for Fairtrade status

Chemistry top for dropouts

Roughly one quarter of all drop-outs in the past two years were chemists

Blake suspect fraud arrest

Police appeal for information

"Missing" Brookes student found

"Missing" student had been writing dissertation for three weeks

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