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Oxford Union election count suspended amid electoral fraud allegations

he Oxford Union’s Trinity Term 2026 election count has been suspended after the Returning Officer identified substantial evidence of interference, before any ballot boxes were opened.

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Mansfield College redevelopment plans approved by Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council unanimously approved Mansfield College’s development plans on Tuesday, 26th May. The project, known as the Estate Transformation Project, will be delivered by architects Feilden Fowles. Mansfield told Cherwell that the development would “provide students and the College with up-to-date facilities they need for generations to come”.

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Oxford Union town hall TT26: Meet the candidates

With polls set to open for Oxford Union elections tomorrow, Friday 12th June, Cherwell spoke to the candidates running to be President in Hilary Term 2027. Milo Donovan and Prajwal Pandey discussed their vision for the society, the challenges facing the Union, and how they would respond to recent controversies surrounding speaker invitations and free speech.

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Oxford law academic cancels lecture series on sex and gender following protests

Dr Michael Foran, Associate Professor of Law and Fellow of Keble College, has cancelled the remaining lectures in a series on sex, gender identity, and the law, following protests at two of the events.

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Finalists’ vac res budget cut short

LMH students feel 'tricked' and misinformed about the cuts to the vac res budget

Sports Complex redevelopment approved

Oxford City Council has approved a £39 million project to redevelop the University Sports Complex at Iffley Road. Under the plans, the existing sports...

Millbank: Across the great divide

Cherwell hears from demonstrators outside and workers inside the Millbank complex

Student protest: youth in revolt

Hundreds of Oxford students take part in the biggest student demonstration this decade

Oxford’s story of RAG and riches

Cherwell uncovers significant differences between colleges’ RAG fundraising

Clegg under fire within and without

Lib Dems ridiculed during Prime Ministers Questions as demonstrators march on Whitehall

St Hugh’s fines cross the line

Fines collected by St Hugh’s this term add up to more than £2000

Christ Church says it’s fees-able

Emergency motion supports raising fees

Utterly buttery may be shuttery

Worcester can’t believe it’s not economically viable

Meet your Presidents

The race begins in the elections for next year’s student union positions

Traumatised? Play some Tetris

Playing Tetris may help post traumatic stress, Oxford researchers have discovered. The game may have a special ability to reduce flashbacks not shared by...

Electric shock boosts math skills

Applying electrical current to the brain can enhance people's mathematical abilities, according to new research by neuroscientists at Oxford University. In the study, 15...

Student found in stream

The body of an Oxford Brookes student missing for 36 hours has been found in a stream in west Oxford. Matthew Jones, 23, was...

Massacre at St John’s

1000-year-old bodies belonged to Vikings

Little Pembroke gets big

£29 million building project will include two new quads and social areas

Palestinian scholarship under fire

Wadham JCR motion is criticised by students for being "politically motivated"

Science dons jump ship over cutbacks

Department suffers lack of resources and termination of projects after government cuts

Students warned after week of thefts

Burglaries reported in Balliol and Brasenose, £6,700 of goods stolen

Come one, come all, says Kinky

Private Facebook event claims President James Kingston is “sick of being frugal”

Boy, 16, stabbed outside Baby love

Halloween fight spills onto High Street

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