Sunday 14th June 2026

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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. 

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”.

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.

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.

Tragic death of German tutor at St John’s College

German Tutor found at the bottom of a spiral staircase, in "unexplained" circumstances

Raunchy ‘Milton’ poem discovered

Sexual verse could have been written to smear the poet

Corpus Cambridge open hall to Harry Potter diners

“Delightful evening” experience booked until April at Corpus Christi, Cambridge

Magdalen Challenger wins hearts and minds

Facebook group attracts over 100 members

No more sex discounts for Union members

Union abandon Treasurer's Treat after internal disagreements

Blavatnik’s School of Government launches

Source of £75 million donation scrutinised. Criticism levelled at 'finishing school for international statesmen'

Ruskin backs fundraising

Ruskin makes a generous offer towards Modern Art Oxford project

Love leads to losing friends

Results of Oxford University study expose the impact of relationships on their friendships

Tea Partyist fakes Oxford Degree

Humiliation as right-winged O'Donnell is exposed for pretending she attended Oxford University.

Oxford sweep Gramophone Awards

Top three short-listed groups for music prize all based in Oxford

Universities Minister backs tuition fee hike

Top earners should pay more for their degree, says Willetts in Tory conference speech

Freshers fuss over alco-funds

Massive discrepancies on Freshers Week spending across the University, with St Hughs having the largest alcohol budget.

Bag bother at the Bod

Slackening security policies prompt fears over the safety of rare books

Cherwell goes under the covers

Cherwell investigates students turning to escorting as a 'quick and easy' source of income.

X-Mania in Oxford

Film stars spotted outside Sheldonian shooting scenes for latest movie

Oxford now a "Clone Town"

Oxford no longer inspires as it is deemed to be one of the top 25 clone towns in Britain

Cherwell shortlisted for publication of the year

Cherwell has been shortlisted for Publication of the Year by the Guardian Student Media Awards 2010. The shortlists were published this week in the Guardian...

Oxford slips down yet again

Oxford and Cambridge were ranked joint sixth in the World University Rankings, recently published by the Times Higher Education magazine. Last year Oxford fell...

Oxford’s World Book Capital bid

Oxford has launched its bid to become UNESCO World Book Capital for 2014. The bid was launched in the Convocation House in the Bodleian...

Supermarket hits Shoreditch

Self-proclaimed 'unpretentious' Babylove club night is exported to the trendy Avalon Club in Shoreditch

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