Monday 15th June 2026

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Nine colleges indirectly invest in local Campsfield immigration centre

At least nine Oxford colleges invest indirectly in Mitie Group Plc, an outsourcing company whose subsidiary runs Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, a joint investigation...

Oxford ranks second to Cambridge in Complete University Guide

The University of Oxford has ranked second behind the University of Cambridge in the  Complete University Guide’s 2027 league table, marking the second consecutive year that Cambridge has claimed the top spot. 

Bangladesh July Revolution leaders speak at Oxford Union as protesters clash outside

Protesters clashed outside the Oxford Union this evening during a panel discussion organised by...

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. 

Oxford battered in Table Tennis Varsity match

Oxford 2 - 8 CambridgeIn the history of Varsity Table Tennis the series was all square; with 30 wins each for Oxford and Cambridge,...

Listings: Friday 29th Febrary – Thursday 6th March

Friday 29th FebruaryFilmThe Accidental Husband (12A) Odeon George St 1300, 1550, 1800, 2030The Bank Job (15) Odeon George St 1445, 1745, 2045Be Kind, Rewind (12A)...

Oxford do the double in Varsity fencing

Oxford 108 - 103 CambridgeOn Saturday 23 in the Examination Schools the mighty Dark Blues triumphed over the outpaced Tabs. For the first time...

The rise and rise of the supermarket

With Tesco straddling the Atlantic and Asda, the UK face of US mega-conglomerate Wal-Mart reporting record profits, supermarkets are on the up. And up....

Q&A with Blues captain Paul Rainford

1) You played in the game last year - how much are you looking forward to being the man leading the team out this...

Sanctum amid the Spires

Cherwell investigates the University’s role in introducing refugees to higher learning in both past and present.

Nobel laureate condemns God study funded by US Christian

A row has erupted after a Nobel Prize winning scientist attacked new Oxford research funded by an institution that he claims is “attempting to...

Album Review: The Cardigans – Best Of

Nothing good ever came out of Sweden, to which the resounding cry of, ‘Abba’ hails forth in angelic proclamation from the heavenly hosts of...

The Local: Fuse @ Carling Academy

There’s been one of those annoying little notes flashing up on my Facebook for weeks: Fuse, promising thrills and spills and dancing grooves to...

Christ Church and Magdalen challenge for dominance

The college rowing season got off to a belated start due to the cancellation of the Christ Church regatta, but needed no time to...

Varsity victory for Oxford’s Karting team

Oxford stormed to their fifth consecutive Varsity victory, with Oxford A taking the win by over a lap from Cambridge A at the sunny...

Kick out the rubbish: Christ Church says no to plastic bags

A massive plastic bag sculpture was laid out in Christ Church’s Peckwater Quad this weekend, as part of an ongoing campaign to raise environmental...

Album Review: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Real Emotional Trash

Real Emotional Trash is a pithy summation of the music Stephen Malkmus has been making for the last sixteen years. As part of 90s...

The Madness … And Genius

In the autumn of 1797 a person from Porlock knocked on the door of a remote farm on Exmoor. He received no answer. He...

Comment: An End to Oxford Application Fees?

If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, is it a duck? Yes. So if there is something that looks...

Gee Whiz: Elephants buzz off

Enter the elephant, a towering colossus, gigantic in strength, lording over the beasts of the forest. Enter his opponent: the bee, a piddling nonentity....

Blues footballers prepare to face Tabs

One month from today, on Saturday 29th March 2008, Oxford take on Cambridge at Craven Cottage in the 124th Varsity Match. Coached by ex-Arsenal...

Cinecism: Tim Burton

You know a Tim Burton film as soon as you see it. The gothic undertones of all his work seep onto the screen to...

The Penny Drops

 Union Returning Officer resigns amid complaints of intimidation and "interrogation-style knifing sessions"Union Returning Officer Cameron Penny resigned on Wednesday amidst allegations that he intimidated...

Student Soapboax

For many of us (second year lawyers in particular) last term was punctuated by corporate events in which representatives of the leading firms came...

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