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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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Video Investigation: Visiting Students

Cherwell24 investigates the extent to which Visiting Students feel integrated in Oxford University

The Real Dark Materials

Rhian Holvey takes us on a tour through physics and fiction, dark matter and dust.  Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy is undoubtedly one of...

Oxford Police to wear cameras in helmets

Police across Oxfordshire are to be issued with cameras which fit into their cycle helmets or can be worn on their shoulders.After a successful pilot...

Darwin’s crabs hauled onto the net

A collection of crabs obtained by Darwin on his famous voyage aboard HMS Beagle has been made available online by the Natural History Museum.The new...

Great Novels: The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James

Mesmerizing and provocative, Henry James’s 1880 novel, The Portrait of a Lady, challenges us to be unmoved by its contents. It is a story...

College football, 7th week

Queen’s 1-4 St. John’s After recent losses to Pembroke and Corpus/Linacre, St. John's ensured that they would stay in the promotion race on Friday, beating...

Next up: Shoplifting, live from Sainsbury’s

I’m sure raiding a private house is a bread-and-butter matter for most police forces. This week police searched German postal service head Klaus Zumwinkel’s...

Rent-A-Bike Scheme Could Be Introduced to Oxford

The Oxfordshire County Council has pledged £100,000 to pay for a study on the feasibility of launching a rent-a-bike scheme to resolve traffic congestion.The study...

Blues Athlete of the Week: Tom Froggett

Club: Oxford University Cricket Club Role: Wicketkeeper College: St. John's Degree: 2nd Year Maths  How are preparations for the summer of cricket coming on?  Being a summer sport, the...

Oxford Researcher Criticises Government Education Policies

An Oxford researcher has released a paper arguing that the government is failing to explore the true values of education. The paper criticises the...

BBC Mastermind Comes to Oxford

The BBC last week hosted Oxford auditions for Mastermind. Tens of quiz contestant hopefuls pitted themselves against one another at the Randolph Hotel, hoping...

Live Review: Simian Mobile Disco, Carling Academy

Before Simian I had only seen one genuine dance act live before; Faithless, in front of a crowd of 100,000 at the V Festival....

Album Review: Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster…

The exclamation mark alone gives you a pretty good idea of the sort of relentless cheeriness the seven members of Los Campesinos! peddle. In...

Greyfriars rejected £30 million bid to keep Hall open

See also: last term's video report on Greyfriars' closure  Alumni and students could take legal action after Friars refuse plans to help...

Album Review: The Feeling – Join With Us

The Feeling’s first album, Twelve Stops and Home, came with certain social conditions attached – or I felt it did at least. Chief amongst...

The Local: Glitches at the Carling Academy

The Glitches this Saturday became the first student band to headline the Carling Academy, and they deserved it. Rocking through their short set, the...

Keble Casanova in night of fiery passion

 Student's Valentine's plans get too hot to handleA steamy Valentine’s night ended in disaster for one Keble student last Thursday after a fire broke...

Police investigate claims of assault outside Filth

Police are investigating an Oxford student’s claims that he was attacked by a bouncer outside Filth after being ejected from the club. Charlie Moore,...

Listings 22nd-28th February

What's on in the coming week...Friday 22ndFilmBe Kind Rewind (12A) Odeon Magdalen St. 1300, 1530, 1800, 2030The Big Lebowski (18) Ultimate Picture Palace 2330The...

Enter the Champion

Thomas Barrett interviews Dev Hynes aka Lightspeed Champion 'Who?' seemed to be the general reaction from my friends when I told them that I’d be...
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