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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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Private schools to profit from A-level reform

A government-backed report has suggested that private school students will be more likely to secure an Oxford place after reforms to the A-level system...

Film: Penelope

3/51 February What I like about Penelope is the one-eyed midget. It’s a mark of the film’s charm, and central to its message, that...

Police to repeat £10,000 Magdalen bridge closure

Magdalen Bridge will close again on May day this year to prevent people, most of whom are students, from jumping into the river Cherwell...

Monsters in Manhattan

Cloverfield3/51 February There were two words I repeated throughout the duration of Cloverfield, neither of which are friendly for print. The best way to describe...

By-by election after LMH online vote ‘lacks secrecy’

A complaints tribunal has called for the results of Lady Margaret Hall’s JCR by-election to be annulled after the reliability of the online voting...

Modern Manners: Internet Networking

Let’s face it, we’re all addicted to Facebook. I’m sure I’m not alone in checking my notifications just after I get up and just...

President delays Omkar vote

A vote on Krishna Omkar’s proposals to change Union rules has been delayed until Thursday. If passed, the rule changes will overturn lifetime bans...

Jericho landlords fail to catch rats

Student residents in Jericho have been battling with rodent problems and have complained of negligent landlords, despite high demand for housing there.One third year...

‘Ridiculous’ room ballot angers New students

The New College room ballot system has been labelled “ridiculous” after many students were mistakenly told that they would have to find rooms outside...

ICONIC FASHION: The Joy of Jeans

So what’s it to be: baggy or bootcut, flared or straight-leg, high-waisted or low-rise, relaxed fit or slouch fit? Buying a new pair of...

INTRODUCING…

Kate McGettiganOxford University Quiz Society Who does OUQS represent and why should we sign up?We exist to promote and organising academic quizzes in Oxford. You...

Engineers have terrorist mindset, says Oxford researcher

Oxford research has claimed that there is a strong link between the “mindset” of engineering students and Islamic extremism.Diego Gambetta, of Nuffield College, and...

Charity Shops

Violet Graham leaves the High Street and explores the lure of the second-hand.Shopping in charity shops is a divisive issue. Whilst volunteering for an...

Partington left to pick up the pieces as election chaos goes global

Oxford Union President Emily Partington was forced to deny allegations of sexual harassment and racism at the debating society this week after the story...

The Review: The Nosebag

6-8 St. Michael's Street4/5 Two words which sum up the Nosebag: ‘elderflower wine’. Could you get any more wholesome without using ‘organic’ as a prefix?...

The art of the political sex scandal

Jeremy Cliffe, Nick Hargrave and Chris Jackson investigate political sexcapades and ask why they are a central concern of the media"My dear Arthur, I...

Mind The Gap

Clare Barnard on how finding yourself isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be On entering my interview, bottom had not acquainted itself with...

Union at war over who can run for President

President attempts to overrule Returning Officer after Ex-Presidents fail to oust himThe Union Returning Officer (RO) is at loggerheads with President Emily Partington over...

In Brief

OUAFC President David Robinson has been announced as the coach for this year’s Colleges XI Varsity side to face the Cambridge Kestrels on Saturday...

Rampant St Anne’s smash seven past sorry Lincoln

Lincoln 3 - 7 St. Anne's St Anne’s moved within a point of Worcester at the top of the JCR Premiership yesterday, comfortably despatching a...

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