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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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Remember this old rustbucket? The far-left party here in Germany, Die Linke, set one loose on the streets of Frankfurt just before last week’s...

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University Agrees to Repatriate Human Remains For the First Time

Oxford University agreed to return four sets of human remains currently held in the University Museum of Natural History back to New Zealand. This...

7 days, £10

The ultimate student challenge: to live for a week on a budget of £10. Can it be done? Our anonymous investigator finds out. ...

The Great Divide

Recent research has criticised Oxford’s access policy for lagging behind Labour’s targets for the proportion of state-school students admitted. But should the government be...

Fit College: Trinity or Worcester?

See pictures here!Trinity... ...or Worcester? 

Oriel student attacked at knife-point in St Clement’s

A female Oxford student was robbed and chased at knife-point in the early hours of Tuesday morning on Marston Road. The Oriel student was...

Oxford top of the class for student bursaries

Oxford University is one of the most generous investors in student bursaries, spending over £1.8m a year, according to new figures.The statistics, gathered by...

Oxford fails to ban Sheldonian protests

The University has failed to block animal rights activists from protesting outside graduation ceremonies after a High Court judge threw out its request for...

Owner of The Bridge refutes closure rumours

The owner of The Bridge nightclub has refuted rumours that the club is to close.   Responding to claims made in the Oxford Student, Simon Walker,...

LMH skinny-dipper repents

One of the three students found by police swimming naked in Castle Mill Stream last week has spoken out against the dangers of binge...

Floods and heating failure at Anne’s

The Principal and Bursar of St Anne’s College came under fire from students angry over the lack of heating in a College accommodation block....

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Eithne Bradley defends Hugh Grant’s acting talentPretty much any block-busting British film of the last decade will have featured one man: the wonderful, fluttery-eyed...

Israel debate goes pear-shaped after key speaker switches sides

The Oxford Union became the focus of international attention once again last Thursday after a controversial guest speaker decided to change sides mid-way through...

Film: Things We Lost in the Fire

4/51 February Just to be clear: this is not a film for everybody. It’s not sensational, it’s not cult, it probably won’t be...

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...
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