Thursday 30th July 2026

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Milo Donovan wins Oxford Union Presidency after suspended vote count

Milo Donovan has been declared the winner of the election for Oxford Union President in Hilary Term 2027, after the Union released the result of last term's suspended vote count. Donovan, whose campaign pledges included banning hack messages, was last term’s treasurer.

King Charles III inaugurates the Schwarzman Centre 

King Charles III officially opened the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities and unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit.

Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.

‘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...

If I were Vice-Chancellor for a day…

...I'd introduce personality testsRemember how at interviews there was that boasty dick that let everyone know their ancestry guaranteed them a place here...

The two biggest games of the season: Preparation and plyometrics

The final blues league game against Worcester University is now essentially a shoot out for the title. Our victory over Bedford on Wednesday was...

Gee Whizz

Meet Irene Tracy, Professor of PainHaving a title that sounds like a breakaway hip-hop act from the early nineties is not exactly what...

Blues victory sets up title showdown

Blues 3 - 1 Bedfordshire  On a blustery day against a relegated (and rough) opposition the Blues provided an object lesson in how to win...

Clueless

This Week: A Computer Science paper by linguist Patrick Howard Define the term 'injection' (also known as one-one function) This term, together with its decidedly...

CD Reviews: Chris Walla and The Mars Volta

Chris Walla: Field Manual (Barsuk)Great things are expected from bands who explore new music, and Death Cab For Cutie certainly are such a band....

Hall progress as Ielpo saves them again

 Queen's 1 - 1 St Edmund Hall (St Edmund Hall won 4-2 on penalties)You could have been forgiven for dealing in clichés when describing this...

House of Bernada Alba

A classic Spanish text with an East Enders plot? Surely not! When I went to see House of Bernada Alba, Federico Garcia Lorca’s last...

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