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Union President-Elect faces criticism after comments about Charlie Kirk’s death

President-Elect of the Oxford Union George Abaraonye is receiving backlash for his positive comments on Charlie Kirk’s death. Abaraonye posted on his Instagram yesterday the statement: “Charlie Kirk is...

University launches changes to disciplinary policies on new webpage

CW: sexual assault Oxford University has published a new webpage setting out its “approach to...

Oxford spinout OrganOx acquired by Terumo in record $1.5 billion deal

OrganOx, a University of Oxford spinout specialising in organ preservation technology, has been acquired...

Your Party society launched as ‘union of the left’ at Oxford

A new political society promising to “facilitate the discussion of left-wing ideas” has been...

Ailing Tory Reform Group to merge with OUCA

OXFORD’S Tory Reform Group looks set to disband and merge with OUCA after the President-Elect resigned last week.President-Elect Thomas Hardman said that the Conservative...

Big Brother: Raising the Bar

By Jack Marley-Payne A visit to the college bar is halfway up the stepladder that joins sitting in your room with your balls out drinking...

How to be a college celebrity

By Thea Warren To be a celebrity is to be known by people whom you do not know. To be so fascinatingly well known that...

Stage Whispers: Light and Sound

We are known variously as technical managers or technical directors but in truth technical ambassador is more accurate. We scribble authoritatively on bits of...

Death of the Reader

 Emily Packer peruses the problems of reading for pleasure as an Oxford studentI have been at Oxford only seven weeks, but as a fresher...

Elen Griffiths takes exception to trivia collection Toujours Tango

by Elen GriffithsI am hunting for an impossible word. It is ‘Tantenverführer,’ which literally means ‘aunt-seducer’. I pound through dictionaries, trawl internet translators, then...

Don ‘very lucky’ to escape arson attack

AN OXFORD Professor and his family are “lucky to be alive” after two teenagers set fire to their home in a Halloween arson attack.Three...

Academics criticise £40,000 University re-branding

THE UNIVERSITY has spent over £40,000 re-branding itself with a new corporate identity and website, despite criticisms from senior academics that doing so was...

Hundreds in Filth stampede

Terrified students were injured after a stampede in the queue for Filth nightclub last Friday night, with OUSU officers blaming the club’s owner for...

OUSU Election Results and Breakdown

Full Time Executive: PresidentTo take office in June 2008 for one yearAfter Three Rounds, with the following first preferences:Lewis Iwu 1154Olivia Bailey 761Tom Lowe...

Oxford student was real Will Shakespeare

New RESEARCH has revealed that a 16th century Oxford student made significant contributions to some of Shakespeare’s best-known plays.The study shows that Thomas Middleton,...

Access blog breaches rules in OUSU election contest

OUSU’s Vice-President for Access and Academic Affairs has been reprimanded by the Returning Officer after attempts to promote a new initiative violated electoral rules.James...

For heaven’s sake, why doesn’t anyone update 24?

I was excited to come across this page on N24.de, the website of one of Germany's two main 24-hour news channels. (The other one's...

Diabetes Professor Wins Japanese Award

A Professor of Diabetic Medicine at Oxford has been recognised in Japan for his research into the medical condition. Professor Rury Holman, founder of...

Blood pressure drug hope for MS sufferers

A drug prescribed for decades to help reduce blood pressure may develop into an important treatment for MS, say researchers at Oxford University.  Amiloride...

Centre for Early Modern Studies launched

A new Centre for Early Modern Studies was launched this week at a reception in Jesus College.  The Centre, based in the English...

New Therapy for Depression to be Trialled in Oxford

The Universities of Oxford and Bangor have together launched a million pound study into a new therapy designed to help prevent patients relapsing into...

First Night Review: Duchess of Malfi

By Jay Alexander Hilton Butler The Dutchess of Malfi is truly a study in disintegration. By the play’s end we have witnessed...

Hood to Stand Down as Vice-Chancellor

Vice-Chancellor of the University, Dr John Hood, has announced today that he will be leaving his post at the end of his five-year term...

Palin to Open New Pitt Rivers Extension

Former Monty Python star and television presenter Michael Palin will open the new £8 million extension at the Pitt Rivers Museum, it was announced...

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