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Oxford-led study develops ‘SimCells’ to target antimicrobial resistance

Researchers led by University of Oxford academic Dr Wei Huang have successfully created biologically engineered cells, designed to target antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria. 

Twelve Oxford colleges do not pay all staff the Oxford Living Wage

At least twelve Oxford colleges were not paying all staff the Oxford Living Wage...

Rhodes Scholarship suspends Global Constituency applications

The Rhodes Trust announced earlier this month that the Rhodes Scholarship’s Global Constituency will be suspended for the 2026-2027 application cycle. 

Oxford outperforms UK tourism as university attractions hit record highs

Visitor numbers to Oxford’s major attractions have risen sharply, outpacing national trends and reinforcing the city’s position as one of the UK’s most resilient tourism hubs.

Westgate Expansion Plan Protestors Claim Partial Victory Over Bonn Square Battle

Protestors demonstrating against Oxford City Council ’s Westgate area expansion plan claimed partial victory over Bonn Square Sunday after successfully halting security guards and...

VIDEO LINKS UPDATED 27/1/08

Over the next few weeks you will be seeing a lot more multimedia content on Cherwell24. We have hugely expanded our broadcasting team and...

Video: Buskers and Bagpipes

Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rachel Williams, Helena Zaba and Tom Carpenter report on the Cornmarket buskers, including the famous Bagpiper and new regulations surrounding their trade. 

Video: Amen Greyfriars

Tom Carpenter, Sarah Karacs and Amelia Leeson report on the soon-to-be-closed Greyfriars PPH. 

Video: Oxford’s Most Haunted

Sarah Karacs, Stephanie Illingworth, Christopher Allen and Rob Dacre dare to go hunting for local spooks...  

Doh! The bloggers are killing me!

To mark last week's panel discussion on online journalism, held by the German Union of Journalists:(Hat tip: Spreeblick) Cherwell 24 is not responsible for...

Don’t believe anything you read

BILDBlog catches Bild out... It draws up from the vault nine bits of speculation about the future of Jürgen Klinsmann, all from the pages...

Fit college: St. Annes or Lincoln?

St. Annes? or Lincoln?

University rejects government academies

By Nadya ThormanOxford and Cambridge have rejected a government attempt to forge stronger links between universities and academies. The government has appealed to universities...

Bilawal steps up

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Christ Church undergraduate who has been made leader of the Pakistani opposition, returned to Oxford on Wednesday nignt.

Oxford duped by bogus uni

Oxford has been giving credibility to a fake university by allowing it to use Univerity premises, a BBC investigation has revealed.The documentary exposed the...

Keble student dies on college ski trip

Keble finalist lost his way coming from from nightclub and died of hypothermiaBy Billy KenberA Keble student hasdied of hypothermia while on a college...

OUSU rejects ‘immoral’ UBA £8,000

OUSU will reject £8,000 in advertising revenue from UBS next year in protest at the company’s links to the Sudanese government.UBS has come under...

Oxford profits from arms research

Oxford is receiving sponsorship contracts from arms companies worth at least £19 million, a report published last week has revealed.The report, Study War No...

Ramadan still barred by US government

An American court has upheld Oxford don Tariq Ramadan’s exclusion from the United States, marking another defeat in the Muslim academic’s fight to...

Sport in Brief

ROWING Oxford University Boat Club began preparation for the Boat Race by holding the traditional ‘Trial Eight’ Race on the 13th of December. Named...

ALF renews threats against University lab

By Jack FarchyAnimal rights activists have renewed their threats against Oxford and its new laboratory, promising to make the new laboratory “the new Huntingdon...

Harry says…

Apart from Joe Roff hanging up his boots to begin a career in commerce, the major talking point before Varsity Rugby was the new...

Friends mourn ‘exceptional leader’

Friends of Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader and former Prime Minister of Pakistan who was assassinated during the vacation, have remembered fondly her time...

4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days

 ****Winner of the Palme d’Or, this is the latest acclaimed film from the burgeoning Romanian film industry. The second feature from director Christian Mungui,...

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