Wednesday 29th 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.

Oxford Revue: Fear

 Dir. Tom Meltzer. OFS 7.30pm Tues-Sat; 2.30pm Sat; 7th Week I’ve spent a lot of time laughing lately, and my face hurts. Further, the realisation...

Competition launched for young entrepreneurs

AN ANNUAL competition for potential Oxford entrepreneurs relaunched on Tuesday, offering a substantial cash prize that could total millions of pounds.Last year’s winners of...

Ethical Clothing

By Rhian Harris The recent news that an item of children’s clothing had been produced for the high-street clothing store Gap using forced child labour...

Animal extremists target academics

ANIMAL rights extremists have claimed responsibility for an arson attack after two Oxford scientists’ cars were set alight earlier this month.On 9 November, an...

Ministry of Mirth

 Wheatsheaf Pub, High Street 8.00pm, Tuesdays, Odd WeeksJokes about paedophilia always go down well. Niall Gildea, the MC at Ministry of Mirth last Tuesday,...

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...

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