Wednesday 10th September 2025

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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 by Japanese healthcare company Terumo Corporation for £1.18 billion. The deal announced this week marks...

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...

Oxford colleges take Aviva to High Court in COVID-19 insurance case

Twenty-nine Oxford colleges have launched High Court proceedings against insurance firm Aviva. The case,...

Oxford Union sued for editing Susan Abulhawa’s speech

The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has filed a discrimination claim against the Oxford...

Plans for New Exchange Programme Announced

Plans have been announced for a new exchange programme with a university in Taiwan. Earlier this month the President of the National Taiwan University...

Review: Slam Poetry at the Port Mahon 15/10/07

By William HarrisHammer and Tongue 'Protect the Human' Poetry Slam “We’re running on poetry time”, said the bubbly, pink-clad Sophia Blackwell. That’s when...

First Night Review: Greek

by Marley Morris Berkoff’s tragedy ‘Greek’, based on Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus Rex’, thrusts in front of us a vision of a decadent and brutal London.  It...

First Night Review: Chicken Farmer

by Marc Kidson It is a pet fact of many History teachers that before becoming one of the chief architects of mass murder for the...

Sniffling and Spluttering? Help is at Hand…

The problem with having a cold is that people don’t generally feel sorry for you. In fact, they tend to feel rather annoyed. Your...

First Night Review: Fewer Emergencies

 by Luke Bullock  I have to admit that I went to see Martin Crimp’s Fewer Emergencies with a degree of trepidation.  Like many theatregoers these...

Oxford Academic lands Australian University Top Position

A leading Oxford academic is to take on the position of vice Chancellor at Sydney University next year. Michael Spence, an expert in intellectual...

Cherwell24 Comment: Tom Lowe

When I applied to Oxford I didn’t really understand how the collegiate system worked. To the naïve Irish kid, the only difference between Hertford and...

Architect opposes boatyard redevelopment

Local residents campaigning against the redevelopment of a historic boatyard in Jericho were joined today by a senior architect condemning the plans.A former president...

German humour, part 1

The usually serious weekly broadsheet Die Zeit has allowed a bit of rare 'humour' to fill its politics pages this week. German speakers might...

Haydn, Mozart, Bach with London Mozart Players and Robin Blaze, October 12 2007

Sitting in The University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, fragments of chamber music could be heard as the London Mozart Players began to...

17-Year-Old "Seriously Ill" after Bloody Fight on High Street

Police voiced concerns about youth-culture in Oxford over the weekend, following a serious incident on High Street.A 17 Year-Old was put into a coma...

Rehab centre, homeless shelter or childrens’ home: Oliver Brock in Nicaragua

A fountain trickles in the front courtyard, and the sun is shining in Nicaragua's capital, Managua. Members of staff punch their attendance cards as...

New crackdown on drink and drug-fuelled crime

Freshers are the targets of a new Oxford City Council campaign to crack down on drink and drug-fuelled bad behaviour in the town. Leaflets...

Cherwell Pubcast Week 1: Mark Cartwright and Kieran Hodgson on Oxford Drama

Ben Lafferty and Rob Morgan talk Oxford drama with Mark Cartwright, President of OUDS, and Kieran Hodgson, President of the Oxford Revue.   Part...

Does absence make the heart grow fonder?

By R. Smith  When my boyfriend, in his most reassuring and pacifying voice, said “Don’t worry, it will all get easier when we are...

O3 Gallery-Preview: Marc Allen, Light Plays

by Sally CaswellExhibition: 13th October-11thNovember 2007The dark grey, cavernous walls of the O3 Gallery provide the perfect foil for the vivid colours of...

Photography Exhibition: David Whittaker, Stonelight

by Michael Bennett David Whittaker: Stonelight. The Jam Factory, main gallery, until November 3rd. Two years ago, Lancashire farmer...

Fire at St John’s

Firefighters were called to St John's College on Friday evening, after a fire broke out in one of their student kitchens.The incident occurred when a fire...

Oxford: A Week in Pictures MT 2007, week 1

Post-Matriculation celebrations at The Turf   Share YOUR matriculation photos -  send them to online(at)cherwell.org!

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