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Oxford falls to lowest ever spot in The Times UK University Guide 2027

The University of Oxford has placed fifth in The Times’s 2027 UK university rankings, falling from joint fourth with the University of Cambridge last year. This marks Oxford’s lowest ranking in the guide’s 33 year history and only the second time the University has not been in the top three.
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Protest held outside Town Hall over sale of Council-owned building to St Peter’s

A protest took place today outside Oxford Town Hall against Oxford City Council’s plan to sell 11 New Road to St Peter’s College, which would convert most of the building into student housing.
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Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after...
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Finance workers strike at Oxford University Press

Finance workers are on strike at Oxford University Press (OUP) over plans to offshore jobs to India, with trade union officials warning that “before long this great British institution will exist in the UK in name only."
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Hood resists Labour’s extremism policy

 By Matthew HackettVice-Chancellor John Hood has attacked a Government drive to tackle religious extremism on campuses, warning that it could have dangerous consequences for...

Diary of a captain – Joe Roff

 The Blues Rugby squad met at the beginning of September for a week of training in Oxford prior to a trial game against Henley...

Review: Tootsies

By Richard FineTootsies is spacious and sparsely-decorated; while aesthetically pleasing, unfortunately this made it feel much emptier than it actually was when I arrived...

SPEAK to challenge injunctions

 By Jake Whittall Lawyers acting for animal rights group SPEAK have alleged that the University is accusing them of organising "a terrorist conspiracy."The law firm...

Outrage over Union posters

By Laura Pitel UNION President Luke Tryl has been forced to apologise for a “preposterous” publicity campaign that has been accused of discriminating against...

Goal drought as New held by Wadham

New 0 - 0 WadhamWith New College among the favourites, to take this year’s title and Wadham newly promoted, one could be mistaken for...

Bops banned at rowdy Christ Church

By Natasha Vashisht  CHRIST CHURCH’s Junior Censor has banned college bops indefinitely and room parties for four weeks in an ‘edict’ issued to the...

Who wants to get rich quick?

It is every student’s curse to get through money at an alarmingly fast rate. Save all you want, the minute your hard-earned cash is...

Week at the Union – Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand

by Heather Ryan  Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Yasser Arafat, Helen Clark... try spotting the odd one out. The Prime Minister of New Zealand is perhaps...

Wycliffe crisis continues

By Joy Wong  WYCLIFFE HALL’S troubles continue following the resignation of another Council member in protest at the PPH’s governance this week.Claire MacInnes announced...

Why do men have nipples?

On women they are multitaskers: suckling aids, an indication of sexual arousal, a work of art; on men they do little more than resemble...

Flip Side: Nanny State

David Taylor defends the right of the state to act on behalf of its population The term ‘nanny state’ is usually meant to be derogatory...

Rich colleges told to fund poor relatives

By Mohsin KhanOUSU Council will today debate a motion that demands richer colleges pay more money to poorer colleges as part of the...

Balliol take first division by storm

    Christ Church 2 - Balliol 6 HAVING just missed out promotion to the Premier Division last season, Christ Church would no doubt have been...

Greyhounds dominate Brookes in local derby

 Despite an impressive supporters contingent at Iffely Road, the Oxford Brookes rugby team was sent back up Headington Hill on Wednesday after failing to...

Food, Glorious Food

by Hannah Pennington Cooking beans in your kettle is one of those opportunities to revel in your student status. When you’re not at home and...

Perfect start for ChCh

This is the winning start that Christ Church would have been hoping for, and although an important victory in its own right, it was...

UNited Kingdom?

First week of Michaelmas stands out as an eventful seven days for all Oxford students. The essays haven’t started and Filth is still cool...

Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles

Joe MacDonald talks to the British Ambassador to Afghanistan about his career as an envoy Six years after the US and Britain began the...

Chicken Farmer

 Ben Lafferty This new play by David Cochrane is an attempt to take us into the dissociative psychosis that seized the Nazi cabinet in the...
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