Monday 15th June 2026

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Bangladesh July Revolution leaders speak at Oxford Union as protesters clash outside

Protesters clashed outside the Oxford Union this evening during a panel discussion organised by the Oxford Bangla Society on the 2024 Bangladeshi July Revolution, entitled “The Student-Led Uprising and...

Oxford Union election count suspended amid electoral fraud allegations

he Oxford Union’s Trinity Term 2026 election count has been suspended after the Returning Officer identified substantial evidence of interference, before any ballot boxes were opened. 

Mansfield College redevelopment plans approved by Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council unanimously approved Mansfield College’s development plans on Tuesday, 26th May. The project, known as the Estate Transformation Project, will be delivered by architects Feilden Fowles. Mansfield told Cherwell that the development would “provide students and the College with up-to-date facilities they need for generations to come”.

Oxford Union town hall TT26: Meet the candidates 

With polls set to open for Oxford Union elections tomorrow, Friday 12th June, Cherwell spoke to the candidates running to be President in Hilary Term 2027. Milo Donovan and Prajwal Pandey discussed their vision for the society, the challenges facing the Union, and how they would respond to recent controversies surrounding speaker invitations and free speech.

Key Hood ally ousted by University Congregation

Dons have forced one of Vice-Chancellor John Hood’s key modernisers to resign from the University Council after a rebellion against giving him a new...

Judge tells Oxford fundraiser to pay council tax despite rat infestation

An Oxford academic and fundraiser has been told that she must pay her council tax after she withheld it in protest at the city’s...

Graduate colleges to merge into Green Templeton

Plans to accommodate hundreds of additional graduate students to meet new University targets will be realised when Green and Templeton Colleges merge next year.The...

Triple attack on gay student clubbers

Three gay students were attacked outside the Coven II night club in the early hours of Saturday morning in what may have been a...

Merton retains Norrington top spot

Merton College remains top of the 2007 Norrington Table for the second year in a row, but the table continues to be criticised for...

Wildcat strike at Catz

St Catherine’s JCR have called a rent strike in protest at the College raising battels charges without consulting students or the College’s Governing Body.The...

How to get ahead in leadership

Have you noticed, thronging in quads and staring at architecture, groups of Malaysians that any sensible person would describe as ‘tourists’? And did you...

Beware colleges bearing gifts of welfare provision

Agatha Christie called herself a "perfect sausage machine", but her approach to murder was positively schizophrenic compared to the tabloids’ formulaic techniques. The perfect tabloid...

The latest review of drug legislation must not give in to media pressure

Endless newspaper reports link cannabis with suicides, murders and assaults. The headlines are dramatic: "Another cannabis teenager in knife killing: Boy on skunk butchered...

Got the Blues?

PERHAPS Oxford’s least-trumpeted asset is its ability to offer its students almost unparalleled opportunities to become involved in competitive sport whilst at university. Finding...

Cherwell’s Guide to Oxford Sports Talk

Blue, aAwarded to those who compete in a first team Varsity match. Only an elite of sports are awarded Full Blue status, the rest...

Can New steal Worcester’s crown?

IT’S a familiar scenario at the outset of what promises to be another compelling season of college football as the chasing pack look to...

Oxford blow away Tabs at Lord’s

Oxford maintained their proud record in Varsity cricket with a comprehensive six wicket victory over Cambridge in the one-day fixture after the four-day match...

Cambridge dropout denied Boat Race Blue

The Oxbridge boat race committee has refused to award a Cambridge rower a Blue after he failed to complete his academic course and instead...

Catz reign supreme once more

N A REPEAT of the 2006 Cuppers Final, Queen’s/Wycliffe were seeking revenge against Catz, who, although strengthened by Vadim Varvarin and Matt Brooke-Hitching, were...

Challengers aim to stop Keble

THE STORY of last season’s college rugby campaign was undoubtedly the unstoppable rise of Keble from nobodies to undisputed champions of the university. After...

Diary of a Captain: Nick Brodie, President of OUBC

We began our Boat Race build-up on the morning of 18th September, beginning a regime that will take us all the way to the...

Oxford Gallop to Varsity Victory

LIGHT Blue determination posed a tough challenge for Oxford’s polo players, but the Blues’ excellent  teamwork and superior tactics enabled them to eventually dominate...

Blues Teach Americans a Lesson on Tour

OXFORD’S rugby players began the season in fine form with an undefeated tour of the USA in September. The Blues defeated a New York...

Feature: Sport In Art

It’s very easy to think of sport and art as two very different, and even opposed, parts of life. There are a good number...

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