Sunday 22nd March 2026

News

‘Emergency Brake’ on student visas leaves Oxford students facing uncertainty

Students at the University of Oxford are facing uncertainty after the UK government imposed an “emergency brake” on new study visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan.

Significant Arabic manuscript collection donated to St John’s College Library

St John’s College Library has received a significant donation of Arabic-script manuscripts.

Reported sexual misconduct at Oxford University Hospitals lead to six dismissals

CW: Sexual harassment New data reveals that six staff members at Oxford University Hospitals NHS...

Oxford and Liverpool universities join forces in landmark partnership

The University of Oxford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Liverpool, Oxfordshire County Council, and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

Green Week on climate change

OUSU is organizing a ‘Green Week’ in line with World Environment Day on 5 June. The day itself will be marked by ‘Climate Change...

Philosopher slams consumption

Australian philosopher Professor Peter Singer has argued that citizens of rich nations should donate more of their money to the world’s poorest people rather...

Trends revealed in ageing study

Seventy is the new 50, a report by HSBC and the Oxford Institute of Ageing has claimed. The 60-79 age group was found to...

Press office monitor Hood’s Wiki profile

University officials have admitted to monitoring and editing Vice-Chancellor John Hood’s profile on Wikipedia in an attempt to protect his reputation. Officers working for...

OUSU Council votes for ‘offensive’ mascot

A motion to create an OUSU mascot, a “big bouncing blue blob of bureaucracy” called ‘Ousy’, unexpectedly passed at OUSU Council last Friday, despite...

Merton student hospitalised after assault

A MERTON student was hospitalised after being attacked by a Blues sportsman at last week’s Summer Eights regatta.Ben Holroyd, a fourth year medical student...

Oxford Auteurs

Who are the heroes of Oxford film? Surely Jeremy Irons’ trademark narcissism in Brideshead Revisited must come to mind; perhaps John Thaw’s snobbish coolness...

Flyboys

If you were to walk into Flyboys halfway through, you wouldn’t have missed much. The movie creaks slowly into motion as it explores characters’...

Cuppers Tennis: Review and predictions

The Cuppers competition upto this point has been unpredictable and as we head towards the semi-final stage we can recap on what has happened...

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros centres on an effeminate young boy (Maximo), living in the slums of Manila in the Philippines with his father...

Ten Canoes

When ten Aboriginal men go off on a fishing trip, it becomes apparent that a young man has taken a fancy to another man’s...

Trinity overpowered by wild Catz

Catz came into their Cuppers quarter-final fixture against Trinity with a rather weakened side compared to the winning combination that secured Cuppers Victory at...

Lunacy (Sileni)

This is not a work of art,” announces Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer in the prologue to his 2005 film Lunacy. “It is a horror...

The Rules of the Game

What’s love got to do with it? Emma Bernstein on the gurus who would guide you to the perfect pickupYou might expect that the...

Have you met … Paul Arrich?

As we near the end of another Oxford year, I met up with Paul Arrich to look back on his time as Oxide Radio...

Band About Town: The Pagans

More often spotted balancing his cello on the back of a bike, softly-spoken music student Duncan Strachan is lesser known as the front-man of...

Lord Goldsmith

His legal advice greenlighted Britain’s most controversial foreign adventure since Suez. Kate Greasley talks to the attorney general on justifying Iraq  He is the man...

Annuals – Be He Me

Ah me, but it’s refreshing to listen to a band with such a varied and distinctive sound. What make this six-piece from Raleigh, North...

Freemasons recruit Oxford students

THE OXFORD University Freemasons’ Lodge is at the centre of a national campaign to recruit undergraduates into the organisation. The 'University Scheme', started by...

Drinks tonight, war tomorrow

Partying, politics and pessimism Laura Pitel goes in search of the young people of LebanonIn most places in the world it might seem distasteful...

Follow us