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New scholarship created for Afghan women at Oxford

One scholarship will be awarded to a woman of Afghan descent to study at the University of Oxford each year in a new endowment from the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Trust.

Former L’Oreal CEO donates £30m for new Worcester College library

Worcester College has submitted a  planning application for a new £30 million library, funded entirely by a donation from alumnus and former CEO of L’Oréal Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.

University style guide criticised by international students 

A style guide issued by the University of Oxford advises staff to use “plain English” to avoid confusing international students.

St Anne’s to close nursery called a ‘lifeline’ for women at Oxford

St Anne’s College will close its day nursery, ending an institution that was pivotal in supporting women students and academics at the University of Oxford.

Birthday bash clashes with Cuppers chaos

Four days, forty shows and almost four hundred freshers: it sounds like a recipe for chaos, but this is the Drama Festival 2005. Even...

Duke quizzes his host about suspected bong in the bedroom

The Duke of Edinburgh visited St Catherine’s college last Friday to of­ficially open the new buildings. On his tour, The Duke met groups of...

Animation theatre

HorseheadFaulty Optic Theatre Co.11 NovemberPegasus TheatrePeople would go miles for a theatrical horse once,” an elderly blue puppet sadly remarks in Faulty Optic’s latest...

Students consulted over health scheme

The Oxford City NHS Primary Care Trust(PCT) is looking to create a unified health centre in Oxfordby 2012 to replace GP practices around Oxford.The...

Blissfully blinded by faith

The Well of the Saintsdir Michael Levy22 - 26 NovemberBurton TaylorIn a tableau reminiscent of the plays of a later, bleaker Irish dramatist, two...

Hilda’s hits back

Students from St Hilda’s Collegehave this week reacted angrily after Cherwell’s Passé Notes last week contained irreverent commentsabout the College.The article, written by Simon...

Brookes robbed by dire Oxford

Oxford 1 Oxford Brookes 1Oxford jubilation, Brookes despair. Reactions that tell their own story of a match in which Oxford’s dark blue shirts snatched...

The fight for freedom of speech

Shall we protect our freedom of speech so far as to destroy it? Or shall we destroy our freedom of speech in order to...

Ex-Balliol student in court for post-Finals horseplay

A former Balliol student who wasarrested and detained in custody for a night after calling a police horse “gay”is now to face court. Sam...

Hall scrape past newcomers

St Edmund Hall 27-LMH/Trinity 18: LMH were robbed of a huge upset win late in their opening match, away to champions St Edmund Hall....

‘In theory, it won’t turn over’

Oxforddaredevil David Kirke is planning to fly a giant inflat­able winged horse fromthe base of Mount Olympus in Greece,across the Mediterranean, to Tripoli,Libya.Thefifty-nine year...

Queen’s finally halt the Worcester juggernaut

Worcester’s unshakable domination at the top of the premier division was finally ended by a powerful Queen’s side last Wednesday. In a tightly fought...

Controversy over Catz bar headgear ban

Serious equalopportunities concerns have been raised over the announce­ment of a blanket banon wearing headgear at St Catz’s JCR bar.Thenew rule was communicated to...

Hugh’s consistently inconsistent

St Hugh’s’ up and down season continued as they slumped to a 5-0 defeat to St Catherine’s before bouncing back to edge past Jesus...

All Souls award fellowship to state-school graduate

Fraser Campbell, aformer president of the Oxford Union, has become one of the few students whoattended a state school to be admitted as a...

Cross country Cuppers

Port Meadow saw almost a hundred competitors in the cross country club’s cuppers last weekend, covering a 10km course. in the women’s race, Lucia...

Liberte up in flames

Car on burning car symbolises the razing of French democracy to the ground, as violence flares across the republic. Last weekend saw the introduction...

Women’s rugby scrape past Cardiff

Oxford gave new meaning to the phrase ‘winning ugly’ as they struggled past Cardiff University in the BUSA Women’s Premier Division on Wednesday. The...

Eat: Cafe Opium

Where: Cafe OpiumWhen:Think hungover saturdays, when even after a lie-in toast seems like way too much to handle. it gets to 7pm and you...

Blues shine at Fours Head

Alex Cairns’ women’s squad provided another outstanding performance, winning two pennants in the Women’s Senior 2 and Senior 3 coxed fours, while the lightweights...

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