Wednesday 27th August 2025

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SU launches new community fund for society events

The Oxford University Student Union (SU) is launching a new community fund to support student societies “to create exciting, inclusive events”. Societies can apply for up to £200 in...

SU Sabbatical Officers urge Government to “remove the barriers” to Gazan students reaching the UK

Sabbatical Officers at the Oxford University Student Union (SU) have signed an open letter...

Lindsay Skoll announced as new Jesus Principal

Jesus College have announced that British diplomat Lindsay Skoll will take up the role...

Oxford University Press ceases publication of Chinese-owned journal following ethical concerns

Oxford University Press (OUP) will cease the publication of the Forensic Sciences Research (FSR)...

Mourning Jean Paul II

Remembering his ten hours queueing in the Vatican City, Mark Cooper describes his pilgrimage to Rome to honour the late Pope, John Paul II....

Shelley Memorial all washed up?

On 25 March 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley and his close friend, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, walked up and down the quadrangle in University College awaiting...

Tribunal attempt fails

An Oxford Union tribunal carried out at the end of last term found President-Elect Chris Farmer not guilty on seven claims of electoral malpractice....

Jongleurs

Bar Risa, Hythe Bridge StreetSaturday 16 AprilAfter an hour and a half of freely flowing beer and copius numbers of cocktail pitchers, the Saturday...

Rubbish Reveals Sophocles

Oxford University scientists have used infra-red technology to open up a hoard of ancient papyri which could potentially reveal hundreds of lost Greek poems,...

Ethnic majorities

Diamond Versi’s tribunal triumph symbolises the supposed struggle between an oppressed lone minority and a white establishment ogre, such as an Oxford University college.The...

Religious fire and fervour

Within the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre lies a tiny chapel built over the spot St Helena identified as the tomb of Christ. The...

Notebook

Sorry seems to be the hardest word. Just ask Ken Livingstone. Or most men, for that matter. It’s also extraordinarily effective, which really is...

A dive into the Depp end

When upcoming starlet Abbie Cornish recently had the good fortune of being compared to Hollywood personality du jour, Nicole Kidman, her response was somewhat...

Lincoln bars Lucy Pinder

Glamour model Lucy Pinder was banned from serving drinks at Lincoln College last term after a student won a Daily Star competition that featured...

Eighty-Six year old embarks on hunger strike

An 86 year old woman is carrying out a 72 hour hunger strike in Oxford City Centre in protest against the construction of the...

Lost in Translation?

The Interpreterdir Sydney Pollack128 minsAt one point in The Interpreter, the Secret Service agent at the centre of the investigations, Tobin Keller (Sean Penn),...

What to look out for this summer

Trinity Term is always an exciting time for Oxford theatre, as the hope of balmy summer evenings in picturesque collegiate settings draws the drama...

Museums to receive funding

The Museums of Oxford University are to be given a government grant of £7.874 million as part of the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council’s...

Awesome Oxford break tabs

Dark Blue power and rhythm prove too much for Cambridge as last year’s defeat is forgotten “Our game plan was to go 100% all...

A labour of love

The Loverdir Charlie HennikerBurton TaylorTues 26 to Sat 30 AprilAnother term, another Pinter play; Oxford just can’t seem to get enough of those pregnant...

Political pragmatist or principled objector?

Charles Kennedy says he is an idealist, but does his foreign policy tally with this? There is no doubt that opposition to Iraq gave...

Varsity boxing

Oxford were on the receiving end of a record Varsity boxing defeat at the Cambridge Guildhall, as Cambridge secured the first ever 9-0 whitewash...

Tribunal upholds racist claim

Keble College was found guilty of racism over the dismissal of an Asian head accountant.In January 2005 Diamond Versi sued Keble College and its...

The sound of musical theatre

Mary Lee Costa examines how the times have changed in the state of musical theatreWith two recent productions of Tennessee Williams’ plays, Arthur Miller’s...

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