Saturday 21st March 2026

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‘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.

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...

Touched by Fire – BT Late

This intriguing drama deals with a theme which has never been more relevant to society, exploring as it does the nature of terrorism. Inspired...

British Sea Power Live

British Sea Power landed on a stage festooned with foliage and an assortment of plastic birds. The fresh-faced five have cultivated a country-life chic...

Drink: Browns

Browns 5 - 11 Woodstock Road 01865 319655 The bar in Browns may not immediately leap to mind as the ideal student hangout –...

‘We won’t win the war’

MI5 boss tells LMH students the Iraq-damaged ’War on Terror’ cannot be won The Director General of the Security Services (MI5) returned to her...

Bare-faced cheek of thief at Regent’s

A member of Regent’s Park kitchen staff had her belongings stolen during a bizarre incident at dinner on Tuesday evening. The man who made...

The grudge match: OUSU vs Oriel

OUSU, ever the whipping boy of right wing colleges, got one in the eye this week as it found itself sabotaged from within. No...

Illegal opportunities for student voters

Yesterday’s local and European elections were shrouded in controversy across the country as the postal vote system was lambasted from all sides and arrests...

Colleges force final chapter

Two central Oxford bookshops are set to close this year, because of ever increasing rent rises from the “utterly ruthless” colleges which own the...

Six hundred lawyers cunted

A New College student has been called up for a disciplinary hearing, after he ‘replied-all’ to the Law Soc mailing-list with a single abusive...

OUSU support Stu Two

OUSU will be debating an emergency motion today in support of the two OxStu journalists who are facing a Court of Summary Jurisdiction for...

Firefight closure may soon strike Bod

Firefighters in Oxford are recommending a ballot for industrial action at their conference on 15 June. Any industrial action is likely to cause disurption...

Massacre at Barbecue

The quiet of the small South Oxfordshire village of Henley was ripped apart this week as a father started shooting members of his family...

Ecstatic Strangler

A man is in court for strangling his fiancée to death in an Oxford hotel last year. He claims both he and his fiancée...

Five year olds care for druggies

Large numbers of Oxford children, some as young as five, are forced to care for their alcoholic and drugabusing parents, according to figures recently...

243 years until our next black dot

Oxford witnessed an astronomical spectacle not seen in living memory when Venus crossed the face of Sun last Tuesday. Earth’s closest planetary neighbour...

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