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.

Medial Ultrasex

An Oxford doctor used hospital equipment to enhance his love life, the General Medical Council heard this week. Jane Sullivan, representing the GMC, told...

Burglars walk through Open Doors

One in five burglaries in Oxford occur as a result of owners leaving their doors and windows open, according to newly-released figures. Thames...

Salsa hacked back on right foot

Oxford’s Salsa Society has fought allegations of dissatisfaction with its President, while a hacker highjacked the society’s mailing list with members receiving a torrent...

Old School Celebrations

A former Oxford student has written in The Telegraph about his return to Oxford to “put the fizz back into finals”. Despite the new...

Girl falls from Flying Fox

An Oxford backpacker is fighting for her life in hospital after plunging 65 feet in the Australian rainforest. Queensland Police are investigating the accident....

No Cold Turkey

The Prime Minister of Turkey delivered a speech at St John’s College on ‘Why the European Union Needs Turkey’, last Friday. Recep Tayyip...

Search for Samaritan

Police are appealing for information about an Oxford student who was mugged at knifepoint on Friday 26 March. The attack took place after...

Man stabbed at M&S

A man has been stabbed outside the Marks and Spencer store on Banbury Road, Summertown. The man was standing outside the store with...

Terrorists strike Saudi

Saudi Arabia was left reeling this week after Islamist militants stormed a smart residential compound and an oil company headquarters in Khobar, taking more...

Teenager arranges his own murder on net

A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court, charged with plotting his own murder. John, 14, used multiple personalities on the internet to convince...

DRINK: X’ian Bar

X’ian Bar 197 Banbury Rd (01865) 554239 Those of you who are connoisseurs of Chinese cuisine will certainly know of the X’ian restaurant...

EAT: Gino’s Pizzeria

Gino’s Pizzeria 94 Gloucester Green (01865) 794446 Italian food and Italian restaurants have taken Oxford by storm over the last couple of years,...

In the Knit

Knitting has enjoyed a revival over the past few years, as stars like Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Kate Moss and, curiously enough, Russell Crowe...

The Ego has Landed

True confidence, surely, is the ability to dismiss half of your own career as “parasitic” and “imposing” – only an actor, director and playwright...

Lust in Translation

There are two types of travellers: ‘seers’ and ‘doers’. ‘Doers’ travel because they love adventure, they are drawn to a backpack and the outback...

Bored this Summer? Try… Blenheim Palace

Just a twenty minute cycle ride away from central Oxford lies a haven which lacks the bustle of Oxford life. It has been the...

Knowing and seeing

At twenty, stalking has become a past time of mine. Though it started out as inadvertent; a mere raised eyebrow at seeing the name,...

Confidence tricks

It’s something all of us seek to some extent, often agonize about and usually want more of. No I’m not talking about the first...

Gentleman Prefer Blondes

The new celebrity craze for “chestnut” locks isn’t doing anything for me. I mean, who seriously likes the colour brown? It’s the colour of...

Chatting Up… Ben Miller

Which books are currently littering your bedside table at the moment? 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene and Writing a Screenplay by John...

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