Friday 17th April 2026

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New face-to-face centre for homelessness services to open on George Street

Oxford City Council have announced plans for a new face-to-face centre on George Street to tackle homelessness. 

New RAI donation to fund Oxford’s first US politics postgraduate course

The Rothermere American Institute (RAI) has announced a major donation to fund a new Associate Professorship in US Politics and support the launch of a specialist postgraduate course in the field.

Rachel Reeves doubles funding for Oxford-Cambridge corridor

The Chancellor has announced plans for a Greater Oxford Development Corporation and doubled funding for the "growth corridor" to £800 million.

Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care launches International Advisory Board

The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences has recently announced a new International Advisory Board (IAB) to provide independent advice and international perspectives to support the Department’s Strategy 2025-2030. 

Keble PemBroken

Before the Blues game against Oxfordshire on Friday evening, it was the turn of the colleges to try 20/20 cricket as last year’s cuppers...

Hugh’s granted final berth

What could have more drama, more nail-biting sleepless-night inducing tension than the Semi-Finals of the 5-a-side Football Cuppers? Exams, perhaps. If the matches at...

Second ‘cry for help’

A man had to be talked down from St Michael’s Tower on Cornmarket Street on Monday afternoon, after threatening to commit suicide for the...

Squaddies smash up student

Two on-leave soldiers from Northern Ireland have been arrested following an assault on three students. The Jesus College students and their friend from...

Hoorah a d hyperboled at the Oxford Union

The recent speculation and hyperbole surrounding the vulnerability of British democracy following the ever-so dangerous attack of a flour-filled condom found its parallel when...

Students are incompatible with OUSU

OUSU was in confusion this week as it attempted to implement the result of last term’s referendum on the future of higher education funding....

AIDS orphans’ blood stolen

An Oxford researcher has been accused of unlawfully bringing the blood of HIV infected African orphans back to Britain and plagiarising another scientist’s work....

Cycle safety for Cowley Road

Mourning for the death of St Catherine’s student Emilie Harris continued this week as the Council approved a multi-million pound road safety project for...

Journalists investigated

The two student journalists who exposed insecurities in the University computer network are facing a police investigation into their activities in obtaining the story....

Shoplift Syringe Scare

Security staff at Debenhams on George Street were threatened with a syringe after confronting an alleged shoplifter last Tuesday afternoon. The man threatened to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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