Wednesday 15th October 2025

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Oxford Labour Club joins forces with the YIMBY Alliance to tackle Oxford’s housing crisis

The Oxford Labour Club (OLC) has teamed up with the Oxford branch of the ‘Yes, In My Backyard’ Alliance (Oxford YIMBY) for a joint launch event. YIMBY is a...

Over forty local leaders ‘sleep out’ to support Oxfordshire Homeless Movement

Over forty local business and community leaders took part in this year's Oxfordshire CEO...

Mishal Husain delivers Oxford’s annual Romanes Lecture

Award-winning journalist and author Mishal Husain delivered Oxford University’s annual Romanes Lecture on Tuesday....

Oriel unveils exhibition to ‘contextualise’ the legacy of Cecil Rhodes

An art exhibition designed to contextualise the legacy of Cecil Rhodes was unveiled at...

Gold Thongs

Imperial College, London A guide entitled “how to play responsibly with freshers” advocates locking them in a lecture theatre and drenching them with beer...

Nessun grazie

Un iversity of Milan, Italy An Italian student was given the cold shoulder last month after hitchhiking 1,250 miles to see the Swedish girl...

Norrington: no change at the top

Merton fought off competitors and retained its position as Oxford’s topranking college in the Norrington Table. Matching its 2002 score, it sailed ahead to...

Hood to join Patten in change of heads

New Chancellor Chris Patten is to be joined by Dr John Hood, who has been nominated as the next Vice Chancellor, making him the...

Entrance tests feared

Plans for admissions tests to scoop the cream of Oxford applicants have sparked fears that students from non-traditional backgrounds will be deterred. With growing...

Stolen book sparks international dispute

A book worth £15 000 stolen from Christ Church Library has been found in Japan. The 1552 pocket edition of De Humani Corporis Fabrica...

Obituaries – Hugo Young

Hugo Young 1938-2003 Hugo Young, one of Oxford’s most prominent alumni, was described on his death as “for 20 years - the Guardian”. Graduating...

Obituaries – Lord Blake

Lord Blake of Braydeston 1916-2003 Lord Blake was best known as a historian of the Tory Party, and was described as judicious in his...

Archer at New

Jeffrey Archer chose Oxford University as the venue for the relaunch of his political career. The peer and convicted perjurer addressed a meeting of...

Catapult death

Two men charged with the manslaughter of a Wadham student have both pleaded not guilty in the latest judicial hearing regarding the tragic event....

Oxford-on-Sea

University academics are to lecture on board the Queen Mary 2, the largest liner ever built, in an attempt to educate her largely North...

Vaccine research

The University will remain at the forefront of British vaccine innovation due to the recent launch of a Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical...

Media Awards

Ryan Li, Cherwell photo editor, Torsten Henricson-Bell, Cherwell editor, and Clare Bevis, Isis former editor and feature writer, have been shortlisted for the Guardian...

Cowboy landlords cheating students

Sarah McWhinney names the winners and losers in tenancy deposit disputes… Edd Southerden was in his second year and living out along the Cowley...

ticker.ticker.ticker.ticker.

Cherwell brings you headlines from the past week… George Bush has refused to criticise Israel’s air strike on Syria in response to a...

Party political punch-ups

Both Tony Blair and IDS have battled cynical media coverage of the party conferences this week, struggling to retain focus on policy in the...

Image.

The micro-mini is a must have this season, as the sexiest of all skirts regains its catwalk throne and gives our favourite slouchy combats...

African adventure

Four recent St. John’s graduates, NICK STANHOPE, REBECCA GOWLAND, JONNY POLONSKY and ROBERT HADMAN give us weekly updates as they cycle the length of...

African sculpture’s heart of stone

DANIEL LLOYD explores representations of the women of Zimbabwe and finds little to praise In Praise of Women, ArtAfrica’s exhibition of Zimbabwean sculpture, which...

Brick Lane – Monica Ali

Give me your tired, your poor and your huddled masses…” If ever a place in England could speak these lines as that famous symbol...

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