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Larry Ellison scales back £10 billion Oxford science initiative

Oracle co-founder and tech billionaire Larry Ellison is scaling back plans for the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), Oxford research institute, following a significant restructuring. This comes after the departure...
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Arwa Elrayess elected Oxford Union President for Trinity 2026

Arwa Elrayes running for the #ENGAGE slate has been elected Union President for Trinity...
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The Magdalene Songs: Giving a singing voice to victims

★★★★★ Trigger warning: abuse Modern slavery, abuse, and human rights violations are not something you would...
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Bloomberg investigation sparks scrutiny over Oxford’s handling of sexual misconduct

CW: Sexual harassment; sexual assault Oxford University is facing mounting media scrutiny after a Bloomberg...
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Say yes to Europe

Europe Playhouse Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October Ilan Goodman’s production of David Greig’s Europe asks the question “What is politics?”. At the same...

Also on stage…

Shakespeare’s Philoctetes Burton Taylor Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October The blending of plays from such opposing poles of theatre as Greek tragedy and...

Chatting up…Jamelia

What are you up to at the moment? I’m currently being mobbed by fans in a shopping centre! But apart from that, I’m touring...

Also happening…

Last chance to see Heroic Nakedness featuring a selection of male nude studies from the permanent collection at Christ Church picture gallery. Could be...

Sexy slaughterhouse chic

KILL BILL VOLUME 1Odeon George StreetFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October Quentin Tarantino, the undisputed “daddy” of retro-cool, has made a blistering return to...

Mystic River

OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October In Eastwood’s latest directorial outing, a child playing with two friends is abducted but subsequently escapes. A few...

Cabin Fever

OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October Cabin Fever is a welcome return to the format of the much loved traditional horror movie. The story...

Spellbound

OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October Thirteen year olds spelling excessively long words is not standard material for an edge of your seat thriller,...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October 1899. The world is on the brink of war as a villain calling himself Phantom reaps doom and...

Albums: Siobhan Donaghy, Revolution In Me

Despite the release of two singles ‘Overrated’ and ‘Twist Of Fate’ (both included here), Ms Donaghy is probably still best known as the Sugababe...

Albums: 22-20’s, 05/03

The 22-20s:05/03Out next week ‘05/03’ is a modern rarity: a live album that does full justice to a very good live act. From the...

Albums: Travis, 12 Memories

Travis:12 MemoriesOut now After a promising start to their career, Travis have recently become much more of a poor man’s Coldplay. The uninspiring blend...

Singles: Electric Six, Dance Commander

Electric Six:Dance CommanderOut now You have to love Electric Six, only if for being Americans who actually understand irony. They can’t sing and can’t...

Singles: Sophe Ellis-Bexter, Mixed-up World

Sophie Ellis-BextorMixed up WorldOut now The cover of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s new single features bright primary colours and lettering that smacks of the over-enthusiastic eighties...

Singles: Desert Sessions

Desert Sessions: Feat. Josh Homme/PJ Harvey Out 3 November Desert Sessions are booked to appear on Later With Jools Holland this year. Can you...

Gig: Arab Strap, The Zodiac, 6 Oct

I’ve waited three years for this to happen; the sainted Arab Strap, on the hallowed ground of the Zodiac. Sadly, Messrs. Moffat and Middleton’s...

Scare tactics

This week’s comments from Lord Butler in favour of privatisation, and the ‘coincidental’ publication of the details of a report by the New College...

Oxford’s first Sports Scholar

Chris Statter speaks to top pentathlete Aly Rowett, about her Dark Blue ScholarshipAly Rowell is the first Dark Blue Scholar. An exceptionally talented pentathlete...

Cherwell takes up…boxing with James Glancy

Training with the boxing team was a leisurely affair. I watched them run and sprint, then attempt twenty press-ups, twenty sit-ups and then twenty...

Community work

Sports OutreachThe Combined Universities of Oxford Sports Outreach Scheme (known as CommUniSports) was designed to try to improve existing sports provision in the local...
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