Thursday 2nd April 2026

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Timothée Chalamet appointed Visiting Professor of the Arts

The French-American actor Timothée Chalamet has been appointed Visiting Professor of the Arts for 2026-2027 at the University of Oxford. The Oscar-snubbed star of Marty Supreme (2025) and Call...
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Police investigate group hanging England flags amid safety concerns

A group hanging St George’s Cross and Union Jack flags along Abingdon Road has prompted a police investigation, following reports of disruption and alleged intimidation.
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Former Oxford professor convicted of rape by French court

The prominent Oxford academic and Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been sentenced by a Paris criminal court to an 18-year jail term for rape offences.
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St Anne’s announces the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship

St Anne’s College has recently launched the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship Fund in memory of alumna Jane E. Hood. The initiative will provide travel and research grants to support students undertaking field work.
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Students live on £10 a week

One in ten students in the UK lives on less than £10 a week, according to figures published this week. Accommodation charges are...

12 years’ work stolen

A devastated Worcester student has made a public appeal for thieves to return two laptops which were stolen, containing “irreplaceable” work for her Masters....

Catapault Case in Court

Manslaughter charges have been brought to court against the supervisors of a human catapult in Somerset, which in November 2002 tragically claimed the life...

Inequality at A level

Pressure is growing for more fair university admissions procedures. Recently, calls for reform have intensified after research showed pupils of independent schools are up...

Spot the Difference

Last week Susan Kennedy got a makeover. Unfortunately the revamping of the Neighbours star’s look did not live up to our expectations – she...

Blackmore disses honour

Colin Blakemore has withdrawn his threat to resign from the Medical Research Council over his exclusion from the New Year Honours list. Papers leaked...

Love’s Labours Not Lost

Lost in Translationis a film at once sardonically funny and deeply melancholic. It is a series of moments frozen in time that suggest a...

The Last Samurai

Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the incipient modernization of Japan, the island nation evolving past a feudal society, symbolized by...

Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile explores the life of progressive teacher Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts) as she starts her new job as an art history teacher...

Mushy Fees: Not cheap at the price

The unveiling of the government’s controversial plans for funding higher education has infuriated the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU), but has been welcomed by...

Girl With A Pearl Earring

Whether you have read the book or not, this adaption of Tracy Chevalier’s bestselling novel, Girl with A Pearl Earring is a superb exploration...

Peeved Peter’s ready to split

Anti-OUSU sentiment has excited calls for JCR disaffiliation, culminating in a botched St Peter’s referendum on the issue which could have seen a rejection...

Album Review – Democrazy

OUT NOWReleased on blink-and-youmissed- it limited edition vinyl, this first completely solo album from the man who brought you Blur and Gorillaz is actually...

Gigs – Electric Six

Oxford Town Hall - 16/12/03As soon as the first chords of opener ‘Naked Pictures’ fill the incongruous setting of the normally decorous town hall,...

Bouncer fights dismissal

The Oxford Union is set to face an electoral tribunal after sacked bouncer Imran Abrahams vowed to fight the allegations that led to his...

Curious favourite

Former Merton College student and Oxford writer Mark Haddon, is the favourite to win the prestigious Whitbread Prize for his children’s novel, ‘The Curious...

OUSU marked with initiative failure

The University has advised students not to waste their money on an Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) initiative encouraging students to apply to see...

RC church to be dominated by gays

Priestly celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church has broken down and may have to be abandoned, an Oxford monk, and former Master General of...

Tabs better Oxford

Universities in the UK are set to be left out of the running when it comes to recruiting overseas students, a study by the...

Incensed? Uni buys £1million perfume burner

The Ashmolean Museum has saved a valuable Renaissance perfume burner from the clutches of the Getty Museum.The Oxford establishment has had its eye on...
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