Monday 25th May 2026

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New College JCR President loses no-confidence motion four weeks before end of term

President of New College JCR Harry Aldridge was removed from office late last night in a motion of no-confidence.

Sheldonian Series concludes for academic year with panel on the power of satire

The 2025-2026 Sheldonian Series ended on Wednesday 20th May with a panel discussion on the power, use, and limits of political satire. Held in the Sheldonian Theatre, the event brought together leading figures from British comedy and public commentary to reflect on satire’s role in the current political moment.

Oxford study warns ‘friendly’ AI chatbots are more likely to mislead users

AI models trained to seem warm and empathetic make significantly more errors, and are far more likely to agree with users even when they're wrong, according to new research published in Nature by Oxford Internet Institute (OII) researchers Lujain Ibrahim and Luc Rocher.

Oxford SU to hold referendum on NUS membership

At a Conference of Commons Room (CCR) vote concluding on 20th May, JCR and MCR presidents voted to hold a referendum on the Student Union’s (SU) membership of the National Union of Students (NUS).

Oxford "Must Go Private"

Oxford University should cut its ties with UK government to go private “loudly and proudly,” according to a senior research professor at the University,...

Graduate Sets Up Iraqi Paper

An Oxford chemistry graduate planning to launch the first English language newspaper in Iraq for more than a decade. The Baghdad Bulletin, the brainchild...

Ultimate Round Up

On Friday, as copies of this paper are arriving in your college, the deciding match for the title of the Oxford Universities Ultimate Frisbee...

Oxford Threaten County Side

An extraordinary thing happened in Oxford UCCE’s game against Hampshire. Oxford declared on the final afternoon, setting Hampshire a target and giving both sides...

Postgrad Marks

Oxford postgraduates will soon find themselves scouted by exam boards to mark A-level and GCSE scripts matter of months after sitting their own finals,...

Toga Party Flops

There were red faces all round at the Oxford Union last Saturday after an extremely low turnout for the Toga Party. Out of a...

New John’s Quad

St John’s has plans to build a new quad when it resumes control of land on St. Giles. The site, though belonging to the...

Virgin Auction

A Chilean student is auctioning off her virginity to pay for her last two years on a Modern Languages course. The 21-year old, who...

Exam Labour

Antonella Magnani, 28, recently sat her final law exam while in labour in a hospital delivery room, after college authorities concluded that giving birth...

Town Spies

Angry York residents are lying in wait every night for unsuspecting student revellers, after the University’s Vice-Chancellor has offered a reward for information relating...

Is This Man a Traitor?

He walks into the council chamber of the town hall, dressed in a black leather jacket and jeans, and proffers his hand firmly when...

One Hell of a Weekend

Schizophrenic weather changes, grass stains, undercooked beefburgers, and a mixed-bag of bands: last weekend, Wadham College managed to recreate the authentic summer festival feeling...

Underwhelming

I want to bottle-fuck you slowly with my sunglasses on. Well, there’s something to try out next time you’re in Filth. Yum. These are...

Stages with Black Spaces

Help me. I’m standing in front of five hundred or so people, on stage with a guy who looks like Errol Brown. I was...

Riding on the Edge

I’m on a bike, up a mountain, in Bolivia, and I’m remembering that bit in The Beach, the part where Richard talks about the...

Pub

The Turf is synonymous with matriculation, mods, finals and student scum. Its mistreatment by absurdly-dressed, braying idiots, commences with the ceremony that makes one...

Mind Over Matter

If you answered; 4 questions correctly you are a genius, 3 correctly – you are above average intelligence 2 correctly – you are normal...

A Philosophical Double-Helix

In 1953, a year after deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was identified as the molecule that carries the biochemical information responsible for the physiology, anatomy and...

Word on the Streets

‘Butch’ sells the Big Issue in Summertown and on Broad Street. He has been homeless for six years and is on a drug rehabilitation...

Hollywood Shoots Another Load

It’s happening exactly as before,” sneers Agent Smith dryly. “Well,” chuckles one of his dozens of clones, “not exactly.” Evidently The Matrix Reloaded is...

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