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Saïd Business School announces new Interim Dean after resignation

News Mercedes Haas -
Oxford University has announced that Professor Mette Morsing will serve as Interim Dean of the Saïd Business School from mid-September, following the resignation of Professor Soumitra Dutta. A University spokesperson told Cherwell: “Professor Soumitra Dutta has stepped down as Dean of Saïd Business School and has now left the University. Professor Mette Morsing, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, will take up the role of Interim Dean from 22 September.” According to Bloomberg, a five-month University investigation,...

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Features

The Oxford offer holders trapped in Gaza

Stanley Smith -
Samah and Loay have scholarships to study at Oxford. After succeeding against the odds, they are unable to travel to begin their courses.

‘A constant negative spiral’: Students on Britain’s economic future

Subhan Aslam -
Four Oxford students sat down to share how they feel about the state of the UK. From pensions to the NHS and Brexit, their answers were frank, frustrated, and sometimes surprisingly hopeful about how Britain could change direction.

Drinking the political compass

Stanley Smith -
Oxford’s political societies cultivated generations of MPs and PMs. In an era of rising populism, a tour of their drinking events finds a drifting elite with few ideas.

‘We need a different approach’: Students and tutors on AI in academia

Subhan Aslam -
From everyday tasks to academic work, AI is already embedded in university life. We asked students and academics at Oxford what they are using it for, what worries them most, and whether the current system can keep up.

Some of the most talented people here are solving problems that don’t matter

Satchel Walton -
As AI rewires the job market, what’s the point of being smart if you’re not doing anything meaningful?

Too young for bops, old enough for a first

Martin Conmy -
There are 237 Oxford students aged 17 and below. In the past, some have dramatically crashed out in the public eye, but many others thrive.

Profiles

Billie Marten on growing, teenage regression, and her upcoming album Dog Eared

Sydney Walter -
“When people listen to your upcoming album Dog Eared, where should they imagine you writing the songs?” Musician Billie Marten, on the other end of the Zoom call, looks around the room in which she is sitting. “The Glass was written right here…Most of them were written here actually, yellow...

Max Morgan, director of Oxford’s first feature film since the 1980s

Billy Jeffs -
Morgan speaks to Cherwell about his forthcoming films Breakwater and May Day!, and how he built a career in the film industry while at Oxford.

Bridget Kendall on interviewing Putin, the Russia-Ukraine war, and her path into journalism

Martha Gathercole -
Bridget Kendall was the BBC's correspondent for Moscow in the pivotal period covering the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Song Is Over: The Who on their farewell tour

Dylan Brennan -
The Who were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 - now, they prepare to take their final bow on American soil.

Culture

Animal History: Reviewed

Lara Machado -
If an older adult has ever raised their eyebrow at your vegetarianism, then I might just have the book for you. They might be interested in knowing that even 200 years ago our normal dietary patterns would have seemed luxurious to all but the aristocracy.  Animal History – History as...

Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

Antonia Rogers -
You may have spent the last year wondering what has been going on amongst all the scaffolding and construction noise at Hertford College. The Hertford Archaeological Open Day on Saturday 6th September provided the answer, with insight into the building work and rescue archaeology that has been taking place...

The Blue Trail: Reviewed

Lara Machado -
★★★★☆ The Blue Trail (O Último Azul), this year’s winner of the Berlin International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, is probably unlike most things you’ve seen before. Set in a quasi-dystopian – although not techno-futuristic – near-present Brazil, the film shows us a country that now sends all citizens over...

Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

Hannah Becker -
In 1962, Edward Anthony wrote: “Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo”. The Oxford-based author Richard Churchill seems to desire a similar effect with his self-published poetry collection Sketches from a Curious Mind (2025), the first...

Life

What does summer mean to me?

Ava Doherty -
“What does summer mean to me?” was always the first question on the first page of a new schoolbook. A trap disguised as a creative writing prompt. You were meant to produce something sun-soaked and mildly mythic: tales of the Aegean or at least a ferry to Calais. But...

My journey with British identity

Rupert Hill -
I was gently raised with the idea that Britain was fair and decent, a country that meant something good. This was likely shaped by growing up in Devon, somewhere green and small, where things felt familiar and a bit tucked away from the rest of the world.  At the time...

Performative perfection and the reality behind the Instagram post

Natalie Conboy -
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning, and I’m scrolling through Instagram. One of my resolutions for this summer was to reduce my screen time, but I still allow myself a few moments in the mornings to see what everyone is up to and communicate with friends via the time-honoured tradition...

The girl who lived

Ava Doherty -
Like Harry Potter under the stairs, I was ‘the one who lived’. A rainbow baby (a baby born after loss), wrapped in nappies and layers of meaning and expectation. Unlike Harry, I didn’t get a letter from Hogwarts. I got a Netflix password made from my dead brother’s birthday. There...

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