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Number of Oxford students declines for first time in a decade

Fewer undergraduates enrolled at Oxford University in 2023-24 than in the previous reporting year, new data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) reveals....

What’s all the sub-fusc about?

Zara Arif explores whether Oxford students should continue to wear sub-fusc following a year of online exams.

BREAKING: Students gather in Radcliffe Square for matriculation photos

Students gathered today in Radcliffe Square to take photos after their online Matriculation ceremony. Students in the crowd were often unmasked and in close...

Satire: A Letter to the Neophytes

"Matriculation (a corruption of “Matron’s lactations”, a common public-school ambrosia) is a ceremony that takes place every year in Oxford, marking the final severing of the students’ weak connection to reality."

Matriculation ceremony cancelled for Michaelmas 2020

In-person matriculation has been cancelled for the 2020-21 academic year, Oxford University has confirmed to students. It will be replaced with a 'Formal Welcome'...

Matriculation: Everything you need to know

From sub fusc to punting - matriculation should be a day to remember

First Year

Being a fresher is full of variety

Life Divided: Matriculation

Rachel Craig-McFeely and Anna Elliott discuss the highs and lows of Matriculation

Torpids, trashings, and other traditions

Mia Millman discusses strange Oxford traditions and how they impact students and outreach

University plans to replace matriculation with online registration

Senior college sources suggest academic staff unhappy about the proposals

Students protest with red ribbons at matriculation

RMF and Free Education Oxford join in protest against “neoliberalisation and coloniality”

Trinity freshers drunk and chanting during matriculation

First-years asked to donate £10 following “disgraceful behaviour” during ceremony

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