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Sir Mo Farah and Lord Melvyn Bragg among 2025 honorary degree recipients

Track athlete Sir Mo Farah and Lord Melvyn Bragg, author and broadcaster best known for ‘In Our Time’, are among nine recipients of honorary...

Nominations open for new Student Union positions

The Student Union (SU) has announced that nominations have opened for its newly-introduced part-time officers, who will work alongside the full-time sabbatical officers. Nominations...

Winners of Oriel art exhibition to ‘contextualise’ Rhodes announced

An exhibition displaying four sculptures by Zimbabwean artists which aims to “contextualise” the legacy of Cecil Rhodes will open at Oriel College later this...

Merton announce plans to refurbish student accommodation

Merton College has submitted an application to conduct the refurbishment of Grade I and Grade II listed buildings. The application includes the renovation of...

Ex-Student Spotlight: Catherine Hoskyns, author, academic, and feminist

Hoskyns speaks about her experience in 1950s Oxford, reporting on African politics and working towards the recognition of women's unpaid labour.

Why are students so financially illiterate?

Ask a typical Oxford student about their academic course, and they’ll happily ramble about the things they’ve learnt in great, riveting depth. Ask them...

College chapels in progressive Oxford: A surprising remnant?

News abounds of the imminent death of the Church of England. Unable to find a new Archbishop and tearing itself apart over same-sex marriage,...

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....

EDI report reveals less than one in ten Oxford professors are BME

Just 9% of professors at the University of Oxford identify as BME (Black and Minority Ethnic), according to a recent report. The Equality, Diversity...

Be more grateful

This term has been by far the hardest of my degree. Having chosen a slightly nightmarish paper combination, I have been forced to spend...

Protect the organ scholarship, protect Oxford’s traditions

Should the organ scholarship be abolished? At the time of writing, 23 of the 43 colleges in Oxford offer organ awards. These consist in...

Hundreds of women call for inquiry into maternity care at Oxford University Trust hospital

Hundreds of women who faced issues with maternity care at the John Radcliffe (JR) Hospital in Oxford have created a campaign group to share...

Oxford research midwife wins King’s award for humanitarian work

A research midwife at the University of Oxford, Alessandra Morelli, has received an award from the King in recognition of her humanitarian work in...

Royal Society of Medicine CEO Michele Acton elected St Hugh’s Principal

St Hugh’s College has announced that Michele Acton, the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), has been elected its new principal....

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