City Council changes provisions for homeless in Oxford
Oxford City Council is relaunching its Somewhere Safe to Stay service, which provides short-term accommodation for people experiencing – or at risk of experiencing – rough sleeping. It aims to provide shelter for people while their needs are assessed to link them with the support they need.
Students gather at vigil for Nex Benedict
CW: Transphobia, Homophobia, Death
Around fifty students gathered Monday evening to attend a vigil organised by the SU LGBTQ+ Campaign to mourn for Nex Benedict....
Emotional baggage: vacation storage at Oxford’s colleges
For many Oxford students, the stress of their degree does not end with the close of term. Instead, academic pressure is replaced by a nightmarish rush to pack up and stuff every single one of their possessions into boxes, suitcases and "whatever containers one can get their hands on."
You see that Cherwell interview? That’s your mum, that is.
David Baddiel gets asked a lot of questions. And, often, they’re all versions of each other: what was it like being the first comic...
In praise of breakfast grandeur
Breakfast is a neglected meal. Your average cookbook doesn’t even go there, and most food influencers will only occasionally create complex cooked numbers ‘to...
Oxford threatens disaffiliation from institutions financing fossil fuels
A group of 21 UK universities stated, in a joint statement released on 15 February, that they would cut ties with their financial providers unless they stopped financing new fossil fuel projects.
St Peter’s Boat Club officially breaks world record
St Peter’s Boat Club has received confirmation that it successfully broke the World Record for the Longest Continuous Row, after rowing for 10 consecutive days on a single rowing machine. The previous record of seven days had been set by Hull University Boat Club in 2019.
A guide for the impromptu undergraduate tour guide
How do you even begin to show a relative or friend around Oxford? In Michaelmas, a friend studying in London came to visit. She...
The Oxford experience: myth or reality?
"...Oxford can quite often be a social bubble which seems to float outside of the real world..."
Student Welfare and Support Service report shows increase in reported sexual assaults
The Student Welfare and Support Service (SWSS) published its annual reports for 2022-2023 on 19 February, 2024. The report includes assessments of Counselling, Disability...
Brasenose and St Peter’s hit by power outages
Brasenose, St Peter's and the Oxford Union have faced power outages in the last week due to technical faults at a local power station....
New hotel opening on Broad Street
The Store, a new, high-class modern hotel, is set to open in May on Broad Street beside Waterstones. With construction reaching an end – after having blocked the corner of Broad Street opposite Balliol College for the past few years – details of the establishment have finally been released.
Student Union Chair resigns over alleged undemocratic Board practices
Chair of Student Council Isaac Chase-Rahman resigned at a meeting on 27 February in protest of “disregard for democratic principles” by “SU’s leadership and Trustee Board,” which struck down two motions of no confidence. The Returning Officer Joe Bell also resigned prior to this meeting.
The Oxford college named after a fascist
There have been no protests, no outrage, over the fact that a fascist pedophile, who stood for everything our modern society should abhor, continues to be unambiguously celebrated by the university authorities.