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University Church moves to evict Oxford cafe as petition passed 8000 signatures

The University Church of St Mary the Virgin has begun legal proceedings to evict Vaults and Garden Café, a popular coffee shop located within...

“There is always light and shadow, when viewing the history of a family, the history of a country”: In conversation with Georg Friedrich, Prince of...

Freddie Evans interviews Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, about the history of the House of Hohenzollern and its role in Germany today, his support...

Academe in wartime: Oxford’s response to the war in Sudan

Six months into the war in Sudan, and the situation is bleak. Humanitarian workers are despairing at the broken supply lines and the outbreaks...

Mixed feelings from students after Just Stop Oil vandalise RadCam

In an act of protest against the University’s continued connections to the fossil fuels industry, Just Stop Oil (JSO) vandalised the Radcliffe Camera shortly...

University, brand-new Oxford Israel Society, and PalSoc release statements on Israel and Gaza

In response to the hostilities between Israel and Gaza that broke out on 7 October, the University has released a statement on the conflict...

Rough sleeping in Oxford up by 13%, Kerslake report shows

Rough sleeping in Oxford is on the rise, the latest report from the Kerslake Commission has shown. In 2022, there were 27 people recorded...

College rents see up to 13.6% spike amidst cost-of-living struggles

A Cherwell investigation has found that the average rent increase among Oxford colleges for 2023 sits at 8.62%, up from an average of 7.6%...

A manifesto for climate education

The Zoom screen flitters from darkness to the gradual clarity of humanoid pixels. I am looking at the official face of tomorrow. As the...

Protests at the Students for Life Freshers’ Fair stall include two SU sabbatical officers

CW: abortion The ‘pro-life’ Students for Life society has once again been the cause for protests at the Student Union Freshers’ Fair. One protestor held...

“Comedy is humanity’s highest art form”: In Conversation With David Mitchell

Freddie Evans and Sophie Magalhaes interview David Mitchell about the enduring appeal of “Peep Show”, insights into panel shows and improvisation, his new book...

Bottom of the pile: freedom of speech at Oxford

“Free speech is the lifeblood of a university.” So begins Oxford’s policy on freedom of speech. Followed by the tasteful poetry of triplets and...

£27,000 for a library card?

'I love Oxford, but I love it predominantly for reasons other than the education'

Oxford tops worldwide university rankings

The University of Oxford has placed first in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) University Rankings. This is the eighth consecutive year THE has...

Linacre College drops proposed name change after Thao donation blocked

The proposed name change of Linacre College to ‘Thao College’ has been dropped after the “transformative donation” to the College failed to materialise due...

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