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Formal, and rightly so

The dress codes of Oxford, be that sub fusc, black tie or white tie, are an inescapable part of student life. Amidst the ...
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Oxford University Press staff strike over plans to offshore jobs

Over 30 Oxford University Press (OUP) staff are on strike over the publisher’s plans to offshore their finance operations department to India.
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Public inquiry to examine expansion of immigration detention centre near Oxford

Government plans to more than double the capacity of an immigration removal centre near the University of Oxford will face a public inquiry.
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Unfortunately, We Will Not Be Progressing Your Application

Ellie Apostolidi, a finalist at Oxford, reflects on the inadequacy of the Oxford education for the modern labour market.
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Student groups hold vigil for Jason Arday

The student groups organising the vigil – Oxford Disability Society, Oxford Students Palestine Solidarity, Oxford African and Caribbean Society, Oxford Indigenous Society and Oxford Feminist Society – ...
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Emeritus Oxford Professor defends use of N-word

Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, wrote, on 17th August, a Substack article titled ‘What’s in a Word?’ Its subtitle is: “You may, in ...
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14 Oxford academics sign statement in support of Nathan Cofnas’s “whistleblowing”

Oxford academics have signed an online statement “opposing punishment of Nathan Cofnas for whistleblowing.” They have been joined by 795 other signatories. The letter, addressed to the rector of Ghent ...
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‘A Bigger Splash’: Hockney’s lesson in pleasure

Are paintings advertisements for feelings? Hockney’s 1969 A Bigger Splash certainly feels like one. To a contemporary viewer, the painting is mid-20 th-century Los Angeles envisioned. A world of ...
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He’s coming home: the domestic violence crisis in football

Flags are out, pubs are open, shirts are on sale, and the question on everybody’s lips: can England finally bring it home? The Three Lions are set to kick off their World Cup campaign on 17th June in ...
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Consumers vs firms: the FCA’s flawed car finance redress scheme

Consumer lending in the UK has lurched from one major misselling scandal to the next – bank charges in the late 2000s, payment protection insurance (PPI) in the 2010s, and now motor vehicle finance.
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Oxford Union President-Elect removed from position following Tribunal proceedings

Catherine Xu (Exeter College), the President-Elect for Michaelmas 2026, has been removed from her position following the decision of an Election Tribunal of the Oxford Union. In an email to members by ...
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Embracing vulnerability: Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’

Holywell is the Oxford Student’s weekly music column, published every Sunday for your reading pleasure, covering music across genres, eras, and scenes. This week, Katrina Roach reviews the latest ...