Author: Bethan Roberts

The much-anticipated central Oxford Greggs is currently undergoing fitting and is reportedly due to open early next week. Sources state that refurbishing work should be finished early next week, with a predicted opening date of Wednesday, 4th March. Students can look forward to picking up steak bakes and sausage rolls at the 59-61 Cornmarket street […]

This week it was discovered that Cambridge academic, Dr Peter Hutchinson, wrote an erotic work of fiction about undergraduate students. Dr Hutchinson is a former fellow at Trinity Hall who was at the centre of a sexual harassment case in 2015. First Time: Ooh-la-la, published under the pseudonym Barry Able, is set at a fictional […]

The Oxford Student has been notified about a proposal by the Classics faculty to remove the study of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid from the Mods syllabus, a decision which has surprised many across the faculty. This proposal forms part of a series of reforms aimed to modernise the first stage of the Classics degree, […]

Oxford students have occupied St. John’s College since Wednesday, demanding that the College divests its £8.1 million of disclosed investments in fossil fuel companies and all undisclosed fossil fuel investments from its £551 million endowments. Dozens of students have set up camp in the front quad of St. John’s equipped with banners and placards, to […]

Earlier this week, The Goop Lab launched on Netflix, meaning that we can all start this new decade with a healthy dose of ‘alternative medicine.’ Gwyneth Paltrow founded her ‘lifestyle brand’ in 2008 and has quickly become the spokesperson of alternative medicine and the concept of ‘wellness.’ On goop.com, you can read articles about what you […]

On Wednesday, Oxford University and College Union announced that it would be joining industrial action and striking against the university as a result of disputes over USS pensions and pay and conditions at universities. They joined several other universities around the UK who have recently voted in favour of action. On Thursday, 30th January, the […]

Holocaust survivor Hannah Lewis MBE delivered testimony of her experience under the Nazi regime at Magdalen College on Tuesday 21st January, in order to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) on January 27th. This year’s HMD is significant as it marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the Holocaust’s most prolific extermination […]

Merton College has been at the centre of a controversy this week regarding its upcoming Equality Conference, taking place on the 3rd February. They were accused of stifling free speech in planning a discussion about transgender issues at their upcoming talk. The discussion will be centred on “perspectives on trans intersectionality” and initially explicitly excluded […]

Monty Python star and alumni of St. Edmund Hall, Terry Jones has died aged 77. Jones studied English at St Edmund Hall, also developing an interest in medieval history during his degree. In his time at Oxford, he performed with the Oxford Revue where he met fellow-Python and lifelong friend, Michael Palin. After graduating he […]

A group of Oxford students joined an international show of solidarity against the violence that broke out on Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) campus on the 5th of January, where a group of masked men attacked students and university staff, injuring thirty-four people in total. The attack follows a protest by more than one hundred JNU […]

Runner Five? Looks like there are some zombies after you. Run! Those are the words, along with the moans of the undead, which get me jogging in the morning. Some people might want their morning exercise to be relaxing, accompanied by music or the sounds of nature. Personally, I’m motivated by the threat of being […]

We’re looking for students who are keen to get involved with student journalism. Working for the OxStu, the best student newspaper around, is a really valuable and exciting experience, especially if you’re interested in working in journalism, writing, or publishing – or any other job related to our many sections! All are welcome to apply, […]