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Feb 22, 2024 | 
cherwell.org | Amelia Dovell |Rufus Hall |Jui Zaveri
Amelia Dovell, Rufus Hall and Jui Zaveri uncover the realities of Oxford student's sex lives, for the third annual sex survey.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
For anyone strolling around Oxford over the 4th to 5th of January, make no mistake: the abundance of tweed-clad range-roverists had nothing to do with the Oxford Real Farming Conference, but rather its more conservative brethren event the Oxford Farming Conference, dismissed by co-founder of the ORFC Ruth West as “a bastion of industrial agriculture that was sponsored by corporates and attended by Ministers”.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
On Thursday night, the Oxford Union voted with a stonking majority in favour of the motion: This house fears the return of ‘Trump’s America’. 182 people voted in favour, whilst 55 voted against. The vote followed a debate marked by stark differences in tone of the proposition and opposition sides, with both drawing on aspects of the legacy of the Trump presidency in the United States and abroad.
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Oct 29, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
A motion to be put before the University and College Union (UCU), calling for “intifada until victory” in the Israel-Hamas war and a “Socialist Federation of the Middle East” has been cancelled.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
Rough sleeping in Oxford is on the rise, the latest report from the Kerslake Commission has shown. In 2022, there were 27 people recorded as rough sleeping in the city, up 13% from 2021. The UK is currently experiencing the highest rates of people living in temporary or unstable accommodation on record. Rough sleeping, the most visible form of homelessness according to homelessness charity St Mungo’s, increased , government statistics show.
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Anika Gupta |Rufus Hall
Breaches and brotherhood … the secret world of freemasonry is something largely obscure and unknown to the uninitiated. After spending some time among the brethren of the Oxford Apollo Lodge, this is what Cherwell found. What is Freemasonry and what is the Apollo Lodge? Freemasonry is one of the world’s largest non-religious, non-political, and charitable organisations. Its roots can be traced back to medieval stonemasons and Cathedral builders.
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May 27, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
Dozens of Ukrainian refugees in Oxford have been registered homeless, the Oxford Mail has uncovered. The Mail submitted numerous FOI requests to councils in Oxfordshire, revealing that 31 of the 2,143 refugees matched with sponsor homes under the Homes for Ukraine scheme in the county are now registered as statutory homeless, over two-thirds of whom are in Oxford.
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May 16, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
The University of Oxford has the third largest carbon footprint of all universities in the United Kingdom, according to a new study by Utility Bidder. Their calculations reveal that Oxford University emits an estimated 1.7 million tonnes of carbon for every 1,000 students, the third highest of any institution. It is outranked only by Imperial College London and Cranfield University.
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May 11, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
Speaking at the Oxford Russian Club, the Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, downplayed the brutality of Russian military action in Ukraine and said that refugees in Oxford who have fled the violence may return home if they want to, but will likely be conscripted.
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Apr 30, 2023 | 
cherwell.org | Rufus Hall
Oxford’s Black Academic Futures programme has made two fully funded postgraduate scholarships available to Black British students. Both course fees and living costs will be covered by the scholarship which will be available across all subject areas. The scholarships also come with on-course mentoring provision for students. The first scholars are expected to begin their studies in the 2023/2024 academic year.
