Student news

  • Professor Tim Soutphommasane

    Meet Oxford's new Chief Diversity Officer

    Can you tell us a little bit about your experience to date?

    I’m a political theorist and human rights advocate by background. My research has been concerned with questions of patriotism and multiculturalism. I’ve been especially interested in how national identities evolve to include diversity generated by immigration. More recently I’ve been doing work on anti-racism, and on the impact of COVID on freedoms and political culture.

  • Five students sat together talking - National Student Survey

    10 reasons to complete the National Student Survey

    1. It’s your chance to give your views

    The NSS is a national listening exercise – and all final year undergraduate students across the UK are strongly encouraged to take part. It’s important for you, for future students, for universities, and for the broader higher education landscape of the UK. Give your views, and be part of something big.

    2. It helps us improve what we do for students
    The NSS survey – plus the Student Barometer for all students – give us the opportunity to listen and respond, and to do things better.

  • Professor Irene Tracey

    A message from Professor Irene Tracey, Oxford's new Vice–Chancellor

    Professor Tracey shared this video message with students and staff on 5 January 2023:

  • Oxford’s digital transformation

    A major transformation of the University's processes, culture and technology is underway.

    The Digital Transformation programme will enable Oxford to be digitally fit for the future, making it easier for everyone to study and work here.

  • Exterior of the Clarendon Institute on Walton Street.

    Student stories: Discovering the School of Rare Jewish Languages

    In 2020 I made the jump and left my job at the BBC to read for a DPhil in modern Iranian Jewish history at Oxford. A major pull for me in returning to Oxford’s Asian and Middle Easter Studies for the doctorate was being surrounded by people working on everything from Biblical Hebrew to Classical Mongolian and Armenian under one roof. As an undergraduate I had spent time studying Persian and Urdu and living abroad in Istanbul and Jerusalem. I was looking forward to recapturing some of that variety once I was back at university.

  • TomTokovyi

    Student Stories: Studying as a Clarendon Scholar from Ukraine

    As a typical Ukrainian child, I spent most of my free time playing outdoors and socialising – football was a huge passion of mine. I grew up specialising in learning foreign languages in Bila Tserkva and at the age of 15, I was one of three students from Ukraine to win a full academic scholarship to study A-levels in the UK. Realising I was not going to become the next Andriy Shevchenko in football or the next Steve Kaufmann in foreign languages, I decided to study sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Maths, and Further Maths) at school. 

  • From left to right: Dr Xand van Tulleken, Freshta Karim, Sharmarke Dubow, Erick Moreno Superlano and Natasha Kaplinsky

    Celebrating Oxford's Students of Sanctuary

    Creating a pathway to Oxford

    The world can be an inhospitable place for the millions of people who find themselves displaced or endangered by conflict, persecution, climate change or the violation of their human rights. Only 1% of those affected by displacement go on into higher education.

  • View from South Park in the snow across to Oxford's skyline

    Welfare and wellbeing support over the Christmas vacation

    The information on our dedicated Vacation welfare support page will help you to find a mental health service whatever time of the day or night.

    Visit the page to find support:

  • Hazy Oxford skyline from South Park by Ian Wallman

    Industrial action and students

    Why is industrial action taking place? 

    The University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of industrial action over the national pay settlement and USS pensions. However, UCU action over pensions is currently paused and the current focus is on the pay and conditions dispute.

  • Rotimi Akinsete

    Meet Oxford's Director of Student Welfare and Support Services

    How have you found your time at Oxford so far?

    Oxford is a large and complex organisation, and I am still navigating it all, but it is also a place where you can find opportunity to develop new approaches and build new partnerships; I am excited and keen to draw on this huge potential for change. 

    What do you think are some of the biggest challenges facing students’ welfare and wellbeing and how is the University responding?

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