Cherwell (newspaper)

Cherwell
Front page of Cherwell on 8 October 2021
TypeWeekly newspaper during Oxford University term time
FormatCompact
Owner(s)Oxford Student Publications Limited
Founder(s)Cecil Binney and George Adolphus Edinger
EditorPhoebe Davies and Laurence Cooke
Founded1920 (1920)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSalter’s Yard, Oxford, OX1 4LA
CountryUnited Kingdom
Circulationc. 15,000
ISSN0308-731X (print)
1742-3597 (web)
WebsiteCherwell.org

Cherwell (/ˈɑːrwɛl/ CHAR-wel) is a student newspaper published entirely by students of Oxford University. Founded in 1920 and named after a local river, Cherwell is a subsidiary of independent student publishing house Oxford Student Publications Ltd. Receiving no university funding, the newspaper is one of the oldest and largest student publications in the UK. The paper is published five times each term.