It appeared three times a year, with the issues coinciding with the three Oxford academic terms of Michaelmas, Hilary, and Trinity.
The editor was Dr Richard Lofthouse, and it was published by Future plc on behalf of the University of Oxford.
[6] Contributors and interviewees had included many Oxford alumni from different walks of life, such as the politician Michael Heseltine,[7] the author and playwright Alan Bennett[8] and the comedian Terry Jones of Monty Python fame.
In April 2010, it was reported that a new publisher would be taking over the magazine, resulting in the job of then-current editor Greg Neale being placed under review; this caused concern among members of the publication's editorial review board, some of whom expressed the view that the Oxford administration was seeking to reduce the magazine's independence.
After a review of the magazine and its mounting costs, Oxford University decided to close the publication with its last issue published in Trinity 2017.