NUS 'left' are right on
LABOUR STUDENTS HAVE formed a secret coalition with the Independent Right, a senior NUS source claims. They told the Oxford Student exclusively that the two slates have agreed not to run candidates against each other. The source, a member of NUS national executive, claims to be in possession of still-secret nomination papers that could explain the failure of the Labour students to put forward a candidate for the NUS presidency....
News: University to honour Judi Dench
THE UNIVERSITY WILL award eight honourary degrees to distinguished figures at Encaenia later this year, it has been announced. The list of recipients is subject to approval by the Congregation, but should include Dame Judi Dench DBE.
News: Merton JCR now Worth-less
"OUSU IS WANK," screamed the motion, prompting OUSU Exec member Jon Worth to resign as a member of Merton JCR following his disgust at the success of the motion, which passed by 21 votes to 19.
News: Tragic death at Teddy Hall
KAI DAWSON, A THIRD year engineering student at St. Edmund Hall, was tragically killed in the early hours of Saturday morning.
News: Oxford three send valentine to MOD
THREE OXFORD STUDENTS spent Monday night behind bars following a demonstration at a top secret nuclear submarine base in Scotland. 179 activists - who were backed by messages of support from Hunt for Red October star Sean Connery - were arrested as they protested against the Trident nuclear missile system, at Faslane in Argyle....
News: Equal opps receive New blow
AN ARTICLE IN this week's Sunday Telegraph has provoked controversy amongst Oxford students involved in the anti-fees campaign. It is reported that plans are underway for a new 'premier league' of universities which will cost thousands of pounds a year to attend.
News: Policing a fragile peace
The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary dresses impeccably. The dark three-piece suit, light check shirt and well-chosen tie that he has donned for our meeting suggest that under his rugged face Sir Ronnie Flanagan is as comfortable in civvies as in the green uniform of his force.
News: BT's Vallance: Why it's good to talk
His life appears to be the archetypal Oxford success story: going from a BA at Brasenose to Chairman of BT in just 22 years. But was Oxford the key to his success? "No, for me this was not the main factor" commented Sir Iain Vallance, who addressed the European Affairs Society last Tuesday.
News: North Oxford knife threats
Detectives have issued an appeal for witnesses following a spate of robberies which took place in the early hours of Tuesday 8th of February. The three robberies, one at knife-point, were carried out in North Oxford.