...So You Thought The Dome Was Bad?
Due to a lack of foresight by University authorities £120,000 of the Bodleian's money has been wasted on an unsuccessful bid to cut a hole, at least nine feet wide in total, in the seventeenth century wall next to the Great Gate looking into the Old Schools Quadrangle of the Old Library. The money was wasted on proposals for a 'managed visitor programme' which, it was hoped would generate tens of thousands of pounds a year....
News: Mighty Maggie Mugged By OUP
Margaret Thatcher, former Conservative Prime Minister and ex-Somervillian, has come under stinging attack in a new book to be published by Oxford University Press.
News: Express accuses OxStu
THE OXFORD STUDENT has been accused of trying to drive Chelsea Clinton out of Oxford by the Sunday Express. In a recent article, journalist Keith Perry claimed that the newspaper had made "cruel jibes" and "personal attacks" on Clinton, pointing particularly to one article which asked "which is the best Chelsea Clinton chat-up line for next year?"...
News: Union balls dropped
The Oxford Union is to drop its traditional termly ball from Hilary's termcard, in a bid to concentrate on big speaker meetings and debates.
News: Fair Admissions Shock
OXFORD ADMISSIONS GENERATED headlines once again when a prominent Trinity fund-raiser resigned after the college sent a rejection letter to his son.
News: Interview System Under Pressure
THE 18% RISE in applications to Oxford this year, may herald changes in the admissions procedure, several tutors have implied. The highest increase on record, has been welcomed as a great success for access initiatives, but has also led to logistical problems due to the sheer numbers of students to be interviewed. ...
News: Oxford Not So Elitist
AS THE 2001 statistics on Oxford admissions arrived, there was good news for those promoting greater access for the state sector. The largest ever proportion, 55% of places, went to state school applicants. The ratio of applications to acceptances was equal for both the state and private sectors, suggesting that there is no bias towards either system in the selections procedure....
News: Mahapatra Versus The Hildabeasts
IndraNeil Mahapatra was challenged at the Union last term by a Private Business Motion brought by Deputy Returning Officer Alex da Costa of St. Hilda's College. The President was accused of being both sexist and offensive in letters written in the Oxford Student, but eventually won the motion by 45 votes to 37....
News: Oxford's Research Ratings Slipping
The new Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) showed that Oxford had slipped to third place, behind the London School of Economics as well as Cambridge.
News: Gossiping like a load of monkeys?
Anthropologists at the Oxford Social Issues Research centre have concluded that the growth in usage of mobile phones has brought humans even closer to the behaviour of monkeys.
News: News in Brief
News: Balancing the books
So the Bodleian has wasted a few thousand on an application to manage the large number of tourists that visit in the summer; just a misjudgement on the part of the University, or symptomatic of the poor state of Oxford library provision? To open its 'News Features' section, the OxStu has decided to look in depth at Oxford's libraries and ask whether we should be expecting more from one of the most famous libraries in the world....