MPs SLAM FEES
An exclusive OxStu poll of British MPs has revealed that the government will face massive opposition from its own backbenchers over the proposed White Paper on higher education, presented by Education Secretary Charles Clarke on January 22.
News: Don't get GATS
PEOPLE AND PLANET, an Oxford-based campaign group, is warning students that the new GATS trade agreement presents a real risk to the quality of higher education in the UK.
News: Hilda Beastie Boys
ST HILDA'S STATUS as Oxford's only single-sex college may be in doubt, with the possibility of introducing men once again being considered.
News: Malcolm's Revenge
ANDREW MALCOLM, THE renegade philosopher who has spent the last 17 years fighting a vicious legal battle with Oxford, has announced his candidacy for University Chancellor. Malcolm describes it as a "genuine and serious attempt to resolve some of the University's grave problems", but it is likely to be met with disparagement by the governing body....
News: Monastery of Sound
THE SMALL AND usually low-profile Greyfriars College will be exploding onto the University bop scene on Friday of 3rd Week, with their aptly named 'Monastery of Sound.'
News: Sven-sational
Sven-Goran Eriksson, the coach of the England Football Team, came to Oxford last Thursday to speak to members of the Union about his time in the job so far.
News: Hodge: Another Dumb Comment
HIGHER EDUCATION MINISTER Margaret Hodge has spoken out against Oxford and Cambridge, claiming that only 'rich kids' can afford to go there.
News: Ahmed's back!
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN absent all our lives. But now we can announce the resurrection officially and in print. Ahmed is back. A refurbished kebab van and that cheery grin once again grace our fair city for not quite long enough each night, and for chips, cheese, ketchup and mayonnaise, we no longer have to rely on the inferior competition....
News: Oxford Tories wake up Bottomley
MEMBERS OF THE OXFORD University Conservative Association (OUCA) revealed their true selves as decadent party animals over the weekend.
News: Dude looks like a lady...
Regent's Park College has scored a first in University history by electing a male member of the college as their JCR Women's Officer. Adam Webster, a 2nd year English student, won a clear victory in the elections in second week, campaigning unopposed.
News: Israeli Speaker
THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR, writes Hannah Parham ,gave a lecture on "Israeli Foreign Policy and the War Against Terrorism" to over 130 students at Magdalen College last Wednesday.
News: Smallpox
Oxford University has launched a massive new research project aiming to develop the first drug to treat smallpox after infection writes Hugh Rabagliati. Currently the disease can only be prevented using a vaccine, which has potentially dangerous side effects. The new drug would be especially important given the current threat posed by bio-terrorism. ...
News: Balliol Bonkers Bloke
JCR POLITICS AT BALLIOL took an unexpected twist last week following a motion calling for the "lynching" and burning of Lord Lindsay, the elected landlord of the college bar. This followed his replacement of Puzzlebobble, the arcade game in the bar, with Tekken 3.
News: Internecine Strife Ctd
THE TWO UNIVERSITY groups campaigning against top-up fees are becoming increasingly polarised, following a motion submitted to OUSU Council denouncing the "occupation of libraries and other educational facilities."
News: Sex? Ew!
TODAY'S STUDENTS ARE prudish and uptight about sex, a national survey has revealed.
