The Last Resort
Protesting students on Tuesday snatched control of the University's Examination Schools for 24 hours, in a last gasp demonstration against top-up fees. The idea of occupation was put forward at an OUSU Finance and Funding meeting on Tuesday afternoon, and at about 4pm around 40 students entered and occupied the Exam schools until the following day. ...
News: Anger over "Anti-Semitic" Blunder
One of Oxford University's largest societies has condoned anti-semitic sentiments amongst its members in a controversial email sent by a former President from the society's official email account.
News: Paparazzi Plague Peters
St Peter's College continues to be plagued with journalists this week amid a media frenzy regarding Charlotte Church's new boyfriend, second year student Ed Foy.
News: Tabs Not Worthy
A Cambridge Don has announced that two-thirds of the students that he has taught are not worthy of their place.
News: Flash gits?
Oxford has been ranked eighth, just bettered by Cambridge, in a recent urban elite survey conducted by Experian Business Strategies into urban living examining the lifestyles, views and trends of communities across the UK, writes Michaela Wood.
News: Moo-seum
A proposed extension of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is to be postponed after an onslaught of public criticism labelled the design as "ugly". Many people are concerned that the new "bunker-like" structure will be an aesthetic blemish upon the local architectural conservation area, writes Jeanette Lyman.
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News: Right Said Jeff
Jeff Skoll, the founder of online auction company e-Bay, is donating £4.1m to start up a centre for social entrepreneurship at Oxford University's Saïd Business School, writes Alexandra Howe.
News: Oxford Profits from Sweatshops
Merchandise bearing the name of the University and its colleges is manufactured in sweatshops, according to a motion passed last week by OUSU.
News: Fudged Ethics?
The Oxford Union have announced that they will be using Nestle as their sponsor for this term's Union Viennese Ball, despite the fact that many members and their colleges are still supporting the Nestle boycott.
News: DJ Attacked
Another Oxford student was viciously assaulted on Magdalen Bridge last Thursday as he returned home from DJ-ing at the Bar Baby on Cowley Road.
News: Just The Picket
An Esso petrol station on Oxpens Road was picketed by local residents and students from Greenpeace and 'People and Planet' on Saturday as part of a global boycott of Esso.
News: Dragon Pickle
Interest amongst Oxford academics in what appears to be a pickled 19th century baby dragon has led to a u-turn by the National History Museum, writes Kate Busby.
News: Bristol Rejects
Bristol University has confirmed that it may reject candidates who appear to favour Oxbridge in their UCAS application forms.
News: Short Term Debate
Oxbridge term length is at the centre of debate as other universities claim that their teaching approach is more effective.
News: Closing The Gap
The forthcoming introduction of top-up fees could cause chaos in 2005, when universities will see thousands more applicants missing a Gap year to avoid having to pay the higher fees.
News: Democratic candidates
With the New Hampshire primaries just hours away, the Democratic candidates are desperate to secure every last vote in what promises to be an intensely compelling election battle.
