Low Wages at High Table
University staff around the country will hold a national week of action from Monday, in protest at pay proposals that will see their earnings fall dramatically.
News: Queen in Oxford tomorrow
The Queen will visit Oxford tomorrow to open the new £60 million state of the art Chemistry Research Laboratory on South Parks Road.
News: Magdalen President tipped for BBC role
The President of Magdalen College, Anthony Smith CBE, has been touted as a new candidate for the chairmanship of the BBC.
News: Let-off for Union tribunal two
Sunday night saw Union President-elect, Georgina Costa, and Treasurer-elect, Ella Lister, cleared of all charges after being accused of dereliction of duty over the Christmas vacation.
News: Balliol bogsheet causes stir
Balliol bogsheet John de Balliol caused a stir on Saturday as several anonymous 'Valentine's' poems were found to contain personal insults and abuse about students, writes Gemma Varley.
News: Mansfield in; Cherwell out
Mansfield JCR has voted to stay affiliated to OUSU by 54 votes to 31 in a referendum held on Monday, whilst Wadham SU has cancelled its subscription to the Cherwell newspaper over a related matter.
News: "Institutionally racist"
Former Chief of Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, and the man who led the investigation into the Washington sniper attacks, Charles Moose, has told The OxStu that he believes public institutions in the US are still "institutionally racist".
News: £10,500 fees
Oxford will need to charge undergraduate fees of up to £10,500 a year to maintain its international status, according to an Oxford-based think tank.
News: Oxford tops for curry and cocktails
Two Oxford establishments have won in national and international awards in the past week.
News: Oxford's new research companies spin to the top
An Oxford University subsidiary company is thriving as it continues its run of success.
News: Diversity Week
Fifth week sees the start of OUSU's annual Diversity Week hosting a programme of events "celebrating diversity and fighting for equality."
News: False Professor
A former OUSU Executive Officer and ex-Librarian of The Oxford Union was sent to China last week, with Beijing academics apparently mistaking him for a Professor of the same name.
News: War of the pigeons
Oxford pigeon researcher Dr Tim Guilford remains in the news this week accused of dishonesty and poor scientific practice. Prof Hans-Peter Lipp, of the University of Zurich, has accused Dr Guilford of plagiarising his research into navigation by pigeons, and in particular their use of linear landmarks such as roads. ...
News: Prof Poet
Oxford University will on May 15th elect a new Professor of Poetry, as current holder Paul Muldoon's five-year term approaches its end, write Celia Hannon and Catherine Soskice.
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