Regulatory Ransom
Oxford University will face fines of up to £500,000 if it fails to satisfy the requirements of a new 'access regulator', the Office for Fair Access (OFFA).
News: BBC loses Boat Race coverage to ITV
Next month's Varsity Boat Race will be the last to be televised by the BBC, as this week the corporation lost the annual event to ITV, following supposed rows with race organisers over plans for commercialisation.
News: Why don't we do it, deer?
You've heard the legend that a baby's gender is determined by the coital stance employed by its parents. Well, now biologists claim to have proof that it is social not sexual position that counts - that is, when it comes to reproduction in deer.
News: Profs to get vetted?
Lecturers may need to be vetted by the Criminal Records Bureau if there is an increase, as a result of the Tomlinson Review into 14 to 19-year-old education, in the number of students aged under 18 entering university.
News: Capped Off
UK universities will be £4 billion poorer than their US counterparts, if the government sticks to its promise of a £3,000 cap on tuition fees, the Chairman of the Russell Group has claimed.
News: Brookes student found dead
An Oxford Brookes student was found dead in his bed on Monday 16th February, write Olivia Horsfield and Michaela Wood.
News: Fire at Lincoln College
Students from Lincoln had to be re-housed for the night following a potentially serious fire in their first-year accommodation last Thursday.
News: Staff strike in pay dispute
Oxford University staff have joined with protesters across the country this week to voice their opposition to new pay proposals.
News: War Trial
Three Oxford Students were this week called to Cirencester Magistrates Court, where they were on trial for aggravated trespass.
News: Oxford's activists out in force
Protests and demonstrations have ocurred across the University, provoked by issues as wide-ranging as the G8 and Nestle.
News: Oxford's activists out in force
Protests and demonstrations have ocurred across the University, provoked by issues as wide-ranging as the G8 and Nestle.
News: Keble say no to Cherwell
Keble became the second college this term to cancel its subscription to Cherwell, following a JCR meeting on Sunday.
News: Oriel march on
Oriel's JCR members went on a rampage across Oxford this week, following a motion passed earlier this term, in which it was decided that their 6th week meeting should be held at rival college Corpus Christi.
News: Student Violence Continues
A St Hilda's student was knocked to the ground and robbed early last Sunday morning, in the latest of a series of violent attacks against Oxford students.
News: Age-old University
Oxford University has been accused of ageism, after recent advertisements for research posts implied that older candidates would be excluded.
News: The hype behind the headlines
My favourite story of the week comes from (gasp) the Daily Mail. Lingerie brand Gossard decided to drop Penny Lancaster as the 'face' of their underwear range, in favour of Rachel Hunter. Given their respective roles as Rod Stewart's girlfriend and ex-wife, it was always going to be a great story. "The Ultimo humiliation," proclaimed The Mirror, noting that Penny had been deemed too low profile for the job and suggesting that she was also less attractive....
News: As President Mugabe celebates...
Last weekend, Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, celebrated his 80th Birthday. With thousands of guests gathered in his home village of Katama, the elderly President certainly felt he had a great deal to celebrate. Yet many would have felt little inclined to join Mugabe in his birthday revelries. Whilst the President was able to celebrate in style, the situation for many of his compatriots could hardly be more different. Millions of Zimbabweans are faced with a daily struggle to survive, as international sanctions waged against the country take their toll on a nation that has already for suffered for decades.
