Student tortured for TV

Behind Bars: Chris Guelff pictured during the programme

AN OXFORD undergraduate has described how he was subjected to physical torture and mental abuse as part of a forthcoming Channel Four TV show that aims to recreate the conditions faced by detainees at the American military camp Guantanamo Bay.


News: Central student venue on the cards

Oxford Student Services Ltd.

OXFORD STUDENT Services Limited (OSSL), the commercial arm of the Student Union and publisher of this newspaper, is considering purchasing or leasing a central student venue after posting record profits for this financial year.

News: University to back Norrington Table

IT HAS been labelled ‘informal', ‘divisive', and even ‘notorious', but from this year ‘official' will be the best way to describe the Norrington Table, as the university is moving to back the controversial college ranking system.


News: Mansfield fire prompts smoking ban

MANSFIELD COLLEGE'S governing body have imposed a complete smoking ban in all college buildings after fire investigators suggested last month's JCR fire may have been started by a cigarette.

News: Green energy renewal confirmed

Protestors campaigning for Green Energy.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY has revealed it will renew its multi-million-pound green electricity contract – a decision which will provide a major boost to the international campaign for renewable energy.


News: Christ Church student barred for drunken access comment

A CHRIST CHURCH student has been expelled from college accommodation after his drink-fuelled rampage shocked a group of tourists in the college's main quad.

News: Counselling in crisis

OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S counselling service is facing a “serious resource issue”, with students unable to get appointments.


News: Bonn Square killer gets three years in prison

Police at Chef's Corner, the scene of the murder of Graham Playle

THE MAN responsible for the death of Graham Playle, who died outside a kebab van in Bonn Square in October, has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to three years in jail.

News: Queen's faces accommodation crisis

Student numbers to be cut due to overcrowding

THE NUMBER of undergraduate places at Queen's have been reduced in an effort to tackle accommodation shortages that have already forced up to 40 second years to share rooms next year.


News: MP apologises to Merton student after email slur

Merton student Hannah Caspar

AN OXFORD student has expressed her dismay after receiving an offensive email sent to her accidentally from her MP's office detailing her alleged ‘insufferable' arrogance.

News: Closed door policy for Wadham bops

WADHAM COLLEGE may have to close its doors to students from other colleges during bops after concerns over fire regulations forced a review of their policy earlier this week.


News: Union call emergency debate over Azim

THE OXFORD Union is preparing to debate a motion regarding the future of Oxford asylum seeker Azim Ansari tonight, amid protests outside the Union building.

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