News in Oxford
Economics lecturer Gavin Cameron of Nuffield College has claimed that the International Monetary Fund discriminated against him when they turned him down for a £40,000 a year job. Cameron, who has a mild form of cystic fibrosis, was turned down after failing a medical assessment even though he has only spent ten days in hospital in the past seven years.
A consignment of plutonium bound for a nuclear plant in France ended up near Oxford earlier this month after an error in Belgium meant that the plutonium was not removed from the container. 0.32 ounces of the radioactive material which was bound for Le Havre was found at Culham outside Abingdon at a company which deals with containers used to transport the dangerous material.
The Oxford Student's European Cyber Hero, Donald Stark (Hertford), was fighting for our place on the continent at the launch of the Britain in Europe Campaign in London this week. Back on earth, Stark declared that he was very exited to be there at the launch of the new cross-party body. With his super-human powers of persuasion arrayed against Europhobia it seems we shall soon be safe in Europe. Others attending the momentous occasion included Tony Blair, Michael Hesletine, Gordon Brown and Kenneth Clark.
The Oxford Union's decision to take the contents of their debating chamber together with hundreds of students to the London Motor Show marks a huge departure for the 'grand old man' of Oxford's political scene which has not held a debate beyond the bounds of the dreaming spires for over a hundred years. Speakers at the event included the prestigious figures of Glenda Jackson, Labour MP and John Redwood, shadow Transport spokesman.
14th Oct 1999