Student Union in election turmoil
A vice presidential resignation, a lack of candidates and a potential college disaffiliation all face the Student Union just days before its annual elections.
News: Oxford in top five universities in the world
Oxford University has been ranked fifth in the world in a new table compiled by the Times Higher Education Supplement.
News: VCs seek lasting solution to firsts problem
The 200-year-old system of degree classification has come under fire from a new report describing it as out of date and of limited use to employers.
News: Union accused as Question Time tickets allegedly kept back from members
The Oxford Union has defended itself this week against allegations that its Treasurer and an elected member of Standing Committee withheld tickets to the filming of BBC Question Time in the society's chamber during 2nd Week.
News: Abortion controversy takes on new life
A referendum is to be held in conjunction with the forthcoming Student Union elections to determine policy on pregnancy advice.
News: Corpus to Castro: Get well Fidel
Corpus Christi JCR have voted to send Communist icon and Cuban leader Fidel Castro a 'Get Well Soon' card in response to his recent 'accident' which left him with a broken arm and fractured knee.
News: Philosophy tutes latest to be targeted
Philosophy is the latest subject to be threatened by stint reform, after a proposal for changes in the tutorial system has been accepted.
News: More colleges debate smoking bans
Further motions proposing smoking bans have caused controversy in two colleges this week, provoking heated debate and discontent amongst students.
News: Exam confusion for Biologists
Second year Biology students have been unpleasantly surprised by the news that their exams, which were to have been in 0th week of Trinity term, are instead to remain in 9th week.
News: Upset over BNC mast
A mobile phone mast is to be erected on land owned by Brasenose College, despite failure to win approval for planning permission.
News: Journalists' sentence suspended
The two Oxford Student journalists rusticated over an investigation into the University computer network's security have had their sentences suspended until the result of their appeal.
News: The Week In 60 Seconds
The safety of Britain's railways was once more called into question on Saturday, after seven people were killed in a high-speed derailment near Ufton Nervet, Berkshire. Although the incident has been dubbed a "tragic accident" by an official government report, and increasingly looks like the result of suicide on behalf of a car driver parked on the line, it has led to calls for a complete removal of all level crossings on the nation's railways....
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