University tests out new entrance exam
THE UNIVERSITY MAY be developing plans to resurrect entrance exams, after it was revealed that researchers had been developing tests to check students' aptitude alongside the normal application procedure.
News: Somerville's Womble warfare
SOMERVILLE'S JCR IS preparing for war - over a kidnapped Womble. In a motion due to be tabled at Wednesday's JCR meeting, the College proposed to wage war against Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
News: OUSU gets top-less in the Commons
OUSU AND THE Liberal Democrats may not appear the most natural duo, but this week the two linked up in a dramatic attempt to challenge the government's stance on top-up fees. The Lib Dems agreed to "present OUSU's views to the Commons" after Justin Bates - infamous OUSU anti-fees campaigner - persuaded politicians for the opposition to attack the government for its refusal to rule out top-up fees as a possible future development....
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News: Brasenose NUS balls-up
BRASENOSE COLLEGE JCR has finally re-affiliated to the NUS, after deciding to withdraw from the student body in October 1998. At an emergency JCR meeting last Sunday, the motion was carried by a large majority.
News: Art-bus at the Oxford stop
THE WHEELS ON this bus are going round and round the country. Yesterday it saw the sights of Birmingham and tomorrow it heads for the big smoke.
News: Battel rages as Merton rent war begins
MERTON IS THE latest college to be hit by the university-wide move to increase the cost of battels. Next year, rents at the college are being hiked by a massive nine percent - over twice the rate of increase recommended by the Van Noorden Index. This is the second stage of a three year plan to raise living costs for Merton students by more than 30%....
News: Oxford graduates come out on top
OXFORD HAS BEATEN Cambridge yet again, this time in a contest that matters in the 'real' world. The typical Oxford graduate who secures a job over the summer should expect to rake in £19,800 whilst their contemporaries at the North Fens Poly who have to make do with a paltry £19,200.
News: Student body slams Oxford's private links
IN THE WAKE of the media commotion surrounding elitism at Oxford, The Independent claimed this week to have revealed formalised links between top public schools and Oxbridge Colleges, raising the recurring question of whether pupils at these schools are at an advantage. These special links may be simply the result of the 19th century reformation of the governing bodies of public schools to bring variety of opinion. However, NUS press officer Mark Gruyling claims that they constitute a perpetuation of the old school tie problem....