News in Brief
OXFORD STUDENTS ARE getting closer to their Cambridge counterparts as two American companies draw up plans to expand the UK rail network including a line from Oxford to the home of the Fenland Polytechnic.
Rumours of such a link have been circulating for some time, but not until now have concrete proposals been drawn up. Unfortunately Babcock & Brown and Morgan Stanley are planning the construction as part of a ten- year project.
ABU HAMZA, THE Muslim 'terror cleric' who came to speak at the Union last term, and who preaches at the Finsbury Park mosque in London, has had his assets frozen by the government.
In a move against alleged international terrorists, Hamza is accused of being a "legal officer" to the Islamic Army of Aden, a Middle East terrorist group that has kidnapped foreigners and claimed credit for the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
SENIOR JOBS AT the BBC and the Broadcasting Standards Commission are still dominated by graduates from Oxford and Cambridge despite efforts by the Labour government over the past five years to 'diversify' the people who are influential in the country.
The Institute of Public Policy Research investigated ten 'cultural gate-keepers' in the media, and discovered that little has changed in the top jobs.
65% of the positions on these boards are made up of men, and a quarter filled with Oxbridge alumni.
IF ONLY THE Sunday Times reporters had gone through the proper channels. There is now a central admissions centre on St. Giles to deal with all such enquiries.
2nd May 2002