Patten wins
Chris Patten has been appointed Chancellor following his victory in an election which saw over 8,000 members of Convocation come to Oxford in person to cast their votes.
News: OXFORD SARS SCARE
Six Oxford students are currently in voluntary quarantine, having returned early from their course in China due to an increasing risk of contracting the deadly respiratory disease, SARS, which has now killed at least 162 people and infected more than 3,000 worldwide.
News: STUDENTS SILENCED BY PRO-FEES DONS
Congregation, the University's final legislative body, has passed an amended motion supporting top-up fees, giving the University official policy on the issue for the first time, a move described by OUSU officers as having "blatant disregard for student opinion".
News: Remember This?!
SHADOW HOME SECRETARY Ann Widdecombe was the victim of a custard pie attack when she visited Oxford on Thursday. Mel Jarman, a member of the 'Biotic Baking Brigade' and known to her fellow pie-throwers as Agent Orange, threw the pie that landed squarely on Miss Widdecombe's face as she was entering the Waterstone's bookshop....
News: Police on the warpath
Five Oxford students were arrested in a demonstration at RAF Fairford at the end of the Hilary term, one of many protests with which Oxford Students Stop the War (OSSTW) were involved during recent weeks.
News: Access denied
Oxford could face the prospect of being fined by a new regulatory body if it fails to widen access and increase the number of applications it receives from working-class students.
News: No money? No firsts.
The "Oxford Experience" has been labelled a myth by a recent OUSU investigation into the disparities between each colleges' provision of resources. The report claims that the differences between the colleges are so great that "the very nature of Oxford as a university is questionable".
News: TAB BUSTARDS!
The conclusion of the NUS Conference was soured for the Oxford delegation by the atrocious and disgraceful actions of the representatives from some academic institution in the fenlands.
News: NUS Conference
The annual NUS Conference gave the green light to a motion which will seek a universal grant for all HE and FE students regardless of their parents wealth.
News: Recycle that
Colleges in Oxford, unrivalled at emptying bottles, are now being encouraged to reuse them.
News: Mr and Miss Oxford 2003
Paul O' Mahoney (Univ.) and Ros McCabe (Jesus) were crowned Mr. and Miss Oxford at a Rag event held in the Union Chamber at the end of last term.
News: NEWS IN BRIEF
Balliol fellow Adam Swift has argued in his most recent book that independent schools should be abolished. In 'How Not to be a Hypocrite: School Choice for the Morally Perplexed', Swift claims that private education creates inequalities of opportunity, disadvantaging the majority who attend State schools.
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