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The University’s Labour Club is set to split members into two electoral colleges based on their self-identified gender for voting purposes. The agenda resolved to ensure that “the number of voters in the larger electoral college is divided by the number of voters in the smaller one, and this number is multiplied by every vote […]

OUSU President Tom Rutland has joined the growing opposition to the government’s proposed cut to the Disabled Students Allowance. In tweets addressed to Andrew Smith and Nicola Blackwood on Friday, Rutland called on the Oxford MPs to oppose the move. The measure was announced by Universities Minister David Willetts in April and will take effect […]

Charitable Oxford students stood in the city centre for 27 hours straight to raise awareness of an anti-human trafficking charity last week. The event was hosted by Just Love, a Christian student social justice group in Oxford. It aimed to promote ‘Stand for Freedom’, a national campaign to raise awareness of the 27 million people […]

An Oxford academic who refused to hold an event at the Oxford Union accused the University this week of “silencing” her attempts to speak about gender issues and accuses the institution of mishandling sexual harassment investigations. In an article published on her blog, The Double Economy, Professor Linda Scott argued that Oxford has “no procedure […]

An unidentified 40 year-old male broke into Christ Church on Wednesday, stealing a laptop, iPad, wallet and passport from the room of a third-year finalist. The suspect was described as a 6 foot 5 white male with a shaved head and a blood soaked bandage around his knee. The police arrested a man on Thursday […]

A Bahraini Prince who is currently under investigation for torture visited the University last week. Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa – a member of the Bahraini royal family – took a tour of the University’s Iffley Sports Centre amid reports that he is in the process of applying to the University. Prince Nasser allegedly met […]

Over 15 cases of mumps have been reported in Brasenose in the past week – with ten still described as “live”. One of the patients, a first-year Biologist, said: “College has been very good about it actually. Once college doctors diagnosed us, we were given the option of going home or staying in college under […]

The University has recently unveiled blueprints for £1.8 billion worth of development in Oxford. The plans include new developments in the science area as well as accommodation provisions for students. A spokesperson for Paul Goffin, director of estates at the medical sciences campus, said “in order to compete with the best universities in the world […]

A group of Oxford dons has found that media coverage of climate change has little effect on the public’s views. The study, carried out between the Oxford group and staff at Princeton University in the United States, compared the number of searches for climate change-related issues on popular search engine Google over a period of […]

Popular Oxford events company Shuffle Nights has launched a new club night located at well-known venue Roppongi. The event, named “Y Not?”, launched on Tuesday of this week. Shuffle Nights is also the organiser of the highly attended Wednesday night event FUBAR, located at Lava Ignite (Park End). Japanese-inspired Roppongi, based on George Street, describes […]

79 students have signed a petition calling for the return of unisex toilets at Baby Love Bar’s new venue. The petition read: “Dear Martin Forde, we heard you were thinking of installing gender-neutral toilets in the new Baby Love venue.” “They were one of the great features about the old venue, so we would love […]

  Oxford’s Chancellor has stepped down from his other role as Chair of the BBC Trust following health problems, it has been announced. Lord Chris Patten had an urgent heart bypass and is thought to have been advised to step down on the advice of medical staff and close family and friends. National media reported […]

Queen’s JCR is set to become much more “fetch” this term after students passed a motion to mandate all members to wear pink on Wednesdays. The motion, proposed by fourth-year French and Italian student Jack Straker and seconded by second-year medic Rosie Roberts, was proposed in honour of “the ten-year anniversary of Mean Girls” last […]

Students who attended the Corpus Christi ball last week were amused to find that their wristbands read “Coprus” rather than “Corpus”. Whilst the mad hatters and white rabbits of this world were sorting out their issues with further riddles, the committee were trying to figure out how to handle the spelling mistake. Erika Pheby, head […]

A new pill could hold the secret to combatting arachnophobia. Researchers at the University of Oxford hope that the antibiotic, which is currently used for treating tuberculosis, will help people to overcome their fears and anxieties.  One of these fears might be the widespread fear of spiders. The researchers are currently searching for 40 arachnophobes […]

Dickie Bird, the Head Porter at Oriel, is running for UKIP in the upcoming Oxford City Council elections. Bird has been nominated for the position of City Councillor for Blackbird Leys Ward. Nathan Akehurst, a third-year History and Politics student at Lincoln, said: “It’s disappointing that anyone from the university community is involved in UKIP.” […]

George Clooney’s wife-to-be Amal Alamuddin has had her matriculation photo branded as unpolished by the Daily Mail. The article stated: “She is the beautiful and formidable human rights lawyer who has captured George Clooney’s heart.” “But this picture of Amal Alamuddin, taken in her first year at Oxford University, reveals that she hasn’t always been […]

Two of the biggest names of the Oxford Jewish community are set to hit the airwaves with a new Oxide show, Jewkbox. The student radio station will play host to L J Trup, OUSU President-elect, and Ben Goldstein, former OxStu Deputy Editor, this term for their new show. The pair have adopted the nicknames LJT […]

Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor was the second-highest paid university boss in Britain last year according to a report produced by The Times. Professor Andrew Hamilton received a total remuneration package of £434,000 in 2012-13, a 2.36% increase over last year. A spokesperson for the University and College Union (UCU) slammed Hamilton’s pay, saying: “It is the startling […]