“Gay cards” for LGBT students
Oxford Pride has launched the ‘PINK Card’, a discount scheme for LGBT community members, this week.
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Roger Bannister to start marathon
Sir Roger Bannister will start Oxford’s annual half marathon.
Continue ReadingAlpaca exodus roams wild on Keble quads
Keble College welcomed a hoard of alpacas, the silky coated llama lookalikes, over the vacation as part of the yearly World Alpaca Conference.
Continue ReadingCambridge win controversial boat race
Cambridge beat Oxford in a controversial boat race, which involved a swimming protester and a broken oar.
Continue ReadingUniversity to introduce driverless car
Scientists at Oxford University have announced plans to introduce the first driverless car on to Britain’s roads.
Continue ReadingLGBT to protest against Wilberforce Academy
An LGBTQ Campaign has written to Exeter College to inform them of their protest against a controversial Christian group holding an annual conference at the College next week.
Continue ReadingLoan payment u-turn
Plan for early-repayment penalties scrapped
Continue ReadingArchbishop of Canterbury vs. Dawkins
Theology faculty to host leading atheist professor and head of the Church of England next week
Continue ReadingMonty Python meets Bodleian Library
New exhibition opens with exhibits from Medieval times until 1970s
Continue ReadingTop media bosses come to Oxford
Several of the most prominent names in the media industry gathered in Oxford on Wednesday for the tenth Oxford Media Convention (OMC).
Continue ReadingBus stop robbery on St Aldates
A 20-year-old man was mugged by two men who befriended him at St Aldate’s bus stop late on Monday night.
Continue ReadingInterview: Sandi Toksvig
Francis Reed interviews News Quiz host Sandi Toksvig speaking about running for the Chancellor of Oxford University, mad fans and the trials of a middle class audience.
Continue ReadingBipolar breakthrough
University researchers make breakthrough into long-term treatment for disorder
Continue ReadingInterview: Matt Pritchett
Matthew Pritchett describes his particularly colourful career as the Telegraph cartoonist.
Continue ReadingMagdalen balls-up
All students who have rusticated, including those on medical grounds, to be banned from Commemoration Ball
Continue ReadingFootball tournaments a distraction to revision
If England makes it to the final of next summer’s Euro 2012 football tournament it could mean a dip in GCSE results, according to recent research by an Economics Fellow at Merton. Dr Robert Metcalfe was part of a team of Oxford and Bristol academics who studied 3.5 million pupils between 2002 and 2008 and […]
Continue ReadingLab in Hep C progress
The first clinical trial in humans of a new hepatitis C vaccine has shown promising results, Oxford University researchers have announced. The results of the trial suggest it may be possible to develop a vaccine which will offer protection against hepatitis C for over a year, and could allow those with infections to be treated. […]
Continue ReadingRoyal visit to ethical cafe
• Earl of Wessex has lunch in the Turl Street Kitchen on visit to Oxford
Continue ReadingCorpus ban the OxStu
OxStu banned in JCR vote • Accused of “sloppy irresponsible journalism” by JCR President
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