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Image description: a leaf holding a cityscape, and the word nature, with the BSHR logo on a white background. In this student spotlight we’ve spoken to Calista Chong, the chairperson of BSHR, and Ernest, co-founder, to find out more about the publication. What is the Broad Street Humanities Review and why is it important? Calista: […]
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[CW: Disordered eating and eating disorders] We spoke to the James Nevett, President of the Oxford Beat Society, which is affiliated with Beat, the UK eating disorder charity about their work around Oxford. What is your society and why is it important? The Oxford Beat Society is affiliated with Beat, the UK eating disorder charity. […]
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Image description: A blue background with a yellow logo: Jacari. Time to teach The Oxford Student spoke to both Freya Turner, Lead Coordinator for Jacari in Oxford, and Nailah Ranjan, student co-President, about the charity, and their upcoming 65th Anniversary. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of educational inequality had already been strongly felt […]
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Image description: the radcam viewed through a doorway The University has emailed students providing more information about exams in Trinity. Students will be able to explain mitigating circumstances to examiners if their work has been impacted by lack of in-person resources. Residency requirements will also not be in place for Trinity term. Pro-Vice-Chancellor Martin Williams […]
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Image description: The Green Oxford SU logo overlayed on a silhouette of a hand casting a vote The results of this year’s Oxford SU Sabbatical election leave Rashmi Samant as the victor of the race for the SU presidency. Samant, a graduate student reading for an MSc in energy systems at Linacre College, previously told […]
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Image description: St Peter’s College with a dusting of snow. [CW: Antisemitism] JCRs including Lincoln, Wadham and Keble have now passed motions to join St Peter’s JCR in standing against the event held with Ken Loach on Monday night. This follows the meeting that took place simultaneously to the event at St Peter’s where the […]
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Image Description: St Peter’s college from New Inn Hall Road [CW: Antisemitism] St. Peter’s JCR have released a statement condemning the recent ‘Ken Loach in Conversation’ event after students called attention to Loach’s past antisemitic comments. The statement from the JCR was passed after an emergency meeting, called while the event was taking place. It […]
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Image description: St Peter’s College viewed from New Inn Hall Street [CW: Antisemitism] There are growing concerns at St Peter’s college over the upcoming ‘Ken Loach in Conversation’ event. Jewish students have noted that previous statements by Loach have been antisemitic according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition, which the University […]
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Image description: The radcam at night, and the green SU logo. Pierce Jones has announced that he is dropping out of the running for SU President. In a post on his Facebook he wrote: “I’ve decided to drop out of the race for SU President. I can’t in good faith run for a position to […]
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Rashmi is a reading for an MSc in energy systems at Linacre college, having moved from India to the UK 5 months ago. She is currently involved in the Student Union as a divisional rep for all MPLS taught courses, and was previously a Saab officer at her university in India. What would your priority […]
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Richard is a graduate medic, at Worcester college, and previously completed his bachelors and PhD at Cambridge. He also does some teaching, and is involved in a number of societies, such as the Oxford Morris Dancers. He is running as an empty chair candidate, meaning he would not take up the position if elected. He […]
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Stephanos is a finalist at St Peters, reading philosophy and Modern Languages. During his year abroad, he was involved with justice campaigns in New York, and also worked with Greenpeace and with mutual aid groups in Athens. He is currently co-chair of the Oxford Radical Forum. As SU President, what would your priority be? I […]
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We spoke to Nicky Crompton, co-president of OxFID, about the forum, and their upcoming conference. What is OxFID? The Oxford Forum for International Development is an annual student-led conference which has been running since 2008. It aims to bring together a wide range of speakers and attendees to engage on some of the most pressing […]
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Image Description: a red RAG logo, with a student spotlight sticker. Our Student Spotlight articles highlight charities and societies in the Oxford Community that students can get involved in. If you have a suggestion for who we should feature, fill in this form. We spoke to the current Oxford Raise and Give President, Sophie Morris, […]
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Image description: the radcam The university has today announced that in-person teaching will not return until Trinity term, for all but a few exempted courses. Unless students hear from their faculty otherwise, or have communicated with their colleges, they are being told not to return to Oxford for the remainder of term. Further to this […]
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Image description: shoppers inside the covered market, by the Garden shop After a delay due to the pandemic, the city council has announced plans this week to regenerate and improve the Covered Market. The council’s ‘masterplan’ will consider improving entrances, enabling events, and improving public facilities. Work based on the plan would be set to […]
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Image description: the Oxford Union The SU LGBTQ campaign has criticised the Oxford Union’s invitation of Debra Soh, a Canadian columnist and writer. Debra Soh is currently scheduled to speak at an online event for the Oxford Union on February 19th. Soh, who has a Ph.D. in sexual neuroscience, is described on the Union website […]
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Image description: the logos of the student newspapers backing this statement. As the editors of Russell Group student newspapers, we are writing collectively to request a reversal of the Russell Group’s statement, 7 January 2020, ‘on ensuring fair assessment and protecting the integrity of degrees.’ As editors, not only are we students or recent students […]
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Image description: envelopes and the oxstu logo Our newsletter is back! Want some more OxStu in your life? Of course you do. Sign up below using your email address to get a weekly round-up every Monday of term, and start your week off right. We’ll send you all the stories you might have missed, and […]
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