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Image Credit: Steve Daniels Oxford University researchers have recently pioneered a new technique in the fight against cancer. They utilised a virus, called enadenotucirev, which was developed to fight carcinoma; cancer of the epithelial cells of the skin and organ lining. The treatment’s innovation was to allow the virus to target not just the cancer […]
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Image Credit: Oxford PakSoc On the 11th November, Oxford’s PakSoc hosted their inaugural Access Conference in Lady Margaret Hall, which hosted around 100 students of Pakistani origin from across the UK. It was the first University Access Conference in the UK specifically for students of Pakistani origin, with the aim to encourage prospective applicants for […]
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Picture Credit: Jeremiah Vandermeer (CC BY 2.0) A gift made to the University by artificial intelligence company DeepMind has seen the creation of new graduate scholarships for computer science courses. On a statement on the University’s website, it was announced that: “the donation will be used by Oxford to launch a new scholarship programme to support […]
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Image Credit: Julie Simmons On the night of Saturday 17th, a number of swastikas were spray painted onto the walls of Quarry Pavilion, a community centre located on Margaret Road in Oxford. City Councillor Shaista Aziz took pictures of the graffiti and posted on Twitter that she was “Absolutely disgusted to see Nazi signs sprayed […]
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Image Credits: James Ashworth Around 60 Oxford students today took part in a sexual consent protest on Cornmarket Street, highlighting the recent case of Irish lawyer Elizabeth O’Connell using a girl’s underwear as part of her closing statement, after which the accused was found not guilty. The protesters hung a line of lacey underwear, like […]
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Image Credit: Oxford SU Monday 19th November saw the Oxford Student’s Union host its first leadership event aimed at BAME students. Held at Merton College from 5:30-9pm, attendees were witness to a range of talks focusing on four key topics: being the only BAME person in the room; managing conflict; being a student leader; and […]
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Image Credit: Chris Allen An executive member of the Hertford JCR lost £400 of common room funds after forgetting to cancel a booking. The mistake was revealed in an apologetic email sent to all members of the Hertford JCR. In the email, the executive officer confessed that they had placed a venue booking for a […]
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Image Credit: Oxford Climate Justice Campaign The Oxford Climate Justice Campaign marched in protest on Wednesday for a “divested, disarmed and decolonized university”. The protest, which will take place on the National Day of Action on Divestment, will start at 12pm at Pembroke College. Protesters will then march to Exeter and New College. According to […]
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Image Credit: University College, Oxford University College has built a new war memorial in commemoration of Rolf Wilhelm Baron von Seldeneck, the college’s only German casualty in either World War. Rolf joined University College in 1911, where he studied for a year, before joining the army in 1914. He was then killed on 24 January […]
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Image Credit: Tom Gould Oxford Union President Stephen Horvath’s decision to host former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon on Friday of 6th week has continued to cause fallout within the society and across the University. Last week, The Oxford Student reported on the heated Emergency Meeting called by Union Secretary Nick Brown, in which […]
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Image Credit: David Iliff Numerous Colleges and University buildings have been recognised for their architectural achievements in the recent Oxford Preservation Trust Awards. The awards, founded in 1977 and whose ethos is ‘Keeping the best of the old and encouraging the best of the new’, recognise outstanding building work in Oxford. They give awards in […]
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Image Credit: OUCA/OULC/OULD Facebook The Oxford University Labour Club has refused involvement in the Three Parties Debate, a termly debate between the Oxford University Conservative Association, the Oxford University Liberal Democrats and the Oxford University Labour Club, the three main political societies in Oxford University. The event took place this Monday, and promised to attract […]
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Image Credit: Tom Gould Two Oxford colleges still maintain scholarships reserved for former students of certain private schools. Wadham’s Peter Wright Scholarship is open to “any graduate student or applicant who is a former student of Manchester Grammar School”, according to the College’s website. The scholarship covers course fees up to a maximum of £10,000, […]
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Image Credit: Matt Brown Merton JCR is currently riven with division over the potential proposal to introduce vegetarian Wednesdays in hall. The “Veggie Wednesday” scheme was approved by the college MCR on 30th October, with the JCR Environment Rep then approached to see if undergraduates would consider a vote on the same motion. Conflict immediately […]
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Image Credit: willowbarbican Shakira Martin, the President of the National Union of Students, has revealed that the group, which is affiliated with 600 student unions and associations across the UK, is facing severe financial difficulties. A letter, originally revealed on the Guido Fawkes website, was sent from the NUS President and NUS Acting Chief Executive […]
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Image Credit: simononly There have been rumours of the resurfacing of The Queen’s College’s exclusive drinking society, the Eaglets. Allegations have been made that the exclusive society held their initiations last week within the College. In a JCR post, a member of the college said that they had been told that if the Eaglets were […]
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Image Credit: James Ashworth On Monday 12th November, members of University staff have taken part in a cake sale and “unpaid women’s non-working lunch” to raise awareness of the gender pay gap at Oxford University The local branch of the University and College Union (UCU) organised the stall outside the Clarendon building, at the corner […]
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Image Credit: Steve Daniels This week it was announced that the Campsfield Immigration Detention centre, near Oxford, is scheduled to close. November marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of Campsfield, and a number of demonstrations had been planned to take place this month in response to this. Bill MacKeith, one of the joint organisers […]
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Image Credit: Juan J. Martinez The Ashmolean museum has announced that it will open to the public seven days a week from the 1st February 2019 onwards. Prior to this announcement, the museum was closed on Mondays, but the change in opening hours will bring the museum in line with other national museums, allowing more […]
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