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Varsity Trip announced today that the annual Ski Trip, which sees over 3000 students from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge travel to France each year for a week, has been moved to the 19th – 27th March 2021, for the safety of participants, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a post made to […]
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Image Description: Cracked rose-tinted glasses “Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams.” — Ruth Crowley (writing under her pen name: Ann Landers) To think a thought of longing, For days to dream upon, To hope for times gone once before, Yet know these times are gone. […]
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Image Description: Entrance to the Oxford Playhouse The UK government will provide a £1.57 billion rescue package to help cultural, arts and heritage institutions through the detrimental financial impact of the coronavirus, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced in a tweet on Sunday evening. The news of the “world-leading” lifeline comes as a relief […]
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Images Description: The Oxford Union main building New evidence has emerged that the 516 fraudulent votes were all cast in favour of James Edward Price, who was named this morning as the next Oxford Union President. Price graduated seven years ago and is believed to be the first President elected that is not currently a […]
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Image Description: Oxford Union Building Following a victory for RON, and a hacked second election, James Edward Price, who graduated seven years ago, will be the next President of the Oxford Union. In his Manifesto, he stated: “I am running because I think it’s funny, and also because I would be better than anyone else. […]
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The University of Oxford has confirmed that all admissions interviews will not take place in person this December. The Oxford Student originally uncovered this news in a leaked video from the Biochemistry Department, and it has since been confirmed by the University. The video was uploaded 11 days ago to Panopto, the software used for […]
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Image Description: A medical syringe stuck into a model of a virus on a blue background. The COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford, has been called the “leading candidate” according to the World Health Organisation’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, as it undergoes large-scale, mid-stage human trials. At a news conference on […]
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Image Description: A paper heart hanging from some string. You don’t sleep, you don’t eat, and you won’t understand what it’s like unless you’ve been there. There are some surprising similarities between having your heart broken and studying for an undergraduate degree at Oxford. This is what we can learn from the double ordeal of […]
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Image Description: The Oxford Union main building The Returning Officer for the Oxford Union has announced there shall be no declaration of results and has referred the issue to an Election Tribunal. This news comes after Union members previously voted to re-open nominations in the election for President-Elect of the Union on the 12th June. […]
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Image Description: Close-up image of a gas-lit flame Gas-lighting. We’ve all heard of it and most of us have a pretty good understanding of what it means. Often, it is used in the context of intimate relationships in which a partner or partners psychologically manipulate others to make them question their judgements, memories or perceptions. […]
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To our readers, We know it’s been an unusual term. Not having a physical paper has been disappointing, to say the least for the OxStu editorial team, but we like to think we have continued to create worthwhile and interesting content for you. Moving forward, we have exciting plans to transform and modernise the paper […]
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Image Description: A child drags two empty water containers across a sandy road This month, the United Nations announced that Yemen is in the midst of the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with 24.1 million people in need of aid and protection. The problem has been escalating on the back of a five-year-long civil […]
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Image Description: Oriel College, Oxford Members of Oriel MCR have voted overwhelmingly to explicitly endorse the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes on the High Street façade of Oriel College. On Sunday 14th June, a number of motions were proposed in an online meeting of Oriel’s Middle Common Room. The results are as follows: […]
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Image Description: The statue of Cecil Rhodes above the High Street entrance of Oriel College An earlier title of this article used the word refute, as in “deny accusations” but this has been changed to deny for clarity, and a link defining anti-semitism has been added. A statement, sent on 12th June, from the Equality […]
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Image Description: A sign saying ‘Smash the Patriarchy’ with cutouts of Janelle Monae, Dolly Parton and Doja Cat overlayed on top. As lockdown eases, and we begin to emerge into the big bad world (if only for a rendezvous with our ‘support bubble’), we will once again be met by the harsh realities of wearing […]
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Image description: Graduation ceremony and the Bright Network logo in the bottom right Graduates might be some of the worst-hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, the Resolution Think Tank predicting that one million under-25s could face unemployment this year. 20% of graduates normally find their first job post-education in sectors that have […]
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