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Image Description: a picture of the roof of the Radcliffe Camera with a blooming Magnolia in the foreground. Prescom has sent a letter to Michelle Donelan (Minister of State for universities) urging her to provide a safe return to Universities after the Easter vacation. This comes after reports that the expected April 12th briefing may […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Radcliffe Camera on a cloudy day. Professor Selina Todd, who has faced severe criticism in the past for her support of transphobic groups, signed and then removed her name from a letter sent to the Women’s Prize for Fiction, protesting the inclusion of a trans woman on the longlist. […]
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Image Description: cartoon oars on a blue background. The 2021 Gemini Women’s Boat Race was won earlier by Cambridge University by less than a length. The Men’s Boat Race has been won by Cambridge by the same margin. The Boat Race was not held on its traditional course this year. Instead, for the first time […]
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Image Description: A police cordon from behind with officers wearing high-vis jackets reading “POLICE” at a protest. Content Warning: Sexual assault, violence against women. The Oxford University Labour Club and the Oxford University Liberal Democrats have released a statement condemning the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is currently under consideration in the House […]
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Image Description: A cartoon image of a health practitioner administering a COVID-19 test. The University of Oxford’s in-house testing service, the Early Alert Service, has recorded just one positive case out of 55 tests for the week 20th-26th March. This amounts to a positivity rate of 1.8%. Each Monday the Early Alert Service’s test results […]
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Image Description: A picture of St Peter’s College from New Inn Hall Road. The President of the St Peter’s College JCR has resigned after the College’s Governing Body heavily criticised her for holding an Emergency General Meeting without the requisite period of notice, “compromising” the Body’s trust in the JCR’s judgement. The EGM was held […]
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Image Description: A picture of the roof of the Radcliffe Camera from a high angle on a sunny day. See also: ‘Misleading Narrative’: Oxford Indian, Hindu, And South Asian Societies Release Statement On Ex SU President-Elect A petition signed by over 44,000 people is demanding the removal of Dr Abhijit Sarkar for his actions following […]
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Image Description: two dark blue cartoon oars on a light blue background. The crews for the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge have been announced. This year’s race will be the first since 1944 not to take place on the Championship course, due to COVID-19 restrictions and safety concerns over Hammersmith Bridge. The race […]
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Image Description: A picture of the front Quad at Queen’s College. The Queen’s College MCR has cancelled a series of constitutional changes after concerns were raised about some of the proposals, describing the suggested changes as “misguided”. These changes included no longer making consent workshops compulsory, and also amending rules around the expulsion of members […]
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Image Description: A group of students stood in the St Hilda’s College bar. The administration of the St Hilda’s bar, one of the last completely student-run bars in Oxford, has been removed from the JCR by the College. This comes despite student attempts to have the bar remain in the control of the JCR.. The […]
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Image Description: women at a protest holding up a banner that reads “We Will Not be Silenced”. [CW: violence against women, sexual assault] Sarah Everard was murdered when walking back from her friend’s house via Clapham Common 11 days ago. The Met have confirmed that the man they have now arrested was a serving police […]
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Image Description: A picture of Starmer sat alone on the front benches of the House of Commons. Whilst the right vilifies Keir Starmer as ‘captain hindsight,’ perpetually vacillating as the government vaccinates and the left lambasts him for the absence of a vision, it is easy to forget that Starmer has made a promising start. […]
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Image Description: A picture of the front of the Bodleian library. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education announced today in an email to undergraduate and postgraduate finalists that all graduation ceremonies until the end of August 2021 have been postponed. Graduates from last year also received an email informing them that ceremonies that had been planned for May […]
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Image Description: The roof of the Radcliffe Camera on a sunny day with purple flowers in the foreground. Somerville has announced that final year students can apply to return to Oxford from April 5th. All other students will be able to return to college on April 25th in time for the beginning of term. Students […]
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Image Description: A black and white image of All Soul’s College. The SU has announced the timeline for the election to replace the SU President-Elect, who recently resigned after online controversy. The election will take place between the 18th May and 20th May. Nominations for the position of SU President-Elect will open on the 25th […]
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Image Description: A picture of former Chancellor George Osborne standing outside Number 11 Downing Street with the red Budget Box. This week our columnists look into the near future, and disagree over what should be done to recover economically post-COVID… Dan Harrison is a first year HisPol student at Worcester, and our on the Left […]
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Image Description: The front entrance of the Bodleian Library Colleges and Faculties have begun to react to the University’s announcement yesterday morning. The Balliol College Master told undergraduate students that they would be able to return for the beginning of Trinity, while other colleges including University College told students that, as stated in government guidance, students […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Park Building at Somerville College Somerville College has committed to fully divest their endowment fund from fossil fuels by July 2021. Their endowment is worth just under £100 million and will be re-invested in new green projects. On their website, Somerville College stated: “We aim to fully divest from […]
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Image Description: A yellow road sign that reads “COVID Testing Centre”. Oxford City Council has announced that workers and volunteers in public-facing roles will be able to get a free rapid COVID-19 test as part of the symptom-free testing program. The council announced that those who do not already have access to testing through their […]
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