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Image Description: a bird covered in oil from an oil spill. The Oxford Climate Justice Campaign today disrupted an online careers fair hosted by the University Careers Service, calling for fossil fuel companies not to be allowed to attend the events. The campaign disrupted the event by encouraging students to send messages to the companies […]
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Image Description: the collapsed wall, cordoned off with cones and police tape. A Oxford Tube service hit the back entrance of the Oxford Student Union on Monday 11th October at approximately 8:30 PM, causing significant damage. No one was hurt. According to some accounts, the service reversed into the wall outside of the entrance to […]
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Image Description: a teddy bear, on sale for £2.50, sat on a table with some jumpers. The Oxford Student Union is currently hosting a University Merchandise sale. The event will be open until 4pm today, and will be open 11am-4pm tomorrow. The merchandise is from the Oxford University Shop, which has now closed. The items […]
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Image Description: a group of students tussling over a black bin, which contained the contents of the OSFL stall. Content warnings: abortion, violence against women, protests A group of students have in the past hour removed the Oxford Students For Life stall from this year’s Freshers’ Fair. The contents of the stall were placed in […]
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Image Description: the inside of the Chamber of the Oxford Union. The Oxford student has obtained an exclusive preview of the Oxford Union’s planned Michaelmas 2021 term card including guest speakers, debates, and other events. There will be a mixture of in-person and online events, giving members access to a variety of speakers, from the […]
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Image Description: Sign saying “Oxford Union members Only” on a brick wall CW: Transphobia and mentions of abuse. The Oxford Union’s planned term card has revealed a combination of online and in person speaker events as well as in person panels and debates. Expected speakers include Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Afghan politician Azra Jafari, Mark […]
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Image Description: an image of the Bridge of Sighs. Students at multiple colleges have received emails in the weeks leading up to Michaelmas term to encourage them to get their COVID-19 vaccination before returning to Oxford. The emails also inform students that the University is opening two walk-in vaccination centres to try and vaccinate as […]
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Image Description: the front of Brasenose College, from the steps of the Bodleian library. Brasenose College has been criticised by the student campaign group Oxford Worker Justice after a job vacancy advert appeared to pay less than the Oxford Living Wage, and seemed to inform applicants that there would be no break on a ten hour […]
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Image Description: The roof of the Sheldonian Theatre. Oxford University has maintained its place at the top of the Times Higher Education University Rankings for 2022, the sixth consecutive year that the University has placed first in the world. The rankings, announced this morning, saw Oxford placed first, with the California Institute of Technology, Harvard […]
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Image Description: A picture of the roof of the Radcliffe Camera, with leaves in the foreground. The University of Oxford has today issued new guidance concerning the return of students for the start of next year. An email sent to staff confirmed that the University would be moving to Stage 1 of the Business Continuity […]
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Image Description: The Women’s Rowing team at the 1908 Olympics. Sometimes they are undercover. You think: this man is so bad at football/hockey/cricket/swimming, that there is no way that he would sit in a sports bar during the ACTUAL Olympics making ‘insightful’ judgments about female athletes. It’s always so disappointing to find out that you […]
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Image Description: An image of the front of the Oxford Exam Schools, taken from the High Street. The Law Faculty has confirmed that finals for the next academic year will take place online, and will be open book. This comes after the Politics Department confirmed to students sitting finals in 2022 that all exams will […]
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Image Description: the words “Apply to be an Oxstu Editor. Apply through the online form. Open until 2nd July at 6pm.” on a plain blue background. Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be a Section Editor or Deputy Section Editor in Michaelmas, now […]
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Image Description: A cartoon image of roasted meat on a red and orange background with the words: “Sunday Roast: Featuring the Stories that didn’t quite leave the newsroom”. Rordon Gamsay is now on his way home after an eventful term, which included being kidnapped on Holywell Street and running for SU President. He has, however, one […]
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Image Description: a Zoom meeting of the judging panel. Oxford student start-ups have won more than £20,000 in grants sponsored by Magdalen College and Christ Church. Eight start-ups competed for the funding, which was decided by a panel of venture capitalists. After eight weeks of workshops, training and mentorships, eight teams pitched to a panel […]
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Image Description: A cartoon image of roasted meat on a red and orange background with the words: “Sunday Roast: Featuring the Stories that didn’t quite leave the newsroom”. It’s fourth week, which means that there are only four more weeks to go! Rordon has been particularly busy this week, which is why he might have […]
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Image Description: An image of the Oxford skyline, including the Radcliffe Camera, on a sunny day. An Emergency Motion has been brought to the SU’s Student Council and will be discussed at tonight’s meeting, at 5.30 on Microsoft Teams. The motion concerns recent violence against Palestinians, and asks that the President of the SU, alongside […]
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Image Description: A cartoon image of roasted meat on a red and orange background with the words: “Sunday Roast: Featuring the Stories that didn’t quite leave the newsroom”. After handing in his collections only 96 hours late, Rordon Gamsay panicked and forgot that he was meant to be doing this news thing. So he rushed […]
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Image Description: An image in black and white of statue inside of the Bodelian libraries. The Bodleian libraries have updated their policy to warn repeat no-shows to library booking that they will be blocked on the booking site, Space Finder. This change in policy comes as more students are returning to university accommodation than in […]
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