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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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Image Description: A picture of crowds of people in front of Hertford College buildings. Hertford College has today announced that it is committing to net-zero carbon emissions and a biodiversity net gain by 2030. The college has already embarked on short-term changes, and plans to imminently develop a long-term strategy. Short-term changes include reducing unnecessary […]
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Image Description: a picture of a silhouetted man wheeling a bike across Port Meadow on a hot day The Oxford Campaign for Climate Justice has launched a petition, and demanded that the University cut ties with the fossil fuel industry. A report, published by the campaign group today claims that the University of Oxford has received […]
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Image Description: an image of the Oxford City skyline Colleges have begun to offer further advice to non-practical students on returning to Oxford under current exemptions. Some colleges have been relatively lenient in allowing students to return, whereas others have requested that students “wait for us to get in touch about returning as we are […]
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Image Description: a crying Oxfess logo on a dark blue background After a brief hiatus for the vacation, Rordon Gamsay is back with a big announcement. All this time, he has been an Oxfess admin, and he’s now prepared to spill the secrets behind everyone’s favourite(?) Facebook page! I start every morning in the same […]
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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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