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Image Description: The inside of the Covered Market The Oxford City Council announced this month that local businesses are now able to apply for lockdown support grants. Businesses which have been mandated to close by the Government, such as the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors, can now apply for one-off grants of up to £9,000 […]
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Image Description: A picture of the outside of the Oxford Union taken from the courtyard. The Treasurer of the Oxford Union has this afternoon resigned from her position. She becomes the second Union Treasurer to resign since the end of Michaelmas term. Adi Kesaia Toganivalu, who was elected to the position of Secretary in the […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Radcliffe Camera, with purple flowers in the foreground. People in Oxfordshire are being urged to stay home and abide to COVID-19 lockdown rules following a significant surge of cases in the county. Ansaf Azhar, Oxfordshire County Council’s Director for Public Health has urged people to avoid mixing with other […]
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Image Description: a picture of the inside of the Birmingham Bullring. Our new columnists discuss what their COVID Christmases were like, but remain undecided on whose was better… Clara Morrissey is a second year Theology student at Keble, and our new On the Right Columnist! When asked why I, as a Tory, might have had […]
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Image description: Inside the Codrington library. All Souls College has refused to take down the statue of slave owner Christopher Codrington. Despite not removing the statue, the college has confirmed that the library in which it sits will no longer be called ‘the Codrington Library’. Christopher Codrington was a Barbados-born colonial governor who attended Christ […]
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Image Description: Library windows in the evening. The Classics faculty have announced in an email to students today that the exams taken by second-year Classicists at the end of Hilary term will be replaced with prelims. The number of papers will be reduced, and the impossibility of remote invigilation has made translation from set text […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Houses of Parliament in the evening. A Parliamentary Committee has asked students to submit evidence of their experiences during lockdown, as it looks into breaches of human rights as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has asked students to submit written evidence […]
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Image Description: People in a library at night The Oxford University English Faculty has released an email to all its finalist students updating them on changes to coursework for Hilary term. The email explains that the deadline for the Shakespeare paper has been pushed back and that students will be able to explain issues they […]
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Image Description: Shadowed picture of the Radcliffe Camera The University and Student Union have today updated students on measures that will be in place for Hilary term, including waived residency requirements and exemptions for some students to return. An email sent by the University today announced that the University has been moved to Stage 3 […]
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Image Description: A picture of Prime Minister Boris Johnson giving a press conference. Colleges and the University have begun to respond to the national lockdown, announced yesterday evening by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Oxford Student Union have committed to continuing to lobby for students who are negatively affected by the latest restrictions. The University […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Sheldonian Theatre The University have today updated their guidance regarding students returning to Oxford for Hilary term. It outlines that all students except those with particular exemptions are asked not to return to Oxford until 25th January, in line with revised government guidance. Exemptions will be made for those […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Radcliffe Camera. Colleges have begun to respond to the letter sent by the Minister of State for Universities yesterday, in which a “pause” of the return of students until the 25th January was advised. The University today updated its Coronavirus Status and Response page and a full announcement is […]
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Image Description: The Radcliffe Camera on a background of grey and red with images of the virus. The UK has approved the Oxford ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine for emergency use. 100 million doses have been ordered, and will begin to be administered from Monday. The University of Oxford “welcomes the news” as the vaccine will now […]
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Image description: the Radcam from the front The University has announced a grace period for postgraduate research students, allowing them to submit their thesis up until fourth week of Hilary term without incurring the University Continuation Charge. The University Continuation Charge is a termly fee paid by postgraduates who have exceeded the standard period of […]
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