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The Varsity Match and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) have today agreed a new four-year deal that will see the annual Rugby Varsity Matches between Oxford and Cambridge continue to be hosted at Twickenham, the Home of England Rugby, until 2021. This deal comes ahead of the 100th Anniversary Varsity Match at Twickenham, and is […]
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An Oxford University student who stabbed her boyfriend in the leg with a breadknife has been denied permission to appeal her sentence. Woodward can, however, still apply to have her case heard by a full court of two or three judges. The 24 year old medical student was given a 10 month suspended jail sentence […]
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Universities have been warned, by MPs and peers, that they cannot become ‘safe spaces’ as they have a responsibility to “protect the right to free speech, in line with their statutory duty”. The joint committee on human rights (JCHR), chaired by former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman, has collated evidence from university […]
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Oxford University has today published a report on the institution’s gender pay gap, reporting a 24.5% mean gender pay gap which is higher than the national average. Other figures released show a 13.7% median gender pay gap (lower than the national average) and a mean bonus pay gap of 79%. A higher proportion of women […]
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The Philosophy Faculty have recently announced a series of measures aimed at boosting female engagement with the subject by ‘feminising the curriculum’. To achieve this the Faculty recommends that 40% of the authors on the reading list should be women and that a writer’s first name is used, rather than using initials, to make it […]
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Doper. Cheat. Tarnished his sport. Attacked his friends, lied to the world. Cancer survivor. Philanthropist. 7 time Tour de France winner in a field packed with dopers. One of the most complex sportsmen of our time, it seems that both Lance Armstrong supporters and detractors feel obliged to spring to one of the two extremes. […]
Continue ReadingHaving heard much about the Danish restaurant chain, Sticks ‘n’ Sushi, my expectations were high. Aside from the relatively noisy chatter and music, diners are likely to be struck by the clean and modern décor, blue drapes and dimmed lights creating a calming atmosphere in which the Scandinavian design influence is evident, even if perhaps […]
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Universities UK has agreed on a proposal aimed at resolving the ongoing pension dispute, The Oxford Student has learned. The eight-point proposal, which was sent to University and College Union members today, follows UUK’s announcement earlier this week that it was seeking to create an expert panel tasked with reviewing the Universities Superannuation Scheme deficit. […]
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Oxford University Boat Club’s surprising last-minute decision to replace Boat Race veteran Joshua Bugajski with Benedict Aldous was in part down to disagreements in the Dark Blue camp it transpires. Bugajski, who has been suffering from an illness which disrupted both his and the crew’s preparations, would have been expected to reclaim his seat in […]
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The recipients of Oxford University’s honorary degrees have been announced. At the annual ceremony taking place on Wednesday 20 June 2018, to Professor Mary Beard, Sir Matthew Bourne, Lord David Neuberger, Professor Helga Nowotny, Professor Robert Putnam, Mr Martin Scorsese and Lord Nicholas Stern will all be presented with degrees. Professor Mary Beard teaches Classics […]
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Oxford University Boat Club have confirmed a last-minute change to their crew a mere four days ahead of the biggest race of their year, the 164th annual boat race against historic rivals Cambridge. The Dark Blues, who have won seven of the last ten races including last year’s victory by just over a length, have […]
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Why does England dominate sport? It’s a question that has puzzled scientists and historians since the invention of both sport and England by Alfred the Great in the ninth century. From feats of athletic greatness such as Roger Bannister’s four minute mile, to England’s incredible performance in proper sports, it is unquestionable that England does […]
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Oxford University’s cultural attractions are now amongst the most popular in the UK. Following a successful marketing campaign that promoted ‘mindgrowing’ (social, historical, and scientific learning across the city), the university’s six tourist sites all met with notable success in 2017. The sites, which include museums, libraries, and gardens across the city, were visited by […]
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What are the benefits of arts in education? What are the obstacles to teaching arts subjects? How can we, as a society, change the trajectory of increasingly narrow schooling? These are some of the questions that a panel of Mr Naveed Idrees, Dr Richard Jolley, Dr David Whitley and Dr Paulette Luff answered for Schools […]
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In the three-year cycle from 2014-2016, 5365 students from the regions defined as Greater London, the South East, the South West, and Eastern (the area from above north London to no further north than East Anglia), were accepted into Oxford. Greater London alone accounts for 1864 of these successful applications, and the South East another […]
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So the story goes that the in 1981, whilst on a flight to London from Paris, Anglo-French singer and actress Jane Birkin and Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas were sat next to each other when Birkin spilled the contents of her straw bag all over the cabin floor. Apparently, what followed was a conversation about the […]
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Christ Church has formally objected to plans by St Hilda’s to erect a new building, on the grounds that it would be “bulky” and “inelegant”. The proposed block, plans for which have been approved by an Oxford City Council planning committee, is to hold 59 student rooms, as well as a tower, common room, and […]
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The s/s 2018 runways were filled with artistic references and influences, however collaborations between the fashion and art world are by no means a new thing. The formalization of the relationship between the two likely started with Elsa Schiaparelli. Her designs referenced many art movements: Modernism, Futurism, Cubism and Art Deco, and she worked with Jean Cocteau, […]
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This season’s shows were filled with artistic influences, references and collaborations. However, there was no wholesale appropriation of pretty pictures and prints into this year’s pieces. Instead the fashion houses, and the artists that they featured, approached the idea in a more conceptual, political or thematic manner. It did not seem frivolous, or reductive, rather […]
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