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The Oxford Student has been notified about a proposal by the Classics faculty to remove the study of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid from the Mods syllabus, a decision which has surprised many across the faculty. This proposal forms part of a series of reforms aimed to modernise the first stage of the Classics degree, […]
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The cast of Parasite, April 2019. Image credit: Kinocine Bong Joon Ho’s latest film, Parasite, is a masterful display of cinematography, social critique, and symbolism, as evidenced by its critical reception, alongside its recent Academy Award, and its less recent Palme d’Or. However, an area of the film which (undeservedly) has been given less attention […]
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Extinction Rebellion (XR), the global climate activist group, has had its hour-glass logo listed on a UK counter-terrorism document alongside the logos of neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups. The leaked police document, which contains a list of signs, symbols, and tattoos, was distributed to medical staff and teachers as part of anti-extremism briefings. The document […]
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500 Remainers held a candlelit vigil outside the Oxford Town Hall on Friday evening to “thank the EU for what it’s done for the country” and mourn the UK’s departure from the EU. The vigil was followed by a panel discussion inside the hall. This was the most attended indoor pro-European event in Oxford ever, […]
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The Oxford University Student Union just concluded hustings for the upcoming leadership elections. Candidates for each role answered questions on pressing issues in a moderated Q&A session that lasted over 2 hours, with an unsettling revelation near the end as presidential candidate Nikita Ma was allegedly harassed on her way to the hustings. Hustings began […]
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Nearly 800 University of Oxford alumni have signed an open letter to the President and Principal Bursar of the College, threatening to withhold donations until the college commits to divesting in fossil fuel companies. This follows a five-day occupation of the College’s quad by protesting students, which ended on Sunday 2nd February. The letter, which […]
Continue ReadingUCU members have announced this week that members of 74 UK universities will walk out between Thursday 20th February and Friday 13th March. After voting to join the strikes last week, Oxford will be among those universities affected. The length of the walkouts will increase over four weeks, and the Union has announced that it […]
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The ‘P Club’, an exclusive dining club which has previously held events at Christ Church, has been banned from holding any activities on college premises. Last June, The Oxford Student revealed that Christ Church’s then-Senior Censor Prof. Brian Young ran an exclusive dining club, the P Club, or Pythic Club. We also revealed that the college’s […]
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Oxford students have occupied St. John’s College since Wednesday, demanding that the College divests its £8.1 million of disclosed investments in fossil fuel companies and all undisclosed fossil fuel investments from its £551 million endowments. Dozens of students have set up camp in the front quad of St. John’s equipped with banners and placards, to […]
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University College has been offered a stained glass window depicting Oscar Wilde, it was announced in a recent JCR meeting. Although Wilde is not an alumnus, his original letters and writings are housed in the library and this is the reason for the proposal. College authorities wanted the opinions of JCR students before deciding whether […]
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On Wednesday, Oxford University and College Union announced that it would be joining industrial action and striking against the university as a result of disputes over USS pensions and pay and conditions at universities. They joined several other universities around the UK who have recently voted in favour of action. On Thursday, 30th January, the […]
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Senior management at Balliol college have agreed to divest all holdings in fossil fuel companies, “as far and as fast as is practicable”, following extensive pressure from students and staff. The college have also committed to join university discussion with OUem, the endowment manager for the central university, on the subject of fossil fuel exposure […]
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Holocaust survivor Hannah Lewis MBE delivered testimony of her experience under the Nazi regime at Magdalen College on Tuesday 21st January, in order to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) on January 27th. This year’s HMD is significant as it marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the Holocaust’s most prolific extermination […]
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Merton College has been at the centre of a controversy this week regarding its upcoming Equality Conference, taking place on the 3rd February. They were accused of stifling free speech in planning a discussion about transgender issues at their upcoming talk. The discussion will be centred on “perspectives on trans intersectionality” and initially explicitly excluded […]
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Image Description: Candlelit vigil “Pour Paris” honouring the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks As part of the Sexual Violence and Sexual Abuse Awareness Week, Oluwakemi Agunbiade (Kemi for short), a second year law student at Wadham College, has organised a candlelit vigil. It is to take place on Saturday February 8th at 8pm outside […]
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The Oxford Student have been informed that male security staff at the Plush Lounge, Oxford’s LGBTQ+ nightclub, have been accused of assaulting two female customers, as well as, in another incident, failing to remove reported sex attackers from the venue. Two of these claims resulted in initial police involvement, though no charges were made against […]
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Extra armrests had been added to a bench on Woodstock Road, where it is believed a homeless man was sheltering. The instalments were spotted on Monday at a bus stop shelter near Somerville College and were part of a suspected bid to prevent rough sleepers from using the bench to sleep on. Oxford City Council, […]
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Monty Python star and alumni of St. Edmund Hall, Terry Jones has died aged 77. Jones studied English at St Edmund Hall, also developing an interest in medieval history during his degree. In his time at Oxford, he performed with the Oxford Revue where he met fellow-Python and lifelong friend, Michael Palin. After graduating he […]
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How is Oxford trying to go green in 2020? At the start of a new decade, and with the UN Climate Change Summit (COP 26) taking place at the end of this year in Glasgow, green issues are going to be top of the agenda in the UK for many people. So, what initiatives are […]
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