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Image Description: A silhouetted man running up a rocky hill I have to admit, before lockdown I never quite understood why running was so popular as a form of exercise. I’d watch my friends and housemates go off on runs to “blow off some steam” after a long day at work, while I waved them […]
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Image Description: A view of the Examinations Schools from Merton Street The University has today confirmed that exams in Trinity Term will take place across the whole of the term, weeks 0 to 11, in order to ensure social distancing and safety. Although the University is attempting to minimise disruption, many in-person exams will have […]
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Image description: Harris Manchester College from its front entrance. Earlier this year a 27-year-old PhD student was jailed, as reported by The Metro, after trying to meet a 14 year old boy for sex in his university accommodation. Despite being sentenced to 18 months in prison, and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register, Shiraaz Kureembokus […]
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Image description: Arial view of the main hall in Exam Schools. Third-year engineering students will sit their Part A exams next week after they were postponed at the end of last year. Weeks of bad communication – or no communication – from Colleges and the University has left many students confused about what to do […]
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Professor Sunetra Gupta of the Zoology department has had her proposal of herd immunity as a solution to the Covid-19 pandemic criticised by other leading scientists and student groups. Gupta co-wrote the ‘Great Barrington Declaration’ alongside Harvard’s Professor Martin Kulldorff and Stanford Fellow Jay Bhattacharya. The Declaration calls for the elderly and vulnerable to shield […]
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Michaelmas Term 2020 These are interactive documents, clicking on the article text, image, or headline will direct you to the full article online. Week 2 Week 1 Trinity Term 2020 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
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Image description: Two people walking away from the camera, one wrapped in a trans pride flag. CW: Transphobia More than 500 students and alumni at Oxford have come together to sign an open letter condemning “two professors with a history of transphobia”. The letter expresses disappointment and distress over the controversial appointment of professors Selina […]
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Well, it’s been quite the year so far. We all know why, so we’re not going to bore you with a recap. What we can do is tell you, Oxford’s finest, what who are and what we do, and then we’re going to hope you like the sound of it. The Oxford Student first appeared […]
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Somerville College has been accused of inaction after it responded to a party of approximately 35-40 students, held on Monday in its Vaughan accommodation building, by cancelling a single online club night. This follows Somerville Principal Jan Royall, who is co-chair of the Michaelmas Coordination Group, telling the Oxford Student last week that “…if a […]
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Image Description: A photo of Somerville College overlooking their main quad. Somerville College has imposed a quiet time on students ‘due to the lack of study space and so that students can study quietly in their room’. In an email sent out to students, the College said these measures will be in place from 9 […]
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Oxford has been placed back on amber alert and is close to the threshold for local restrictions after a significant increase in coronavirus cases this week, and speaking to The Oxford Student today, the University assures that its students are “great citizens who understand their responsibility.” The seven days to the 25th September saw 67 […]
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In today’s Virtual Town Hall, representatives from both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University made it clear that they would not prevent students from visiting home, as long as they have not been told to isolate. The question was posed by a concerned resident, worried that the lack of social experience at University […]
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The Oxford Student can reveal photographs of the £28.57 per day meals received by quarantining international students, with one student referring to them as “nasty”, and several students reporting undelivered food. One student described the food as “pretty gross” and that “almost every night so far someone has ended up without a dinner”. When asked […]
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The University Congregation has voted to abolish the Graduate Application Fee by 419-380 votes. The £75 application fee, which had been criticised as undermining access and diversity efforts by discriminating against those from low-income backgrounds, will be phased out by 2024-25. The vote was on the resolution: ‘To commit the University to the abolition of […]
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The Prime Minister has today visited the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute following the restart of vaccine trials last week. Johnson was given a tour of the laboratory and also met some of the scientists at the forefront of its development. This comes at a time when the Prime Minister has said the UK is […]
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Image Description: Members of Oxford University Swimming Club jump into a pool to celebrating Oxford University has today announced that the Iffley Road sports facility will not be used for teaching and academic purposes in the upcoming Michaelmas term. This comes after a student petition was signed by over 1,500 students protesting the potential change […]
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Saturday 5th September saw Raise Your Voice Theatre Collective present an online night of musical theatre hits all for a good cause. Performed by the cast of St Catz Drama Society’s production of RENT – a sell-out run which took place in Hilary term earlier this year – the evening promised to showcase the very […]
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Clinical trials of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine will resume after they were paused on September 6th due to unexplained neurological symptoms in a participant. At the time, AstraZeneca described it as a “routine” pause in the case of “an unexplained illness”. In a press release, AstraZeneca announced that “Clinical trials for the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus […]
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