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Students and alumni from St Edmund Hall Boat Club have successfully met their fundraising target of raising £1861 for charity. Members of the Club aimed collectively to exercise a total of 1861km. They met this target by collectively ‘running, cycling, and erging as fast as we can’ within the span of just one day. The […]
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University College’s JCR passed a motion protesting ‘unfair’ rent charges faced by students forced to remain in college accommodation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, at their Week 2 JCR meeting. The complaints come after some students were left having to pay more than four times as much as others for vacation residence. The […]
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A new morale-boosting scheme for students who are social distancing at the University has officially launched, as Worcester College is the first to recruit its own ‘In-College Rep’. Beth Chamberlain, a student who is currently in University residence, has filled the ‘In-College Rep’ post at Worcester College. Speaking to The Oxford Student, Chambarlain emphasised that […]
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Image description: Street view of St Peter’s College St Peter’s College JCR have voted to pass a motion entitled ‘This JCR regrets Oxford SU’s adoption of the Academic Hate Speech motion’, in response to a motion passed by the Student Council on 30th April. The JCR motion notes that whilst the original motion may have […]
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On 1st May, Jesus JCR voted 56:1 in favour of a ‘Divestment From Fossil Fuels Motion’. This follows a similar resolution in relation to the central University’s finances last month. ‘Divestment’ is when investors withdraw from companies, in this case, those involved in the production of fossil fuels. Divestment, according to the Motion’s proposer, Seren […]
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Image description: Alan Rusbridger at the international journalism festival in 2014. Alan Rusbridger, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall and former editor of the Guardian, is among the 20 people chosen to feature in Facebook’s oversight committee. Once this initiative has been launched over summer, the final decision on what should be removed and what should […]
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Students will now be able to choose whether to have their degrees conferred in absentia or attend a degree ceremony, according to an email sent by the Degree Conferrals Office this morning. The Oxford Student understands that the decision comes after dissent from colleges and the Student Union, as well as a petition signed by […]
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Worcester JCR announced that they are providing all of its members with free access to the meditation and mindfulness app, Headspace. JCR members will be able to freely access the service by logging on with their Worcester email address, with JCR Vice President and Treasurer, Damon Falck, praising the service as helping provide “a little […]
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Image Description: Jesus College Chapel, Oxford Jesus College Chapel intends to offer ‘Evensong by Email’ on all Sundays of Trinity term, in light of restrictions associated with Coronavirus which will make it impossible for chapel communities and choirs to come together. The aspiration to provide virtual worship is being led by Jesus College Chaplain, The Reverend […]
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The Saïd Business School, University College, and Pembroke College, alongside commercial hotels, are partnering with the Oxford City Council to free up 121 rooms to house rough sleepers. In late March, the government told councils it was “imperative” to house rough sleepers. Residents of shelters including O’Hanlon House and the recently opened Floyds Row had […]
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Students from a number of colleges have come together to construct different Oxford environments in Minecraft, establishing a virtual community that is expanding by the day. The project was officially launched following The Oxford Student’s publication of Worcester College’s re-creation in Minecraft, spearheaded by second-year students Luke Rickard and Jordan Grinyer. Their efforts were mirrored […]
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Oxford University’s wealthiest college cancelled their heralded ball this morning. They announced that they currently have no guarantees to refund the tickets which averaged at £181.85 per person. In an email sent out to St John’s College students this morning from the Senior Dean and President of the College, it was stated that ‘As it […]
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All final year undergraduates set to sit exams next term will have the choice to sit an online examination or be given a “Declared to Deserve Honours” status, according to a new update announced by the Pro Vice Chancellor for Education today. All first-year undergraduates will also have their Preliminary examinations cancelled except for those […]
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Two students at Worcester College have put together a Minecraft server that re-constructs the college site in the finest of detail, observing the sweeping lawns of the main quad alongside the atmospheric low ceilings of the college bar. The virtual college, built entirely in Minecraft blocks, has seen multiple online users, attracting a large number […]
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Sir Michael Dixon has been elected as the next Principal of Green Templeton College, and will take up the post from September 2020. Sir Dixon trained as a zoologist at Imperial College London before completing a doctorate at the University of York. He was appointed Director of the Natural History Museum in 2004 and has […]
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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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A writer for The Daily Telegraph has stated that the decision by St Hilda’s college to replace their chapel with a multi-faith room reflects ‘a victory for soulless neutrality’, whilst the Reverend Canon Brian Mountford, chaplain for St Hilda’s, also commented on multi-faith rooms as being ‘bland’ and ‘soulless’. After consultation from the JCR, MCR, […]
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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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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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