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Image Description: St John’s College, Oxford. Thomas West Oxford, a contractor used by St John’s College Oxford at their North Oxford building site, has updated its wildlife policy after it was reported by a local resident that a lawn mower had run over a baby Roe Fawn on Friday 28th May. A Change.org petition stated […]
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Image Description: Prince Charles joins EU leaders at Low Carbon Prosperity Summit. On the 8th of June, Tuesday, the Prince of Wales visited Somerville College as it celebrates its 140th anniversary and marks 100 years of Oxford degrees for women. Prince Charles was greeted on arrival by Somerville’s Principal, Baroness Janet Royall. Baroness Royall accompanied […]
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Image Description: A building adjoining the Somerville quad Re-open nominations (RON) has been declared the winner in Somerville College’s JCR presidential election, defeating two candidates. RON won 82 votes (43%) at the first stage, with the candidates receiving 57 and 51 votes respectively. At the second stage, the second-placing candidate won 71 votes but lost […]
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Image Description: A picture of crowds of people in front of Hertford College buildings. Hertford College has today announced that it is committing to net-zero carbon emissions and a biodiversity net gain by 2030. The college has already embarked on short-term changes, and plans to imminently develop a long-term strategy. Short-term changes include reducing unnecessary […]
Continue ReadingImage Description: A picture of the Radcliffe Camera The University has changed its policy regarding mitigating circumstances for assessments meaning students no longer have to apply through their college or department. In an update emailed to students and on the exams and assessments webpage the University have said that students can submit a mitigating circumstances […]
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Image Description: an image of the Oxford City skyline Colleges have begun to offer further advice to non-practical students on returning to Oxford under current exemptions. Some colleges have been relatively lenient in allowing students to return, whereas others have requested that students “wait for us to get in touch about returning as we are […]
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Image Description: A picture of St Peter’s College from New Inn Hall Road. The President of the St Peter’s College JCR has resigned after the College’s Governing Body heavily criticised her for holding an Emergency General Meeting without the requisite period of notice, “compromising” the Body’s trust in the JCR’s judgement. The EGM was held […]
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Image Description: View of the main quad including the Porter’s Lodge and Chapel of St Peter’s College The College will introduce a new ‘pre-pay plan’ for Undergraduate freshers with a staggered roll out to other years from 2022-23 onwards. Currently, St Peter’s operates a pay-as-you-go system. Under the new plans, any unused credit would be […]
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Image Description: A picture of the front Quad at Queen’s College. The Queen’s College MCR has cancelled a series of constitutional changes after concerns were raised about some of the proposals, describing the suggested changes as “misguided”. These changes included no longer making consent workshops compulsory, and also amending rules around the expulsion of members […]
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Image Description: a picture of one of the quads at Merton College. Merton College has officially announced its commitment to paying its staff the Oxford Living Wage. The college joined the scheme in April 2020 but delayed its announcement due to the pandemic. The Oxford Living Wage is an hourly minimum rate of pay that […]
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Image Description: A group of students stood in the St Hilda’s College bar. The administration of the St Hilda’s bar, one of the last completely student-run bars in Oxford, has been removed from the JCR by the College. This comes despite student attempts to have the bar remain in the control of the JCR.. The […]
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Image Description: A picture of the front of the Bodleian library. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education announced today in an email to undergraduate and postgraduate finalists that all graduation ceremonies until the end of August 2021 have been postponed. Graduates from last year also received an email informing them that ceremonies that had been planned for May […]
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Image Description: The roof of the Radcliffe Camera on a sunny day with purple flowers in the foreground. Somerville has announced that final year students can apply to return to Oxford from April 5th. All other students will be able to return to college on April 25th in time for the beginning of term. Students […]
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Image Description: The front entrance of the Bodleian Library Colleges and Faculties have begun to react to the University’s announcement yesterday morning. The Balliol College Master told undergraduate students that they would be able to return for the beginning of Trinity, while other colleges including University College told students that, as stated in government guidance, students […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Park Building at Somerville College Somerville College has committed to fully divest their endowment fund from fossil fuels by July 2021. Their endowment is worth just under £100 million and will be re-invested in new green projects. On their website, Somerville College stated: “We aim to fully divest from […]
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Image description: a view over Radcliffe square In an email circulated to students today, the University has laid out an update of its plans for the remainder of the academic year, in light of recent Government announcements. This includes the confirmation of the return of some in-person teaching from 8th March. In the email, the […]
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Image Description: A picture of the front of the Bodleian library. Rashmi Samant, who recently won her campaign for the Oxford Student Union presidency, has released an open to respond to criticism surrounding controversial statements she has made in the past. In the letter, Samant says: “Though the recent developments might make it hard […]
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Image description: St Peter’s College with a dusting of snow. [CW: Antisemitism] JCRs including Lincoln, Wadham and Keble have now passed motions to join St Peter’s JCR in standing against the event held with Ken Loach on Monday night. This follows the meeting that took place simultaneously to the event at St Peter’s where the […]
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Image Description: A picture of Keble College The Keble JCR President has sent a letter to the college authorities complaining that students have been treated poorly by the decanal team, and that punishments have been allocated unfairly. The JCR early last week passed a motion requiring that the JCR President writes to the Decanal team, […]
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