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Image Credit: Des Blenkinsopp (cc-by-sa/2.0) The nephew of Lieutenant Geoffrey Ellwood, a soldier who died in the Battle of the Somme, is urging Magdalen College to restore a memorial cross (pictured) which once stood in its quad. Geoffrey Ellwood was a student of Magdalen college and was killed in action on July 14th, aged 25 in Bazentin […]
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New College and Mansfield College have come into dispute over the development of a controversial tower block from New College. Warham Tower, which would house third years in New College, would overlook Mansfield’s residential quad, and would feature some windows which would look directly into student bedrooms. This has lead to worries about privacy, with […]
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The Queen’s College’s JCR voted unanimously this week to introduce a Transgender Representative to its executive committee. The move sees Queen’s join Wadham, Magdalen, and Lady Margaret Hall, who all introduced equivalent positions earlier in the academic year, amongst others in providing a position to represent those who no longer identify with their birth gender. […]
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St Hugh’s College JCR has passed a motion to condemn and remove funding for arts publication ‘Gold of Fuck’ after its name was found scrawled on a wall on Iffley road. Zain Baweja, a co-founder of the zine, described the behaviour of the college JCR executive – who unanimously supported the motion – as “underhand” […]
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Following a JCR meeting held last Sunday, LMH have this week passed a motion to declare war on Sweden. A general hatred of Sweden, and the belief that Sweden was responsible for the cancellation of bops in college this year, motivated the vote. “Sweden is central to the current corruption within the JCR executive,” the […]
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A ‘dirty protest’ staged in the bathrooms of Somerville College bar – which had recently been made gender-neutral – has attracted international attention. The story, first reported by Cherwell on Sunday, has been picked up by outlets as diverse as The Times, Business Standard, and Odisha TV, a regional Indian television network. The words “We […]
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The Oxford SU LGBTQ+ campaign has issued an official statement in anticipation of Brendan O’Neill’s visit to the Queen’s College tonight. It follows the organisation of a protest, scheduled for tonight at 6:30, against the decision to invite O’Neill to address an Addison Society dinner at the college. The statement, which has been signed by […]
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Mansfield College’s women’s officer, Carys Greenaway, passed the motion at the college’s JCR meeting on Sunday. The motion aims to “increase women’s officer’s budget for menstrual cups to £103.08 which would fully reimburse 4 cups.” The current college policy is that the women’s officer provides reimbursement to students for menstrual cups if they […]
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*This article was amended on the 9th May to clarify that St Peter’s College has not abolished relations with Oxford SU* St Peter’s JCR has unanimously voted to remove the position of “Oxford SU Representative” from their JCR Committee. The role of OUSU representative generally involves attending the fortnightly Student Union meetings to ensure that […]
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A demonstration will be held tomorrow in protest against the invitation of political columnist Brendan O’Neill to speak at a dinner at Queen’s College. The decision to invite O’Neill to address a dinner tomorrow has been defended by the Addison Society, which has organised the event. The student-run society regularly invites prominent figures to college […]
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For the third year in a row, Oriel College is hoping to field the largest contingent in Oxford’s annual Town and Gown 10K run. The college, which currently has ninety-three fundraisers planning to take on the challenge, is hoping to rally one-hundred members of the college to take part in a bid to raise money […]
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The governing body of St Hugh’s College has launched an independent enquiry into allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment by a now-deceased fellow. Mel McGrath, a student of PPE at the college in the 1980s, accused her personal tutor Professor David Robertson of “doing a Weinstein on me” in a piece for website ‘The Pool’. […]
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Oxford City Council has today approved a proposal by St Hilda’s College for a new block that will be built on the east bank of the River Cherwell, looking out towards Christ Church meadows. This new space will allow the college to accommodate more of its undergraduate body, as it can currently only house around […]
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Plans submitted to the City Council by Jesus College for the building of a new quad have been welcomed by civic leaders and local businesses. The College has proposed redeveloping the property they own at Northgate House, located on the corner of Market St. and Cornmarket (pictured above, rightmost building). Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal […]
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Sulaiman Wihba, a twenty-year-old Syrian refugee, has been awarded the Balliol Students’ Scholarship. Sulaiman fled Syria along with his mother in 2015, taking a hazardous route through the Eastern Mediterranean and enduring a five-hour sea crossing in a dangerously overcrowded boat to reach the UK. In January 2018, he received an unconditional place to study […]
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Six colleges, of which only Hertford and Pembroke are currently named, justified pension reform on the basis of wanting ‘less risk’, seen through their responses to a Universities UK (UUK) survey. This follows considerable student protest in Oxford to counter the government’s proposed changes to pensions, which contributed the the University’s eventual u-turn on the […]
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On Sunday of 6th Week, the LMH JCR approved a motion to create a Trans Officer for the JCR Executive. The motion was proposed by incumbent LGBTQA Officer Pip Cull who argued that ‘Trans students face unique challenges in the college environment’ which a cisgender representative would be unqualified to deal with. The motion noted […]
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Wadham College has banned its bar from serving cocktails in pint-sized glasses at big events, after complaints of extreme drunkenness. Cocktails will now be served in half-pints, and there will be no more three-for-ten-pound deals. In addition, the alcoholic content of drinks will be capped at six percent. These policies will apply only during Wadham’s […]
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On Sunday, St Anne’s JCR voted for a motion to “call on the college to pay all staff the Oxford Living wage of £9.69 per hour, and to become a certified Living Wage employer”. The motion passed with 29 votes in favour and 2 against. The motion noted that Oxford has one of the highest […]
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