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Image description: an image of the inside of the Pitt Rivers Museum The University has received a grant of £639,999 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to support the reopening and recovery of the Ashmolean Museum, the History of Science Museum, the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum. All of the […]
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Image Description: View of the Radcliffe camera (left) and cartoon of a woman holding giant rapid Covid-19 test (right) The University has recorded 3 positive cases out of 39 tests taken between 13th and 19th March, down from 6 in the previous week. Further, twice-weekly asymptomatic testing arrangements are confirmed to be in place from […]
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Data from Oxford University’s Early Alert Service states that between the 6th and 12th March, the University recorded a total of 6 positive cases out of 41 tests taken. This includes 3 student and 3 staff cases, a small rise from 1 positive case among students in the previous week. This brings the total number […]
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Image description: The Radcliffe Camera on a sunny day The University coronavirus testing service have released their latest testing statistics for the week 20th – 26th February. Just one of the 54 tests taken was positive, giving a positivity rate of 1.9%. This means that since the start of the testing service in August, a […]
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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: the radcam viewed through a doorway The University has emailed students providing more information about exams in Trinity. Students will be able to explain mitigating circumstances to examiners if their work has been impacted by lack of in-person resources. Residency requirements will also not be in place for Trinity term. Pro-Vice-Chancellor Martin Williams […]
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A new study compiled by the University of Oxford has found that early treatment for COVID-19 patients with medication commonly used for asthma could ‘significantly reduce the need for hospitalisation and urgent care. The data also suggested that inhaled budesonide, a corticosteroid used in the long-term management of asthma, could also reduce recovery times. This […]
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Image Description: The Examination Schools gates. Oxford University yesterday confirmed that all open-book exams in Trinity 2021 will be completed using a new online platform called Inspera. In a comment to the Oxford Student, a spokesperson for Oxford SU said: “We’re pleased to see that the university has decided to invest in a modern software […]
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“It’s a strange world. Some people get rich, others eat shit and die” – Hunter S. Thompson For Charles Barkley, former professional basketball player turned sports analyst, those who are rich seemingly ‘deserve’ to be protected from the prospect of ever joining the masses of shit-eaters at the bottom of the pile. Speaking on TNT, Barkley […]
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Image description: the radcam The university has today announced that in-person teaching will not return until Trinity term, for all but a few exempted courses. Unless students hear from their faculty otherwise, or have communicated with their colleges, they are being told not to return to Oxford for the remainder of term. Further to this […]
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The Oxford SU Student Council have held their 1st Week Council meeting for Hilary 2021. The Student Council, the legislative assembly of the Student Union, represents more than 20,000 students at the university. The Council convenes 12 times a year, once every two weeks in term time. At this meeting, a number of motions were […]
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Image description: Entrance to the Sackler Library In an email addressed to ‘Sackler Library Readers’, it was revealed that all Oxford libraries, apart from the Old Bodleian and Cairns, will be closed to readers. The email further states that resources such as Click and Collect and LibraryScan will remain available to students. The decision to […]
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Hilary Term 2021 – Edited by Issy Fleming and Robert Macilraith These are interactive documents, clicking on the article text, image, or headline will direct you to the full article online. 8th Week 7th Week 6th Week 5th week 4th week 3rd Week 2nd Week 1st Week 0th Week Michaelmas Term 2020 – Edited by […]
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Image Description: Students sitting collection exams in Balliol Hall. The Oxford Student Union laid out the steps it was taking to support students in relation to recent statements by the University at a meeting earlier today. At the meeting, the SU laid out their commitment to ‘strengthen the mitigating circumstances process’. This is to include […]
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Image description: Oxford High Street at night. 3,500 students have now been offered undergraduate places at the University for the next academic year, starting in October. The admissions process was extremely competitive: for every one undergraduate place, there were nearly seven applications. The admissions process this year differed due to the effects of the COVID-19 […]
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Image Description: The back of Keble College An emergency meeting was held today at Keble College regarding the return of students without permission from the accommodation office. This follows a number of changes to the government and university guidance about returning for Hilary Term. In a message to the JCR seen by the Oxford Student, […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Radcliffe Camera. Colleges have begun to respond to the letter sent by the Minister of State for Universities yesterday, in which a “pause” of the return of students until the 25th January was advised. The University today updated its Coronavirus Status and Response page and a full announcement is […]
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Image Description: The Radcliffe Camera on a background of grey and red with images of the virus. The UK has approved the Oxford ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine for emergency use. 100 million doses have been ordered, and will begin to be administered from Monday. The University of Oxford “welcomes the news” as the vaccine will now […]
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Image description: view of the Oxford skyline from South Park A report released today by the Office for National Statistics suggests that students are similarly compliant with COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines as the general population. The report also shows that student well-being has suffered extensively during the pandemic: one student at the university told the […]
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