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St Hilda’s and Merton students are being asked to voluntarily participate in a six-month rapid testing study, designed to see whether this type of weekly screening for COVID-19 is feasible. The trial also seeks to determine the accuracy of a new, rapid test, known as a Lateral Flow Test (LFT) that gives results in 20-30 […]
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Oxford University’s Early Alert Service has recorded 212 new positive cases between 24th October and 30th October. This is a change from 208 recorded in the previous week, bringing the University’s total cases to 708 since it started testing in August. The cases were recorded from 727 tests, which gives a weekly positivity rate of […]
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The city of Oxford will move into Tier 2 lockdown restrictions this Saturday, the Council has announced. Different households will no longer be able to meet indoors in any setting, public or private. Overnight stays will only be allowed from those in your own household or support bubble, but both Universities – like schools, colleges […]
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Image description: A student in sub fusc sat at their desk. Third-year Engineering exams, which have been held in person at Exam Schools over the past weeks, were plagued by errors in questions and, according to student opinion, a failure to make provision for self-isolating students. Last week, The Oxford Student reported that weeks of […]
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– Oxford will be moving into higher alert (Tier 2) for coronavirus. Oxford City Council announced that as of Saturday 31 October at 12:01 am, Oxford will be under Tier 2 restrictions. – The key difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 restrictions is that Tier 2 restricts socialising indoors with people outside your support […]
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150 students at St John’s college were receiving meals in isolation on Monday, with students receiving an email update from catering that they were “doing their best that everyone has the main course that is published on the weekly menu”. It is understood that the college does not regularly update students on the number of […]
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The University released data from its Early Alert Service on Monday, revealing that 197 students tested positive for Covid-19 in the week beginning October 10th. This was an increase of 61 cases on the previous week, and some colleges – and their annexes – have been impacted more heavily than others. While University College imposed […]
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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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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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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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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 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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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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