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Image Credit: Department for Transport/Oxford Mail The Government’s preferred option for the new Oxford to Cambridge road link has been announced. The new expressway, or dual carriageway, aims to provide a direct road link between Oxford and Cambridge via Milton Keynes, connecting what a report by Highways England calls “some of the UK’s most successful, […]
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Image Credit: Kelly Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0) Siân Berry, a graduate of Oxford University, has recently been elected joint leader of the Green Party alongside Jonathan Bartley. Bartley had previously shared this role with Caroline Lucas, the Green Party’s only sitting MP. However, following her decision not to stand again, Bartley instead ran for leader […]
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Image Credit: City of Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College (CC BY 2.0) Yesterday’s A-level results saw the proportion of students in England getting C or above fall. However, this year’s students have been awarded the highest proportion of As and A*s since 2012, amid changes toughening the exams in England. The government’s changes to […]
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Image Credit: Dtcdthingy (CC BY-SA 3.0) Plans for the next stage of the re-opening of the Oxford to Cambridge Varsity line have been submitted to the Government. The line, more formally known as the East-West rail scheme, is scheduled to open fully in the mid 2020s, replacing its former incarnation which closed in the 1960s. […]
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The Guardian has reported that Oxford and Cambridge university colleges hold a combined £21billion in wealth. This figure was calculated using a combination of freedom of information requests and audited accounts, to uncover the wealth distributed amongst estates, endowments, investments and other assets held by the nearly 70 colleges and institutions that comprise Oxbridge. […]
Continue ReadingThe National Union of Students (NUS) has announced a new partnership with Gamban, an app that allows users to block their access to gambling online. It drew attention to a report by The Gambling Commission which revealed that over 100,000 students are in some form of gambling debt and that one-in-eight undergraduates have missed lectures […]
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Cathy Olphin, a first-year Natural Sciences student at Lancaster University, has launched legal action following recent strikes by academic staff over pensions. She claims that the university’s failure to compensate for the teaching time lost to the strikes constitutes a breach of contract. Her lawyers, Leigh Day, claim that “This is the first of hundreds […]
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The QS University Rankings have ranked London the best city in the world for students, beating thirty other major global cities such as Montreal, Paris and New York. It is, however, unclear as to whether this will continue to be the case in upcoming years. The International Student Survey, based on 67,000 prospective applicants, warned […]
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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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The number of reported cases of academic misconduct involving students at top UK universities has noticeably increased in the last three years. Experts have been critical, claiming that universities are disregarding the issue. Figures compiled by The Guardian indicate that the number of incidents of cheating rose by 40%, from 2,640 in the 2014-15 academic […]
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Students who have taken out tuition fee loans to cover the cost of university studies will now be able to earn more before having to begin repaying them. This latest decision will affect all English and Welsh students who have taken out loans for university fees since the yearly cost of higher education rose to […]
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Oxford University has been placed fourth from the bottom of a new league table which measures how successful universities have been in increasing participation from students of all backgrounds. Cambridge University came last in the experimental “fair access” rankings, which were drawn up in a paper by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi). Also in […]
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Baroness Deech, former Principal of St Anne’s College, has faced public backlash after describing those who eat meat substitutes as “transgender vegetarians”. She made the comments on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday morning when asked by her interviewer whether she would like to try vegetarian burgers made to taste like beef. “If you do eat […]
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), an independent economic think tank, has found that students in England leave university with an average of £50,800 in debt. A report published last Wednesday by the IFS states that students from the poorest backgrounds graduate with debt of £57,000 from a three-year degree. The report warned that there […]
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Senator Bernie Sanders addressed the Oxford Union this afternoon, in a surprise event only announced a few days previously. He gave a characteristic stump speech, focusing on income and wealth inequality both in America and around the world. Many in the audience had been queuing for hours, and when finally the Senator arrived in the […]
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The Oxford Union has announced an additional four speakers to their already hugely varied term card line up, including ex-leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg. Details of the new speakers, and further confirmed times and dates, announced are below. To see the full details of the previously released events, go here. Nick Clegg – 30th […]
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In a talk yesterday at the Chipping Norton Literature festival, Nadiya Hussain spoke about the recent release of her new book, The Secret Life of the Amir Sisters. She won over the audience within seconds with her unfailing smile and down-to-earth, modest sense of humour: “Thanks for coming!” she said. “I never expect anyone to […]
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As election campaigning gets underway across the country, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has spoken to the Oxford Student about Labour’s plans for education. Campaigning in Oxford’s Blackbird Leys area alongside outgoing Oxford East MP Andrew Smith and a group of Labour activists on Saturday, Mr McDonnell made a speech covering a wide range of topics […]
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Theresa May has called a snap general election. Speaking on the steps of 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister announced that she intends for the election to be held on the 8th June. Citing her government’s small majority, and her fears the opposition is set to frustrate her Brexit plans, May announced that tomorrow she […]
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