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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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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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Cw: transphobia The Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) have released an official statement condemning the decision of former shadow chancellor John McDonnell to attend an ‘in conversation event’ with controversial Oxford professor, Selina Todd. The event, hosted by the History Faculty, will see the prominent Labour backbencher speak with Todd about her new book Snakes […]
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Image Description: A shot of Christ Church with a rainbow. Oxford City Council has reported that for the week ending 22 January, there were 294.7 cases per 100,000 people in Oxfordshire. This is a drop from 399.5 the week before but still three times higher than the figures reported at the start of December last […]
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Image Description: a cartoon image of the COVID-19 virus with the Radcliffe Camera in the background. Oxford University has responded to claims that the efficacy of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in over-65s is not as high as previously reported. The German Heath Ministry has attributed the reports to a misreading of statistics. German media reports had […]
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Image description: Oxford Town Hall Oxford City Council have announced their plans to hold an ‘online service of reflection’ to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Holocaust Memorial Day is internationally recognised every year on 27th January to commemorate those who lost their lives as a result of the Holocaust, and all those murdered in subsequent genocides. The […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Houses of Parliament in the evening. A Parliamentary Committee has asked students to submit evidence of their experiences during lockdown, as it looks into breaches of human rights as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has asked students to submit written evidence […]
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Image Description: A picture of Prime Minister Boris Johnson giving a press conference. Colleges and the University have begun to respond to the national lockdown, announced yesterday evening by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Oxford Student Union have committed to continuing to lobby for students who are negatively affected by the latest restrictions. The University […]
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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: Views over Oxford City from the Sheldonian Theatre Cupola with the Beat logo TW: ED, anorexia, bulimia, restricted eating. Students at the university involved in the Beat campaign to help fight Eating Disorders and get help for those affected by Eating Disorders have written an open letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University […]
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Image Description: The sign of the Physics Department rebranded with a cardboard sign as “Department of Nuclear Weapons -> Destruction” (left) and The sign of the Mathematical Institute rebranded as “US Army Corp Training Unit” (right) Members of the student and alumni campaign Disarm Oxford on Monday created parody department signage to raise awareness about […]
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The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca have announced that the vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019 is up to 90% effective at preventing Covid-19. AstraZeneca have also promised that the Vaccine will be sold at cost – between $3-$4 a dose – to all nations during the pandemic, and to developing nations in perpetuity. This is a fraction […]
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Residents at a building development in Paddington Walk have been left with huge costs and mental stress after they were billed at least £40,000 each to cover the costs of fire safety provisions and the replacement of unsafe, Grenfell-style ACM cladding. The building developer and freeholder of the site, European Land & Property Limited (ELPL), […]
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The government has told universities to allocate departure dates during a “student travel window” between 3rd and 9th December, with a mass-testing programme rolling out between 30th November and 6th December, in order to minimise the risk of students spreading Covid-19 to other parts of the country. Universities Minister Michelle Donelan, speaking on BBC Breakfast, […]
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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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The clinical trials of the joint Oxford University and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) have been halted after a participant suffered a ‘potentially unexplained illness.’ A statement released on 8 September 2020, stated that a participant in the Oxford-based trials had a suspected serious adverse reaction, resulting in a pause in testing, though it is not […]
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This article was originally titled: Colleges Change Admissions Policies Amidst Major U-Turn On A-Level Results but has been adjusted to reflect the latest news. UPDATE: Oxford University has now released a statement confirming they will honour the places of all offer-holders whose Centre-Assessed Grades meet their conditional offer. The University now faces “capacity constraints both […]
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The University of Oxford’s ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 is the world-leading vaccine candidate, according to the Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation. Phase 1 trial results released earlier today suggest that the vaccine is “safe, tolerated and immunogenic”. It may also offer “double protection” against the deadly virus. The British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneza is helping developing […]
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Image Description: People sitting around a table with their laptops, working together Oxford students have joined a national consultancy effort to support local charities that have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Six Degrees Oxford, a sustainability consultancy group, has partnered with the COVID-19 Student Response Network (CSRN), led by University of Bristol students. […]
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