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Photo description: an AIDS awareness mural by Keith Haring in Barcelona The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a proliferation of medical trials seeking to treat and eventually cure the virus, one of which is the convalescent plasma trial. Scientists hope that, by recruiting volunteers who have had coronavirus, they will be able to develop a […]
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Trinity Professorial Fellow Chris Butler has launched a trial on the effects that the common drugs Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin have on COVID-19 symptoms in over 50-year-olds. This has been named the PRINCIPLE trial, and is the first trial of COVID-19 treatments to take place in primary care, relying on a network of GP surgeries. PRINCIPLE […]
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Image description: Alan Rusbridger at the international journalism festival in 2014. Alan Rusbridger, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall and former editor of the Guardian, is among the 20 people chosen to feature in Facebook’s oversight committee. Once this initiative has been launched over summer, the final decision on what should be removed and what should […]
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A motion which mandates the Oxford University Student Union (SU) to condemn the use of “hateful material” in mandatory teaching was passed in Student Council this Thursday. The motion also resolves to create a new SU Policy, entitled “Protection of Transgender, Non-binary, Disabled, Working-class, and Women* Students from Hatred in University Contexts”. Named the ‘Academic […]
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The World’s largest producer of vaccines will mass-produce the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford scientists. The Serum Institute of India, based in Pune, currently produces 1.5 billion vaccine doses a year. They target a wide range of diseases. They will mass-produce the vaccine currently being trialled by the Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group. […]
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On the 12th of April the Minister for Health, Matt Hancock, revealed that an NHS app was in development: “if you become unwell with the symptoms of the coronavirus, you can securely tell this new NHS app and the app will then send an alert anonymously to other app users that you’ve been in significant […]
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Oxford University has passed a motion requiring its endowment fund to divest from all direct investments in fossil fuel companies, and end future investment in funds that primarily hold stock in fossil fuel companies. The motion further requires endowment managers to request evidence of plans to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions from companies across Oxford’s […]
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Oxford University’s denouncement of UNWomen Oxford’s cancellation of an event with Amber Rudd came after concern about pressure from the government and right-wing critics, according to a series of emails released in a freedom of information request. The university denied suggestions of government influence. Last month, the UNWomen Oxford UK Society cancelled the controversial former Home […]
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Anneliese Dodds, the Labour MP for Oxford East has been appointed as shadow chancellor. Dodds, who has close ties to Sir Keir Starmer, the incoming Labour leader had long been tipped for the position if he were to win the leadership contest. Despite being well known to residents of Oxford, she is more obscure on […]
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Image Description: Professor Simon Marginson – a headshot A senior Oxford professor has cast doubt on the likelihood of a return to normal teaching at UK universities this autumn. He also raised concerns over whether the volume of enrolment by international students will return to normal in the next academic year. In an address to […]
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Oxford University alumni make up the largest proportion of The Sunday Times UK Rich List, a study has shown, higher than both Cambridge and Imperial graduates. The list records the 1000 richest people in the UK annually. Economics and Finance degrees were found to be the most studied among members of the list, whilst Harvard […]
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Researchers at the University of Oxford have started recruiting for a clinical trial of a new vaccine to combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A collaboration between the University’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group clinical teams, the trial aims to determine “ the feasibility of vaccination against COVID-19 and could lead to early deployment” according […]
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Researchers and students at the Blavatnik School of Government have launched a tool designed to track government responses to the COVID-19 epidemic. The first tool of its kind, the tracker will collect publicly available data from 73 countries. It is anticipated that more countries will be added to the list, which already contains the major […]
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The Oxford Student can confirm that at least three US colleges have advised their students on visiting programmes at Oxford University to return home as soon as possible. The move comes after President Donald Trump announced sweeping travel restrictions to the United States from countries within the European Union. Although these travel restrictions currently exclude […]
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Public Health England has confirmed that a second student at Oxford has tested positive for the novel virus, Covid-19 (Coronavirus). The student is a graduate at Hertford College. An email sent out this afternoon by the Hertford Principal, Will Hutton, reads ‘(…) a Hertford graduate has been diagnosed positively for Covid-19. ‘They are now being […]
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UCU members at the University of Oxford are joining members at 73 other Universities in taking strike action for a total of 14 days over the next four weeks. The strike action is due to take place on Thursday and Friday of 5th week, Monday to Wednesday of sixth week, Monday to Thursday of 7th […]
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Extinction Rebellion (XR), the global climate activist group, has had its hour-glass logo listed on a UK counter-terrorism document alongside the logos of neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups. The leaked police document, which contains a list of signs, symbols, and tattoos, was distributed to medical staff and teachers as part of anti-extremism briefings. The document […]
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Monty Python star and alumni of St. Edmund Hall, Terry Jones has died aged 77. Jones studied English at St Edmund Hall, also developing an interest in medieval history during his degree. In his time at Oxford, he performed with the Oxford Revue where he met fellow-Python and lifelong friend, Michael Palin. After graduating he […]
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2,697 state school attending students have been made an undergraduate offer to study at Oxford University for the academic year 2020/21- up by 4.6% from last year, the largest intake increase for state school students the University has ever seen. This Tuesday just under 10,000 shortlisted applicants from around the world received the news they […]
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