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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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Image description: Professor Aditi Lahiri, CBE Five University of Oxford academics and medics have been honoured in Her Majesty’s New Year’s Honours List 2020. They have all been rewarded for their significant medical and academic contributions to society. Current members of the University featured on the Queen’s Honours List are as follows: Professor Karen Louise Barker, […]
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Despite a Conservative majority across the country, Oxford East has remained strongly Labour. The constituency, which includes the majority of Oxford colleges, elected incumbent Labour and Co-op MP Anneliese Dodds who has represented the area since the 2017 General Election, replacing Andrew Smith as the Labour Candidate who had held the seat since 1987. Dodds, […]
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Balliol College JCR is gathering signatures for a letter to be sent to Boris Johnson, condemning what it says to be his ‘racist, homophobic, misogynistic, and unlawful behaviour’. The letter follows a number of general meetings during which the JCR has decided to advise the college to strip Boris Johnson of his alumni privileges as […]
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Oxford University was the first university to offer a doctoral degree, where its first DPhil scholars came from across the world to further their education. November 2019 marks the 100 year anniversary of the DPhil, with the DPhil being the Oxford equivalent to a PhD. When the DPhil first began, only several dozen graduate students […]
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Oxford University Turkish Society has joined 21 other Turkish student societies in the UK from Universities across the country in releasing an open letter in support of the Turkish invasion of Kurdish-controlled north-eastern Syria, citing a need to address the issue following “vehement attacks on Turkey by certain student groups”. Last week Turkey began a […]
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Plans for the much-loved sandwich shop to open a new store in Oxford have been confirmed. A spokesperson for Greggs told The Oxford Student: “We are pleased to confirm that we have plans to open a new shop in Oxford later this year and will have more information about exactly where and when in the […]
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Baroness Valerie Amos has been appointed Master of University College, Oxford. She will be the first black head of an Oxford College, and the first women Master of Univ. Baroness Amos is the current director of SOAS University of London, a former politician for the Labour Party, and former United Nations Official. Commenting on this, […]
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Boris Johnson has officially become Oxford University’s 28th Prime Minister, having studied Classics at Balliol College. The former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has won the Tory leadership contest to become the UK’s latest prime minister, being the 28th of these to have been educated at Oxford University. Beating Jeremy Hunt with 66% of the […]
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Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, Louise Richardson, has recently suggested that the lack of state school students being admitted to the university may be the fault of state schools themselves. A recent investigation by the Sutton Trust has shown that eight British schools, the majority of which are private, have sent more students to Oxbridge than three […]
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Image description: protestors at the University of Leeds during the 2018 UCU pension strike The University and College Union (UCU) may go on strike next autumn if 69 universities, including the University of Oxford, do not agree to make changes to their pension scheme. In April, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) raised the required contributions […]
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