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Image Description: A cartoon image of a health practitioner administering a COVID-19 test. The University of Oxford’s in-house testing service, the Early Alert Service, has recorded just one positive case out of 55 tests for the week 20th-26th March. This amounts to a positivity rate of 1.8%. Each Monday the Early Alert Service’s test results […]
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A petition circulated among students of Oxford Brookes and Oxford University calls on the city council to add street lights to a path at the top of South Park. The path, which represents the shortest distance between the Brookes Campus and student housing in Cowley is regularly used by students of the university, as well […]
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In an effort to reduce costs, enhance security and “offer a more convenient 24-hour method of payment”, Oxford City Council have announced their intention to go cashless across various services throughout the year. This will involve a reformed system of payment focused around BACS, Direct Debit and debit and credit cards. However, the Council has […]
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Image Description: A yellow road sign that reads “COVID Testing Centre”. Oxford City Council has announced that workers and volunteers in public-facing roles will be able to get a free rapid COVID-19 test as part of the symptom-free testing program. The council announced that those who do not already have access to testing through their […]
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Image Description: A picture of the top of the Radcliffe Camera Oxford University will be participating in Fairtrade Fortnight from the 22nd of February to the 7th of March, an annual event across the country. Oxford University is a Fairtrade institution and many central university and college catering services provide and use Fairtrade products. This […]
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Image Description: A person crossing the street in a dimly lit photo. Oxfordshire County Council and the county’s five district councils have all agreed to work with homelessness charity Crisis in transforming their approach to preventing and ending homelessness. A housing-led response to the issue will be developed in conjunction with the charity. This is […]
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Image description: the letters TSHA against a white background with the words Turl Street Homeless Action by the side The Oxford Student spoke to Bethan Adams, the president of Turl Street Homeless Action, about the organisation’s work in helping the rough sleeper population around Oxford. What is Turl Street Homeless Action, and why is it […]
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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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Image Description: A stage with the TEDxOxford logo on screen. The annual TEDxOxford conference will take place virtually over the weekend. Academics, artists, businesspeople, and students are set to give talks on topics ranging from racial justice and green energy to poetry and the social media dead. The event will be streamed for free via […]
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Image Description: a misty Port Meadow, with a silhouette of a man in the foreground. Oxford City Council has outlined how it aims to achieve its goal of becoming a zero carbon council by 2030. Although it is only responsible for 1% of Oxford’s carbon emissions, in April 2019 the City Council set out a […]
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Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar and alum of St Hugh’s college, has been detained along with other senior politicians in a possible coup. According to a statement from a spokesperson for Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, the State Counsellor, along with the President and other leading figures, were […]
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Snowpeople descended on the city on Sunday as Oxford saw the first snowfall of the year. Here are some photos of the frosty figures which The Oxford Student has received from students and staff members at the university. Weather forecasts suggest the possibility of another snowy weekend. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning […]
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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 person standing on the steps of the Bodleian. Oxford City Council is launching a new community campaign called #WeAreOxford with grants of up to £5,000 available for projects that seek to promote cross-community relationships. Although the project was initially launched in January 2020 to “help build stronger communities post-Brexit”, the scope of […]
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Image Description: The inside of the Covered Market The Oxford City Council announced this month that local businesses are now able to apply for lockdown support grants. Businesses which have been mandated to close by the Government, such as the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors, can now apply for one-off grants of up to £9,000 […]
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Image Description: A close-up photo of the branch of a tree. Two Tiny Forests will be planted at Meadow Lane Nature Reserve and Foxwell Drive in the last week of January to help preserve and promote biodiversity in the heart of the city. Oxford City Council has worked with Earthwatch Europe, an Oxford-based environment charity […]
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Image description: shoppers inside the covered market, by the Garden shop After a delay due to the pandemic, the city council has announced plans this week to regenerate and improve the Covered Market. The council’s ‘masterplan’ will consider improving entrances, enabling events, and improving public facilities. Work based on the plan would be set to […]
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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: Entrance to the Sackler Library In an email addressed to ‘Sackler Library Readers’, it was revealed that all Oxford libraries, apart from the Old Bodleian and Cairns, will be closed to readers. The email further states that resources such as Click and Collect and LibraryScan will remain available to students. The decision to […]
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