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Despite being outnumbered 14 colleges to 9, Oxford has beaten out Cambridge in the first Buy One Give One Free (BOGOF) competition. Until now, Cambridge had always been ahead, but Oxford pulled through, with Keble alone donating 2015 items, and St Edmund Hall not far behind with 1433. In total, the 9 Oxford colleges taking […]
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A memo sent from the Thames Valley Police to Balliol College has announced new Tier 2 rules and police presence around Oxford. As lockdown ends at 00:01, Wednesday, 2nd December and Oxfordshire enters Tier 2, there will be a Dispersal Authority in place for Oxford city centre and Cowley Road, and a ‘dedicated team of […]
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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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Image Description: An aerial view of Radcliffe Square The SU Council has voted in favour of a motion in supporting demands from students that the University should waive its residency requirements for the foreseeable future. However, the University stands by its stance that it will not lift residency requirements in Hilary term, citing “the educational […]
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In the week preceding 27th November, Oxford University’s Early Alert system saw only 21 positive cases out of 140 tests. This is a significant drop from positive case numbers earlier in the term, with the decrease being especially apparent in the last two weeks. The University’s Early Alert system has conducted 5,228 tests over the […]
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The government has announced that the entirety of Oxfordshire will be in Tier 2 (High Alert) restrictions once lockdown ends on the 2nd December. The government states that this Tier is for areas with a higher or rapidly rising level of infections, where some additional restrictions need to be in place. You can find out […]
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The Oxford Bangladesh Society, the Oxford Pakistan Society and the Oxford India Society are hosting an online zoom event to discuss partition. This is the first time that the societies have come together to discuss the historic event, which took place 74 years ago. The Zoom panel discussion, which will be held on Saturday 21st […]
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Image description: Looking east towards the altar from the nave of Christ Church Cathedral. TW: homophobia, queerphobia, abuse, mental health The Oxford Student has this week spoken to several LGBTQ+ students who say that they have experienced homophobia within OICCU (Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union) and two of its main student churches, St Ebbe’s and St […]
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The city of Oxford will move into Tier 2 lockdown restrictions this Saturday, the Council has announced. Different households will no longer be able to meet indoors in any setting, public or private. Overnight stays will only be allowed from those in your own household or support bubble, but both Universities – like schools, colleges […]
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– Oxford will be moving into higher alert (Tier 2) for coronavirus. Oxford City Council announced that as of Saturday 31 October at 12:01 am, Oxford will be under Tier 2 restrictions. – The key difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 restrictions is that Tier 2 restricts socialising indoors with people outside your support […]
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Image description: children’s school meal on a tray, including potatoes, beans, stewed vegetables, salad, Ryvita, and squash. In response to the government’s failure to extend the free school meals plan, Oxfordshire restaurants and small businesses have offered their own schemes. The free school meals plan would have provided 1.4 million disadvantaged children with £15-pound-a-week food […]
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Oxford has been placed back on amber alert and is close to the threshold for local restrictions after a significant increase in coronavirus cases this week, and speaking to The Oxford Student today, the University assures that its students are “great citizens who understand their responsibility.” The seven days to the 25th September saw 67 […]
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In today’s Virtual Town Hall, representatives from both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University made it clear that they would not prevent students from visiting home, as long as they have not been told to isolate. The question was posed by a concerned resident, worried that the lack of social experience at University […]
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Image description: an amber alert symbol in front of the Radcliffe Camera With students set to return in just over a month, the city of Oxford has been placed on ‘amber alert’, following a spike in coronavirus cases thought to be driven by 18 to 29-year-olds. Cases in the city centre reached a weekly rate of […]
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An investigation has revealed that in 2018, Magdalen College obtained planning permission for a housing development that did not include affordable housing. The site was sold in January 2020, but the current plans are those submitted by the College. Developments of this scale usually require a certain number of ‘affordable homes’, but Magdalen was able […]
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Image Description: Entrance to the Oxford Playhouse The UK government will provide a £1.57 billion rescue package to help cultural, arts and heritage institutions through the detrimental financial impact of the coronavirus, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced in a tweet on Sunday evening. The news of the “world-leading” lifeline comes as a relief […]
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Image Description: Oriel College, Oxford Members of Oriel MCR have voted overwhelmingly to explicitly endorse the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes on the High Street façade of Oriel College. On Sunday 14th June, a number of motions were proposed in an online meeting of Oriel’s Middle Common Room. The results are as follows: […]
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Image Description: The statue of Cecil Rhodes above the High Street entrance of Oriel College An earlier title of this article used the word refute, as in “deny accusations” but this has been changed to deny for clarity, and a link defining anti-semitism has been added. A statement, sent on 12th June, from the Equality […]
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Image description: Protestors in South Park A socially-distanced peaceful protest organised by ‘Black Lives Matter Oxford’ took place on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd June, attracting hundreds of demonstrators to South Park, Oxford. The socially-distanced demonstration was originally planned to go forward in Bonn Square, but as demand increased in the days before the event, […]
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