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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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Image description: bikes outside the Radcam Lady Margaret Hall has donated over 90 bikes as part of Active Oxfordshire’s contribution to the #bikesforkeyworkers initiative. The college explains in an email to students “The goal here is to provide free bikes to NHS and Social Care staff who cannot use public transport during the lockdown or […]
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The Saïd Business School, University College, and Pembroke College, alongside commercial hotels, are partnering with the Oxford City Council to free up 121 rooms to house rough sleepers. In late March, the government told councils it was “imperative” to house rough sleepers. Residents of shelters including O’Hanlon House and the recently opened Floyds Row had […]
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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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Oxford Brookes admitted a greater proportion of privately educated students than Oxford, new figures show. The Higher Education Statistics Agency has published figures showing that Oxford Brookes admitted a greater proportion of students from private schools than most UK universities. This includes some highly selective institutions like the LSE. By a statiscians’ metric from Hesa, […]
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A start-up founded by an Oxford Professor of Psychiatry has received €11.9 million in funding to extend its operations into the USA and to continue expanding its current undertakings. Oxford VR, a company that seeks to offer virtual reality based therapy for psychological disorders, received the funding from a variety of venture capital firms, including […]
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The Oxford City Council has announced that its annual budget for preventing homelessness and rough sleeping will be raised to £7.2m, marking an increase in funding of 19% from the last financial year. Meanwhile, the city also reports a decrease of 30% in the number of rough sleepers since winter 2017. In November 2019 there […]
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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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The Oxford Student have been informed that male security staff at the Plush Lounge, Oxford’s LGBTQ+ nightclub, have been accused of assaulting two female customers, as well as, in another incident, failing to remove reported sex attackers from the venue. Two of these claims resulted in initial police involvement, though no charges were made against […]
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Extra armrests had been added to a bench on Woodstock Road, where it is believed a homeless man was sheltering. The instalments were spotted on Monday at a bus stop shelter near Somerville College and were part of a suspected bid to prevent rough sleepers from using the bench to sleep on. Oxford City Council, […]
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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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Image description: Rosie Sourbut canvassing in the constituency Studying English in the year above me at Somerville College, I have been good friends with Rosie Sourbut since first year — and have followed her as she ardently campaigns for the issues which she is most passionate about. At only twenty-one years old, Rosie recently became […]
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On 15th November, Theresa May spoke at the Union after much anticipation within the Oxford community. Rumours of her appearance had been circulating throughout Michaelmas term, and was confirmed well ahead of the event itself. May resigned as Prime Minister on 24th July this year, but her political legacy, primarily involving matters of Brexit, ensured […]
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The Oxford Student can reveal that Greggs will be opening on Cornmarket Street, in the place of former Moss Bros store. Greggs has submitted a planning application to Oxford City Council to make alterations to 59-61 Cornmarket street shop front, suggesting that this will be the location of the new Greggs store. Previous talk of […]
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