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The University has scaled back the number of students in the inaugural intake for its new graduate college, Parks College, under new plans released this week. In a stark shift away from the plans announced back in February, which proposed the recruitment of 200 graduate students in 2019-2020 for admission in September 2020, the University […]
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Oxford University Labour Club set to disaffiliate from the National Organisation of Labour Students in response to the way in which the recent elections have been run. OULC voted unanimously not to reaffiliate in January next year, at the time when membership is usually reaffirmed. The decision comes following controversy as Labour clubs including Oxford […]
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The University of Oxford has announced a programme of new measures of financial support for students from a variety of disadvantaged backgrounds. Students from low-income households, care-leavers and estranged students will all see increased in funding available to them during their time in Oxford. The new funding will become available to students starting their studies […]
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There have been 334 recorded accidents, injuries and “near misses” in the Oxford University Chemistry Department since 2010, The Oxford Student can reveal. The figures obtained by freedom of information request shed light on the dangers faced by chemists in the course of their studies and research. The average number of incidents per year is […]
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Suspension is becoming increasingly common in Oxford, having risen by 68% since 2011. Yet it continues to be an invisible side of university life and an investigation by The Oxford Student has found that there are considerable differences in the way that colleges treat suspended students. This gives lie to a commonly held assumption that […]
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The Faculty of Music has withdrawn proposed changes to one of its FHS exams after strong criticism from students. On Thursday 31st January the Faculty announced via email that the ‘Music Analysis and Criticism’ paper – in which students have to analyse an unseen score of 19th-century chamber music and write an essay on it […]
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It is estimated that between 1000-1500 young people marched through Oxford’s streets to demand more action be taken against climate change. The rally was a part of a series of demonstrations that have taken place up and down the country as part of the ‘Youth Strike 4 climate’ movement. Climate change has become an increasingly […]
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A campaign has been launched to advocate for an Oxford Musicians’ Minimum Wage. The campaign aims to bring the reimbursement of student musicians at college balls more in line with the Musicians’ Union National Rate for functions, to £162.00 per player; currently, student bands are sometimes expected to work for as little as £25 per player, […]
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Brendan McGrath has survived a vote of impeachment at the Oxford Union. The impeachment vote, which ran between 8:30am to 9:30pm today lost with 400 votes against impeachment, 189 votes for impeachment, and 3 spoilt ballots. The impeachment was called by Jim Brennan following Ray William’s dramatic resignation from the position of Chief of Staff […]
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Brian Wong, Senior Access Officer of the Oxford Union, has resigned over an overturning of the ban on slates which took place in October last year. The motion, which won 57 votes to 15, was proposed by Ray Williams, former Chief of Staff at the Oxford Union, and resulted in slates being banned for two […]
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The University’s 2018-2023 strategic plan aims to build new graduate housing at a time scale years behind increasing graduate numbers. The document announces the aim to have begun the construction of 1000 additional graduate rooms by 2023. However, this goal comes alongside a promise to increase graduate numbers by up to 850 a year by […]
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Oxford Chancellor Lord Chris Patten visited the Stubbs Society on Wednesday of 4th week to discuss the changing world, Brexit and “safe spaces”. The Oxford Student interviewed Patten after the event to push him on some of the key questions which had arisen in his talk. The recent petition that has been brought against John […]
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The Oxford Climate Society and Oxford Climate Justice Campaign has called for Oxford University to do more in an event as part of Climate Action Week. The event, which was entitled ‘Scale up Oxford: Meeting Oxford’s Climate Responsibilities’, took place on Monday 4th February. The meeting was a response to a recent special report by […]
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Anisha Faruk, former co-chair of the Oxford University Labour Club, has clinched victory in a tough election for President of the Oxford SU. The results were announced at an event at the Weston Library, and show significant victories for Faruk’s Impact: Oxford slate. The presidential election went through three rounds of preferential voting. RON was […]
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Elections for the Oxford SU are now upon us. We sat down and spoke to the candidates for the top job to learn more about their platform before the hacking well and truly gets underway. Hustings will take place in the SU on 4 Worcestor Street at 17:00 on Monday 4th Feb. The event will […]
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Several colleges in Oxford have hardship funds which are administered by members of the JCR and MCR, The Oxford Student can reveal. Class Act, the SU campaign for students who are working-class, first generation, state-comprehensive school educated or from a low-income background, ran an exploratory survey over the summer last year, which found a number […]
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Oxford’s new graduate college, to be named Parks College, will share the premises of the Radcliffe Science Library as a “flexible space”, the University has revealed. In December, the University announced a new graduate college which “will occupy the historic Radcliffe Science Library site on Parks Road and will start recruiting 200 graduate students in […]
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For the first time since 2012, when Stonewall began publishing its annual list of the 100 best employers for LGBT people in the country, the University of Oxford has managed to earn a spot. The university ranks near the bottom, tied with the University of Essex for number 93 on the list. Stonewall published its […]
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On Wednesday the 16th of January the Oxford Student Council had its first meeting of Hilary term. In it the Student Council voted to renew its recommendation to boycott the National Student Survey (NSS). Making his case for the boycott the proposer of the motion, Alex Kumar, warns that this seemingly innocuous survey is intended […]
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