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Image Description: generic spikey virus (red with green spikes) on grey-blue background Oxford University has launched research into the effect of various second vaccine doses on 12 to 16 year olds. The Chief Investigator, Professor Matthew Snape, said it “will provide vital information on the range of options for immunising teenagers against COVID-19 in the […]
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Image Description: an image of the Bridge of Sighs. Students at multiple colleges have received emails in the weeks leading up to Michaelmas term to encourage them to get their COVID-19 vaccination before returning to Oxford. The emails also inform students that the University is opening two walk-in vaccination centres to try and vaccinate as […]
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Image Description: the front of Brasenose College, from the steps of the Bodleian library. Brasenose College has been criticised by the student campaign group Oxford Worker Justice after a job vacancy advert appeared to pay less than the Oxford Living Wage, and seemed to inform applicants that there would be no break on a ten hour […]
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Image Description: The roof of the Sheldonian Theatre. Oxford University has maintained its place at the top of the Times Higher Education University Rankings for 2022, the sixth consecutive year that the University has placed first in the world. The rankings, announced this morning, saw Oxford placed first, with the California Institute of Technology, Harvard […]
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Image description: Taliban soldiers in a queue behind a table with several automatic weapons Two Oxford postgraduate students are trapped in Afghanistan after being refused access to UK evacuation flights, according to The Times. Fearing for their lives, the students are currently hiding in Kabul despite having documentation that entitles them to come to Britain. […]
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Image Description: A picture of the roof of the Radcliffe Camera, with leaves in the foreground. The University of Oxford has today issued new guidance concerning the return of students for the start of next year. An email sent to staff confirmed that the University would be moving to Stage 1 of the Business Continuity […]
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Image description: All Souls college skyline A Level results have been officially announced today after once again being decided by teacher assessed grades. The University of Oxford has confirmed that 92% of offer holders have been accepted despite the “widespread disruption to education”. The University has also reported an increased number of places going to […]
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Image Description: An image of the front of the Oxford Exam Schools, taken from the High Street. The Law Faculty has confirmed that finals for the next academic year will take place online, and will be open book. This comes after the Politics Department confirmed to students sitting finals in 2022 that all exams will […]
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The Faculty of History is establishing a new LGBTQ+ Working Group, chaired by Dr Sloan Mahone, which will meet once a term and report to the Faculty’s Equality & Diversity Committee. This is the latest measure the History faculty has undertaken in line with its public commitment to gender and LGBTQ+ equality. Currently, the Faculty […]
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Image Description: Yellow flowers with the Radcliffe Camera in the background. Research by Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Fellow, Professor David Macdonald, has shown that neither bats nor pangolins were sold at Wuhan’s wet markets between May 2017 and November 2019. Until now the leading hypothesis for the origins of COVID-19, the disease responsible for the ongoing […]
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Image Description: Prince Charles joins EU leaders at Low Carbon Prosperity Summit. On the 8th of June, Tuesday, the Prince of Wales visited Somerville College as it celebrates its 140th anniversary and marks 100 years of Oxford degrees for women. Prince Charles was greeted on arrival by Somerville’s Principal, Baroness Janet Royall. Baroness Royall accompanied […]
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The Conference of Colleges, a forum for the colleges and permanent private halls (PPHs) at Oxford to deal with matters of shared interest and common purpose, have published a report on 21st May detailing a range of sustainability practices in place across the collegiate University. The report showcases the numerous actions that the colleges and […]
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Image Description: the Radcliffe Camera with pink flowers in the foreground. The University of Oxford is set to launch a new Pandemic Sciences Centre, to strengthen the ability of both academics and public health to respond to future pandemics. The centre will incorporate a variety of institutes and expand on the global collaborative research that […]
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Image Description: “Trans Happiness is Real” wall hanging at the Pitt Rivers Museum. The Pitt Rivers Museum has opened a new exhibition titled ‘Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power’, as part of their commitment to stand as an ally with LGBTIAQ+ communities and to continue the process of opening up to new voices and perspectives. […]
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The Oxford SU has launched the “It’s not enough.” campaign, highlighting the University’s inaction on issues of race equality. This comes after Oriel College’s decision to allow the Rhodes statue to remain in place, and the University’s silence on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. The Oxford SU is collecting student responses on […]
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Image Description: a Zoom meeting of the judging panel. Oxford student start-ups have won more than £20,000 in grants sponsored by Magdalen College and Christ Church. Eight start-ups competed for the funding, which was decided by a panel of venture capitalists. After eight weeks of workshops, training and mentorships, eight teams pitched to a panel […]
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Anvee Bhutani has won the SU’s by-election for the role of President for the academic year 2021-22. She was elected at Stage 11, amassing 655 votes and narrowly beating out Yannis Baur, who amassed 649 votes. The two were the top two ranked candidates throughout the 11 stages. The full election results breakdown is available […]
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Image Description: A skyline of Oxford with the words Student Council a voting slip overlayed Oxford Student Union’s Student council held its second meeting of the term on Tuesday the 11th of May, passing a number of motions. This included a motion to remove the Sackler name from the Bodleian Libraries building, support for Covid […]
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Image Description: A building adjoining the Somerville quad Re-open nominations (RON) has been declared the winner in Somerville College’s JCR presidential election, defeating two candidates. RON won 82 votes (43%) at the first stage, with the candidates receiving 57 and 51 votes respectively. At the second stage, the second-placing candidate won 71 votes but lost […]
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