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Image Description: An aerial view of Oxford including the Radcliffe Camera, All Souls College and the High Street. The University of Oxford this week revealed that the number of undergraduates declaring a disability has now risen to 18% of the total student body. The largest single group reported mental health conditions, with 26.9% of this group […]
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Image description: open book with fluttering pages on black background Oxford students from a variety of disciplines have called for departments to diversify curricula and reading lists over the past couple of weeks. Students studying Politics, History, English, Philosophy, Linguistics, and Music, amongst others, are pushing for better Black and minority ethnic representation on reading […]
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Image Description: Christ Church College, Oxford University CW: Racism A group of Oxford University students have written an open letter and petition calling for “Oxford University to take action against racist and classist discrimination”. In light of the JCR Cake Representative Hustings at Christ Church and more recent behaviour by a former College Boat Club […]
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Image Description: A group of Black nurses ready to serve in WWII Oxford has set up a new prize for the best thesis on Black History. The Final Honours School Board of Examiners decides the winner of the prize, who will be awarded £250, starting from this year. The prize will be named after Barbara […]
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Image Description: Graphic of the virus with “COVID-19” text overlay An Oxford University expert believes coronavirus may have come into existence before its outbreak in China. A senior associate tutor at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) at Oxford, Dr Tom Jefferson, stated that the virus was found to have existed elsewhere long before surfacing […]
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Images Description: The Oxford Union main building New evidence has emerged that the 516 fraudulent votes were all cast in favour of James Edward Price, who was named this morning as the next Oxford Union President. Price graduated seven years ago and is believed to be the first President elected that is not currently a […]
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Image Description: Oxford Union Building Following a victory for RON, and a hacked second election, James Edward Price, who graduated seven years ago, will be the next President of the Oxford Union. In his Manifesto, he stated: “I am running because I think it’s funny, and also because I would be better than anyone else. […]
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Image description: OULC logo on top of an illustration of a student looking onto a lecture theatre portrayed as a glass box Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) have written and circulated an “Open Letter on the Provision of Lecture Recordings for Disabled Students”, written by their disabilities representative. The open letter (signable here), posted on […]
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The University of Oxford has confirmed that all admissions interviews will not take place in person this December. The Oxford Student originally uncovered this news in a leaked video from the Biochemistry Department, and it has since been confirmed by the University. The video was uploaded 11 days ago to Panopto, the software used for […]
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Image Description: A medical syringe stuck into a model of a virus on a blue background. The COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford, has been called the “leading candidate” according to the World Health Organisation’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, as it undergoes large-scale, mid-stage human trials. At a news conference on […]
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Image Description: The Oxford Union main building The Returning Officer for the Oxford Union has announced there shall be no declaration of results and has referred the issue to an Election Tribunal. This news comes after Union members previously voted to re-open nominations in the election for President-Elect of the Union on the 12th June. […]
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The Governing Body of Oriel College has today expressed their wish to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes above the College’s High Street entrance. It has also said that the King Edward Street plaque should be removed. This historic decision comes following a lengthy campaign by students at Oriel College and other members of the […]
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Image description: students in Oxford University Martin Williams, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), sent an email to students which outlines Oxford University’s developing plans for the academic year of 2020/21, including a commitment to face to face, small-group teaching. The email was received by current students this morning (the 17th of June), with a similar email sent […]
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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: Guests dancing at the Elmayer-Kränzchen (Elmayer Ball) in Vienna Earlier this year, two Oxford students attended a Viennese Ball, paying for a return flight, a night of accommodation, and the cost of ball tickets, for less than the cost of an Oxford Commemoration ball. The total cost of the trip was £154, with […]
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Union members today voted to re-open nominations in the election for President Elect of the Union. The only candidate, Jack Solomon, faced severe criticism following substantial allegations by the Secretary, Cansu Uyguroglu, of racist comments he had made in the past. The remarks came to light on Wednesday and the allegations were then put directly […]
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Oxford University was rocked by a series of race scandals last week, amidst heightened discussion around race around the world, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Oxford Student has collected evidence and testimony from a variety of sources, to understand a week which many students believe has shown systemic racism continues […]
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Harry Deacon, who until this week had intended to run for President of the Oxford Union in next week’s election, has resigned from his current position as Union Librarian. It is understood that members of the Union’s committee were considering processes to remove the Librarian from office prior to this decision. The Librarian’s decision to […]
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