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Brasenose has taken first place in the 2019 Planet Pledge, with Hertford and New College coming second and third respectively. Pledging has been taking place on Facebook since 15th November, with 1,346 pledges being made in total. This campaign has taken over from the former Veggie Pledge campaign, recognising that some people may not be […]
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Following the heated 5th Week Student Council meeting in which a motion supporting the Hong Kong protests was proposed and passed, a group of students originally opposed to the motion have collected a total of 352 unverified signatures to call an Extraordinary Student Council meeting. Typically this kind of meeting only requires 100 signatures to […]
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The student-based campaign group ‘Oxford Worker Justice’, which seeks to build solidarity between university workers and students, has launched an ‘Oxford Living Wage Campaign’. The movement is made up of students, staff and members of the local community who want to secure a Living Wage for employees of the University of Oxford. In their campaign, […]
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Tensions broke out in the 5th Week Student Council meeting when a motion supporting the Hong Kong riots was proposed and passed. Oriel College’s Martin Yip proposed the motion to mandate the Oxford SU President to publish an open letter supporting “Hong Kong’s fight for freedom and condemning police brutality”. The motion was seconded by […]
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Following the Oxford SU student council meeting on Wednesday, it has officially been announced that Santa will be coming to town. A motion was proposed to the student council which requested a total of £668.27 towards a project where a student would dress up as Santa, with his friends dressing up as elves to help […]
Continue ReadingOver 50 people turned out in the pouring rain last Saturday, 9th November, to mark the passing of 150 days since the first protests in Hong Kong, and to show their solidarity for the cause. Protesters held posters with the well-known slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” and gave out leaflets to passers-by, […]
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Oxford University is the best place in Europe to study social sciences and the second best place to study social sciences in the world, according to Times Higher Education University ranking. MIT was ranked best in the world, whilst Cambridge University was ranked 5th. The social science ranking is calculated in the same way as […]
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Oxford SU’s veggie pledge initiative is returning, with pledges opening today and remaining open until the 30th November. This year, each individual’s pledge will begin when they make it and run for a month from that date. The aim of the pledge this year is to make the original Veggie Pledge campaign ‘more inclusive for […]
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Oxford University is the best place in Europe to study social sciences and the second best place to study social sciences in the world, according to Times Higher Education University rankings. MIT was ranked best in the world, whilst Cambridge University was ranked 5th. The social science ranking is calculated in the same way as […]
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Two delegations from prominent universities in Mainland China withdrew from the annual Oxford International Model United Nations (OxIMUN) conference following the introduction of the Hong Kong riots as a topic for debate. According to a statement published by the OxIMUN secretariat on 26th October, representatives from three Chinese delegations had ‘raised concerns related to the […]
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Statistics from 2015-2018 have shown that female students at the University of Oxford have been 10.7% less likely to receive first-class honours than their male counterparts. The data, which was pulled from the university’s public record, shows an attainment disparity between genders across a wide range of disciplines. Physics saw the highest discrepancy, with an […]
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On Thursday a special event hosted by the Vice-Chancellor revealed that EU students may have to pay international student fees as uncertainty still looms over Brexit. ‘A Conversation about Brexit’ was conducted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, and organised to facilitate a discussion about Brexit and the impact it has on students and the […]
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People for Womxn in Philosophy have compiled an alternative general philosophy reading list in response to the incredibly male-dominated standard reading list the syllabus supplies for the subject. They released the reading list, which was collated throughout last year, on their blog last Friday. The reading list is aimed at first years, and is seen […]
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It has recently been announced that Oxford University Labour Club will no longer take part in the Three Party debate, hosted by the Oxford Forum. This comes as the result of a disagreement between OULC and OULD (Oxford University Liberal Democrats) over the topic of debate. OULD proposed the topic “This house is ready for […]
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Oxford University is set to create a scholarship scheme for refugees wishing to study at Oxford, following a vote at a meeting on the 25th October when Oxford University’s Education Committee approved the foundation of the scholarship. The scheme will be run in collaboration with Oxford SU, and will be open to both undergraduate and […]
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Oxbridge have introduced a new bursary aimed at supporting women studying STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths). The Taylor Bursary is for exceptional female state school students from south Oxfordshire who have received a place at Oxford or Cambridge to study a STEM subject, and is funded by the generosity of Mr Bernard Taylor, […]
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Oxford University was the first university to offer a doctoral degree, where its first DPhil scholars came from across the world to further their education. November 2019 marks the 100 year anniversary of the DPhil, with the DPhil being the Oxford equivalent to a PhD. When the DPhil first began, only several dozen graduate students […]
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A recent petition has reached nearly 800 signatures in several days to scrap the fee for Postgraduate applications here at Oxford. Currently, prospective students must pay £75 to apply, where fee waivers can only be granted in specific circumstances. Cambridge also charges per application, but at £60 instead, setting both universities apart as the only […]
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An international peer mentoring initiative has been launched this Michaelmas Term by the Student Union, where new students can sign up to be assigned a ‘mentor’ of the same country of origin. The scheme aims ‘to foster a more inclusive environment for international students’, where mentors are expected to give advice on adjusting to life […]
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