NewsUniversity News·1st May 2014Oxford policymakers say yes to Living Wage Red Traynor A University policymaking board has ruled in favour of supporting the Living Wage campaign. The University’s Personnel Committee, which is...Read More
College NewsNewsUniversity News·8th May 2014‘Coprus’ Christi ball blunder Imogen Crane Students who attended the Corpus Christi ball last week were amused to find that their wristbands read “Coprus” rather than...Read More
Local NewsNewsUniversity News·17th November 2013‘Jane4Change’ faces OUSU discipline after website fiasco Charlie Dennis OUSU election slate ‘Jane4Change’ has been disciplined by the Returning Officer in the wake of this week’s revelation that their...Read More
NewsUniversity News·2nd February 2012‘Lads’ condone rape The “#1 University Student lad’s magazine” UniLad.com were forced to pull their website offline on Tuesday after publishing an article condoning rape.Read More
Local NewsNewsUniversity News·26th October 2013‘Overheard at Oxford’ on brink of civil war Charlie Dennis Drama raged throughout the Oxford Facebook scene today, as recently installed ‘Overheard at Oxford Uni’ President James Johnson used his...Read More
College NewsFeaturesFood and DrinkUniversity News·13th November 2019‘Planet Pledge’ 2019 launched Rosie Good Oxford SU’s veggie pledge initiative is returning, with pledges opening today and remaining open until the 30th November. This year,...Read More
College NewsLocal NewsNational NewsNewsUniversity News·21st February 2016‘Timebomb’ testicle mutations identified Scientists at Oxford University have, for the first time, been able to identify the origins of the ‘Timebomb in the...Read More
News·9th April 2018‘Green Trashing’ campaign to launch next term Joseph Tulloch A campaign in favour of ‘Green Trashing’ – a more environmentally friendly variety of the post-exam tradition – is to...Read More
NewsUniversity News·17th January 2016‘Hogwarts generation’ undaunted by Oxford traditions Amelia Wrigley Dr Samina Khan (Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach) has told the Times Educational Supplement that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds...Read More
NewsUniversity News·22nd January 2015‘It Gets Brighter’ web campaign launched Bertram Beor-Roberts A new web-based campaign is to be launched in Oxford, encouraging the public to post videos discussing their experiences with...Read More
News·5th May 2019‘Boycott the Oxford Union’ campaign launched in response to invitation of ‘fascist and racist figures’ Nat Rachman A new campaign has been launched to boycott the Oxford Union following its decision to invite figures described by the...Read More
College NewsLocal NewsNational NewsNewsUniversity News·13th January 2012‘Don’ arrested over St Peter’s Professor’s death A don at Oxford University has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of Professor Steven Rawlings was found dead at his homeRead More
News·2nd February 2023‘Killer Robot’ projects found in Oxford Martin Alfonsin Larsen A September 2022 report investigating the role of UK universities in the development of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) found that...Read More
Local NewsNewsUniversity News·6th June 2013‘One Hour a Week’ for Hub News Team The Oxford Hub is launching a new campaign to get students volunteering next term. ‘One Hour a Week’ aims...Read More
News·7th November 2021‘Oxford on Ecosia’ group call on Oxford to adopt Ecosia as default search engine Jamie Slagel Image Description: Ecosia logo on background of trees, cows, and farm workers. Just underneath is the motto: “Turn your internet...Read More
News·3rd August 2019‘Plush for all’ accessibility campaign successful! Rosie Good Plush, Oxford’s only LGBTQ+ bar and club, published a press release on the 23rd July announcing the success of the...Read More
News·11th November 2020‘Travel window’ and Mass-Testing for student return at Christmas Josh Boddington The government has told universities to allocate departure dates during a “student travel window” between 3rd and 9th December, with...Read More
News·16th October 2020‘Herd Immunity’ approach backed by Oxford professor labelled as ‘fallacy’ Jamie Slagel and Josh Boddington Professor Sunetra Gupta of the Zoology department has had her proposal of herd immunity as a solution to the Covid-19...Read More
News·6th May 2023‘I don’t want to be bleak, I want to be realistic’: Union debates reform in Iran Gabrielle Thompson, Daisy Outram, Martin Alfonsin Larsen In the first debate of Trinity term, the Oxford Union debated the motion “This House Believes That the Islamic Republic...Read More