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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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As anticipated, Tuesday’s talk by the far-right former French politician Marion Maréchal at the Oxford Union was met with protests. As the granddaughter of the founder of the Front National and niece of the former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, Maréchal is a prominent member of the Le Pen family, known for her controversial views […]
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The Oxford Kayak Tours has discontinued its partnership over claims that Steve Bannon was not sufficiently challenged at his talk which was held by The Oxford Union last term. The event, which happened on the 16th of November suffered controversies as protests were held outside of the Union buildings, and calls were made for a […]
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A petition to remove Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy John Finnis from teaching has attracted three hundred and fifty signatures in five days. Finnis has been accused of having “a long record of extremely discriminatory views against many groups of disadvantaged people”, including the LGBTQ community. Finnis co-teaches a series of seminars for […]
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Oxford University Labour Club has signed a letter of condemnation against Chris Williamson. The letter comes following a row on antisemitism, Chris Williamson’s previous support for alleged anti-semites. The letter reads: “Today Chris Williamson’s actions have again shown a complete lack of respect for the Jewish community. He repeatedly platforms and supports antisemites and takes […]
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Three Oxford students have been recognised at the inaugural Student Social Mobility Awards. The Awards, hosted by social mobility charity upReach at the House of Lords, showcased the outstanding achievements of students from less-advantaged backgrounds. 22 undergraduates were presented with awards, including Renée Kapuku (Keble College), former president of Oxford University African and Carribean Society, […]
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The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have pledged to improve the experience of students studying without family support. Among the commitments, the University of Oxford has announced it will provide a non-repayable bursary of up to £7,200 pa to pay for vacation accommodation, with other students where possible, and unlimited access to counselling services. The […]
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Image credit: Cmglee. Description: the Westminster School, London, the students of which get 70-80 Oxbridge places per year. Eight top schools have as many Oxbridge admissions as the next 2894 UK schools combined, according to a new report by the Sutton Trust. The Trust suggests that little has changed regarding access to opportunity at Oxbridge […]
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Image credit: Geograph – N Chadwick The University of Oxford has today publicised plans for a new graduate college, located centrally within the town. Its intake will comprise largely of students from the Mathematics, Physics and Life Sciences departments, with some provision for other subjects. According to the official announcement, the college will provide particular space […]
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Image Credit: Steve Daniels Oxford University researchers have recently pioneered a new technique in the fight against cancer. They utilised a virus, called enadenotucirev, which was developed to fight carcinoma; cancer of the epithelial cells of the skin and organ lining. The treatment’s innovation was to allow the virus to target not just the cancer […]
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