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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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An anonymous second year student at Hertford college, has recently been fined £500, as well as being banned from all social spaces within his college for Michaelmas term due to stealing a stuffed fox from Hertford’s MCR. The student was trashed after his first year exams holding the fox, and has since then been discovered […]
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St. Peter’s College passed a motion last week for a name change from GSO representative (Genders, Sexualities, and Orientations) to LGBTQ+ representative. The motion stated the representative currently plays “an important role on JCR committee both in advocating for LGBTQ+ students, as well as [acting] as a welfare rep”, and despite the representative’s title being […]
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Common Ground Oxford released a statement on Monday condemning the ‘Gandhi at 150’ symposium that is being held by Somerville and Balliol on the 23rd October. The symposium marks the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and is being organised by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. There will be an introduction from the Chancellor […]
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A Lincoln College JCR motion in support of the Oxford University Living Wage campaign has passed last week. The motion proposed a donation of 50 to the Oxford Living Wage Campaign to financially support their campaign within college and the University. The motion notes that, according to the most recent FOI data that is available, […]
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Shortly before the start of 1st week’s No Confidence debate at The Oxford Union, for which the debate chamber was packed full, a dispute between Union staff and a blind member of the audience broke out. The altercation resulted in the man being removed from the chamber before the debate, despite his outcries to the […]
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Image description: scenes from the protest on Monday evening The Oxford Climate Justice Campaign disrupted a recruitment event held by Glencore on Monday night. Glencore is one of the world’s largest natural resource companies and the Climate Justice Campaign described them as “climate criminals”. The official event, organised and advertised by the University careers service, […]
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On Wednesday night, at the Oxford University Labour Club Welcome Drinks held at Worcester, a 6 foot cut-out of Jeremy Corbyn was taken. The cut-out was previously presented to the Co-Chair of the OULC, Jay Staker by other members of the committee for his 21st birthday. The event featured local MP Anneliese Dodds and was […]
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Oxford lecture lists for some of the largest courses in Oxford have once again been dominated by male lecturers. Some of the worst subjects for their women representation in lectures this term are chemistry and computer science. Chemistry has this term just one women giving Prelim lecturers, and only 2 out of 28 lecturers for […]
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The first Student Council meeting of the academic year, yesterday, passed the motion to mandate the Sabbatical Officers to encourage the use of British Sign Language (BSL) clapping, otherwise known as ‘silent jazz hands’ at Student Council meetings and other official SU events. The motion was presented to Council last year by Ellie Macdonald (former […]
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Oxford University Turkish Society has joined 21 other Turkish student societies in the UK from Universities across the country in releasing an open letter in support of the Turkish invasion of Kurdish-controlled north-eastern Syria, citing a need to address the issue following “vehement attacks on Turkey by certain student groups”. Last week Turkey began a […]
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Cardinal John Henry Newman has been declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony in Rome that was attended by tens of thousands of people. Newman was a 19th-century theologian, poet, Catholic priest and cardinal. Cardinal Newman was born in London in 1801, and he was a well-known Oxford academic, Anglican preacher, […]
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Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University and Director of Clinical Research at Francis Crick Institute, London, has today been announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Sir Ratcliffe was announced as a winner of the Prize […]
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