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Image Description: Yellow flowers with the Radcliffe Camera in the background. Research by Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Fellow, Professor David Macdonald, has shown that neither bats nor pangolins were sold at Wuhan’s wet markets between May 2017 and November 2019. Until now the leading hypothesis for the origins of COVID-19, the disease responsible for the ongoing […]
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Image Description: Prince Charles joins EU leaders at Low Carbon Prosperity Summit. On the 8th of June, Tuesday, the Prince of Wales visited Somerville College as it celebrates its 140th anniversary and marks 100 years of Oxford degrees for women. Prince Charles was greeted on arrival by Somerville’s Principal, Baroness Janet Royall. Baroness Royall accompanied […]
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The Conference of Colleges, a forum for the colleges and permanent private halls (PPHs) at Oxford to deal with matters of shared interest and common purpose, have published a report on 21st May detailing a range of sustainability practices in place across the collegiate University. The report showcases the numerous actions that the colleges and […]
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Image Description: the Radcliffe Camera with pink flowers in the foreground. The University of Oxford is set to launch a new Pandemic Sciences Centre, to strengthen the ability of both academics and public health to respond to future pandemics. The centre will incorporate a variety of institutes and expand on the global collaborative research that […]
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Image Description: “Trans Happiness is Real” wall hanging at the Pitt Rivers Museum. The Pitt Rivers Museum has opened a new exhibition titled ‘Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, Power’, as part of their commitment to stand as an ally with LGBTIAQ+ communities and to continue the process of opening up to new voices and perspectives. […]
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The Oxford SU has launched the “It’s not enough.” campaign, highlighting the University’s inaction on issues of race equality. This comes after Oriel College’s decision to allow the Rhodes statue to remain in place, and the University’s silence on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. The Oxford SU is collecting student responses on […]
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Image Description: a Zoom meeting of the judging panel. Oxford student start-ups have won more than £20,000 in grants sponsored by Magdalen College and Christ Church. Eight start-ups competed for the funding, which was decided by a panel of venture capitalists. After eight weeks of workshops, training and mentorships, eight teams pitched to a panel […]
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Anvee Bhutani has won the SU’s by-election for the role of President for the academic year 2021-22. She was elected at Stage 11, amassing 655 votes and narrowly beating out Yannis Baur, who amassed 649 votes. The two were the top two ranked candidates throughout the 11 stages. The full election results breakdown is available […]
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Image Description: A skyline of Oxford with the words Student Council a voting slip overlayed Oxford Student Union’s Student council held its second meeting of the term on Tuesday the 11th of May, passing a number of motions. This included a motion to remove the Sackler name from the Bodleian Libraries building, support for Covid […]
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Image Description: A building adjoining the Somerville quad Re-open nominations (RON) has been declared the winner in Somerville College’s JCR presidential election, defeating two candidates. RON won 82 votes (43%) at the first stage, with the candidates receiving 57 and 51 votes respectively. At the second stage, the second-placing candidate won 71 votes but lost […]
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As of 14th May, 12:00, campaigning for the By-Election for the SU Presidency has begun. The President is a Sabbatical Officer, who will take a year out of their studies, or after they’ve finished, for a paid full time job working for the interests of 25,000 Oxford students. The by-election comes following the resignation of […]
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Image Description: An image of the Oxford skyline, including the Radcliffe Camera, on a sunny day. An Emergency Motion has been brought to the SU’s Student Council and will be discussed at tonight’s meeting, at 5.30 on Microsoft Teams. The motion concerns recent violence against Palestinians, and asks that the President of the SU, alongside […]
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Image description: Students sitting on the steps of the Bodleian Library on Broad Street On Monday evening, Oxford University Labour Club held an extraordinary general meeting in the wake of several resignations from the Society. New Co-Chairs, an LGBTQIA+ officer, and Secretary were elected in a by-election following hustings in the same meeting. Laura Ennis […]
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The University of Oxford has just published its annual Undergraduate Admissions Report, which provides details of the success rate of British undergraduate applications by educational, racial and socio-economic background as well as by subject and college. Now in its fourth year of publication, the report reveals that Oxford continues to attract students from all backgrounds, […]
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Image description: A picture of inside the Natural History museum Oxford University Museum of Natural History has announced that it plans to reopen, in line with government guidance from the 17th of May. Free slots will be able to book from Tuesday the 4th May. The museum has been closed for over four months since […]
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Image Description: The Old Bodleian library from the outside. CW: Sexual assault, rape, mental health The University of Oxford has published a report on how the pandemic affected Oxford University students’ use of Student Welfare and Support Services in the academic year 2019 -20. This includes the use of the Counseling Service, Disability Advisory and […]
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Image Description: The Bridge of Sighs taken from Catte Street. On Wednesday, Oxford India Society, Oxford Hindu Society and Oxford South Asian Society launched a joint fundraiser with an initial target of raising £10,000 in 10 days. 3 days later, the total has reached just under £11,500. The new goal of raising £50,000 in 10 […]
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Image description: the magnolia tree overlooking the Radcliffe Camera. Oxford India Society, the Oxford South Asian Society and the Oxford Hindu Society are urging students to donate to their fundraiser to support local charities in India where a second wave of Coronavirus is ripping through the country. The fundraiser comes in response to over 300,000 […]
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Image description: The gate to the Bodleian Library through which the Radcliffe Camera can be seen. A new Entrepreneurial Fellowship Initiative from the Oxford Foundry aims provide dedicated pathways for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic students to enter entrepreneurship and senior leadership positions. As well as being supported by world-leading Ambassadors, and mentors from different […]
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