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Image Description: a group of protestors holding banners and signs in the SU Building. In response to the rise in drink-spiking cases in the country, 20 JCRs have signed an open letter to nightclubs in Oxford demanding the implementation of more safety measures to prevent drink-spiking, ensure the safety of customers and hold perpetrators accountable. […]
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Image Description: The Sheldonian Theatre The nightclub Park End will be closed on Wednesday night in response to the ‘Girls Night In’ boycott of nightclubs. The club, also known as Atik Oxford, usually has its main night for Oxford students on Wednesday, but has decided not to open to show solidarity with the campaign. Students […]
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Image description: bar staff pouring alcohol into a clear shot glass at a bar TW: spiking, sexual assault, drink, drugs ‘It Happens Here’, a campaign group run by the SU is supporting a “Girls Night In” in Oxford on the 27th of October as a response to reported increased levels of spiking. The Oxford SU […]
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Image Description: A photo of the Swan and Castle pub and a photo of the Four Candles pub side by side The British cultural institution and high street staple that is the pub chain Wetherspoons has always been rather divisive, not just because of the questionable food and lack of quirky charm which the best […]
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The Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) has voted to boycott the appearance of Ambassador John R. Bolton at the Oxford Union. President Trump’s National Security Advisor is set to deliver a talk at the Union on 1st June. The OULC cited Bolton’s involvement in the lies spread about weapons of mass destruction leading up to […]
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A new campaign has been launched to boycott the Oxford Union following its decision to invite figures described by the campaign as ‘fascist and racist’. Triggered in particular by the announcement of Katie Hopkins as a speaker for Trinity 2019, the campaign asks students to pledge not to attend Union events and has created an […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingThe results of the National Student Survey, published today, have shown a drop in the percentage of students responding following an extended campaign by the National Union of Students (NUS) and a boycott of the survey by students at leading universities including Oxford and Cambridge. The survey was one of the factors the Department for […]
Continue ReadingCommon rooms across the University have pledged their support for the Exeter hall boycott this week. At the time of writing, eight JCRs and St Cross SRC (Student Representative Committee) had passed motions in solidarity with Exeter. The motions come after a request for support was issued on the Exeter Hallternatives Facebook page. A suggested […]
Continue ReadingExeter JCR are using a boycott to pressure the college to hold an open meeting with students over an “unjustly high” Hall charge. JCR President Richard Collett-White was mandated to email key figures in college such as the Rector and Bursar to complain about the £840 annual charge, which he said was “widely felt to […]
Continue ReadingA group of Thai students have decided to boycott a visit to the University by the Thai Deputy Prime Minister, Pongthep Thepkanchana, because of his support for the divisive Amnesty bill. The lunch meeting with Thepkanchana, scheduled for 30th November, will not be attended by these students, though they will not protest during his time […]
Continue ReadingIn light of the controversy surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics and Russia’s anti-gay legislation, Joe Mansour assesses how far sport can be a catalyst for social change
Continue ReadingWorcester students have expressed outrage at dramatic increases in rents and charges proposed by the College. Students claim that the proposed rent increase of 8.6 per cent is significantly above inflation. Another rent rise of a similar scale was justified last year using figures which the students now claim are misleading. The JCR has already […]
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