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Image description: The Bodleian library quad The Bodleian Libraries have removed covid measures which have been in place since the start of Michaelmas 2020. These measures included the compulsory wearing of face masks unless exempt, and the booking of timed slots which aimed to restrict and monitor numbers. Libraries are now open to all readers. A […]
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Image Description: an image of the Oxford City skyline Colleges have begun to offer further advice to non-practical students on returning to Oxford under current exemptions. Some colleges have been relatively lenient in allowing students to return, whereas others have requested that students “wait for us to get in touch about returning as we are […]
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Image Description: a picture of the roof of the Radcliffe Camera with a blooming Magnolia in the foreground. Prescom has sent a letter to Michelle Donelan (Minister of State for universities) urging her to provide a safe return to Universities after the Easter vacation. This comes after reports that the expected April 12th briefing may […]
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Image Description: A picture of former Chancellor George Osborne standing outside Number 11 Downing Street with the red Budget Box. This week our columnists look into the near future, and disagree over what should be done to recover economically post-COVID… Dan Harrison is a first year HisPol student at Worcester, and our on the Left […]
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Image description: drawing of a person looking at their phone, slightly concerned. Our university has always hosted a broad spectrum of conflicting opinions, however after three online terms the student body has fragmented to an alarming degree. Barely a day goes by without a new bout of in-fighting in some pocket of the University. This […]
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Image Description: A picture of Keble College The Keble JCR President has sent a letter to the college authorities complaining that students have been treated poorly by the decanal team, and that punishments have been allocated unfairly. The JCR early last week passed a motion requiring that the JCR President writes to the Decanal team, […]
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Image Description: A shot of Christ Church with a rainbow. Oxford City Council has reported that for the week ending 22 January, there were 294.7 cases per 100,000 people in Oxfordshire. This is a drop from 399.5 the week before but still three times higher than the figures reported at the start of December last […]
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Image Description: a cartoon image of the COVID-19 virus with the Radcliffe Camera in the background. Oxford University has responded to claims that the efficacy of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in over-65s is not as high as previously reported. The German Heath Ministry has attributed the reports to a misreading of statistics. German media reports had […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Radcliffe Camera, with purple flowers in the foreground. People in Oxfordshire are being urged to stay home and abide to COVID-19 lockdown rules following a significant surge of cases in the county. Ansaf Azhar, Oxfordshire County Council’s Director for Public Health has urged people to avoid mixing with other […]
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Image Description: Shadowed picture of the Radcliffe Camera The University and Student Union have today updated students on measures that will be in place for Hilary term, including waived residency requirements and exemptions for some students to return. An email sent by the University today announced that the University has been moved to Stage 3 […]
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The University’s Museums and the Bodleian Library have reopened from the 2nd December to the public following the lifting of national lockdown restrictions. The Ashmolean Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum, the History of Science Museum and the Museum of Natural History, which have been closed since the imposition of lockdown on the 2nd November, will […]
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I lost a bet a little less than a month ago. When asked if I thought we were headed for a local lockdown, I answered, half sarcastically, ‘I give it five days.’ No bolt from the blue came in five days’ time — the winner of the bet was duly rewarded, and I have since […]
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– Oxford will be moving into higher alert (Tier 2) for coronavirus. Oxford City Council announced that as of Saturday 31 October at 12:01 am, Oxford will be under Tier 2 restrictions. – The key difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 restrictions is that Tier 2 restricts socialising indoors with people outside your support […]
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