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Lockdown is upon us. Luckily, Oxford’s “favourite” student publication is here to provide you with a review of the last week of freedom, carefully curated by our new education and tropical raincloud correspondent, Rordon Gamsay. Kick back, enjoy your (barely legal) pint, and read all about what your peers have been up to – mostly, […]
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The University released data from its Early Alert Service on Monday, revealing that 197 students tested positive for Covid-19 in the week beginning October 10th. This was an increase of 61 cases on the previous week, and some colleges – and their annexes – have been impacted more heavily than others. While University College imposed […]
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Image Credit: Oxford Climate Justice Campaign The Oxford Climate Justice Campaign marched in protest on Wednesday for a “divested, disarmed and decolonized university”. The protest, which will take place on the National Day of Action on Divestment, will start at 12pm at Pembroke College. Protesters will then march to Exeter and New College. According to […]
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Exeter College is housing 86 of its students in a hotel in Wolvercote due to the continued construction work on the planned accommodation in Cohen Quad. The new quadrangle, located on Walton Street, was scheduled to be completed on 11 August, but that date has slipped twice. The project is now slated for completion by […]
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OUSU has come under fire for its support of last Thursday’s Marine Le Pen protest, with some students accusing the student union of adopting an “overly political stance” and attempting to stifle “free debate”.
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In recognition of a £9 million donation by alumnus Sir Ronald Cohen, Exeter College will name their new building Cohen Quadrangle.
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 College has a received a £1.1 million donation from Goldman Sachs. According to the college, the vast majority of the donation will be used to provide needs-tested bursaries. Exeter’s Rector, Frances Cairncross, stated: “The very welcome gift from Goldman Sachs is tied specifically by the donor to relieving student hardship. It will be added […]
Continue ReadingExeter’s construction of controversial new accommodation is causing distress at Worcester. Worcester students have complained that Exeter’s building at the Ruskin Development is noisy and disruptive. JCR President, Alfie Hinchliffe, emailed undergraduates to warn them of “the potential […] disturbances to everyone living in the accommodation on the north (Ruskin Lane, 24, JTM, Worcester Place, […]
Continue ReadingExeter’s sole JCR kitchen has been closed “indefinitely” due to mess found this morning, in the midst of a hall boycott. A scout cleared the mess this morning with the help of a student who wished to make a meal. The move by the college comes after Exeter launched a boycott of Hall over an […]
Continue ReadingStudents at Exeter marched in protest yesterday over the college’s “unfair” catering charge. The campaign team behind the protest decorated window’s in the college’s Front Quad with signs reading “Most expensive college in Oxford” and “No food without a fight”. The 40-strong group of campaigners spilled out into Turl Street and Broad Street, chanting slogans […]
Continue ReadingStudents boycotting Hall at Exeter over an “extortionate” catering charge are calling for help from other colleges this week. A Facebook page, “Exeter College Hallternatives”, had 491 likes at the time of writing and is designed to allow students at other colleges the chance to offer Exeter student places in their Hall. The College’s catering charge […]
Continue ReadingExeter College is to go ahead with Jericho building plans that were subject to strong opposition from Worcester college. The move comes after the colleges had a public disagreement last May, with Worcester’s provost Jonathan Bate describing the plans as “inappropriately garish” and said they threatened to overshadow the college’s orchard and city views. The […]
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 ReadingFrances Cairncross, Rector of Exeter College, is planning to hike over 140 miles from Devon to Oxfordshire this summer to raise money for College initiatives. The event will launch the College’s celebrations of its 700th anniversary next year, and will involve the Rector hiking for a maximum of 11 days. Cairncross is hoping that completing […]
Continue ReadingRadio 1 DJ Scott Mills has accepted an invitation from Exeter College LGBTQ Society to talk about his gay rights campaigning and documentary, as well as his successful DJ career. Mills will speak at 8.30pm on Tuesday 13th November in the Saskatchewan lecture theatre at Exeter College and his talk is open and free of […]
Continue ReadingJames Restall reports on Lincoln’s victory over New College and news on the other quarter finals.
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