Tag: Graduate

Image credit: Geograph –  N Chadwick The University of Oxford has today publicised plans for a new graduate college, located centrally within the town. Its intake will comprise largely of students from the Mathematics, Physics and Life Sciences departments, with some provision for other subjects. According to the official announcement, the college will provide particular space […]

Image Credit: Pollyanna Johnson Daisy Johnson, an Oxford graduate, was today announced as the youngest author to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Johnson, 27, studied for a master’s degree in creative writing at the University, and still lives in Oxford. ‘Everything Under’ is her debut novel. It follows the story of Gretel, a […]

Image Credit: Kelly Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0) Siân Berry, a graduate of Oxford University, has recently been elected joint leader of the Green Party alongside Jonathan Bartley. Bartley had previously shared this role with Caroline Lucas, the Green Party’s only sitting MP. However, following her decision not to stand again, Bartley instead ran for leader […]

Image Credit: first degree photography/ Mel Cunningham A former member of New College, John Phillip Trower, graduated on Saturday (28th July) at the age of 95. Born in 1923, he spent four years at Eton before he came up. Mr Trower was an undergraduate in history at the College during WW2, matriculating in January 1941 and […]

Student loans. Chances are you fall into one of two camps – the ones burying their heads in the sand, or the ones petrified of graduating with an average £50k debt. Those lucky enough not to have taken out a loan need not read on. When the cost of a university education trebled to £9,000 […]

Alice Spiers, Graduate  There is a particular breed of fresher roaming the streets of Oxford this October. One that often gets overlooked in the maelstrom of Freshers’ Week t-shirts, VKs, and third years trying to work out if it’s okay to go home with someone the same age as their younger sibling. The graduate fresher. […]

The University’s Congregation has voted against a proposal to remove the top floor of  Castle Mill accommodation. Following over two and a half hours of discussion at a meeting held on 10th February at the Sheldonian Theatre, members of the Congregation, made up of senior academic and administrative staff, voted against the proposal: 210 in […]

A study conducted by Oxford University’s Careers Service has reported a significant ‘gender gap’ in the employment of university graduates six months after leaving.