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Image description: an empty Oxford college dining hall. To all those unlucky souls on inflexible, expensive or unappetising college meal plans, my heart goes out to you. I won’t dwell too much on my own circumstances, like the closure of all students kitchens during Michaelmas, but, as a daily navigator of hall food, I’ll share […]
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Mansfield College, Oxford, has come top of a poll rating vegetarian and vegan food provision across the University. Over 200 students voted in the poll, launched at the beginning of Michaelmas term by the Oxford University Animal Ethics Society. Allan Dodd, Bursar at Mansfield College, said: “This ranking is the result of a great deal […]
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How is it that the homeless go hungry whilst, away from the streets, satisfied students leave plates of food that never get eaten? In this article I will attempt to answer this question, which has angered me since my arrival in this city so dominated by class divides. My own college’s ‘hall’ can be seen […]
Continue ReadingWadham SU passed a motion to eat vegan food in Hall five nights a week in a meeting last Sunday. The motion in its original format was proposed by James Kenna, a 4th year Engineer, and seconded by Ali Hazarti. It suggested that “from Tuesday and Friday, the catering staff produce only vegetarian food.” Meat […]
Continue ReadingHertford has announced it will exhibit 21 portraits of famous female alumnae in hall. The women, nominated by students, will see their photographic portraits hung in the hall for the 2014-15 academic year in the places of male alumni. The move is part of a celebration of 40 years of co-education at the College. A […]
Continue ReadingExeter students are set to boycott hall today in protest against the College’s refusal to listen to student demands during rent negotiations. The College has refused to reduce the catering fee, which is currently a whopping £840 a year. This is far greater than any other college, and Exeter students still have to pay high […]
Continue ReadingFuse Twilight and Gossip Girl, plonk them down amongst the clock towers in Oxford, and you get Oxford Blood. The novel revolves around Harriet French, a fresher reading History at the fictional Lilith College. Facing mild unease as it is, settling in amongst the numerous sets of cutlery at Hall having come from a “working […]
Continue ReadingA controversial levy to encourage attendance at Magdalen Hall has been branded “regressive” and “unnecessary” by students. From October 2013, students living in college will have to pay a £200 catering charge before the start of each term in an attempt to tackle an annual catering deficit of £565,000. The charge includes £150 that can […]
Continue ReadingOxfam is to receive the Freedom of the City of Oxford in October in recognition of its achievements both in the city and worldwide. Chief Executive Dame Barbara Stocking and Oxfam Chair Karen Brown will be presented with a Freedom of the City scroll at the Town Hall by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Alan Armitage. […]
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