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·10th January 2023

Merton name guide dog puppy

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·13th October 2017

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Professor Irene Tracey, head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, has been chosen as Merton’s new warden, the college...
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·20th November 2014

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·24th April 2014

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·13th February 2014

Page 3 not welcome at Merton

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·14th November 2013

‘Gay’ insult condemned by Merton

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An email has been sent to Merton’s JCR by their LGBTQ rep, condemning the use of the terms ‘gay’ or...
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·18th October 2013

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·26th October 2012

Merton modesty donated to charity

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·8th November 2022

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·11th October 2016

Oriel JCR pass motion to officially rename Corpus 0th Quad

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·19th August 2014

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·20th March 2014

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·23rd January 2014

Merton non-collections

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·31st October 2013

Timeless tradition to close Merton

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