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Image description: a doctor wearing blue gloves holds a rapid testing sample The University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University have today announced their testing systems to be rolled out ahead of the Christmas break. This will see students offered ‘free and fast’ COVID-19 tests by the universities. These will be available on Oxford college […]
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Image Description: Two deer fight, overlayed with the logos of Oxford City Council on one side, and Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University on the other A similar sense of dread is settling over Oxford as it was in the panicked last week of Hilary Term. We know a little more about the virus than […]
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In today’s Virtual Town Hall, representatives from both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University made it clear that they would not prevent students from visiting home, as long as they have not been told to isolate. The question was posed by a concerned resident, worried that the lack of social experience at University […]
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In the continuing quest for novelty, two artists, Jan Crombie and Luke Skiffington, have struck upon a new seam of inventiveness. It’s a bit like culinary deconstruction, but with paint instead of food. The title of the exhibition, Blue Screen, refers to the technique of using a blue background that subjects are filmed against, which […]
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Last week there were two separate attacks in South Parks targeting two female students. Paul Sullivan, University Marshall and Head of Security Services confirmed the attacks had targeted Oxford Brookes students. Thames Valley Police released the following statement concerning the attack on Tuesday 24th: “The victim, a 25 year old student was walking along Headington […]
Continue ReadingOxford’s Old Fire Station now houses a room within a room, a new roaming installation that’s playful and thoughtful in equal measure. Broken Home evolved from a Brookes graduate show in 2010 and went on to tour east Oxford, drawing together the participation of communities in an “exploded view” of the home. Today we have […]
Continue ReadingMild Friends comedy is “only eleven months old” according to the enthusiastic press release put forward by creator and sometime-performer, Patrick Turpin. In this regard the ‘club’ is still very much in its foetal stage; the resident compere, Jack Barry, continuously insists that he is “getting worse at this” while performing to an audience that may […]
Continue ReadingBooks worth up to £3,000 go on sale at premier book fair, including a sixteenth century Bible
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