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Image Description: Students in academic dress outside the Exam Schools, Oxford. The Oxford SU’s recent motion to issue an amendment to make lecture and tutorial content “prejudicial on the grounds of race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, cisgender/transgender status, or socioeconomic background” non-mandatory has sparked much controversy in the press. I have several concerns […]
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As of Thursday, Nikita Ma is the President-Elect of the Oxford University Students’ Union, winning 872 votes to Harry Sugden’s 792. Previously Chair of Council and President of RAG, Nikita is no stranger to SU politics. In her second year studying PPE at Trinity College, her election now means that she will have to rusticate in […]
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Following the Oxford SU student council meeting on Wednesday, it has officially been announced that Santa will be coming to town. A motion was proposed to the student council which requested a total of £668.27 towards a project where a student would dress up as Santa, with his friends dressing up as elves to help […]
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Image description: Róisín McCallion Róisín McCallion is the VP Welfare and Equal Opportunities at the Oxford Student Union where she works following the completion of her undergraduate degree in French and German at Merton. Róisín’s name has been hauled through national newspapers recently due to her involvement in passing the motion to promote BSL applause […]
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Oxford SU have introduced new measures to expand the reach of the Sexual Violence Service in a new university-wide measure. The Sexual Harassment and Violence Support Service launched last year, and provides a safe space for students to be heard independent of college or department. Support and advice is available from trained advisors and an […]
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Students at the University of Oxford have successfully boycotted the National Student Survey (NSS) for the third year running, according to results published by the Office for Students on 5 July. The survey is conducted each year by Ipsos MORI to measure student satisfaction among final-year students. Students at 419 further and higher education institutions […]
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Kaya Alexsson has been elected as the SU’s VP for Charities & Community, beating out her competitor Naomi Hirst with 599 votes to Hirst’s 380. Re-Open Nominations received 32 votes. The announcement came last night at the SU’s Charity Awards ceremony. The by-election came after no-one stood for the position back in the full SU […]
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On Wednesday the 16th of January the Oxford Student Council had its first meeting of Hilary term. In it the Student Council voted to renew its recommendation to boycott the National Student Survey (NSS). Making his case for the boycott the proposer of the motion, Alex Kumar, warns that this seemingly innocuous survey is intended […]
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Image credit: Joe Inwood Joe Inwood is the current President of Oxford University Student Union (SU). He is a graduate of Mansfield College and stepped straight into the role after completing his degree. He grew up in Manchester and has a slight Northern twang, noticeable to fellow Northerners like myself. I find him in SU […]
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Image Credit: Oxford SU Joe Inwood, Oxford SU President, has announced in a blog post that he intends to make Access the key priority campaign area for the SU this year. This decision follows what Inwood described as the “intense scrutiny” the University has been subject to regarding admissions over the past several years. The […]
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Protesters were thrown out of a discussion panel hosted by an anti-abortion student society that included prominent Irish pro-lifers on Wednesday night. WomCam, Oxford SU’s women’s campaign, organised the demonstration. According to reports, around fifteen protesters entered the event and then started heckling the speakers when the talk began. Eye-witness reports, and statements from both […]
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