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Image description: The Union chamber at the start of the debate The Oxford Union passed a motion of no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government on Thursday night by a resounding majority of 228 to 95. The vote is a stinging rebuke to Boris Johnson, a former president of the Union. The ‘no confidence’ debate is […]
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Image description: The courtyard and front of the Oxford Union The Oxford Student can exclusively reveal the return of The Oxford Union beer garden. President of the Oxford Union Chengkai Xie told the Oxford Student that they are excited to announce the return of the beer garden today. The beer garden was first introduced last […]
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Image Description: the inside of the Chamber of the Oxford Union. The Oxford student has obtained an exclusive preview of the Oxford Union’s planned Michaelmas 2021 term card including guest speakers, debates, and other events. There will be a mixture of in-person and online events, giving members access to a variety of speakers, from the […]
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Image Description: Sign saying “Oxford Union members Only” on a brick wall CW: Transphobia and mentions of abuse. The Oxford Union’s planned term card has revealed a combination of online and in person speaker events as well as in person panels and debates. Expected speakers include Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Afghan politician Azra Jafari, Mark […]
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Image description: Jeremy Corbyn and Adam Roble sitting on chairs in the Oxford Union’s chamber. Guy Dabby-Joory reports on Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance at the Oxford Union, and The Oxford Student’s subsequent interview with the former Labour leader. On the afternoon of 20th May, Jeremy Corbyn MP, the former Leader of the Opposition, came to speak […]
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Image description: Benches in the Union Courtyard and a white gazebo with seating inside. The Oxford Union have announced that the Union Courtyard will be opening in Trinity Term as the ‘Union Beer Garden’, in an expansion of the Union’s existing bar facilities. The Beer Garden will open from Monday of 0th week, and will have […]
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Image Description: A group shot of Oxford Union members with all faces replaced with Jackie Weaver Reader, the close of Hilary term has seen some fiery elections, and quick resignations, however, there are many elections still to be won, and yet to be fought! African and Caribbean Society presidential elections have recently concluded and saw […]
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Image description: a picture of the Oxford Union The effort to impeach the Union President, James Price, and another senior officer has failed to reach the required number of signatures to carry the motion to a vote of all members. Despite this, a Nobel Laureate cancelled his upcoming event at the Union, supposedly after emails […]
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Image Description: A picture of the Oxford Union. Papers to impeach the President of the Oxford Union, alongside another senior officer, were submitted to the Returning Officer late this afternoon. James Price, President of the Oxford Union, and Chengkai Xie, Librarian and prospective Presidential candidate, may now face impeachment. A former Treasurer, who resigned earlier […]
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Adam Roble, a second-year History and Politics student from Teddy Hall has tonight been elected President of the Oxford Union for Trinity term 2021. Roble, who was Secretary of the Union this term, defeated Geneva Roy, the current Treasurer from Brasenose College in the race for the top spot. Roble obtained 646 first preference votes […]
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Image Description: White text “The Oxford Union Presidential Candidates” on a dark blue background with a photo of Adam and a photo of Geneva. In the run-up to the Union elections tomorrow, Profile Editor Isaac Healey sat down with both candidates for President, Adam Roble and Geneva Roy, to find out their thoughts about, and […]
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It’s sixth week. You’re in lockdown. You’re sick of looking at the same four walls, you’ve lost all passion for your degree, and you’d rather binge Netflix than talk to your flatmates. While we can’t answer your calls of ‘please God, when will it end?!’, we can bring you some “light” “entertainment” courtesy of Rordon […]
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Between lockdown, election fatigue and the loss of a Pret, 5th Week Michaelmas is set to be the ‘bluest on record’ – according to Rordon Gamsay, our news editor and deep-sea trench correspondent. Fear not: the OxStu’s Sunday Roast is here to “entertain” you – and possibly even make you “laugh” – for the second […]
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Each image is saveable to your digital device by either right-clicking or holding down on the image. WEEK 4 NOW ADDED! Please get in touch with [email protected] if your society would like to be on the Termcard for […]
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The Oxford Union has agreed to commission an independent equality and access review led by two senior lawyers, with the society stating its acknowledgement that it needs ‘external, expert help’ to change for the better. This follows a Sunday Times report that Ebenezer Azamati, a blind and Black student who was forcibly removed from an […]
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Images Description: The Oxford Union main building New evidence has emerged that the 516 fraudulent votes were all cast in favour of James Edward Price, who was named this morning as the next Oxford Union President. Price graduated seven years ago and is believed to be the first President elected that is not currently a […]
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Image Description: The Oxford Union main building The Returning Officer for the Oxford Union has announced there shall be no declaration of results and has referred the issue to an Election Tribunal. This news comes after Union members previously voted to re-open nominations in the election for President-Elect of the Union on the 12th June. […]
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I’m not a member of the Oxford Union. And I’m proud of that. As a naïve freshling, I certainly toyed with the idea of joining the Union. The illustrious halls, inspiring speakers, and the reputation which seems to precede this institution almost inspired me. But, in the end, I decided that I had better things […]
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Image Description: The Oxford Union main building An open letter, which was released today, condemns an Oxford Union election candidate who invoked the George Floyd protests in America when imploring union members to register to vote. The member was running in this term’s Union elections as a part of the Elevate slate. The candidate, who […]
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