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Image Description: Students sitting collection exams in Balliol Hall. The Oxford Student Union laid out the steps it was taking to support students in relation to recent statements by the University at a meeting earlier today. At the meeting, the SU laid out their commitment to ‘strengthen the mitigating circumstances process’. This is to include […]
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Image description: the Radcam from the front The University has announced a grace period for postgraduate research students, allowing them to submit their thesis up until fourth week of Hilary term without incurring the University Continuation Charge. The University Continuation Charge is a termly fee paid by postgraduates who have exceeded the standard period of […]
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Image description: Street view of St Peter’s College St Peter’s College JCR have voted to pass a motion entitled ‘This JCR regrets Oxford SU’s adoption of the Academic Hate Speech motion’, in response to a motion passed by the Student Council on 30th April. The JCR motion notes that whilst the original motion may have […]
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Image Description: Books on a shelf about eugenics. Warning: this article refers to content which may be considered disturbing, including incitement to hatred, physical violence, racism, ableism, eugenics, and Nazis. It also discusses trigger warnings, triggering content, prejudice, discrimination, and hate crimes. The most frustrating thing in the debate about the SU motion, and in […]
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Ray Williams, SU Vice President for Access and Academic Affairs, has been in the rooms (nowadays the conference calls) where the university has been deciding its response to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In an exclusive interview with The Oxford Student, we discuss some of the big questions on students’ minds, such as […]
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The first Student Council meeting of the academic year, yesterday, passed the motion to mandate the Sabbatical Officers to encourage the use of British Sign Language (BSL) clapping, otherwise known as ‘silent jazz hands’ at Student Council meetings and other official SU events. The motion was presented to Council last year by Ellie Macdonald (former […]
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Oxford SU Council delegates voted to approve a ban on electoral slates in Student Union elections at their meeting in Mansfield College on Wednesday. The motion to change the SU’s rules was proposed by VP Welfare and Equal Opportunities Ellie MacDonald and seconded by President-Elect Anisha Faruk. Ms Faruk opened the debate in favour of […]
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Lucas Bertholdi-Saad is Oxford SU’s Vice-President for Access & Academic Affairs. It seems there is an article about access to Oxford every week in the OxStu – but you don’t need the evidence from the student press to tell us that students at Oxford are passionate about access and widening participation. Students help colleges and […]
Continue ReadingOUSU’s Vice President for Welfare and Equal Opportunities Sandy Downs has rejected Edith Hancock’s statement that Oxford students are “the most miserable” in the UK. Reported by the Oxford Student, Hancock’s article appeared last Sunday on the website of Metro. Its main claim is that the pressure of studying in one of the most prestigious […]
Continue ReadingLizzie Porter interviews the outgoing OUSU President, David Barclay
Continue ReadingSome colleges’ welfare practices revealed to be more harmful than helpful, with inconsistent application across the University
Continue ReadingOUSU President Stefan Baskerville gives us an interview on his year in office
Continue ReadingWith the gross mishandling of student welfare problems, inconsistencies between colleges on mental health policy (or lack thereof) and an absence of any meaningful University umbrella policy on this issue, the need for drastic change is clear. The tea and biscuits approach to welfare that is all too familiar in Oxford’s supposedly cosy college environments […]
Continue ReadingOxford tops table Oxford has topped the Times Good University Guide for the ninth year in a row. The Times ranked the UK’s 113 universities based on eight criteria. Oxford had the joint highest level of student satisfaction, but only the third highest student-staff ratio, behind Imperial College and UCL. The university also leads in […]
Continue ReadingOxford Conservative Association is one step closer to reaffiliating to the University this week after they applied to approval from the Proctors.
Continue ReadingSt. Benet’s JCR rejoined OUSU this week after five years of disaffiliation.
Continue ReadingThe University wants to be able to charge the tuition fees it chooses – and the sooner the better.
Continue ReadingHalf of JCRs and MCRs do not have representation on their College’s finance committees, according to an OUSU survey.
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