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The government has announced that the entirety of Oxfordshire will be in Tier 2 (High Alert) restrictions once lockdown ends on the 2nd December. The government states that this Tier is for areas with a higher or rapidly rising level of infections, where some additional restrictions need to be in place. You can find out […]
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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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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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The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca have announced that the vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019 is up to 90% effective at preventing Covid-19. AstraZeneca have also promised that the Vaccine will be sold at cost – between $3-$4 a dose – to all nations during the pandemic, and to developing nations in perpetuity. This is a fraction […]
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I lost a bet a little less than a month ago. When asked if I thought we were headed for a local lockdown, I answered, half sarcastically, ‘I give it five days.’ No bolt from the blue came in five days’ time — the winner of the bet was duly rewarded, and I have since […]
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Image Description: the publicity poster for V-Card (a pink background, with ‘V-Card’ written in white and filled with peach, banana, and water drop emojis). It’s Michaelmas Term 2019, and preparations are underway for V-Card, a comedy I’ve written about sexuality and the virginity myth, which I’m hoping to put on at the Burton Taylor Studio next […]
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Image description: graphic drawing of an Oxford street lined with various cafés In a student-jammed city like Oxford, you won’t have any trouble finding a great local café. Selecting the five best, however, is a bit more tricky. Luckily for us, after browsing through Oxford’s various ‘serendipities’ and ‘faux-dives’, we came to the conclusion that […]
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Image Description: Plane taking-off during a sunset As a visiting third-year student from the United States, you might be wondering one of three things: 1. Why are you here? 2. Do you have issues with your country and Trump too? 3. What was your experience of moving to Oxford like? In short, I am studying […]
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– Oxford will be moving into higher alert (Tier 2) for coronavirus. Oxford City Council announced that as of Saturday 31 October at 12:01 am, Oxford will be under Tier 2 restrictions. – The key difference between Tier 1 and Tier 2 restrictions is that Tier 2 restricts socialising indoors with people outside your support […]
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Image Description: Clothing rail with hanging clothes illustrated under the Bridge of Sighs So it’s Third week (already?) and you’ve either exhausted the top tier outfits you collected over summer ready to show off at your suitably distanced events or you never quite thought about styling yourself and now you’re surrounded by Oxford’s finest fashion […]
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Image description: children’s school meal on a tray, including potatoes, beans, stewed vegetables, salad, Ryvita, and squash. In response to the government’s failure to extend the free school meals plan, Oxfordshire restaurants and small businesses have offered their own schemes. The free school meals plan would have provided 1.4 million disadvantaged children with £15-pound-a-week food […]
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150 students at St John’s college were receiving meals in isolation on Monday, with students receiving an email update from catering that they were “doing their best that everyone has the main course that is published on the weekly menu”. It is understood that the college does not regularly update students on the number of […]
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Image Description: Zeinab Ali To commemorate Black History Month, the Profile editors of the Oxford Student will be interviewing Black academics and students to explore their personal experiences and learn about the important work that they do at the University of Oxford and beyond. Join us in hearing some of the voices in our University […]
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Image Description: Collage of some of the OxCGRT coders in a Zoom-like format. COVID-19 has undoubtedly wreaked havoc upon the world as we know it, with not a single individual unaffected. From travel, work, uni, everyday activities, to even face-to-face interactions, so much of what was once familiar and ‘normal’ has been taken away from […]
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Image description: Actor Gong Yoo playing Seok-Woo on an eerie train carriage in the thriller ‘Train to Busan’. It is no secret that, for many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has been like a ‘living horror film’. As such, the general populous may now feel detached or even desensitised to cinema’s vast repertoire of ‘outbreak movies’; […]
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Image Description: A view of the Examinations Schools from Merton Street The University has today confirmed that exams in Trinity Term will take place across the whole of the term, weeks 0 to 11, in order to ensure social distancing and safety. Although the University is attempting to minimise disruption, many in-person exams will have […]
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Image Description: Naomi Kellman 2020 has coincided with the anniversary of women’s admittances at various colleges at the University of Oxford. Not to mention that this same year has marked a hundred years since women first collected their degrees from the Sheldonian Theatre. To celebrate this, we have put together a ‘Womxn on the Move’ […]
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Image Description: Statue facing upwards at Bodleian Libraries Put quite simply, Freshers’ Week 2020 for me was… intense. So much more intense than what I was expecting. And not just academically. Having been in lockdown since March and not having any work for the past 7 months (on top of the A-Level results day fiasco), […]
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Image Description: Margot Harvey wearing a t-shirt that says ‘Raise boys and girls the same way’ Trigger Warning: Discussion of sexual assault and rape As we enter a new academic year at the University of Oxford, the Profile editors of the Oxford Student have introduced a new ‘Student Spotlight’ series which will span the eight […]
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