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Image Credit: Epic Games via Polygon Duncan Jones, the director behind Warcraft and Moon, will be bringing Rogue Trooper, one of the 2000 AD properties of Oxford-based comics publishers Rebellion, to the big screen. The director sparked intense fan speculation last week by teasing that his next film would be based on a mystery comic book […]
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Image Credit: John Peart (cc-by-sa/2.0) Pride in London, the non-profit organisation behind the famed annual Pride parade in London, has released a statement condemning the anti-trans group Get The L Out after the group “forced their way to the front of the parade” this Saturday. They reportedly displaced the NHS, who were supposed to march […]
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Image Credit: cyclonebill (CC-BY-SA-2.0) Gin Festival Ltd, a company which runs gin festivals across the UK, has cancelled what was to be Oxford’s 2nd annual Gin Festival. After a successful 1st year in 2017 the company had hoped to host their 2nd event in Oxford Town Hall from the 5th to 7th October. The company […]
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Image Credit: Matt Buck (CC-BY-SA-2.0) Since July 6, all rail services, passenger and freight, have been stopped from passing through Oxford Station as controversial construction plans get underway. The works are part of Network Rail’s plan to expand the rail capacity in the Oxford Corridor. Network Rail have outlined the project detailing as follows: “We […]
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Image Credit: Matthew Woitunski (CC-BY-SA-3.0) An email sent to students from the university of Oxford has caused outrage as it seemed to blame the generosity of students for the high levels of homelessness in Oxford. The email was sent by senior proctor Mark Edwards and junior proctor Cecile Fabre, and claimed that: “Oxford’s students have a […]
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Image Credit: Oxford Law Society (CC-BY-SA-4.0) In the recent elections for the Oxford Law Society, the second largest in Oxford, RON (Re-open nominations) was declared the winner of the vote for President of Hilary Term 2019. This comes after a campaign through the Oxfess platform for RON votes after allegations of misogyny were levelled against […]
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Image Credit: Photo © Andrew Shiva (cc-by-sa/4.0) Public consultation has begun on plans for a new business community to be developed by Thomas White Oxford, on behalf of St. John’s College. Previously known as Northern Gateway, Oxford North is intended for redevelopment into an expansive business space. The plans include a new central street, open green […]
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Image credit: Photo © Bill Tyne (cc-by/2.0) A report released by Student.com, the world’s largest marketplace for student housing, has revealed that student rent in Oxford is the second highest in the UK, and 8th highest in the world. The figures have been released in Student.com’s annual report which sampled over 12,000 students in 125 […]
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Image Credit: Photo © Jonathan Billinger (cc-by-sa/2.0) It has been revealed that the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge collaborated in their responses to the Universities UK 2017 survey on the academics’ pensions. Universities UK (UUK) ran the survey on the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to review the way academics’ pensions are managed. One issue arising from the survey, […]
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The fourth attempt in our quest for a curry restaurant took us in an unexpected culinary direction and brought us not to another of Oxford’s Indian restaurants, but to Bangkok House near the train station. Having thus far not found our one true (curry) love in Oxford, we thought we would branch out and try […]
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It was in 1871 that John Ruskin, Oxford’s first Slade Professor, opened his School of Drawing, intending to develop a course for the University that would lead to a degree in art. Originally housed in the University Galleries, the school eventually moved to its current home on the High Street in 1975, where it was […]
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Note: the article that follows is a work of satire, and therefore should not be taken as factual Disturbing reports have emerged regarding the activities of an unsuccessful candidate for Standing Committee following Friday’s elections. Oliver Greatwood of New College was widely expected to miss out on a position after polling far behind his […]
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Note: the article that follows is a work of satire, and therefore should not be taken as factual First year Earth Scientist and members of the Oxford Union, Samantha McGregor, Worcester College, voted in the Oxford Union in Friday’s elections based on a careful reading of the manifestos of the various candidates, and, after […]
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The Queen’s College’s JCR voted unanimously this week to introduce a Transgender Representative to its executive committee. The move sees Queen’s join Wadham, Magdalen, and Lady Margaret Hall, who all introduced equivalent positions earlier in the academic year, amongst others in providing a position to represent those who no longer identify with their birth gender. […]
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The Oxford Union presidential election will take place tomorrow, with the President and all officerships being contested. Candidates for all positions remain disproportionately male and privately educated. Members will have a choice between Daniel Wilkinson, a 2nd year PPEist, the presidential candidate for the ‘Progress’ slate, and Julian Kirk, a PPE finalist, who is leading […]
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Oxford has been declared the best UK university, and fifth best in the world, in the new QS world rankings, compiled annually by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds. It has risen one place and exchanged position with Cambridge, which is now sixth. All of the top four places were claimed by US institutions; […]
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The most senior lawyer at HM Revenue and Customs is set to take up a new job at Oxford. Gill Aitken, the General Counsel and Solicitor at HMRC, will leave her post to become Registrar at the university at the end of this month. Aitken joined HMRC in 2014, taking over its Solicitor’s Office and […]
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A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), one of the UK’s leading higher education think tanks, has announced that undergraduate teaching at Oxbridge outperforms that at other UK universities in 12 different respects. It noted, in contrast, only three areas where Oxbridge was equal to or outperformed by its rivals. The report’s […]
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Neo, 47, is one of the most recognisable faces in Oxford. With his characteristic beard and Akubra-style hat, he can usually be found busking on Cornmarket Street. Having been involved in various campaigns, Neo has come to represent Oxford’s growing homeless community. In an interview with The Oxford Student, Neo and I discussed the various […]
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