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Image Credit: Tom Gould. Description: St Cross College. Please note that this article contains explicit discussion of transphobic statements and images. Professor of Sociology and Fellow of St Cross College Michael Biggs has been posting transphobic statements online under the Twitter handle @MrHenryWimbush, The Oxford Student can reveal. The Twitter account, named Henry Wimbush and […]
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Image Credit: Linacre Ladies That Lift/Linacre College 71-year old Oxford University professor and grandmother Dr Catherine Walter reached 1st place at the European weightlifting competition, Masters 7. Dr. Walter, who lectures in Linguistics at Linacre College, won 1st place across three lifts – squats, deadlift and bench press- at the championship competitions in Dublin this […]
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A nineteenth-century professor of Chinese has been honoured with the unveiling of a blue plaque on the wall of his former residence in North Oxford. James Legge, a prominent Scottish sinologist and missionary, lived at 3 Keble Road from 1875 until his death in 1897. In 1876, a year after his arrival in Oxford, Legge […]
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The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, published on the 30th December, this year includes many who attended, or who still work at Oxford University. Of the alumni honoured, Malcolm Newsam (1973) was awarded a CBE for services to children’s social care. He serves as Children’s Social Care commissioner, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Professor Valentine Cunningham (1963) […]
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An article by an Oxford law professor has called threats of litigation against University staff who participate in industrial action over pensions as a violation of human rights.
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