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Image Description: A picture of St Peter’s College from New Inn Hall Road. The President of the St Peter’s College JCR has resigned after the College’s Governing Body heavily criticised her for holding an Emergency General Meeting without the requisite period of notice, “compromising” the Body’s trust in the JCR’s judgement. The EGM was held […]
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Image description: a moonlit radcam and the SU logo beside it. Rashmi Samant, the President-Elect of the Oxford Student Union, has announced she is stepping down from her position following widespread criticism. This comes following a statement from the current Sabbatical Officers of the Student Union, in which they ‘sincerely apologised’ for the ‘hurt and […]
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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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The President of The Oxford Union, Brendan McGrath, has announced that he will be standing down, following mounting pressure over his reaction to a blind man being “violently dragged out”. McGrath announced his resignation on Tuesday night, saying: “Fundamentally, it is the President’s job to ensure that every Member feels welcome at the Oxford Union. […]
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The President of the Oxford Union, Mayank Banerjee, has stated that he plans to resign on Friday if his disputed rules changes are not enforced in Friday’s elections for the society’s committee. They were overwhelmingly endorsed by the Union’s membership in a poll conducted on 13th November when 92 per cent of those who voted […]
Continue ReadingThe Oxford Union has just seen its third resignation from committee in two terms, with some suggesting that the society’s elections have recently seen a rise in “pain and stress”. Toby Fuller, who had been elected to Standing Committee in the elections held in seventh week last term, has since stood down from his position. […]
Continue ReadingA member of OUSU’s Scrutiny Committee resigned last week, citing concerns over an “unhealthy culture” in the OUSU Council. Jack Matthews, a postgraduate Earth Sciences student, was a member of the Scrutiny Committee, which delivered a critical report into the tenure of former president David J. Townsend last Trinity term. According to the report, there […]
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