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OUSU President Tom Rutland has joined the growing opposition to the government’s proposed cut to the Disabled Students Allowance. In tweets addressed to Andrew Smith and Nicola Blackwood on Friday, Rutland called on the Oxford MPs to oppose the move. The measure was announced by Universities Minister David Willetts in April and will take effect […]
Continue ReadingTom Rutland will be next year’s OUSU President after claiming a decisive victory over Izzy Westbury. The Jesus JCR President polled just under a thousand votes more than Westbury and received over 60 per cent of vote. Rutland told The Oxford Student: “It’s an absolute honour and a true privilege to be elected OUSU President. […]
Continue ReadingThe presidential candidates on just what’s wrong with OUSU. Tom Rutland Let’s get one thing straight: OUSU does great things. It won the best access package in the country in the face of dramatically increased fees – a brilliant mix of fee waivers and bursaries – and it’s done so much more that students just […]
Continue ReadingOn 13 November, voting will open for OUSU President, Vice-Presidents and other representatives. This year has two candidates for the top position – Tom Rutland, finalist in PPE at Jesus, and Izzy Westbury, in her 4th year at Oxford, studying physiological sciences at Hertford. Following results showing that OUSU is the least popular student union […]
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