Saïd Business School Archives – The Oxford Student

Oxford University received at least £45,000 from multinational mining company facing anti-mining protests in Serbia

23rd December 202124th December 2021Poppy Atkinson Gibson

Image description: A close up of the Radcliffe Camera dome According to Oxford Climate Justice Campaign, Oxford University has received at least £45,000 in funding from the multinational mining company Rio Tinto since 2013. The £45,000 includes two donations of £20,000 each to the Said Business School Centre for Business Taxation in 2014-15 and […]

The YHA, where some formerly homeless people are being housed.

Oxford University joins City Council effort to house rough sleepers

11th April 202011th April 2020Wesley Ding

The Saïd Business School, University College, and Pembroke College, alongside commercial hotels, are partnering with the Oxford City Council to free up 121 rooms to house rough sleepers. In late March, the government told councils it was “imperative” to house rough sleepers. Residents of shelters including O’Hanlon House and the recently opened Floyds Row had […]

Said Business School pull their ads from fake news sites

8th May 201910th May 2019Úna Yates

Oxford’s Said’s business school have stopped their ads from appearing on fake news websites. The school was contacted by the organisation Stop Funding Fake News, and were alerted that their adverts were appearing on sites that proliferate extremist or inflammatory content online. Stop Funding Fake News is a small organisation run by activists who have […]

Oxford City Council to increase the Oxford Living Wage to £10.02

10th November 20189th November 2018James Ashworth

Image: Tony Hisgett (CC BY SA 2.0) The Oxford City Council has announced that a new Oxford Living Wage will be set at £10.02 an hour, and will come into force from April 2019 onwards. To mark this announcement, the Oxford City Living Wage Campaign held an ‘Oxford Living Wage Rally’ on 5th November, which […]

Oxford students recruited to develop Radiohead strategy

23rd October 2014Elliot Thornley

A group of Oxford students at the Saïd Business School helped Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke to release his latest solo album, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, via BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing service. The MBA students worked with Mr Yorke on “user experience, media strategy and financial analysis,” according to Courtyard Management, Yorke’s representatives. The students also devised […]