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Baroness Deech, former Principal of St Anne’s College, has faced public backlash after describing those who eat meat substitutes as “transgender vegetarians”. She made the comments on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday morning when asked by her interviewer whether she would like to try vegetarian burgers made to taste like beef. “If you do eat […]
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The much-anticipated Spectrum Ball created by the partnership between St. Anne’s and St. Peter’s and held on Saturday 13th May brought a colourful ball to the Oxford ball scene. The £95 ticket included food and drink, transportation to and from the venue, a Ferris wheel and dodgems, and the selected entertainment of the evening. Unlike […]
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St Anne’s College has elected Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Helen King as its new Principal. She becomes the first police officer to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. The appointment comes after Tim Gardam, former director of programmes at Channel 4, stepped down last Trinity after 12 years at the college. Acting Principal Robert […]
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Democracy is one of the things the Western World is most proud of. When our countries come under attack we nod, smile politely and point out that, whatever the numerous faults of our systems, we are a democracy and therefore how wrong can we really be? Despite this deep-rooted admiration of our political system it […]
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The St Anne’s Junior Common Room has voted against a motion that called for the JCR to make a public announcement in support of keeping the Cecil Rhodes statue in Oriel College. Proposed by Matthew Kirtley and Henry Williams, the motion was spurred on by the topical Rhodes Must Fall (RMF) campaign which seeks to […]
Continue ReadingOver 300 staff and students at St Anne’s have signed a petition demanding the living wage for all college employees. This comes in the lead up to when the university’s Personnel Committee will meet in Wellington Square to make an important decision on the living wage on Thursday morning. Several Oxford colleges already pay the […]
Continue ReadingSt Anne’s JCR has passed a mandate to investigate the data collected by college officials as to the security and whereabouts of students. The motion “to determine the full extent of data collected on students and work with college authorities to remove such concerns” was passed with an overwhelming majority after the installation of electronic […]
Continue ReadingIt’s safe to say that a thirty-minute trek to lectures in the pouring rain is not what comes to mind for most people when they envisage studying at Oxford. For the benighted denizens of such far-flung locales as Hilda’s, Anne’s and (whisper it) Hugh’s, however, such torment is a daily reality. Consigned to the outskirts […]
Continue ReadingSt. Anne’s has decided to rename its Junior Common Room in honour of the alumni who donated £1.5m to the college. ‘The Danson Room’ as it will now be called, comes after last month’s record donation to the college from Michael and Helen Danson. Mr Danson read law at St Anne’s until 1985 and his […]
Continue ReadingVivek Lodhia reflects on Somerville/St. Anne’s hockey cuppers victory over Queen’s College An intense, and unorthodox, first round mixed hockey cuppers game between Somerville/St. Anne’s and Queen’s was decided by penalty flicks. The game itself was an 8-a-side affair, and the deadlock was broken by a reverse stick strike from Vivek Lodhia. The effects of […]
Continue ReadingJessica Ham, a fresher studying Chemistry at St Anne’s College, has been awarded the 2012 Bill Bryson Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry for her ‘Flask in a Mask’ comic strip. The competition was created as a way to encourage and recognize clear science communication in primary and secondary school students in both the UK and […]
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