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Image Description: A picture of the front of the Bodleian library. Rashmi Samant, who recently won her campaign for the Oxford Student Union presidency, has released an open to respond to criticism surrounding controversial statements she has made in the past. In the letter, Samant says: “Though the recent developments might make it hard […]
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Image description: The Green Oxford SU logo overlayed on a silhouette of a hand casting a vote The results of this year’s Oxford SU Sabbatical election leave Rashmi Samant as the victor of the race for the SU presidency. Samant, a graduate student reading for an MSc in energy systems at Linacre College, previously told […]
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Third week has been Rordon Gamsay’s busiest to date. Between covering the launch of SU leadership campaigns and infiltrating a spicy second-year group chat, our flagpole girth and bird-spotting correspondent couldn’t be more relieved to finally deliver this week’s very important breaking news. Oxford Union Impeachment Fails: Standing Orders Misunderstood Rordon Gamsay exclusively […]
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Image Description: An aerial view of Radcliffe Square The SU Council has voted in favour of a motion in supporting demands from students that the University should waive its residency requirements for the foreseeable future. However, the University stands by its stance that it will not lift residency requirements in Hilary term, citing “the educational […]
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Image description: Slices of meat stacked towards the camera. A motion mandating the SU to lobby for a ban on beef and lamb in University catering services passed yesterday, with 31 votes to 9 and 13 abstentions. The ban would affect university-operated catering outlets and university-organised events, but not food served in college halls or […]
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Following the heated 5th Week Student Council meeting in which a motion supporting the Hong Kong protests was proposed and passed, a group of students originally opposed to the motion have collected a total of 352 unverified signatures to call an Extraordinary Student Council meeting. Typically this kind of meeting only requires 100 signatures to […]
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After a tense meeting on 5th February, the Oxford University Labour Club endorsed Anisha Faruk for President of the Oxford Student Union with 18 gender-weighted votes against 15 for competitor Ivy Manning. 1 vote was cast for Ellie Milne-Brown. The vote was closer than many expected, given that Anisha had served as co-chair of the […]
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Elections for the Oxford SU are now upon us. We sat down and spoke to the candidates for the top job to learn more about their platform before the hacking well and truly gets underway. Hustings will take place in the SU on 4 Worcestor Street at 17:00 on Monday 4th Feb. The event will […]
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Image Credit: Erica Yokoyama Life in Oxford can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially towards the end of the term with impeding essays due and upcoming exams tying us to the desk. For anyone who needs an hour break from their nerve-racking days, Oxford SU has graced us with what some might describe as a puppy miracle […]
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This Wednesday Oxford SU held a debate on condemning the invitation of Alice Weidel to speak at the Oxford Union on November 7. Weidel is the leader of German far-right political party Alternative for Germany. Her party stands on a platform of opposing immigration and they have often been branded as “racist” and “Islamophobic”. The […]
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The winners of the Oxford SU Student-Led Teaching Awards were announced at Oxford City Hall last Thursday. The annual award ceremony, which recognises outstanding teaching at the university, was opened by Martin Williams, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, who spoke of the important role of the SU in shaping the education experience at Oxford. Awards encompassed all […]
Continue ReadingA motion at the Wadham Student Union (JCR) to have all future meetings conducted via Facebook was defeated last Sunday. The proposal, which cited the present inability of absent and injured students to contribute to SU meetings, suggested that these weekly meetings should be held through the SU Facebook page, where any discussion and voting […]
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