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Jeremiah O'Mahony

Wadham trials smoking restriction in Trinity

Wadham joins St Hugh's, St Edmund's Hall, and other colleges in limiting or banning smoking on campus

Wadham trials new ‘paternalistic’ smoking restriction

A Wadham second year told Cherwell: “ Such paternalism really isn’t in the spirit of Wadham, in my opinion."

Oxford grads crack ‘impossible’ code over dinner

They solved the puzzle in one night over some teriyaki chicken at Wagamama

Inheriting the earth: students twice as likely to worship

2.6% of students regularly attend services, compared to 1.4% of the general population

Materials department slammed for ‘sexist’ invite

Department of Materials alumna Anna Ploszajski received the invitation and took to Twitter, using the popular hashtag #everydaysexism

Open letter demands undergraduate climate change education

Undergraduates should have an understanding of the "defining challenge of our generation," it says

Oxford beats Cambridge for data security

A cybersecurity firm found that Cambridge had its email addresses stolen more than twice as often as Oxford

St. Hugh’s restricts smoking on college site

Smoking will be limited to five areas, in a move criticised as "ridiculous" and "parental"

Mansfield JCR condemns New over ‘ivory tower’

97.6 per cent of JCR members supported submitting a planning objection to the City Council

Mansfield lodges objection to New planning application

The college has labelled New's new tower a "vanity project"

Google invests in Oxford’s ‘universal’ flu jab

The Jenner Institute spinout Vaccitech is working on a new method of combating the common illness

Man charged over stabbing of boy outside Pembroke accommodation

Students told to "take care" after Harun Jama was killed last week

University hits back at claims of regional access disparities

University claims that disadvantaged students in fact perform better in the admissions process