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Xin Fan

To every wannabe politician: get out there and volunteer

Xin Fan steps out of the bubble, volunteering at the Olympics, and urges politicians to do the same.

Ebdon: Oxbridge application process a “potential barrier”

Minister for Fair Access criticizes Oxford and Cambridge's admissions systems.

What not to take to Oxford

Xin Fan offers bemused freshers a helping hand.

65% of state schools send no students to Oxbridge

Newly available data reveals low Oxbridge intake for the majority of UK state schools

Subject tests for Oxford entrance on the rise

More and more Oxford applicants made to sit admissions test before interview

When I Grow Up

Xin Fan retraces a few childhood dream occupations we left behind

Report: Olympic Torch in Oxford

Xin Fan reports from South Park in East Oxford on Monday 9th July as the Olympic Torch procession arrives in the city before the start of the London 2012 Games.

University publishers fined over bribery scandal

Oxford University Press charged following discovery of corrupt activity

Christ Church reject motion for JCR presidential busts

Second year tables motion similar to recent motion at Brasenose that would have spent JCR money on bust of JCR presidents

Snog Marry Avoid? #6: Trinity Special

Xin Fan and Vickie Morrish host a Trinity SMA special featuring six of the sixteenth century's comeliest royal missuses

Cambridge professor hits out at ‘burgers in the bod’

Gillian Evans, a professor at Cambridge, has criticised the state of Oxford's libraries, claiming that the Bod is used as a place for 'chatting and eating'

LGBT dispute at New College

Students at New College change constitutional requirements for students running for LGBT reps after much debate

BBC boss ‘disturbed’ at number of Oxbridge employees

Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, has expressed concern at the number of Oxbridge graduates occupying a large number of senior roles at the organisation

Economics module dropped

An optional finals economics module has been scrapped from next year due to a lack of tutors