Felix O'Mahony
St Anne’s celebrates 100 years of women with unpaid fellowship
St Anne’s has been criticised for their creation of a non-stipendiary junior research fellowship to honour 100 years of women at the University. The...
University ignore tribunal ruling on “discriminatory” retirement policy
Oxford University has this week announced that it intends to continue enforcing a retirement policy which was ruled “highly discriminatory” by an employment tribunal...
Extinction Rebellion protest at farming conference in Exam Schools
Extinction Rebellion has taken up a picket outside Oxford’s Examination Schools this month to protest the Oxford Farming Conference. Environmentalists gathered outside the building...
Magdalen and Worcester announce access progress
Both Magdalen College and Worcester College have announced marked improvements in the number of offers made and places taken up by students from underrepresented...
Green Party attacks City Council’s climate commitment
The Green Party have alleged that Oxford City Council has misrepresented its financial commitment to combating the climate crisis. Last month the Council announced...
Oxford to launch UK’s first zero emissions zone in December
Oxford is expected to launch the UK’s first Zero Emissions Zone in the North-West of the city this December. Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire...
Oxford Retirement Policy Ruled Discriminatory by Tribunal
An Oxford University don has this week won a claim brought
against the University after he was forced to retire aged 68.
The controversial policy...
UCU Reopens Pensions Negotiations
A failure to make progress on pay and pensions disputes could result in further strikes in 2020.
The University and College Union (UCU) has announced...
Oxford Students Protest India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
Yesterday students gathered outside the Radcliffe Camera to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act, a bill passed in India’s Parliament which has been widely criticised...
Layla Moran amongst favourites to lead Lib Dems
Layla Moran, newly re-elected MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, is one of the most likely candidates to replace Jo Swinson as leader of...
Oscar Wilde’s Ring Returns to Magdalen College
A solid gold ring given as a gift of friendship by Oscar Wilde to his friend William Ward has been returned to Magdalen College...
Jesus completes demolition of Cornmarket Shops
Contractors employed to construct a new accommodation site for Jesus College have this week completed demolition of the row of shops which previously occupied...
Friends of the Earth Present Vision of Carbon Neutral Oxford
Friends of the Earth, an international network of environmentalist organisations, has published a new report entitled “Fast Forward Oxfordshire” detailing their vision of a...
