Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Helena Ruff

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Vice-Chancellor’s Civic Awards announced

Winners include Keble grad and founder of OUSU's Mind Your Head campaign

Investigation: Scholarships

What does being a scholar mean in the different colleges?

Fire breaks out in Cowley

70 firefighters needed to put out blaze at Cycle King Bicycle shop in Cowley

Hamster made member of Worcester JCR

Worcester JCR passes a motion to allow a Russian dwarf hamster named Luka to become an honorary member of Worcester College's JCR

Varsity Trip line-up announced

Acts performing at Varsity Trip 2012 include A.Skillz, Rob Da Bank and DJ Krafty Kuts

Oxford academics criticise James Dyson’s ‘sexist’ comments

James Dyson attacks studying “French lesbian poetry” while Michael Gove and academics defend its study

Students protest against Willetts

Protest against MP and his role in education reforms takes place outside St Peter's

Balliolites concerned over ball ticket price

A motion to halve ticket prices and end an opt-out system fails; however students pass motion to investigate financial aid

University fundraising target to rise to £3bn

Oxford University has announced an increase in its fundraising target from £1.25 billion to £3 billion, after reaching its previous target in a record-breaking eight years

Fallen Oxford graduate repatriated

A University College graduate has been repatriated to Oxford after being killed while serving in Afghanistan

Magdalen expands library onto old quad

Magdalen College will extend its library on to an historic quad, also undertaking archaeological investigations

Subfusc gender restrictions removed

Academic dress code is altered to accommodate the needs of transgender students

Radiation link to childhood leukaemia discovered

Oxford University researchers have shown that low amounts of gamma radiation can increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, contrary to former scientific consensus

Brasenose enshrine marriage proposals

Freshers wishing to get 'married' will have to ask the permission of their respective 'college parents' from next Michaelmas

Brasenose in pyjama palaver

Students react to reports of a notice from the college dean about appropriate formal hall attire with surprise

Going bananas for Amnesty

An influx of bananas has hit Oxford as part of Oxfam's campaign to highlight the ease with which arms can be traded, in comparison to that of bananas

Oxford SlutWalk in Facebook flame war

Comments deemed offensive by moderators deleted in order to preserve 'safe space'

Keble crackdown on library noise

Dean sends strongly worded email to students warning of 'no second offences' and 'no grey areas'

Middle-aged partiers come to St Anne’s bop

St Anne's bop-goers were surprised to find guests from a 40th birthday party still in the club

Aung San Suu Kyi may visit ‘beloved Oxford’

Cameron extends invitation to Burmese pro-democracy politician while on business trip to Asia
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