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Omkar makes last-ditch bid for Presidency

Krishna Omkar has proposed a change to Union rules that would see his lifetime ban from running in elections lifted, allowing him to run...

Union left in disarray after President-Elect disqualified

Allegations fly at Frewin Court as Omkar is disqualified and Fischer resigns The Oxford Union is currently without a President-Elect after Krishna Omkar’s win was...

Feature: The Bod’s Secret Underbelly

by Henry Clarke PriceI had a slightly strange fixation when I was younger. In the mind of mini-Henry, it was all about tunnels. The...

The Gospel according to OUSU, chapter one…

The Student Union elections reach biblical proportions.  

Chris Huhne MP on David Cameron, the press and that Isis article

  Despite being 12 days into his second bid for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats, with the odds already stacked heavily against him, Chris...

Universities are not here to fix the faults of schools

I’ve never been a fan of the word “admissions”. Entry to a fairground is an admission. The red-faced explanation you make to the A&E...

Beware colleges bearing gifts of welfare provision

Agatha Christie called herself a "perfect sausage machine", but her approach to murder was positively schizophrenic compared to the tabloids’ formulaic techniques. The perfect tabloid...

OxTales: The Oxford Gargoyles at the Edinburgh Fringe

A bearded man accosted me as I watched the Oxford Gargoyles advertising their show in the street. “I love the Gargoyles,” he told me...