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Detainees at Campsfield go on hunger strike

Students demonstrate outside detention centre as over 50 detainees go on strike

The Boat Race: Preview

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it's Boat Race time. Cherwell gives an overview of the biggest event in Oxford's sporting calendar

Tutor Jeffrey Ketland ‘terminated’ after harassment case

Dr Jeffrey Ketland, whom an inquiry heard had been implicated in the death of Charlotte Coursier last year, has released a statement in which he claims to have been dismissed by Oxford

Student union in the money

OUSU has secured a 66% increase in funding from the University

Inquest hears deceased student was harassed by tutor

Inquest into the death of a postgraduate student last year raises concerns about how harassment complaint against an Oxford tutor was handled

Bomb scare on St Giles: Live

A suspicious package was sent to the army recruitment offices on St. Giles'. The New IRA has now claimed responsibility

College GP’s contract in question

NHS objects to doctor’s stance on patient data sharing

Treasury debates scrapping student fund

Oxford MP and OUSU condemn cuts to national fund for disadvantaged students

Academics strike again

Oxford saw another day of industrial action on Tuesday as lecturers walked out and students took to the streets

OUSU candidates in website controversy

Jane4Change is revealed to have 'stolen' its website from another company whilst Alex Bartram comes under fire for his use of NationBuilder

Boycott Israeli Macbooks?

A picture of a note put on top of a Macbook at Wadham has gone viral, receiving over 3000 likes and appearing on several Israeli website

Rutland and JCRs pass defiant motion

OUSU council and college JCRs pass motion condemning further fee rises.

Oxford academics deliberate strike action

Possibility of industrial action as UCU calls on Oxford academics to strike.

Bodleian gets a new chair

A competition to design a new chair for the Bodleian has ended, producing just the third new chair in the library's history.

"Boys better at exams" claims Oxford Admissions boss

Mark Nicholson, head of Oxford Admissions, has said that male students outperform their female counterparts in exams because they take more risks.

Eric Pickles’ American Adventure

Oxford student takes cardboard cut-out of Conservative politician with him on his trip through the US

New takes Norrington top spot

New College is revealed to have achieved the best results at finals last year as the preliminary Norrington Table is published.

Private school pupils edge state school counterparts

Private school pupils are revealed to be 9% more likely to get a place at Oxford than state school pupils with the same results.

Student anger unabated

Two years after fees protest in 2010, Oxford students travel to London to protest once more

Exeter hosts ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy Day’

Exeter starts morale-boosting event to banish Fifth Week Blues.
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