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Online UCAS delays

UCAS’ move to scrap traditional paper applications in favour of the online system has caused problems in the efficiency of this year’s Oxford admissions...

Draft corporate plan may lead to graduate cuts

A follow up to January’s Green Paper on university governance has been published outlining a strategy for improving the University’s financial status. In a...

‘Students for students’ referendum overruled

A Senior Tribunal has overruled the “students forstudents” refer­endum, proposed by Charlie Steel two weeks ago, which was dueto be put to the student...

Majority of posts uncontested in OUSU elections

Five out of sixpositions for this year’s OUSU executive elections will be uncontested. Onlyone candidate was nominated for each of the Vice Presidential positions:Finance,...

Trio guilty of ‘honour killing’

Three Oxford residents have been found guilty ofstabbing to death Brookes student Arash Ghorani-Zarin. ChomirAli, a Bangladeshi waiter, and his two sons Mujibar Rahman...

Petition targets OUSU student vote

A petition put to OUSUto hold a referendum to limit its input in non-directly student relatedmatters, has failed. a motion was also been put...

Bops burnt out at LMH

A student dressed as an Egyptian mummy was set alight at an LMH Halloween bopon Saturday night. Teddy Hall postgraduate student Hamish Stewart was...

Merton JCR to appoint anti-welfare officer

An anti-welfare rep is to beelected at Merton after the JCR unanimously passed a motion to institute theposition. A motion was submitted noting that...

Holy days fall within Freshers’ week

For the first time in 33 years, the Islamic festival Ramadan is falling during Freshers’ week. Muslim Freshers will have to balance abstaining from...