Wednesday, January 13, 2021
- News
History Faculty will not extend thesis deadlines
The deadline for students to submit their thesis remains Friday of Week 8 Hilary Term.Oxford University confirms no safety net
"“The pandemic continues to provide us with significant challenges, but please rest assured that supporting your academic success is a key priority for everyone at the University."Classics Moderations cancelled and replaced with Prelims
"Thank you for your lucid and well-argued letter about Mods, which was passed to the Chair of the Moderators, and was taken into account by the board of examiners when they considered what course to adopt. You will soon be receiving a formal announcement from the university that the decision has been taken to cancel Mods and set a Classics Prelim exam instead."New College’s exempt students asked to consider withdrawing their application to return
Students have been invited to withdraw their applications by emailing the Academic Registrar before noon on Monday January 11th. After that, the college will confirm the final list of students who will be allowed to return.Colleges release guidance regarding returns after national lockdown announced
Balliol, for example, “will have very tough criteria for agreeing any applications, given the importance of minimising the further spread of the virus in Oxford.”
- Opinion
Why 2020 Should Not Be Forgotten
Many want a Men in Black-style mind wipe that will erase the past year from our collective memory, only to be recalled 50 years down the line when a funky new virus dredges up the memories from the bottom of the dustbin. This, I think, is a mistake.Capitol Riots: Putsch and Prejudice
'It is difficult to overstate the rage I feel against America’s right wing for allowing us to get to this point. Shame on Mitch McConnell. Shame on Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. Shame on every Republican who acquitted Trump of impeachment charges. Shame on the entire Trump family and every single one of his enablers.Opinion: On Scotland, Devolution, and The Labour Party
Unionism can only work if all nations are satisfied: a real regard for the Scottish people must be made. Such regard that is formed by compassion and a distribution of wealth, power and opportunity would ensure that this positive situation is not only made but sustained.I’ll Bark if I Want To: On Letting Women Be Angry
So I say: let women be angry. Let us bark at men in the streets who catcall us, let us foam at the mouths when men tell us to smile more, let us hiss at those who deem our clothes 'too revealing.'
- Long Reads
Clubs in crisis: the UK’s declining night time industry
"If not for a healthy dose of nostalgia to remedy bitter envy, remembering the cultural importance of clubbing will ensure the scene doesn’t collapse entirely."Going Viral: Religion and the Pandemic
Pandemics are nothing new, but we now live in a technological age - a globalised world where people and information travel further and faster...And They Call It Puppy Love: Pets in Lockdown
I was the kind of child that hankered after a fluffy four-legged friend – the hopeful child that exasperated parents would try to fob...‘We Don’t Need No Education’: Assessing What Matters in Schools
"In this drive to ascribe value to students, we risk losing sight of what learning can and should be: an ongoing, unfolding and communal process."Oxford’s Eyesores: Brutalism’s Place among the Dreaming Spires
For most, to think of Oxford is to think of its historic architecture, from the Anglo Saxon Tower of St. Michael and Christchurch’s twelfth century cathedral,...
- Science & Tech
Science Snippets: Outrageous Octopuses
"octopuses are prone to a peculiar habit. They have been seen punching (yes, punching) fish"Science Snippets: Cardiac Construction
"A study from the University of Minnesota ... reports the successful creation of a functioning, scaled-down human heart pump using a 3D printer."The Oxford Vaccine – How generalisable are the trial results?
"Oxford-AstraZeneca has devised a vaccine in an unprecedented amount of time... However, with any and all science, it is important that we be critical of the claims being made, and question the scientific method used to arrive at such conclusions."Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine up to 90% effective
This week, the vaccine being developed by Oxford University and Astrazeneca was found to be highly effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms.Oxford study identifies prisoners for priority vaccination
A new Oxford study identified prison inmates and staff as top priorities for the impending coronavirus vaccine.
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"Jazz was being played over the stereo like theme music, as if they were acting in a television drama where each character had some essential trait, some crucial role."Specks
"From a space we might call "above", an Entity watches - gargantuan, unfathomable, other."A Quick Trip Far Away
"One summer, a summer which now seems to have passed by long ago, I slept and dreamt for the first time on the mainland."
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