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Local election manifestos published as student candidates contest key wards

The Labour Party, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats have released their manifestos ahead of the upcoming Oxford City Council elections, as a number of current and recent University of Oxford students contest seats across the city.

Carl Benjamin disinvited from Oxford Union amid backlash from FemSoc and IHH

On Thursday, the Oxford Union held a debate on the motion ‘This House Believes That Being British is a ‘Birthright’, Not a Choice’. Carl Benjamin, who had been scheduled to speak, was disinvited from the event shortly before it took place. 

Second Oxfordshire Patriots protest this term met with counterprotesters

The Oxfordshire Patriots held a demonstration last Saturday in the city centre outside the Oxfordshire County Council offices. They were met by counter-protestors from Oxford Stand Up To Racism (OSUTR).

University of Oxford paid private firm for ‘intelligence’ on student protest

The University of Oxford has been named as one of twelve UK universities that paid a private intelligence consultancy run by former military intelligence officials to monitor student activism.

New data reveals suspension gender gap among postgrads

New data shows that 8.7% of female postgraduates suspended their studies in 2016/17, one-third higher than the rate for men (6.5%). The gender discrepancy...

Counselling referral rates among highest in Russell Group

Increased demand has forced Oxford University’s Counselling Service to further reduce the number of counselling sessions per student, with this year seeing an “all-time...

Landslide for librarian

Librarian for the Oxford Union, Brendan McGrath, has survived calls for impeachment after winning yesterday’s poll by 400 votes to 189. A motion for...

Union Librarian Brendan McGrath avoids impeachment

Brendan McGrath, against whom a motion for impeachment was filed on Thursday 7th, has won his vote not to be impeached by 400 votes...

Today’s Union impeachment vote: what you need to know

The Chief of Staff and the Senior Access Officer have resigned over the reintroduction of slates

Trinity email leak exposes sensitive information to JCR

One Trinity JCR member told Cherwellthat, “This incident send a worrying signal of the effort the JCR put in student welfare.”

Record turn-out for SU elections

The new record beat the previous best set in the Michaelmas Term 2013 election, where 4,494 votes were cast.

‘No-platforming’ could be illegal, government warns

Universities that cancel speakers due to planned protests could be in breach of the law.

Union Slate-Gate!

Williams supported the impeachment of the Librarian in his Union speech

Fixed-term contracts disproportionately held by women and minority groups

“Casualised contracts magnify pre-existing inequalities in the workforce”

Union Chief of Staff resigns in protest

His resignation came at the end of his speech in the debate on whether "This House believes Thatcher was a working class hero".

Union RO overturns trial slate ban

This means that the previous trial slate ban is no longer in place, and the changes made last term are rendered invalid.

Government announces new measures to improve access

The new measures, organised by the Office for Students, will also hold universities to account on how they improve outcomes for under-represented students from all backgrounds.

Union RO announces ruling which could overturn slate ban

Under a technicality, last month's trial ban could be rendered invalid.

NUS Trans and International officers axed amidst bankruptcy cutbacks

NUS has also been forced to let half of its staff go and sell its London headquarters

In full: rich colleges hinder outreach efforts

Magdalen, Oriel and New spend less than 0.5% of college budgets on outreach in 2017/18

Government announces new measures to improve access

The new measures, organised by the Office for Students, will also hold universities to account on how they improve outcomes for under-represented students from all backgrounds.

SU creates survey for “vulnerable” student sex-workers

The 43-question survey was sent out last week and asks about a multitude of aspects of sex work.

Concerns raised about religious inclusivity at Somerville

In the end, the motion passed with 26 JCR members voting “in favour of re-adding the halal and kosher aspects of the original motion on the condition that it is pre-stunned”.

Budget cut for Bodleian Libraries

Book purchasing budget to fall by nearly 3 per cent in real terms

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