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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Campaign launched for ‘Oxford Living Wage’

The petition reflects Oxford City Council’s recent commitment to pay its employees an ‘Oxford Living Wage’, which stands at 95% of the London living wage

St. Hugh’s u-turns on prelims accommodation blunder

First year undergraduates were informed earlier today by the College's Accommodation Manager that they would be have to move out of their Kenyon Building rooms during the prelims exam period

Oxford has “world-beating student experience” but unoriginal teaching, says survey

A new survey shows that Oxbridge students rate their university experience significantly higher than undergraduates at other Russell Group institutions

Oxford MP condemns anti-semitic attack on Oxford Jewish centre

Initial reports suggested that police had discovered a suspicious substance outside

JCR presidents ‘disappointed’ by access report

The letter calls on the University and Colleges "to take every possible step to ensure that this situation improves in the short and long-term"

Access denied: Oxford admits more Westminster pupils than black students

First-ever undergraduate admissions report reveals stark realities of Oxford's access problem

University under fire for ‘pathetic’ retweet

Journalist Sathnam Sanghera told Cherwell: "I think the RT...demonstrates a real entrenched resistance to change"

Campaigners deliver 169 letters to vice chancellor demanding divestment

The letters addressed the "hypocrisy" of the University investing in fossil fuels while producing cutting-edge science on climate change

Oxford to expand access programmes after data release

The scheme, which provides spring and summer schools for students from under-represented backgrounds, will increase its intake by 50% from next year

UK ambassador to North Korea encourages pragmatism in China Centre speech

Alastair Morgan said that American investment in North Korea is a “carrot which they are rejecting”

Theresa May portrait still missing

The Prime Minister's portrait was removed from the School of Geography and the Environment last Monday night

Malala Yousafzai elected LMH social secretary

In their manifesto, they declared: "Bops to us is like sexiness to Justin Timberlake. We're bringing it back."

Wadham evict three homeless people

The individuals had been occupying land owned by Wadham at the end of Savile Road since last month, using materials from the College to build shelters

Old boys’ clubs and toilet brushes: how college bosses spend your money

Freedom of Information requests reveal the expenses claims of college heads

Uni welcomes calls for ‘urgent action’ on mental health services

Oxford has welcomed a Universities UK (UUK) report calling for “urgent action” to improve the coordination of universities and the NHS in regards to...

PakSoc criticised for neglecting to screen documentary

PakSoc leaders have been accused of discrimination and bigotry against the Ahmadi religious minority following their alleged lack of support for a documentary screening

The final straw: Oxford’s anti-plastics revolution

Nightclubs and college bars are sucking the plastic out of Oxford’s nightlife by curbing their use of plastic straws

MP tells Uni to help relieve homelessness

Dodds told Cherwell that "it would be helpful if the University could undertake an audit of its properties to examine if any that are not being used could contribute to relieving homelessness"

Writer launches campaign for new Oxford memorial to Percy Shelley

The Lloyds Bank building on the corner of Cornmarket and High Street has been suggested as an option for a new memorial.

Failings revealed in case of Oxford student whose rape trial was dropped

A February 2018 letter to the trial judge, obtained via a Freedom of Information request, revealed multiple failings in the investigation into Oliver Mears

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Local election manifestos published as student candidates contest key wards

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

Second Oxfordshire Patriots protest this term met with counterprotesters

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

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