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Anti-hunting group protests against alleged illegal hunt on St John’s College land

Anti-hunting protesters gathered outside the Sheldonian Theatre during matriculation on Saturday to protest against alleged illegal hunting activities on land owned by St John’s College.
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Oxford University and councils announce partnership to build Greenway cycle lanes

Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County Council, and the University of Oxford have announced plans...
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Local and business leaders in Oxford sleep out for homelessness

Forty-eight business and community leaders slept out in University Parks to raise money for homelessness as part of the annual Oxfordshire CEO sleepout on 8th October.
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Students join march against the far right at matriculation

Approximately 300 demonstrators joined the ‘Oxford Unites Against the Far Right’ unity march Saturday afternoon, amid matriculation ceremonies.
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Hillary Clinton is coming to Oxford

The failed US presidential candidate will give the annual Romanes lecture

Hundreds turn out for Oxford Pride

The march ended at a concert with drag numbers and a choir

Revealed: Colleges’ property investments worth £1.5 billion

Colleges' holdings encompass an area bigger than the Mediterranean island of Malta

Union under fire for hosting anti-LGBTQ+ speakers either side of Oxford Pride

The society has been accused of hosting "a stooge of the homophobic Putin regime" as well as "an abhorrent transphobe" either side of Oxford Pride

PakSoc screening controversy attacked in parliament

The MP for Mitcham and Morden expressed concern at persecution towards Ahmadi Muslims, referencing last weeks film screening controversy

Ice cream van escapes ban after University complaint

The owners were summoned to Town Hall after several infractions of the City Council’s conditions on trading consent

Oxford groups show solidarity with Jewish community after latest attack

The Chabad Jewish Centre has been the target of two attacks in one week

Merton bans trashing over fears of ‘elitism’

A junior dean claimed that trashing represents the University's "elitism, ostentation, and lavishness”

Students grill Russian ambassador on LGBTQ+ rights record

Alexander Yakovenko was forced to defend Russia’s record on LGBTQ+ rights, as students questioned him on the reported torture of gay men in Chechnya

Oxford station to shut for two weeks

All services in and out of the station will be replaced by buses

St Hugh’s JCR severs ties with zine after graffiti uproar

The words "Gold of Fuck" were found written in large letters on the perimeter fence of Oxford University Sports Centre on Iffley Road, provoking anger among JCR members

Exeter JCR votes to adopt college chickens

The motion mandates the college to purchase chickens for Exeter House and to introduce a "chicken officer"

Response to access report intensifies as open letter receives over 1,000 signatures

Students will also gather in solidarity at a rally in the city centre this evening

Oxford beaten by Cambridge again in latest Guardian rankings

Oxford, Cambridge, and St Andrews occupy the top three spots for the third year in a row

Oxford academic forced to leave after Home Office dispute

Dr Fengying Liu's departure has raised concerns over Oxford's ability to recruit academics from around the world after Brexit

Georgian independence petition discovered at Bodleian

The petition is the first documented occasion of the Georgian population protesting for further rights as a nation

Oxford pubs serve the most expensive pints outside of London

The average cost of a pint in Oxford is £4.57, according to a new study

Access denied: Oxford’s white privilege is revealed

White British applicants twice as likely to gain admission as their black British peers

St Hilda’s adopts new divestment recommendations

The approved changes, initially recommended by St Hilda’s JCR Divestment Working Group, aim to align the college’s investments with the challenge of climate change

University to overhaul online systems

The technology behind OxCORT is a decade old, and is “no longer being actively developed and requires replacement”,  according to a University statement.
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