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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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UCU members vote to accept deal

The vote means that long-running strikes by university staff will be suspended

Oxford strike dates cancelled as crucial ballot draws to a close

Union members are currently voting on whether to accept the proposed deal, which if accepted could lead to an end to longstanding industrial action

Boris Johnson cancels press conference at Keble College

Johnson had been due to meet with his German counterpart at the press conference

St Hugh’s launch inquiry into sexual harassment claims

The investigation follows claims about the behaviour of a now-deceased fellow

St Anne’s JCR website hacked by pro-Palestinian liberation group

The JCR President said he was seeking advice to make sure it didn't happen again

Oxford ranked best student city for long-distance lovers

New research suggests students are only willing to spend £20 on a regular journey to visit a significant other

Brexit is causing fondue resurgence, claims Oxford professor

Professor Charles Spence stresses the importance of "gastropolitics" in the revival of the Swiss delicacy

Historians slam plans to replace display cases at University museum

The wooden display cases in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History are set to be replaced by glass cabinets

Oxford PhD student reaches final four of MasterChef

Nawamin Pinpathomrat impressed judges John Torode and Greg Wallace with his dishes

Finalist thanks ‘legends’ after notes and laptop stolen

Anne-Marie Downes' revision materials were taken from a car in Durham

Tariq Ramadan paid woman for silence over relationship

The Oxford professor of contemporary Islamic studies is detained facing charges of rape, following allegations from three other women

Graduate rent to increase by almost six per cent

The University’s Property Management Sub-Committee voted to raise rents for all graduate accommodation

Oxford ACS wins ‘BAME Society of the Year’

The group topped the ballot of 12 nationwide societies, winning recognition for "doing the most to support BAME communities at uni"

Bodleian to exhibit unpublished JRR Tolkien artworks

The three works, which have never before been viewed by the public, date back to Tolkien’s early years in Oxford

Oxford among worst universities for equal access

Cambridge was ranked worst, while seven other Russell Group universities – including St Andrew’s, Bristol, Durham, and Aberdeen – rounded out the bottom ten.

Oxford students spend most on sex toys

With four of the five top-rated universities in the UK making it into the top buyers table, it has been suggested that there may be a link between intelligence and sex drive