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Trade unions and students rally in Oxford to mark General Strike centenary

The march commemorated the anniversary of the 1926 General Strike. Those attending included the Oxford and District Trade Union Council, the University and College Union and students, including a group from the Oxford Labour Club.

Oxford Mutual Aid re-opens after month-long closure

Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA) has reopened after a month-long closure due to “emergency repairs” at the hall they operate out of, which the charity described as “the longest closure period OMA has ever seen”.

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. 

Christ Church bids au revoir to post-bop drunkenness

The college used post-bop croissants to sober up students

Oxford worst UK city for bike theft

Bike crime continues to rise in Oxford with 932 bike thefts last year

Drunk Tory official defaces church

OUCA official tore down papal flag after drinking event, sparking allegations of club's anti-Catholicism

University democracy “hasn’t been working well”, says Louise Richardson

The vice-chancellor criticised University staff for their "self-interest" and for being uninterested in university democracy

Oxford graduates establish black alumni network

The access scheme will encourage more black teenagers to apply to the University

University Press defends ‘sex scenes’ in kids books

Oxford University Press’ children series comes under fire for scenes supposedly depicting dogging

Christian Union banned from Balliol freshers’ fair

A JCR motion has condemned the move as a “violation of free speech”

Christ Church students in uproar over new ‘canteen-style’ informal hall

Students are planning a boycott of hall after controversial plans to change informal hall to a canteen service leaked through an Oxfeud post

Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of ‘Freedom of Oxford’ title

Council removes honour in light of treatment of Rohingya minority in Myanmar

Oxford Union under fire for male-dominated term card

Union told to improve diversity with just 12 of its 61 speakers women

Planning application withdrawn, beloved nightclub Cellar is ‘saved’

The club heralds a "fantastic outcome" after the planning application to turn it into retail space was withdrawn

Tributes paid to Brasenose student found dead at Westgate site

Max Mian was found early on Monday morning in a death that is not currently being treated as suspicious

University leaks names of bursary recipients

Email accidentally reveals names of students receiving hardship fund

Leaked: Bullingdon Club invitation letter

The letter inviting a current senior member of the Bullingdon Club was found under their bed

In full: The Oxford Union’s term card for Michaelmas 2017

Rockstar Jimmy Page will top the bill of speakers at the Oxford Union this term

Marc Jacobs, Sir Ian McKellen and Anthony Scaramucci among this term’s Union speakers

Emeli Sandé and Liv Tyler are also among first names released

Christ Church student who stabbed boyfriend avoids jail

Breaking: Lavinia Woodward, 24, will have her future at the University decided after being spared jail time

Revealed: Oxford Union debates speakers for Michaelmas 2017

Ken Livingstone, Theo Paphitis and Emily Thornberry are among the Union's term card of debates in Michaelmas

Oxford refuses to reconsider Aung San Suu Kyi honorary degree

Exclusive: The University calls on the Myanmar leader to "eliminate discrimination and oppression", but refuses to review her honorary degree awarded in 2012

Wahoo to be turned into University’s ‘Entrepreneurial Hub’

Former nightclub will become “entrepreneurial eco-system” run by the Said Business School

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