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King Charles III inaugurates the Schwarzman Centre

King Charles III officially opened the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities and unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit.

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Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.

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Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

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Oxford Union attempts to entice Taylor Swift to speak

A celebrity-speaker video mash-up of 'Shake It Off' made by the Oxford Union aims to gain the icon's attention, and has gone viral

Magdalen tops Norrington while Merton plummets

The 2014-15 Norrington Table has now been released, with Magdalen College taking the top spot

Camera to close and re-launch

A spokesperson has confirmed that Camera will close down this weekend, before re-launching as a new club concept

Student jailed over assault in Plush last year

Abdulrahman Abdelsalam, who had been studying Law at LMH, was sentenced last week to nine months in prison for assaulting another student in Plush in March 2014

Park End undergoes rebranding and refurbishment

Lava & Ignite on Park End Street is to close, refurbish, and re-open as a new nightclub called Atik

Oxford conservation donor counters pro-hunting accusations

Panthera Founder/Chairman Dr Thomas Kaplan responds to pro-hunting accusations after donating funds to WildCRU, the Oxford University-based unit that tracked Cecil the lion

NUS crackdown in plan to enforce Coca-Cola boycott

The NUS has tabled a motion affirming that its BDS policy against Israel applies to Coca-Cola and has censured its President for having gone against the policy

Cafe Coco in "racist" poster controversy with students

The management of Cafe Coco, Cowley Road, has attracted sustained student criticism from students over the content of a vintage poster

University misleads on Facebook over student accommodation

Students and staff criticise the University of Oxford for posting a photo of a guest room at Madgalen College captioned as a 'sample student room'

Student maintenance grants to be scrapped

The Chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Budget that from 2016/17 maintenance grants for low-income students will be abolished, to be replaced by higher maintenance loans

Ashmolean successfully funds purchase of Â£860k painting

The Ashmolean today announced that it can now proceed with the acquisition of a Turner painting following a fundraising drive

OUSU to implement controversial Govt anti-terrorism plan

OUSU's Board of Trustees has voted to comply with the Government's contentious PREVENT strategy

Oxford graduate’s dating site gets swiped left

Chivalrynotdead.com has faced allegations of sexism and hetero-normativity from Oxford feminists since launching last week

Oxford MP backs campaign against child sexual exploitation

Nicola Blackwood is backing the “Say Something” campaign developed by charities NGW Network and Missing People to help young people identify early signs of sexual exploitation

Oxford Professor creates Lego Hertford

A 30,000+ lego brick model of Hertford College, created by an Oxford Professor, was on display at the university's open days this week

Concern at No HeterOx ‘purge’ from Facebook group

Members of the No HeterOx Facebook group have been removed by its administrators after an official statement ‘against assimilation and conservatism’ was posted