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New scholarship created for Afghan women at Oxford

One scholarship will be awarded to a woman of Afghan descent to study at the University of Oxford each year in a new endowment from the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Trust.
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Former L’Oreal CEO donates £30m for new Worcester College library

Worcester College has submitted a  planning application for a new £30 million library, funded entirely by a donation from alumnus and former CEO of L’Oréal Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.
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University style guide criticised by international students 

A style guide issued by the University of Oxford advises staff to use “plain English” to avoid confusing international students.
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St Anne’s to close nursery called a ‘lifeline’ for women at Oxford

St Anne’s College will close its day nursery, ending an institution that was pivotal in supporting women students and academics at the University of Oxford.
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St Aldate’s Tavern to reopen

A city centre pub is to reopen after refurbishment

Residents renew objections to Port Meadow Development

Although no objections were received during the planning permission stage, residents are now protesting about the planned building of student flats on Port Meadow

PPE finalists create revision musical

Three PPE third years are writing 'John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice: The Musical!'

Cory Bernardi withdraws from Oxford talk

Australian politician pulls out of speaking at Oxford University summit after making comments on same sex marriage

Mark Thompson takes up professorship at Oxford

Mark Thompson, the former director general of the BBC, is to be Humanitas Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford this term.

Jamal’s restaurant closes down

New Indian restaurant Arzoo opens in Jericho on the same site as venue Jamal’s, which closed earlier this summer

OUP hit out at photocopiers

Oxford University Press joins lawsuit against Delhi University’s photocopying service

St Catz porter’s inquest reaches verdict

The inquest into the death of David Lord, a night porter at St Catherine's College, has concluded that it was suicide

OUSU voted least popular student union in the UK

Oxford University and Oxford Brookes Student Unions rated worst in the country for 'student satisfaction'

Oxford alumna creates porn website

Cindy Gallop, a Somerville graduate, has created a new website which is attempting to change accepted standards of pornography by only using user-submitted videos

Fallen Oxford graduate repatriated

A University College graduate has been repatriated to Oxford after being killed while serving in Afghanistan

New app makes Oxford landmarks disappear

Tourists are left baffled after colleges switch location and the train station vanishes on the iPhone's latest navigation program

Boat Race protester found guilty

Trenton Oldfield, the man who disrupted this year's Boat Race, has been found guilty of causing a public nuisance

Director of Modern Art Oxford passes away

Turner Prize judge Michael Stanley is found dead in a garden, aged 37

Boat Race swimmer in court

Trenton Oldfield, who caused the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race to be suspended in April, faces the charge of causing a public nuisance

Iain Banks to attend Charity Literary Festival at LMH

Five writers will take part in the '5 x 15' festival at Lady Margaret Hall

Medical science facilities to be extended

Oxford University will purchase the site of Headington Park Hospital and use it to expand its medical science facilities on the Old Road campus

New Oxford school of government opens

The Blavatnik School of Government has admitted its first cohort of 39 students today, hoping to become 'the world’s leading centre for the training of future leaders in government.'

Pembroke’s New Build is still too ‘new’ for some students

Pembroke students express concerns as new accommodation won't be completed until after they move in.

Ebdon: Oxbridge application process a “potential barrier”

Minister for Fair Access criticizes Oxford and Cambridge's admissions systems.
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