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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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£29 million building project will include two new quads and social areas

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Science dons jump ship over cutbacks

Department suffers lack of resources and termination of projects after government cuts

Students warned after week of thefts

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Private Facebook event claims President James Kingston is “sick of being frugal”

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No applications received for top JCR positions

Protesters force Vodafone to close

Thirty people forced the Vodafone shop on Cornmarket to temporarily close on Saturday, in a protest against corporate tax evasion. The protest came after Private...

Donations hit £1 billion mark

Oxford's Vice-Chancellor announced last week that the University's international fundraising campaign has collected over £1bn. The money will go to fund undergraduate teaching, new...