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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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Brute force makes it for bees

Scientists at Oxford have discovered how the bumblebee flies contrary to the conventional laws of aerodynamics.

Civil servant recruits Oxford spies

A newly discovered KGB document has revealed that a distinguished former civil servant masterminded a network of communist spies at Oxford.

Sienna Miller to play a blind Oxford don

Actress Sienna Miller is to play a blind Oxford academic

OUSU finances in crisis after new plans abandoned

A plan to provide for OUSU's financial future has been voted down, leaving the Student Union's future uncertain.

Walcott driven out of poetry race following sexual smear campaign

Nobel Laureate has dropped out of the running for the post of Professor of Poetry after a smear campaign against his candidacy.

Wolfson accused of suppressing free speech

Wolfson College has been accused of a "disgraceful" suppression of free speech after cancelling a talk from a prominent anti-Zionist at the last minute.

Exeter MCR stripped of Page 3

A mystery member of Exeter College has been ripping The Sun's notorious Page 3 from the MCR's copy of the newspaper.

Smear campaign targets Nobel Prize winner

Derek Walcott has been targeted this week by a vicious and systematic smear campaign against his candidacy for Oxford's Professor of Poetry.

Oxford funding drive faces dwindling donations

Oxford Thinking, the campaign to raise more than a billion pounds, is faltering with the rate of donations slowing dramatically.

"Shocking" disparities in college costs

Life at Oxford's most expensive college costs over £1,100 more per year than at the university's cheapest.

Union disappoints with more cancellations

Members have criticised the Union after the cancellation of Anna Kournikova and a change in venue of the planned ball at Arlington House.

Report shows Oxford is still a man’s world

An OUSU women's report has revealed that men continue to dominate academia and student politics in Oxford.

Oxford’s first case of swine flu

A six-year old Oxfordshire girl has been diagnosed with the disease.

Bod’s safety measures have ‘detrimental effects’

Students unable to access crucial books after the library's removal of step-ladders.

Covered Market to trial openings on Sunday

Oxford's historic Covered Market is to open for trading on Sundays for the first time this summer.

Variations in a gene may increase susceptibility to autism

Researchers from Oxford University have discovered a common genetic link to the cause of autism.

College tortoises fight it out in a race

Corpus Christi held its annual tortoise fair to great success.

Students overestimate salaries

Students have too high expectations of wages as Oxford's Class of 2009 is to earn £25,500.

Doughnuts to be classified as ‘low-fat’

Oxford University researchers have shown that under new EU rules doughnuts will be able to be promoted as 'nutritious'.

66 monkeys in Oxford laboratories

66 macaque monkeys were used last year in research at Oxford University.
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