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.
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).
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.
Controversial Israeli political philosopher Professor Daniel Statman has been invited to visit Nuffield College for Trinity Term, despite a JCR statement condemning the decision.
Members of the Oxford Union are voting today on a proposed change to the debating society's election regulations, despite a mistake in election publicity.
It emerged this weekend that printed publicity for the poll was erroneous, leaving out part of the proposed rule change. A corrected version has been published on the Oxford Union website.
The poll closes at 9pm.
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Popular student nightclub The Bridge has been forced to change its door entry policies and has been forbidden from using glass bottles and glasses following a review of the club’s licence by Oxford City Council’s Licensing sub-committee.
The club will now be unable to admit customers in the hour before closing time. It will also have to serve drinks in polycarbonate containers as opposed to glass.