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Concerns over University plans to halt funding for admissions tests

Plans by the University of Oxford to stop subsidising admissions test fees have been criticised in a motion set to be tabled at the first meeting of the ‘Conference...
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Construction set to commence for new £190m science park

Construction firm Bowmer + Kirkland secured the contract last week to build Fabrica, Oxford’s...
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India Society cancels cricket match with Pakistan Society

Oxford India Society have cancelled a scheduled cricket match with Oxford Pakistan Society, citing...
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Christ Church proposes construction of new graduate centre

Christ Church has proposed the refurbishment and extension of the Faculty of Music building...
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Oxford fails to ban Sheldonian protests

The University has failed to block animal rights activists from protesting outside graduation ceremonies after a High Court judge threw out its request for...

Owner of The Bridge refutes closure rumours

The owner of The Bridge nightclub has refuted rumours that the club is to close.   Responding to claims made in the Oxford Student, Simon Walker,...

LMH skinny-dipper repents

One of the three students found by police swimming naked in Castle Mill Stream last week has spoken out against the dangers of binge...

Floods and heating failure at Anne’s

The Principal and Bursar of St Anne’s College came under fire from students angry over the lack of heating in a College accommodation block....

CINECISM

Eithne Bradley defends Hugh Grant’s acting talentPretty much any block-busting British film of the last decade will have featured one man: the wonderful, fluttery-eyed...

Israel debate goes pear-shaped after key speaker switches sides

The Oxford Union became the focus of international attention once again last Thursday after a controversial guest speaker decided to change sides mid-way through...

Film: Things We Lost in the Fire

4/51 February Just to be clear: this is not a film for everybody. It’s not sensational, it’s not cult, it probably won’t be...

Private schools to profit from A-level reform

A government-backed report has suggested that private school students will be more likely to secure an Oxford place after reforms to the A-level system...

Film: Penelope

3/51 February What I like about Penelope is the one-eyed midget. It’s a mark of the film’s charm, and central to its message, that...

Police to repeat £10,000 Magdalen bridge closure

Magdalen Bridge will close again on May day this year to prevent people, most of whom are students, from jumping into the river Cherwell...

Monsters in Manhattan

 Cloverfield3/51 February There were two words I repeated throughout the duration of Cloverfield, neither of which are friendly for print. The best way to describe...

By-by election after LMH online vote ‘lacks secrecy’

A complaints tribunal has called for the results of Lady Margaret Hall’s JCR by-election to be annulled after the reliability of the online voting...

Modern Manners: Internet Networking

Let’s face it, we’re all addicted to Facebook. I’m sure I’m not alone in checking my notifications just after I get up and just...

President delays Omkar vote

A vote on Krishna Omkar’s proposals to change Union rules has been delayed until Thursday. If passed, the rule changes will overturn lifetime bans...

Jericho landlords fail to catch rats

Student residents in Jericho have been battling with rodent problems and have complained of negligent landlords, despite high demand for housing there.One third year...

‘Ridiculous’ room ballot angers New students

The New College room ballot system has been labelled “ridiculous” after many students were mistakenly told that they would have to find rooms outside...

ICONIC FASHION: The Joy of Jeans

So what’s it to be: baggy or bootcut, flared or straight-leg, high-waisted or low-rise, relaxed fit or slouch fit? Buying a new pair of...

INTRODUCING…

 Kate McGettiganOxford University Quiz Society Who does OUQS represent and why should we sign up?We exist to promote and organising academic quizzes in Oxford. You...

Engineers have terrorist mindset, says Oxford researcher

Oxford research has claimed that there is a strong link between the “mindset” of engineering students and Islamic extremism.Diego Gambetta, of Nuffield College, and...

Charity Shops

 Violet Graham leaves the High Street and explores the lure of the second-hand.Shopping in charity shops is a divisive issue. Whilst volunteering for an...
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