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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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Oxbridge airship link proposed

PLANS to establish a Varsity airship have been announced by a new company.Using the ‘SkyCat Hybrid Air Vehicle’, World SkyCat Ltd will directly link...

OxTales – Jonquil

By Sebastian Atay  8pm outside the Purple Turtle. It is cold, grey and distinctly sleazy. All in all, the exact opposite of the sunny,...

Thieves hit Cowley students twice in a week

THIEVES made off with thousands of pounds in electronic equipment after breaking into two student houses in the Cowley Road area last week.Police have...

Why is the rainbow flag a gay pride symbol?

It’s perhaps understandable that there are a lot of symbols that are used to indicate gay pride. The whole concept of being closeted seems...

Jeremy Cliffe explores gentility and feminism in Cheltenham

 The word ‘genteel’ seems appropriate to the point of cliché when talking about Cheltenham. A town of Regency terraces and horse racing, antique shops...

Books in 50 Words: Homer Iliad

Homer’s Iliad remains an excellent introductionto poetry for the under-fives; itslanguage proves accessible, and the availableGreek translations help you encouragechildren to foreign languages at...

Flip Side: Cheap Flighte

Elenor Matthews defends the rights of those who want to travel for less If Ryanair was a night-club it would almost certainly be Filth: only...

Jason Donovon

Guy Pewsey talks Neighbours, drugs and kilowatt smiles with Jason Donovan When we sit on our sofas and watch television, it’s often clear that the...

Union row splits University

OUSU COUNCIL passed an emergency motion condemning the Oxford Union last Friday after its decision to invite Nick Griffin and David Irving to address...

Happy People?

Heid Jerstad visits the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan in search of temples, politics and the truth behind Gross National Happiness Young people these days are...

Review: ‘Delete this at your peril’ by Bob Servant

This is a book that needed to be written. It is a declaration of defiance and warfare against one of the most dangerous threats...

Big Brother: Matriculation Madness

Michaelmas…sub-fusc…matriculation…on top of my modern languages degree, this time last year I had to learn the oxford lingo and prepare myself for one of...

The Devil reads Vogue

Deputy Fashion editor of The Guardian (and former editor of Cherwell) Hadley Freeman warns Daniel Rolle that fashion journalism isn’t all about doing lunch,...

Violence mars Wadham house parties

POLICE officers arrested a drunken man who violently attacked students at a Wadham house party on Iffley Road last Saturday night.The man, who witnesses...

Bishops to inspect Wycliffe

TROUBLED PPH Wycliffe Hall has come under further pressure after the Church of England announced this week that it had brought forward a scheduled...

High Table

 Millie Maler, DPhil Candidate, AstrophysicsA third year graduate student at Christ Church reading for a DPhil in Astrophysics, last year Millie took astrophysics tutorials...

How to be Queen of the Bop

Known for cringeworthy music, precarious outfits and floors sticky with the spilled vodka-cokes and lager of over-excited or over-drunk students, the bop is as...

Look Mum, I’ve downloaded a first class degree!

Let’s flashback a few years. Remember waiting anxiously for those A-level results to see if you’d ever get to punt on the Isis and...

German humour, part 2

A bit better this. The originally-named satirical blog Satire Blog thinks the top dogs should rename Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport "Willy Brandt Airport", "Helmut Kohl...

Funfairs

People here go to funfairs, some people go twice a week. They look forward to it.The whole af-fair (apologies) began when I exitted the...
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