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Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after registering with the Proctors.  After a six-month wait to approve their application, the political society announced...

Finance workers strike at Oxford University Press

Finance workers are on strike at Oxford University Press (OUP) over plans to offshore jobs to India, with trade union officials warning that “before long this great British institution will exist in the UK in name only."

Oxford academics sign open letter opposing Nathan Cofnas’ suspension

Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, and self-described “race realist”, was responsible for publicising allegations that the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday had plagiarised his doctoral thesis.

Over 500 sign open letter urging Oxford to resist “transphobic” EHRC code

Oxford University LGBTQ+ Society (OULGBTQ) has urged the University of Oxford’s Vice Chancellor and the wider Oxford community “not to passively accept transphobia,” in an open letter signed by over 500 students and staff.

Worcester rain on Lincoln’s parade

  After a day of torrential downpours it was, somewhat miraculously, glorious sunshine that greeted Lincoln and Worcester for this opening premier clash. Unfortunately...

University to campaign for £1bn

By Matthew Hackett Oxford is to launch the biggest fundraising campaign in its history with a predicted target of £1bn, Vice Chancellor John Hood...

Fewer Emergencies

Max Seddon The problem with experimental theatre is that it’s, well, experimental. You add and take away at random, and you see how it works...

Big Brother – Fun with the Freshers

The recent annual inundation of fresh-faced new students has led to the inevitable freshers’ week fatigue, as party follows party and every drink has...

Bright prospects fail to blow Tabs off court

  The Oxford University men’s badminton team got off to strong start in the league against old rivals Cambridge. The rivalry between the varsity...

How to be the tute partner from hell

There seem to be two specific ways to be the tute partner from hell. Simply put, you can be very, very good or very,...

Stage Whispers: The Producer

It started so innocently. You went to the show after-party hoping to meet the fit lead, and sensing that your pretentious chat might be...

Hidden Art in Oxford

 Why you should go to Keble to see Holman Hunt's Light of The WorldBy Claudia Rimmigton With the exception of the high profile Millais exhibition...

Students to be Disciplined after Drunken Antics at Brasenose

 By Natasha Vashisht THREE students are to be disciplined after a dumbbell hit the window of a Junior Dean’s residence during a drunken prank in...

The Three Crowns Grace The Bodleian

By Alexander ChristofiD ante, Petrarch and Boccaccio were, it’s fair to say, probably the most interesting thing to come out of medieval Italy. The...

Drama Review: Guardians

This is not an easy play to watch. Such contentious topics as Iraq, spin journalism and sadomasochism are not merely explored, but taken apart, and...

Council Appeals to General Public for Photographs in Oxford Clean-Up

Oxford City Council has begun an online hall-of-shame for residents to submit their photographs of local graffiti and abandoned cars in the latest effort...

Restaurant Review: La Tasca

 Such was my lack of faith in restaurant reviews that I was prompted to try the tapas restaurant La Tasca at the Oxford Castle,...

Flood Warning for Oxford Residents

Today, the government was accused by Association of British Insurers for failing to give homeowners and businesses enough money for flood defences.The insurers warned that...

First Night Review: Personals

‘Personals’ is a musical comedy about the numerous problems and perils of searching for love through personal ads. It follows the whole process, from...

The End of the World as we know it?

Welcome to Michelmas 2007! Calendars are funny things. As most of my readers say goodbye to summer, I am fully into winter, bundled up in...

Nobel Prize for Former Balliol Student

Former Balliol student Oliver Smithies will receive the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was revealed yesterday.He, along with Martin J Evans and Mario...

Talk some sense, Jens

Germany's favourite war of words is back. Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has never taking a liking to compatriot Oliver Kahn, who's been competing with...

Cash injection for Japanese studies

The University has received a £2.5 million boost for studies of Modern Japan. Oxford has been chosen as one of 13 UK Universities to...

Birds on Film

Zoologists at Oxford University are using newly developed video devices to record crows in the wild.Scientists have developed miniaturised video cameras, each weighing about 14...

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