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Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.

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Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

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New Oxford campaign seeks to demystify genetic and neurological conditions using animations

A new educational campaign developed by the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford aims to make neurodevelopmental disorders easier to understand through a series of animated videos.

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Asian universities take on Oxford

The boom of Asian universities could threaten Oxford’s world class status and financial security if its funding mechanisms are not radically overhauled, according to...

Police Chief calls for May Day bridge opening

The commander of the Oxford police service has argued that Magdalen Bridge should be opened for next year's May Day celebrations after heavy security...

Principal says 95% of people face hell

95 per cent of Britons are going to hell, according to a speech given by Wycliffe Hall’s Principal.A video of the Reverend Dr Turnbull’s...

Unreliable funding increases OSSL losses

Newly published financial statements from Oxford Student Services Ltd (OSSL), the commercial arm of OUSU, show that gross profit fell by almost £40,000 between...

Mara-don runs ten marathons

A former Oxford University don has broken a world long-distance running record after completing 10 marathons in 10 days. Sir Christopher Ball, Warden of...

Green Week on climate change

OUSU is organizing a ‘Green Week’ in line with World Environment Day on 5 June. The day itself will be marked by ‘Climate Change...

Philosopher slams consumption

Australian philosopher Professor Peter Singer has argued that citizens of rich nations should donate more of their money to the world’s poorest people rather...

Trends revealed in ageing study

Seventy is the new 50, a report by HSBC and the Oxford Institute of Ageing has claimed. The 60-79 age group was found to...

Press office monitor Hood’s Wiki profile

University officials have admitted to monitoring and editing Vice-Chancellor John Hood’s profile on Wikipedia in an attempt to protect his reputation. Officers working for...

OUSU Council votes for ‘offensive’ mascot

A motion to create an OUSU mascot, a “big bouncing blue blob of bureaucracy” called ‘Ousy’, unexpectedly passed at OUSU Council last Friday, despite...

Merton student hospitalised after assault

A MERTON student was hospitalised after being attacked by a Blues sportsman at last week’s Summer Eights regatta.Ben Holroyd, a fourth year medical student...

Oxford Auteurs

Who are the heroes of Oxford film? Surely Jeremy Irons’ trademark narcissism in Brideshead Revisited must come to mind; perhaps John Thaw’s snobbish coolness...

Flyboys

If you were to walk into Flyboys halfway through, you wouldn’t have missed much. The movie creaks slowly into motion as it explores characters’...

Cuppers Tennis: Review and predictions

The Cuppers competition upto this point has been unpredictable and as we head towards the semi-final stage we can recap on what has happened...

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros centres on an effeminate young boy (Maximo), living in the slums of Manila in the Philippines with his father...

Trinity overpowered by wild Catz

Catz came into their Cuppers quarter-final fixture against Trinity with a rather weakened side compared to the winning combination that secured Cuppers Victory at...

Ten Canoes

When ten Aboriginal men go off on a fishing trip, it becomes apparent that a young man has taken a fancy to another man’s...

Lunacy (Sileni)

This is not a work of art,” announces Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer in the prologue to his 2005 film Lunacy. “It is a horror...

The Rules of the Game

What’s love got to do with it? Emma Bernstein on the gurus who would guide you to the perfect pickupYou might expect that the...

Have you met … Paul Arrich?

As we near the end of another Oxford year, I met up with Paul Arrich to look back on his time as Oxide Radio...

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