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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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It’s different for girls

Pornography is a diverse beast. The umbrella term is used to include anything from X-rated videos to vacantly grinning blondes in The Sun. Whether...

DSA logo in website raises legal questions

A spoof driving test posted on a websiteby a Christ Church student prompted the drivingStandards Agency (DSA) to threaten legal action for the unauthorised...

Tired and depressed

Playing the AngelDepeche ModeOut NowIt’s really easy to write musicreviews of bands you don’t like.Put the promotional CD onthe stereo, ignore the resultantcacophony as...

Blues win after horror injury

Oxford 1Royal Navy 0Blue was the colour as Oxford met the Navy at Iffley Road on Monday. Only the sky, a pale grey pall,...

Lincoln JCR hires gigolo to help member

Lincoln JCR has decided to hire aprostitute for one of its undergraduates for his birthday. The motion was submittedat Sunday night’s JCR meeting by...

The roads don’t love you

The Roads Don’tLove YouGemma Hayesout 31 October« « A lready with one nominationfor the Mercury Music Prizeunder her belt for her lastalbum, Night On...

Queen’s crash and burn at Hugh’s

St Hugh’s 2Queen’s 1They may be the Queen’s college but there has been nothing regal about Queen’s start to their Cuppers campaign. This was...

Keble student drugged in club drink spiking

A male student from Keble had hisdrink spiked at The Bridge nightclub on Tuesday. The student, who wishes toremain anonymous, had his money stolen...

Hot off the press

The deadline is fast approaching for entries to this year’s New Writing Festival. Some plays will already have been finished, proof-read, revised, polished and...

Worcester Toogood for New

Alex Toogood proved that his four goal debut against Magdalen a fortnight ago was no fluke, netting a first half hat trick before the...

Former Vice-Chancellor dies at 74

Sir Richard Southwood, an eminentzoologist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University, died on 26 October2005. A lifelong naturalist, Sir Richard founded and chaired the...

Modern dance

Soul Inspireddir Bawren Tavaziva20 OctoberPegasus TheatreTavaziva Dance describes itsstyle as ‘African-influencedcontemporary dance’ infusedwith an awareness of, and familiaritywith, modern urban youth culture.Last week they...

Dream start for netball Blues

Oxford 37Worcester 26Oxford’s netball team got their season off to the best possible start at Iffley Road last Wednesday. The Blues decisively beat Worcester,...

US-banned Islamic scholar begins Oxford teaching post

Controversial Islamic scholarTariq Ramadan, who has in the past been accused of anti-Semitism and was bannedfrom teaching in the US, is aboutto begin teaching...

Oriel fellow on the way to being canonised

A former student of Trinity Collegeand Fellow of Oriel, John Henry Newman, is heading towards canonization after aBoston deacon claimed that prayers to the...

Laughing at gilded butterflies

The Insect Playdir Nanw Rowlands1 - 5 NovemberOFSThe first thing to strikeyou about The InsectPlay is that it is visuallystunning. Not only is thecast...

Blues rugby team stung by Wasps

Oxford 15London Wasps 41The underdog’s audacity lost out to professionalism on Monday as a brave, adventurous Blues side was overpowered by the superior stamina...

University to discuss gender gap in Finals results with students

The disparity between Finalsresults which exists between male and female undergraduates will be discussedat an Educational Policy and Standards Committee (EPSC) panel meeting on...

Counting the Ways

Counting the Ways, dir Will Robertson, 1 - 5 November, Burton Taylor: Edward Albee’s Counting theWays is an unsentimental studyof love and grief in...

Tsunami victim named for award

A former student at Pembroke College who was seriously injured inlast year’s tsunami has been nominated by national magazine New Woman for theirWoman of...

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