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Think tank publishes report calling for centralised Oxbridge admissions

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has published a new report advocating for centralised admissions procedures for applications to the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, arguing that the current collegiate system increases the opacity and complexity for applicants and their teachers.

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St Catz reopens dining hall following RAAC renovations

St Catherine’s College has reopened its dining hall, following more than two years of disruption caused by the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in parts of its estate.

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Violent clash outside Oxford Union during visit of Sudanese prime minister

A violent altercation broke out between the entourage of Prime Minister Kamil Idris of Sudan and protesters during Idris’ visit to the Oxford Union on Wednesday, 13th May. The incident occurred as Idris was exiting the Union after participating in a speaker event.

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Oxford and UN launch peace and security fellowship

The University of Oxford and the United Nations have launched a new Peace and Security Fellowship.

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Chinese funding scheme

Oxford University is establishing a newscholarship scheme for Chinese students. The project will run initially for twoyears from 2006 and is aimed at doctoral...

Fossils

Oxford-led palaeontologyresearchers have discovered some of the oldest, and smallest, remains of ourhuman relatives in Egypt.The mini teeth, jaw and facial bones of the...

BCG vaccine

A recent study led by Dr AjitLalvani, of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, has revealed that theBCG vaccine may not just prevent the...

Shelling out for Shelley

The Bodleian library and University College have acquired a new group ofletters written by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley who was a undergraduate at...

Physics prize for Don

Kenneth Peach, Visiting Professorof Physics at Oxford University and Director of the John Adams Institutefor Accelerator Science, has been awarded the prestigious Rutherford Medal...

In from the streets

We carried on as best as we could. My boyfriend became my full-time carer. I continued working but I was having seizures in front...

Eat: Chutney’s

Where to go… for a curry without the crew-dateWhere: Chutney’sWhy: The kind of cosy setting you would describe as ‘intimate’, with a colourful modern...

Obituary: the gap year

The life of the Gap Year, though short (but such an amazing experience) was a blessing to all of us - temping agencies in particular, as...

League opens with goalfest

The college football season got off to a scorching start last Wednesday with twenty-five goals scored in the first four Premier League matches. The...

Blues kick through Bees

Oxford 33Pertemps Bees 21The Blues bounced back from a difficult last week with a much improved performance to beat semi-professional Pertemps Bees 33-21 at...

Exeter blown apart by Hall in point-a-minute thriller

Exeter 15Teddy Hall 76Teddy Hall continued their assault on the college rugby league with an embarrassingly one-sided victory over Exeter. The forwards set up...

Queen’s start season in style

Queen’s 4Corpus/Wadham 1Queen’s made a convincing start to their college hockey season with 4-1 defeat of Corpus/Wadham on Saturday. Queen’s dominated territory and possession,...

Unity and pride

They walked onto the podium wearing black socks and no shoes, to symbolise black poverty, and the badges of the Olympic Project for Human...

What’s all this fuss about Andy Murray for?

The frenzy surrounding Andy Murray’s emergence at Wimbledon earlier this year was overwhelming. You could hardly open a newspaper without seeing his face gurning...

Des Lynam: Dreamboat of the Desperate Housewife

Even for a man who’s been to seven Olympic games, numerous Wimbeldons and has travelled to World Cups and European Championships, October is going...

Passe Notes: The Oxford Union

So, how long do we have to stand in this queue?Well, everyone in Oxford wants to see the no confidence debate. Unless their lack...

Building a reputation

Think of the one-man band and if you’re like me you’ll think of Dick van Dyke’s Bert in Mary Poppins, stamping and flapping his...

Live

Paul LewisThe Sheldonian Theatre13 OctoberPaul Lewis has won much praise from critics for his CDs of the sonatas of Schubert, and rose to prominence...

Not such great Scots

El PresidenteEl Presidenteout24 OctoberSince Franz Ferdinand smashed into the mainstream, the British music press has been looking to the Scots for the new band...

Rachmaninov piano concertos Nos. 1 & 2

In 2004, Leif Ove Andsnes won a Gramophone Award for his coupling of piano concertos by Grieg and Schumann with the Berlin Philharmonic.Unfortunately, for...

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