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Protest held outside Town Hall over sale of Council-owned building to St Peter’s

A protest took place today outside Oxford Town Hall against Oxford City Council’s plan to sell 11 New Road to St Peter’s College, which would convert most of the building into student housing.
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Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after...
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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."
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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.
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Before the Blues game against Oxfordshire on Friday evening, it was the turn of the colleges to try 20/20 cricket as last year’s cuppers...

Hugh’s granted final berth

What could have more drama, more nail-biting sleepless-night inducing tension than the Semi-Finals of the 5-a-side Football Cuppers? Exams, perhaps. If the matches at...

Second ‘cry for help’

A man had to be talked down from St Michael’s Tower on Cornmarket Street on Monday afternoon, after threatening to commit suicide for the...

Squaddies smash up student

Two on-leave soldiers from Northern Ireland have been arrested following an assault on three students. The Jesus College students and their friend from...

Hoorah a d hyperboled at the Oxford Union

The recent speculation and hyperbole surrounding the vulnerability of British democracy following the ever-so dangerous attack of a flour-filled condom found its parallel when...

Students are incompatible with OUSU

OUSU was in confusion this week as it attempted to implement the result of last term’s referendum on the future of higher education funding....

Cycle safety for Cowley Road

Mourning for the death of St Catherine’s student Emilie Harris continued this week as the Council approved a multi-million pound road safety project for...

AIDS orphans’ blood stolen

An Oxford researcher has been accused of unlawfully bringing the blood of HIV infected African orphans back to Britain and plagiarising another scientist’s work....

Journalists investigated

The two student journalists who exposed insecurities in the University computer network are facing a police investigation into their activities in obtaining the story....

Shoplift Syringe Scare

Security staff at Debenhams on George Street were threatened with a syringe after confronting an alleged shoplifter last Tuesday afternoon. The man threatened to...

Medial Ultrasex

An Oxford doctor used hospital equipment to enhance his love life, the General Medical Council heard this week. Jane Sullivan, representing the GMC, told...

Burglars walk through Open Doors

One in five burglaries in Oxford occur as a result of owners leaving their doors and windows open, according to newly-released figures. Thames...

Salsa hacked back on right foot

Oxford’s Salsa Society has fought allegations of dissatisfaction with its President, while a hacker highjacked the society’s mailing list with members receiving a torrent...

Old School Celebrations

A former Oxford student has written in The Telegraph about his return to Oxford to “put the fizz back into finals”. Despite the new...

Girl falls from Flying Fox

An Oxford backpacker is fighting for her life in hospital after plunging 65 feet in the Australian rainforest. Queensland Police are investigating the accident....

No Cold Turkey

The Prime Minister of Turkey delivered a speech at St John’s College on ‘Why the European Union Needs Turkey’, last Friday. Recep Tayyip...

Search for Samaritan

Police are appealing for information about an Oxford student who was mugged at knifepoint on Friday 26 March. The attack took place after...

Man stabbed at M&S

A man has been stabbed outside the Marks and Spencer store on Banbury Road, Summertown. The man was standing outside the store with...

Terrorists strike Saudi

Saudi Arabia was left reeling this week after Islamist militants stormed a smart residential compound and an oil company headquarters in Khobar, taking more...

Teenager arranges his own murder on net

A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court, charged with plotting his own murder. John, 14, used multiple personalities on the internet to convince...
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