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Oxford falls to lowest ever spot in The Times UK University Guide 2027

The University of Oxford has placed fifth in The Times’s 2027 UK university rankings, falling from joint fourth with the University of Cambridge last year. This marks Oxford’s lowest ranking in the guide’s 33 year history and only the second time the University has not been in the top three.
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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 nightclubs prepare to reopen on 19th July

Nightclubs have been told that they have to wait until next Monday, 12th July, for final confirmation of stage four of lockdown easing. This leaves them with only a week to properly prepare for their reopening, should the changes go ahead.

People advised not to leave Oxford as cases soar

Although people are not banned from leaving Oxford, authorities are asking people to act with care when travelling into and out of the city.

Wolfson College to cut main site carbon emissions by 75% by March 2022

The College plans to reduce building emissions to zero, and operational emissions to “as close to zero as possible”, using carbon offsetting measures only for “any residual carbon footprint that we are unable to eliminate any other way”.

Broad Street transformed into temporary ‘Broad Meadow’

The prioritisation of green space follow's the City Council's March decision to approve the UK's first Zero Emission Zone in parts of the city centre.

All 18-30 year olds across Oxfordshire urged to take PCR test

The rise in cases in Oxfordshire is largely concentrated amongst younger age groups and the unvaccinated. With many of the cases being amongst younger, less vulnerable, individuals, one in three new cases are asymptomatic – allowing the virus to spread undetected.

EXCLUSIVE: Lincoln College hosted wedding after banning visitors due to “sharp increase” of COVID-19

An email sent to Lincoln students, which was shown to Cherwell, warned: "Lodge staff will challenge you and your visitor(s) if you do not adhere to this. This would be embarrassing for you and your visitor(s), so please bear this in mind."

“Return home as soon as possible”: colleges respond to rising COVID cases

Some colleges which had planned to allow students to stay beyond the end of term have urged them to return home. Events such as finalists' dinners have also been postponed or cancelled.

Oxford through refugee eyes: Asylum Welcome takes local leaders on refugee-led walking tour

A recurring message in the walk was how refugees can enrich the cultural, economic, and social lives of the communities they find themselves in.

Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio speaks at Oxford Union

Mercurio told the Oxford Union that he tried to draw comparisons between real life policing and on-screen policing. He spoke of parallels between the deaths of Stephen Lawrence and Christopher Alder in racially-motivated attacks and the plot and name of Christopher Lawrence in Line of Duty’s season six.

Oxford SU launch ‘It’s not enough’ campaign

"The only way we can enact real change is by holding the University to account and by pushing them to do better, because right now, it’s not enough."

Oxford University opening a vaccination centre for students

The centre will provide a walk-in service, with no need to book in advance.

Asylum Welcome to host alternative Oxford tour for community leaders during Refugee Week 2021

"The activities of this year’s Refugee Week take place against the backdrop of potential enormous change in the landscape for refugees in the UK, as the Home Office plans a significant overhaul of its immigration and asylum systems."

Common Ground holds its annual symposium, ‘Reclaiming Spaces’

“Reclaiming Spaces will interrogate our relationship to and experience of different places, whether that be historical, institutional or natural space."

University announces that it will hold 2021 interviews online

"The same consideration has been given to arrangements for the 2021 process, and it has been agreed that it is in everyone’s interests for all interviews to be online again this year."

Oxford has second biggest bicycle theft rate in UK: numbers and effects

"Last year Oxford had the second highest rate of bike theft in the UK, with Cambridge first on the list, evaluations of ONS data have found."

Oxford Polish Society apologise for abandoning rubbish in University Parks

"We are sorry about not cleaning up, we regret what we've done and we promise this will not happen ever again."

Anti-vaccine protest held during Oxford G7 Conference

Protesters marched through Oxford on Thursday to express their concerns about potential COVID vaccination policy in light of the G7 health ministers’ summit, hosted by the University of Oxford from June 3-4th.

Protests, Politicians, and Plants: The G7 Health Summit in Oxford

The Health Ministers discussed measures to improve global combat antimicrobial resistance, regulatory frameworks for clinical trials, and how digital healthcare systems and data could improve healthcare. In Oxford, several protests were held to coincide with the meeting, with a variety of agendas in mind.

BREAKING: Molly Mantle elected President of the Oxford Union, REACH slate wins all major positions

Molly Mantle of the REACH slate has been elected President of the Oxford Union for Hilary 2022, winning 402 first preferences. Mantle was Librarian of the Oxford Union in Trinity 2021."

BREAKING: Chaos in the Union chamber as positive COVID-19 case causes evacuation

"Cherwell was informed that the member of the chamber received a positive test result during the course of the debates, but attendees who were not close contacts were only informed of the case after the hustings had finished."
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