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Students join march against the far right at matriculation

Approximately 300 demonstrators joined the ‘Oxford Unites Against the Far Right’ unity march Saturday afternoon, amid matriculation ceremonies.
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St Edmund Hall unveils new eco-friendly accommodation 

St Edmund Hall has opened new, sustainability-focused accommodation in Norham Gardens, one of Oxford’s most affluent neighbourhoods.
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Summit calls for human rights safeguards on AI

Human rights experts called for stronger legal protections against the risks posed by artificial...
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Oxford University launches Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda

Ugandan participants in a clinical safety study received an Oxford developed Ebola vaccine this week.
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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."

Watching Youtube a predictor for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

"Top 5, Up Next and other algorithm tools were also blamed for increasing the likelihood of users getting stuck in echo chambers."

University of Oxford takes home ‘Apprenticeship Employer of the Year’ Award

"At this year's Oxfordshire Apprenticeships Awards, the University of Oxford won the ‘Apprenticeship Employer (250+ employees) award’, and two Oxford University apprentices won or were nominated for further special awards."

Protestors demand patent waiver and climate action as G7 health ministers meet

"On Thursday June 3rd, protestors demanded the suspension of patent protection on COVID-19 vaccines, urging the G7 health ministers assembled in Oxford to “put people over profit”. Directly afterwards, the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protested to warn of the detrimental impacts of the climate and ecological emergency on global health."

“It is the details which are the horrible things”: Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss speaks at Oxford Union

“There is nothing really to see at Auschwitz anymore. It has become a tourist attraction...It has become a commercial thing, where people take photos under the sign reading Arbeit Macht Frei. My daughter went, and she said it didn’t move her because it was empty. Now you just see empty space, and you can’t imagine what it was like."
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