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Oxford Union votes against flying LGBTQ+ flag for Pride Month

The Oxford Union has rejected a proposal to fly an LGBTQ+ flag for Pride Month every year. President Anita Okunde had put forward the Standing Order change but the...

VE Day celebrations to take place across Oxfordshire

Street parties are being planned across Oxfordshire as part of a national programme of...

University Welfare Services release annual reports

The 2023/24 reports from Student Welfare and Support Services (SWSS) were published last week....

Liberal Democrat victory in last County Council election

Oxfordshire residents voted in what was expected to be Oxfordshire County Council’s last election...

Universities need to close the access gap

The Office for Students have released a report on university admissions and access. The report, titled ‘Transforming opportunity in higher education’ comes following research...

CLIMATE PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY ST JOHN’S QUAD

Last week climate protesters occupied St John’s College front quad, in response to the college’s refusal to divest from their fossil fuel endowment.  St John’s...

Coronavirus: what we know

Coronavirus is dominating national and international channels. With terrifying headlines and statistics that are causing widespread panic, it's time to step back. Let's look at...

Balliol divests from fossil fuels

Balliol College has announced plans to divest its holdings in fossil fuel companies. The college released a statement on Monday, saying that it planned...

Sainsbury’s ‘IT’ display causes controversy

‘Incredibly distasteful’ kidnapped child dummies, on display for sales of DVDs for the film ‘IT: Chapter Two’ have been seen in Oxfordshire stores. A mum, who prefers to...

Oxford City player joins Love Island

Finn Tapp, a footballer for Oxford City, has temporarily left the Club for the newest series of ITV’s Love Island. On his arrival to the Villa, the twenty-year-old...

St Anne’s and Christ Church launch Aim for Oxford scheme in the North-East

St Anne’s launched its “new sustained outreach program” Aim for Oxford alongside Christ Church on Saturday. The scheme is aimed at emboldening students attending...

Monty Python star and Oxford alumnus Terry Jones dies

Terry Jones, the beloved Monty Python star, died on Tuesday evening, four years after being diagnosed with dementia. Jones was a valued student of Oxford University during the...

New Oxford study identifies main suicide risk factors

Last week, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, published a new study on lifetime suicide risk factors in the...

Oxford increases bond sale to £1bn

Image Credit: Aivin Gast Oxford University has tapped its £750 million 100-year bond for a further £250 million, raising almost £1 billion in sterling bonds...

Oxford Academics win prestigious Blavatnik Awards

The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists have recently announced this years’ winners, with Oxford University Professors Timothy Behrens and Elanor Stride recognised for their...

Homeless community speaks out against ‘spiteful’ armrests on benches

This weekend two extra armrests were drilled onto an Oxford bench on Woodstock road to stop people from lying down.  A photo of the bench,...

Westgate car park blocked by school climate strikers

Striking school pupils frustrated drivers by blocking the entrance to Westgate Centre car park in a climate change protest last Friday. The Oxford Youth Strike...

Commemorative flames for 75th Holocaust Memorial Day

Oxford will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau with 75 memorial flames.  The flames will be lit as part of a service...

Council outlines new housing strategy

The Planning Inspectorate have approved Oxford City Council’s plan for the building of over 10,000 homes by 2036 to meet Oxford’s housing crisis.  The Inspectorate...

St Anne’s celebrates 100 years of women with unpaid fellowship

St Anne’s has been criticised for their creation of a non-stipendiary junior research fellowship to honour 100 years of women at the University. The...

Mertonian U-Turn: college changes its policy on trans intersectionality

Merton college has made a substantial U-Turn on its policy surrounding an upcoming discussion of “Perspectives on trans intersectionality”. On Wednesday, the College withdrew...

Resignations at Academy following Ofsted inspection

The headteacher and governors of the Oxford Academy have resigned following the publication of an Ofsted Report which rated the School ‘inadequate.’ An Interim...

University ignore tribunal ruling on “discriminatory” retirement policy

Oxford University has this week announced that it intends to continue enforcing a retirement policy which was ruled “highly discriminatory” by an employment tribunal...

Dons throw toys from pram

Senior figures in Oxford admissions have criticised the University’s attempts to broaden access, alleging their efforts represent discrimination against candidates from more affluent backgrounds...