Monday, May 3, 2021
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Bodleian Library introduces suspension policy
"Dealing with a shortage of library slots since Michaelmas, the Bodleian Library has introduced a new booking system whereby students who fail to turn up to sessions without cancelling beforehand risk being suspended from the service."Oxford societies respond to Chauvin trial outcome
"While Oxford American Society is glad that the jury returned a guilty verdict on all counts, we understand that this verdict cannot bring back the life that was lost nor does it provide justice for any of the other individuals that have fallen victim to police brutality.”Research finds pregnant women at high risk from COVID-19
The researchers aimed to understand the effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy by amassing robust data on pregnant women with and without a diagnosis of COVID-19. This was a vital step for a number of reasons: to ensure that families understand the risks involved, mothers and babies receive the best possible care, and so that health resources, such as vaccines may be appropriately allocated. Until the release of this paper, the quality of information available has been limited.Oxford academics awarded prominent EU research grants
The four Oxford winners are among 51 UK grant recipients, a total surpassing that of any other country. UK researchers qualify for the grants because the UK is an “associated country” to the ERC under the Horizon Europe scheme. Writing on their website, the ERC describes the research as “for the benefit of all EU citizens”. The ERC further noted the importance of strong UK-EU ties, and told Cherwell “up to half” of those ERC Starting Grants in the UK are EU nationals.SU Fair Outcomes for Students releases update
The Student Union’s Fair Outcomes for Students campaign has released two new goals for the future. It aims to open more study spaces and...
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Oxford: a fossil fool?
"In less than 10 years, the climate crisis will cause an additional 250 000 deaths per year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Over a third of these will be due to childhood undernutrition. If the university wishes to remain at all consistent, it must stop accepting funding from fossil fuel companies." In the wake of the OCJC Report, Matilda Gettins argues against the monetary relationship between Oxford University and fossil fuel companies.Beyond the White Male Pale: Why our conversations around Autism and disability need to be intersectional
CW: Contains mentions of ableist, racist and sexist language as well as descriptions of eating disorders. "It is not known the proportion of the UK’s diagnosed autistic population of 700,000 and the UK’s innumerable undiagnosed autistic population who identify as women and/or People of Colour. But we have a duty to represent those people and the diversity of challenges and experiences in our conversations about autism." Ciara Garcha argues that we need greater intersectional conversations and representations of autism in the media.A League of their Own? Oxford Colleges and Cabinet Representation
"I decided to grant Brasenose and Hugh’s joint-eighth and Christ Church tenth just because the latter didn’t have a former PM. Sorry, I don’t make the rules…wait, yes, I do!" Matthew Prudham takes a satirical glance at Oxford's Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet representation since 2010.“The state has declared a war on youth”: Student journalism is under attack in Russia
On the morning of the 14th of April in Moscow, the doors of four student journalists' homes were unceremoniously kicked in and the students...
- Long Reads
The Prosecutor’s Fallacy: How flawed statistical evidence has been used to jail innocent people
CW: Discussion of murder and infanticide, mentions of rape and alcoholism. On the 24th October 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was sentenced to 40 years in prison...Material girl: How the pandemic changed the way we shop
When faced with an uncertain situation we tend to try whatever we can to feel like we have some control. And so, virtual retail therapy and comfort buying provided a sense of control at a time when we felt deprived of so much.What in the World isn’t ‘Global’? A Look at the Causes and Silencing of Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis
"This Western-imposed isolation of the Tigray Crisis exposes the asymmetric power structures and false promises of the ‘international’ age."A Green Wave of Change: Why Argentina’s landmark abortion law will leave a lasting legacy in South America
"Argentina is a country where the Catholic Church has historically held sway, and it forms part of a continent where swathes of women and young girls are ostracised, shunned and even imprisoned for wanting to end their pregnancy."‘Because I shall write the history’: The National Trust’s uphill battle to acknowledge colonialism
"The National Trust’s attempt to simply avoid censorship is perceived as a threat by those who are more interested in following the traditional heroic narrative of British imperialism, obscuring a reality of millions of deaths."
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) – what’s all the hype?
NFTs are a blockchain based technology that have garnered a lot of hype and news coverage in recent months by technology enthusiasts and investors...India: why are COVID cases rising?
The COVID-19 pandemic is currently exploding in India at a horrifying rate. Records are being broken with each day that passes – over 300,000...Nanotechnology – Opportunity or Risk?
Nanotechnology is a rapidly evolving field of science involving creation at the nanoscale: the objects made measure between one and one hundred nanometres. For...Drawn to Nature: Flies
Animals come in many shapes and sizes, none more so than flies. There are flies that mimic other species, flies with incredible iridescent bodies,...Vaccine Distribution: EU vs UK
Back in April 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the UK reached over 350 people per million – about twice as high as...
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Half Brit No Brit
'I hear you loudly in your echo chamber: ‘We’re in the most tolerant land of them all’ But the least racist is still racist.'49 Years of Matrimony
Agnes need not have walked in on them fucking to know what was going on.Ghosts in the Attic
'Unpack-repack. That recurring dream that you only have in your Home Bed...'Time
'The clocks cry her name from Outside the door; Their hands are stiff and still.'
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