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Local election manifestos published as student candidates contest key wards

The Labour Party, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats have released their manifestos ahead of the upcoming Oxford City Council elections, as a number of current and recent University of Oxford students contest seats across the city.

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Carl Benjamin disinvited from Oxford Union amid backlash from FemSoc and IHH

On Thursday, the Oxford Union held a debate on the motion ‘This House Believes That Being British is a ‘Birthright’, Not a Choice’. Carl Benjamin, who had been scheduled to speak, was disinvited from the event shortly before it took place.

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Second Oxfordshire Patriots protest this term met with counterprotesters

The Oxfordshire Patriots held a demonstration last Saturday in the city centre outside the Oxfordshire County Council offices. They were met by counter-protestors from Oxford Stand Up To Racism (OSUTR).

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University of Oxford paid private firm for ‘intelligence’ on student protest

The University of Oxford has been named as one of twelve UK universities that paid a private intelligence consultancy run by former military intelligence officials to monitor student activism.

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SU opposes AfD leader’s Oxford Union visit

72% of voting members opposed Alice Weidel's invitation

Oxford Jewish Society to hold vigil for Pittsburgh synagogue attack victims

The anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life synagogue during its Sabbath service killed eleven people

Project SOUP to host fundraising dinner

Proceeds from the "soup dinner" will be split between three homeless charities

Radiohead drummer backs Cellar’s £80k crowdfunding campaign

Music icons, including members of Radiohead and Foals, have supported the campaign to stop the closure of one of the oldest venues of its kind in Europe

Breakdown: suspensions up 68% since 2011

There are statistically significant disparities affecting how likely students are to rusticate based on their region, nationality, ethnicity, and college

Mumps return after Univ hit with outbreak

Infected students have been told to stay under quarantine conditions

Bullingdon ban vote cancelled after raucous meeting

The future relationship of the Bullingdon Club and OUCA remains unresolved

Oxford UCU fails to reach voter turnout threshold to call for strike action

Trade union laws mandating 50% voter turnout have frustrated the UCU's move to strike action, despite a majority of balloted members voting to strike

LMH considers hosting controversial Christian group

A final decision will be made at a meeting of the college's Governing Body next week

Oxbridge degrees less advantageous for women than men, study finds

The study suggests women are more likely to be judged based on their personality than men

Uni bids to trademark ‘Oxford’ on 126 products

If successful, the University have the sole right to use the city's name on any product

Brasenose JCR apologise for ‘problematic’ ceilidh

Brasenose JCR apologised to any students who felt affected, and assured them that their Burns Night ceilidh will be "as authentic as possible"

Trinity building proposal approved despite Bodleian opposition

Bodleian staff noted concern that the Weston Library would experience a "reduction in light" and an "increase in noise"

First CofE vicar to be in same-sex marriage becomes LMH chaplain

Foreshew-Cain quit as a vicar in 2017, citing the "institutional homophobia" of the Church of England

Plush faces imminent venue closure

The future is uncertain for the popular LGBTQ+ venue

SU welcomes students responding to Gender Recognition Act consultation

The SU also made its own submission to the consultation incorporating contributions from members

Anti-racist groups to protest AfD leader’s visit to the Union

Stand Up to Racism Oxford argues the party ‘built up its following by stoking up racism against migrants, Muslims and refugees’

Campaign for Southeast Asia centre receives royal backing

The centre will be used to research and teach about Southeast Asia

Oxford City Council announces new youth support strategy

The Council's new Children and Young People’s Strategy will replace the current Youth Ambition Strategy and Children and Young People’s Plan

OUCA Bullingdon ban reversed after motion branded ‘unconstitutional’

It comes less than a week after OUCA passed a motion claiming to move it "towards a more open, welcoming, and tolerant environment for all"

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Local election manifestos published as student candidates contest key wards

Carl Benjamin disinvited from Oxford Union amid backlash from FemSoc and IHH

Second Oxfordshire Patriots protest this term met with counterprotesters

University of Oxford paid private firm for ‘intelligence’ on student protest

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