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Pro-Palestine march calls for University’s divestment from Israel

Pro-Palestine protesters marched from Cowley to the Weston Library on Saturday 31st October, demanding Oxford University’s divestment from Israel.  Around 120 people attended the protest, including groups such as Oxford...
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Oxford Union overhauls voting rules after election scandals

Two forms of identification will be required to vote at the Oxford Union following consecutive instances of electoral fraud involving impersonation.
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Proctors’ Office investigations into AI plagiarism rise 46% in a year

Cases are on the rise, whilst the majority of AI plagiarism investigations in the last three years have been in the Social Sciences division, a Cherwell investigation has found.
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New scholarship created for Afghan women at Oxford

One scholarship will be awarded to a woman of Afghan descent to study at the University of Oxford each year in a new endowment from the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Trust.
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Oxford students barred from Labour leadership election

The vetting process of the Labour Party's internal election, designed to keep out 'entryists', has affected prominent Oxford left-wingers, provoking heavy criticism

Oxford Union attempts to entice Taylor Swift to speak

A celebrity-speaker video mash-up of 'Shake It Off' made by the Oxford Union aims to gain the icon's attention, and has gone viral

Magdalen tops Norrington while Merton plummets

The 2014-15 Norrington Table has now been released, with Magdalen College taking the top spot

Camera to close and re-launch

A spokesperson has confirmed that Camera will close down this weekend, before re-launching as a new club concept

Student jailed over assault in Plush last year

Abdulrahman Abdelsalam, who had been studying Law at LMH, was sentenced last week to nine months in prison for assaulting another student in Plush in March 2014

Park End undergoes rebranding and refurbishment

Lava & Ignite on Park End Street is to close, refurbish, and re-open as a new nightclub called Atik

Oxford conservation donor counters pro-hunting accusations

Panthera Founder/Chairman Dr Thomas Kaplan responds to pro-hunting accusations after donating funds to WildCRU, the Oxford University-based unit that tracked Cecil the lion

NUS crackdown in plan to enforce Coca-Cola boycott

The NUS has tabled a motion affirming that its BDS policy against Israel applies to Coca-Cola and has censured its President for having gone against the policy

Cafe Coco in "racist" poster controversy with students

The management of Cafe Coco, Cowley Road, has attracted sustained student criticism from students over the content of a vintage poster

University misleads on Facebook over student accommodation

Students and staff criticise the University of Oxford for posting a photo of a guest room at Madgalen College captioned as a 'sample student room'

Student maintenance grants to be scrapped

The Chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Budget that from 2016/17 maintenance grants for low-income students will be abolished, to be replaced by higher maintenance loans

Ashmolean successfully funds purchase of £860k painting

The Ashmolean today announced that it can now proceed with the acquisition of a Turner painting following a fundraising drive

OUSU to implement controversial Govt anti-terrorism plan

OUSU's Board of Trustees has voted to comply with the Government's contentious PREVENT strategy

Oxford graduate’s dating site gets swiped left

Chivalrynotdead.com has faced allegations of sexism and hetero-normativity from Oxford feminists since launching last week

Oxford MP backs campaign against child sexual exploitation

Nicola Blackwood is backing the “Say Something” campaign developed by charities NGW Network and Missing People to help young people identify early signs of sexual exploitation

Oxford Professor creates Lego Hertford

A 30,000+ lego brick model of Hertford College, created by an Oxford Professor, was on display at the university's open days this week

Concern at No HeterOx ‘purge’ from Facebook group

Members of the No HeterOx Facebook group have been removed by its administrators after an official statement ‘against assimilation and conservatism’ was posted

‘Cisgender’ added to the Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary has added the words ‘cisgender’ and ‘twerk’

Row over Pride London’s ‘corporatisation’ erupts

Oxford University Student Union's LGBTQ campaign criticises Pride London for becoming “an advertising platform for multinational companies”

Stagecoach bus driver accused of ignoring Muslim commuters

A complaint has been made with the bus company Stagecoach Group regarding alleged discrimination on the number 10 bus route
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