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Trade unions and students rally in Oxford to mark General Strike centenary

The march commemorated the anniversary of the 1926 General Strike. Those attending included the Oxford and District Trade Union Council, the University and College Union and students, including a group from the Oxford Labour Club.
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Oxford Mutual Aid re-opens after month-long closure

Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA) has reopened after a month-long closure due to “emergency repairs” at the hall they operate out of, which the charity described as “the longest closure period OMA has ever seen”.
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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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Sermon preaches accepting homosexuality

Pembroke Chaplain Andrew Teal holds service advocating the support of LGBTQ rights entitled, 'An Overdue Apology'

Lee wins Union presidency

Seung-yoon Lee beats Luke Eaton for the presidency of the Oxford Union in Michaelmas 2012

Radical Forum to be held

Weekend event for the radical left

Government criticised on postgraduate education

Universities suggest that the Browne review did not deal adequately with postgraduate issues

Degree courses change nationally

Oxford does not reflect nationwide trends in higher education

Researchers develop liver machine

Oxford scientists involved in plans to keep donor livers suitable for transplant

Bishop of Oxford walks on hot coals for charity

Rt. Rev. John Pritchard gets ‘toasted’ feet, raising nearly £1000

Trinity College restrict students’ access to porn websites

College cite security software updates, and say they take 'no moral stance at all on internet pornography'

University professors recognised by Queen

Two Oxford professors rewarded for Oxford's conservation research

Permission granted for University housing project

312 flats and bedsits to be built on former railway land

Student acquires rare book

Lincolnite finds 4th edition of 'On the Origin of Species' in book giveaway

£26 million donation for graduate scholarships

Widow of founder of Atlantic Records donates largest single sum of money to humanities students in Oxford's history

Residents express concern over energy centre

Summertown citizens write to the council to express worries

Union candidate promotes her assets before election

'Joke' draft manifesto sparks controversy

Museum seeks funds to buy valuable Manet painting

The Ashmolean Museum launches campaign to raise nearly £8 million

Travel grant offered to Eton students only

Balliol offers £4000 travel grant for ex-Etonians to study the conditions of “the common people”

OUSU passes motion for ‘more inclusive’ sub fusc

Some students call for sub fusc to be gender neutral

LMH hold discussion on corrective therapy for homosexuals

LMH holds event called 'Pray the Gay Away?' to debunk myths about corrective therapy

Protest sleep-outs attract crowds at the Rad Cam

Campaign groups sleep rough to show support for homeless asylum seekers

Disgruntled applicant makes 40 FOI requests

Oxford claims law provides “insufficient protection” after being inundated with requests from failed applicant
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