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Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.

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Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

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New Oxford campaign seeks to demystify genetic and neurological conditions using animations

A new educational campaign developed by the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford aims to make neurodevelopmental disorders easier to understand through a series of animated videos.

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Video: Pro-Test Speaks Out

Tom Carpenter, Selena Wisnom, Rhiannon Nicolson and Daniel Millichip report from from Pro-Test's demonstration in Oxford (9/02/08)

Video: Local Bands Special

Rachel Williams and Helena Zaba interview local heroes Witches and quizzes the crowd outside Foals on the Oxford scene.With thanks to Witches for the...

Marx? Groucho, I assume*

So I was talking to a middle-aged Jewish man here in Frankfurt very proud to have the surname Goldschmidt. A very old and prestigious...

Video: Town vs Gown Boxing

Jack Pitt-Brooke goes behind the scenes at the Town vs Gown boxing match at the Union...

Video: Cycling Safety

Nejra Cehic, Sarah Karacs, Rachel Fraser and Rhiannon Nicolson investigate cycle safety in Oxford...

Great Novels: The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood

Although an ostensibly futuristic novel, the terrifying power of The Handmaid’s Tale lies in the fact that it is really about the present. Atwood’s...

Video: Chase & Status Interview

Catherine Molony interviews Will from Chase & Status for Cherwell24. Ravers, keep your eyes open for Cherwell24's interview with Hazard this weekend! ...

Super Tuesday: the aftermath

Emily Packer examines the repercussions of a not-so-decisive week'An election is a moral horror,’ George Bernard Shaw once grumbled, ‘as bad as a battle...

Listings: February 8th – 14th

Friday February 8th FilmCloverfield (15) Odeon George St 1400, 1630, 1900, 2115Definitely Maybe (12A) Odeon George St 1245, 1530, 1815, 2100Juno (12A) Odeon Magdalen...

Comic Relief?

Jennifer Anne-Hill champions the cause of the graphic novelSo you want to read comics, do you? Well, you’re going to need lots of storage...

Pete’s Week

I’ve not denied any holocausts, and I even invent extra ones Students can’t do anything. Put ‘student’ in front of any art form –...

Fit college: St. Peter’s or Pembroke?

See pictures here!St. Peter's......or Pembroke?

Gee Whizz: Oxford BabyLab

Babies are strange creatures. Small and pudgy, they elicit either cries of delight or frowns of irritation, but their parents worship them like little...

Clueless?

This week: A Geography paper by Classicist Josie Thaddeus-JohnsAttempt to account for the fall in total fertility rate in China from 7.5 in...

Cinecism: Hayley Mirek explains her love for the worst film of all time

Plan 9 From Outer Space, a science fiction film from 1959, is widely considered a frontrunner for the dubious honour of being the worst...

Bird on the street

Freddy Parton talks to John Bird, founder of the Big Issue John Bird, founder of the Big Issue, is not your average charity...

This Is Our Youth

Warren, wasting his life, has been thrown out of his father’s house. Stealing a large sum of money he arrives at Dennis’ apartment, but...

Definitely, Maybe

2/5 This is the story of a disillusioned, soon-to-be divorced advertising executive who recounts his messy love life to his precocious daughter in the...

College heads push for autonomy from Whitehall

Six heads of colleges have this week urged Oxford to reduce its financial reliance on the government and find alternative, independent sources of income.As...

Indian Ink

Criticising Tom Stoppard feels like committing literary sacrilege. That said, Indian Ink is not one of his finest plays, despite attempts in this production...

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