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University of Oxford reveals UN Climate Summit programme

The University of Oxford and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have announced the official programme and list of participating institutions for the...
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Former Hertford Principal urges action “to prevent genocide” in Gaza

Tom Fletcher, the former Principal of Hertford College, addressed the United Nations (UN) Security...
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Oxford study to examine brain injuries in young athletes

Oxford University’s Biomedical Engineering department is recruiting volunteers to participate in a two-year study...
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Town and Gown charity races set to raise £300k

The Bidwells Oxford 10k charity race is set to raise £300,000 for Muscular Dystrophy...
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Review: The Witnesses

By Chantal Hadley****Even from the opening credit sequence I was struck by the similarity between Philippe Sarde’s mournful violin music and Philip Glass’s violin...

Idlewild – Scottish Fiction Review

By Dave Challiner ***Greatest hits compilations are often geared to provide the listener with an opportunity to look back and consider the trajectory of a...

Sceneplay – Lost In Translation

By Tobyn MaxwellBob Harris is a man lost in a culture completely alien to him. He is immediately likeable: a charismatic film star suffering...

Ed Harcourt – Until Tomorrow Then Review

By James Lowe ****Ed Harcourt occupies the classically precarious position of being a good singer-songwriter. Such ability isn’t always particularly useful, commercial, or cool. So...

Glaston-buried and kilde

 By Daniel RobertsWhen I was about thirteen I went through a ‘60s phase. I grew my hair and wore a woollen cardigan; I greedily...

The Dark Side of Sweden

Conor Doak revisits the subversive films of Swedish director Lukas Moodyson Those who imagine Sweden as a delightful, ABBA-singing land of snow, socialism and smorgasbords will...

Genre Bending – Shoegaze

By Robin Whelan Shoegaze is one of those terms which evolve intriguingly past their intended meaning. Originally coined to describe the less-than-gripping stage presence of...

Keble claim early advantage in title race

RUGBY is rarely light-hearted, particularly when previous battles are fresh in the memory. Disappointingly for Teddy Hall, Keble reasserted last year’s dominance, eventually winning...

Campbell has Exeter in a spin

BALLIOL may be relative newcomers to the upper levels of college football, but their start last week against Christ Church indicated that they had...

Desai-three for Worcester as New crumble

WORCESTER showed their class today against a New side who looked throughout as though they were chasing their title rivals. The reigning champions must...

Newcomers mauled by Catz

  AFTER their defeat of traditional heavyweights St. Peter’s last week, Magdalen were reminded of how difficult achieving Division One survival will be for...

Radiohead – In Rainbows review

By Carl Cullinane *****At an impromptu Trade Justice Movement gig in 2005 local musician Thom Yorke sang “Gimme fair price, gimme fair price” during a...

£5.2 million missing from student accounts after University blunders

A UNIVERSITY error severely delaying loan payments has stranded hundreds of students without the financial means to pay battels and basic living costs.Undergraduates have...

Literary Festivals

Connie Han listens in rapture as Philip Pullman reads from his work at Woodstock Literary FestivalThe Woodstock Literary Festival is ‘a celebration of books,...

SPEAK rebuffed by Home Office

CALLS for Oxford University’s animal testing licence to be suspended pending a full Home Office inquiry have been thrown out by Parliament.Controversy surrounding the...

The Dangers of Fauxstalgia

Is anyone ever too young to indulge in a little nostalgia now and then? Perhaps there are babies who pine for the halcyon days...

Are you lookin’ for a fight?

To attain an Extraordinary Blue is no mean feat, but 2nd Dan Black Belt Justine Potts is no ordinary girl; President of Oxford University...

Golden Age of Steam

 By Jack Marley-PayneiLiKETRAiNS are an interesting prospect: dressed in British Rail uniforms, bearded and surly, they play epic songs about obscure historical events (viz...

Oxford access policy lags behind Labour

OXFORD has hit back at comments made by a leading think tank criticising the University for falling behind on admissions targets.Findings by the Institute...

Martial arts: jargon buster

Aikido A Japanese physical and spiritual discipline designed solely for self-defence, without weapons. It is essentially non-violent and non-competitive, with no bouts of sparring...
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