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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.

Former L’Oreal CEO donates £30m for new Worcester College library

Worcester College has submitted a  planning application for a new £30 million library, funded entirely by a donation from alumnus and former CEO of L’Oréal Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.

University style guide criticised by international students 

A style guide issued by the University of Oxford advises staff to use “plain English” to avoid confusing international students.

St Anne’s to close nursery called a ‘lifeline’ for women at Oxford

St Anne’s College will close its day nursery, ending an institution that was pivotal in supporting women students and academics at the University of Oxford.

Student ‘critical’ after fall

A Christ Church student is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a first-floor window in Blue Boar Quad. The first...

Anger at ‘costly’ Oriel rejection

The decision by Oriel undergraduates to remain outside OUSU has been criticised by 23 JCR Presidents who feel that their members “subsidise” services which...

OUSU gambles with new Entz venture

After a year in which OUSU made less than £5,000 from running Entz, the student union has decided to create a position with a...

Black bike market at Union

Questions of dodgy dealing have arisen regarding the sale of bicycles at the Oxford Union this week, following a complaint from a student who...

Radiohead serenade Oxford

A lucky Oxford audience salivated over a topless Jude Law and bartered over Jonny Depp’s pants last Sunday to raise money for terminally ill...

Oxford to be cigarette free city?

An Oxford city councillor has called for a citywide ban on smoking in public places, provoking anger from city pubs and students. Susanna...

Shotgun hold-up at Co-op

Two men violently robbed an Oxford supermarket last Friday night, escaping with a five-figure sum. The robbery occurred at approximately 10.30pm at the...

Tabs win second

Oxford has finished runners up to Cambridge in The Guardian’s league table of UK Universities for the second year running. It scored 83.33 out...

Tolkien’s House for Sale

No. 20 Northmoor Road, the Oxford house in which J.R.R. Tolkein lived for seventeen years and wrote The Hobbit, is up for sale. It...

Oxford to Oxford in an Oxford

A couple have set out to travel from Oxford, England to Oxford New Zealand in a 1954 Morris Oxford. They expect their mammoth journey...

Boat race inspires Chelsea garden

An exhibition at this year’s Chelsea flower show has been created to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. ...

Motion in the Ocean

St John’s JCR has decided to buy an island. The “Motion in the Ocean” was passed on Sunday in an attempt to alleviate the...

Queen’s sized Bedrooms

Members of Queen’s College JCR have accused their President of using a provision which ensures tall people do not get attic rooms to fix...

PM Oxford Loner

India’s new Oxford-educated Prime Minister was a “loner” with little charisma, according to his former doctoral supervisor. Manmohan Singh studied economics at Nuffield...

Bus disaster kills boy

An eleven-year-old girl saw her thirteen-year-old brother killed on Monday, when their school bus collided with a tractor. Tomas Ryan-Vig from Bicester, ten miles...

RON Labours to Win

RON has reared his ugly head once again in Oxford JCR elections. Last week, the ubiquitous but eternally silent candidate stormed to victory in...

Crackdown on Euro hooligans’ violence

The Home Office has announced strict new measures in an attempt to curb the violence of England supporters in Euro 2004. A record number...

Thoughts of the week

Undersexed, underpriced and over here. The Silver Ring Thing is the latest import from the States, and I bet it isn’t even really made...

DRINK: Raoul’s Bar

Raoul’s Bar 32 Walton St 01865 553 73 Raoul’s on Walton Street has an astounding selection of cocktails. I have never been so...

EAT: Luna Caprese

Luna Caprese 4 North Parade (01865) 554 812 I have always thought it one of the most elusive and charming of mysteries that,...

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