Almost 2,000 employees at the University of Oxford will get a pay rise as the University announced today it will pay the Oxford Living Wage (OLW). Staff at the city’s largest employer will see their wages go up to at least £10.21 per hour as they move on to the new minimum hourly pay from Read More…
Author: Lois Heslop
EXCLUSIVE: Pembroke don pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
Pembroke philosophy professor Dr Peter J King pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on Thursday.
King published an article in 2008 about the ethics of child pornography, where he posed posed the “possibility of a morally acceptable form of child-pornography.”
Very Reviled: Dons damn the dean in Christ Church email scandal
Damning email correspondence between dons attacking the Dean of Christ Church has emerged this week.
Christ Church academics called the dean a “little Hitler” and a “manipulative little turd” with a “personality disorder”.
Ex-Google CFO quits as chair of Oxford spin-out fund
The chairman and CEO of Oxford University’s £600m spin-out fund have quit within two months of each other, amid reports of a “bitter boardroom feud”.
Oxford PPE graduate Rishi Sunak in as Chancellor
Rishi Sunak has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in today’s cabinet reshuffle following the shock resignation of Sajid Javid. Sunak had been parliamentary under-secretary in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from January 2018 to July 2019, and was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury in July 2019. Sunak graduated with a Read More…
Oxford marks Sexual Violence awareness week with candlelit vigil
This article touches on themes of sexual violence. If you are affected by any of the issues raised in the article, Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre (OSARCC) provides a confidential listening space on 0800 783 6294.
Somerville College to offer refugee scholarship
From October 2020, Somerville will offer a fully funded place to a refugee student on a postgraduate programme. The scholarship is intended to provide support to scholars who have been forced to migrate from their home.
Oxford priest under fire for homophobic remarks
A priest at The Oxford Oratory has been criticised after sending an online petition opposing LGBT teaching in primary schools to his parishioners. Catholic priest Fr Joseph Welch, of The Oratory in Woodstock Road, sent said petition to the mother and toddler group mailing list, which he encouraged the recipients to sign. In an email, Read More…
Oxford MP Layla Moran builds cross-party support for campaign to save Erasmus
Layla Moran, Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has tabled a motion with cross-party support calling on the Government “to seek full association to the 2021-27 Erasmus programme”.
A Letter from the Editorial Team
The message Ratatouille’s Chef Gusteau left us was “anyone can cook”. Well, the message I want to leave is “anyone can write”. This is at the heart of The Oxford Blue, Oxford’s new independent and co-operative newspaper, the first new paper for students in 30 years. Let us finally introduce ourselves: I’m Lois Heslop, the Read More…