Wadham College’s Middle Common Room (MCR) has been rocked by a financial scandal, as it has been revealed more than £21,000 of MCR funds were embezzled by a former officer.
Author: Eoin Hughes
Hancock Affair’s Oxford Links
The Sunday Times has revealed Oxford’s links to the scandal surrounding Matt Hancock. The Sunday Times has reported that two sources have suggested Gina Coladangelo accompanied Mr Hancock to the G7 meeting which took place at Oxford between the 3rd and 4th of June. The Sunday Times notes this meeting involved an overnight stay in Read More…
Magdalen MCR controversially removes photograph of the Queen
A decision by Magdalen College’s Middle Common Room to remove an image of the Queen has sparked a furore
Rhodes Must Fall: Oriel’s decision is “a slap in the face”
Rhodes Must Fall have denounced the retention of Oriel College’s Rhodes statue
Wadham announces new Warden
CW: Child abuse Wadham College has announced its new warden will be Robert Hannigan, former Director of GCHQ. Mr Hannigan studied Classics at Wadham and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the College in 2015. He was director of GCHQ from 2014-2017. He also worked for Tony Blair during the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Mr Read More…
LGBTQ Society condemns OxMatch over ‘inappropriate’ questionnaire
OxMatch has been accused of homophobia over a question included on their most recent questionnaire.
Labour and Greens Prepare for Local Elections
As Oxford prepares to go to the polls for local elections today, a key battleground seems to be between Labour and the Greens. The Oxford Blue has spoken to several candidates, standing both for Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council
Welcome to Britain: Everything is for Sale
In September 1913, the Irish poet W.B. Yeats lamented the extent to which money had come to displace virtue amongst his countrymen. “What need you, being come to sense / But fumble in a greasy till … Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone, / It’s with O’Leary in the grave.” Fumbling in greasy tills sparked similar Read More…
Arlene Foster’s resignation leaves DUP at a crossroads
The First Minister of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. Her departure means a leadership election that could have significant implications for the future of Northern Ireland. Mrs Foster resigned this week after five years leading Northern Ireland’s largest Unionist party. Her position was said to have been Read More…
Have schools ‘failed their pupils on consent’?
CW: Sexual assault, sexual harassment, racism, homophobia Image credits: Illustration by Mia Clement for The Oxford Blue Allegations of a toxic culture at Dulwich College reported in The Oxford Blue represent part of a general crisis surrounding ‘rape culture’ allegations facing independent and state schools. The website Everyone’s Invited has collected over 14,000 testimonies of Read More…