Townsend Presidency marred by “serious concerns”
A damning report published by OUSU’s Scrutiny Committee has highlighted “serious concerns” regarding David J Townsend’s Presidency, which comes to an end this term. According to the report Townsend’s conduct…
OUSU condemns Blackwood U-turn
OUSU has passed a motion condemning Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, for her decision to vote against the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill. The motion denounces the MP’s…
Why men ‘need’ feminism
The past few weeks in Oxford have seen a multitude of talks, events and PR aimed at raising the profile of feminism in our university and stimulating dialogue about gender…
The Significance of OUSU
For many of us, OUSU can all too easily seem nothing short of a passing irrelevance, easily ignored throughout most of our university careers- something corroborated by the survey last…
Rutland romps to OUSU Presidency
Tom Rutland will be next year’s OUSU President after claiming a decisive victory over Izzy Westbury. The Jesus JCR President polled just under a thousand votes more than Westbury and…
Why I support the Oxford Left slate for OUSU elections 2012
Oxford students face substantial problems in their own lives. We have just seen a massive increase in fees and student debt and funding cuts to the education system nationally, while…
Debate: the OUSU elections
The presidential candidates on just what’s wrong with OUSU. Tom Rutland Let’s get one thing straight: OUSU does great things. It won the best access package in the country in…
Oxford and the BDS campaign
Last week, JCRs and MCRs across Oxford voted overwhelmingly to leave OUSU’s name off the NUS motion to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. However, the…
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