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An early release from BOMB's Winter 2023 issue : a conversation between Saidiya Hartman and Zakiyyah Iman Jackson on the twenty-fifth anniversary and…

You're being reminded to make your vote count on Monday. Canadian citizens at least 18 years of age and reside...

PUB extensions, conversions from offices to flats and university repairs are just a few things on the citys planning agenda this week.

PUB extensions, conversions from offices to flats and university repairs are just a few things on the citys planning agenda this week.

A taxpayer-funded academic has labelled the Queen the number one symbol of white supremacy in the entire world. Professor Kehinde Andrews, a campaigner who is regularly wheeled out on TV debates to air his divisive views, today said he did not know why its such a big deal Oxford University students voted to take down a picture of the Queen from their common room. The professor of black studies at Birmingham City University - where senior lecturers receive an average base salary of £46,000 - ...

Oxford Universitys Magdalen Middle Common Room president Matthew Katzman said the common room, was meant to be a space for all to feel welcome.

So much for gratitude! Student who cancelled the Queen is a visiting AMERICAN: Post grad from Stanford tabled motion to take down royal portrait at Oxfords Magdalen College - as it emerges only TEN out of 250 voted to remove it Move to remove photographic print passed by Magdalen Colleges Middle Common Room by large majority Computer science lecturer Matthew Katzman, 25, tables all MCR motions as part of his role as president Told MailOnline print was being removed to create a welcoming, neutra...

Economic inequity is a barrier to Welsh school pupils pursuing courses in leading universities, Jesus College says.

An Oxford college has removed the name of an 18th century slave trader from its main library but has defied calls to take down his statue. All Souls College reviewed its link to Christopher Codrington, a Barbados-born colonial governor, in the wake of last years Black Lives Matter movement. The former college fellow who died in 1710 bequeathed £10,000 to the library which has since been unofficially known as the Codrington Library.  All Souls College has removed the name of an 18th century s...

Toggle Sidebar All Souls College change Codrington Library name, but keep statue of slaveholder [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Amelia Wood (Cherwell) writes about attempts by All Souls College (Oxford, England) to acknowledge that Christopher Codrington’s wealth was derived as a product of enslaved people’s work in the Caribbean, while not removing his statue from the Codrington Library. The College’s Governing Body announced that there will be a n...