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Oxford University's 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 Oxford's Magdalen College - as it emerges only TEN out of 250 voted to remove it Move to remove photographic print passed by Magdalen College's 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, neutral place... regardless of background' Sparked an immediate backlash from ministers and Tory MPs, w...

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 year's 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 slave trader from its main library but has defied calls to take down his statue A marble statue by E...

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 name change for the library. A plaque at the library now reads “In memory of those who worked in sl...