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The Oxford University Student Union is the official student union of the University of Oxford, representing the interests of its members to the university and the outside world. It is better known in Oxford by its acronym, OUSU (OW-zoo, IPA pronounciation: [aʊzu]). It exists to represent Oxford students in University decision-making, to act as the voice of students in the national higher education policy debate, and to provide direct services to the student body. It is not to be confused with the Oxford Union Society, which, though similarly named, is an entirely separate student organisation, independent of the university and without any representative function. The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ...
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The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a private debating society in the city of Oxford, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford. ...
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Membership Reflecting the federated nature of the University of Oxford itself, OUSU is both an association of Oxford's more than 17 000 individual students and a federation of the Junior Common Rooms (JCRs) and Middle Common Rooms (MCRs) that represent all students and graduate students (respectively) at the University's 46 colleges and Permanent Private Halls. The term Junior Combination Room or Junior Common Room (JCR) is used in many British universities (as well as at Harvard College in the United States) to refer to the collective of students (similar to a students union) at a constituent part of a university, typically a college or a...
The term Middle Common Room (MCR) is used in some British universities, especially Oxford, Cambridge and Durham, to refer to the body of postgraduate students (similar to a students union) at a constituent college. ...
Individual students can opt out of membership, though this is rarely exercised. Individual Common Rooms can also opt out of the federation, and votes of disaffiliation are perennial fixtures of some JCRs. Currently disaffiliated JCRs include Oriel, Trinity and St. Benet's. An oriel is a large bay window projecting from a wall. ...
College name The College of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity and Sir Thomas Pope (Knight) Named after The Holy Trinity Established 1555 Sister College Churchill College President Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG MA JCR President Richard Appleton Undergraduates 298 MCR President Andrew Ng Graduates 105 Homepage Boatclub See also Trinity...
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Finances The dual nature of OUSU membership is not repeated in its funding arrangements: OUSU's core funding is drawn from annual subscription fees levied on Common Rooms, and it receives no University block grant. The majority of its income is drawn from its own commercial activities, organised under Oxford Student Services Limited (OSSL).
OSSL has its own Managing Director and Board of Directors, and the corporation's profits are all remanded to OUSU. OSSL's primary activities are: Freshers' Fair, the two-day introduction in Oxford's Exam Schools to clubs and societies, held during orientation week; publishing, primarily of handbooks for and by students; Oxide Radio, a student radio station; and Zoo, which organises nightclub nights and other student entertainments. The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford are located at 75–81 High Street, Oxford, England. ...
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Governance OUSU is led by a 21-member Executive Committee. This includes 7 full-time salaried sabbatical officers, who generally serve in the year following completion of their Finals, and 13 additional Executive Officers, 3 of whom must be graduate students, who serve while continuing their studies.
OUSU Council acts as the sovereign body of the Student Union, and has over 150 eligible members, specifically: every OUSU Executive Officer; 3 representatives from each JCR; 2 representatives from each MCR; 12 Council delegates at large and one vote representing each of the 5 OUSU "liberation campaigns". If a JCR or MCR has fewer than 100 members, it receives one less council vote. The Chair of Council is elected by the Council itself in each academic term.
History The first evidence of an organised student body in The University of Oxford's dates to the 13th century. Student leaders attempted to mediate the violent clashes between "nations" at the University. Southern English, northern English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish students would frequently battle against one another, with fatalities recorded as early as 1260. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...
The magnificent Cathedral of Chartres was dedicated in 1260. ...
Despite this ancient pedigree, the University of Oxford's governing council resisted formally recognising Oxford's university-wide student estate for some 750 years, although JCRs and MCRs came to be recognised in their respective colleges during the 19th century. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1961, the University Proctors banned the student magazine 'Isis' from publishing reviews of lectures. Students resisted, and legally incorporated the Oxford University Student Representative Council (OUSRC) for the first time. They then agitated for formal university recognition of the OUSRC, and petitioned the United Kingdom's Privy Council, asking the government to amend the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Act. Rather than risk having its hand forced by legislation, the University relented, and formally recognised the OUSRC in 1970. Isis is the longest-running independent student magazine in England, established in 1892 at the University of Oxford. ...
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The OUSRC adopted its contemporary constitution in 1974, changing its name to the Oxford University Student Union. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Notable former presidents - 1355 – The first true student president's name has been lost, and all that is known of him is that he was an undergraduate from the "northern English nation". He appeared during the St Scholastica Day Massacre, rallying together Oxford students from the different "nations" of Britain to defend the University, after riots erupted with townspeople that ultimately left hundreds of students dead and most colleges abandoned. He is sometimes also credited with leading students back to the University in the aftermath of the riots, but this is probably apocryphal.
- 1971 – Emily Wallace is elected OUSRC president, and is the first president of Oxford students to be officially recognised by the University.
- 1973 – Michael Sullivan becomes the first sabbatical president of Oxford students and the first president of the new Oxford University Student Union.
- 1981 – Lesley Riddoch is elected OUSU's first female president, although there had been a substantial number of female presidents of the OUSRC and earlier incarnations of the student government.
- 1982 – John Grogan becomes the first president to succeed in obtaining a seat for students at the University's governing council, in June 1983. He and two other students chosen by OUSU become observers for most of the council's agenda, and this practice is enshrined in the University's Statutes, Decrees, and Regulations.
- 1993 – Akaash Maharaj becomes the first ever visible minority president and first president from overseas. He helps lead a successful national campaign that thwarted a 1994 government bill to restrict the ability of students' unions to comment on public policy issues and that contributed to the ultimate dismissal from Cabinet of the then Secretary of State for Education.
- 1998 – Katherine Rainwood resigns only days into her term of office, having been found by the University Proctors to have used "unfair means" during her final exams.
- 2003 – Will Straw carries on protests against the government's introduction of tuition fees for students, despite his father Jack Straw being a senior member of that government. Before coming to Oxford, Will Straw had made headlines for receiving a formal police caution for drug-dealing.
Events January 7 - Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro - Pedro revolts and incites a civil war. ...
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1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dr Lesley Riddoch is a Scottish radio broadcaster and journalist. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
John Timothy Grogan (born 24 February 1961) is a British politician. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Will Straw (born in Lambeth in 1980) is a trainee civil servant best known for being the son of Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons. ...
John Whitaker Straw (born August 3, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician. ...
See also A students union, student government, student leadership,or student council is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. ...
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