Oxford Education Newswire Archive

Climate-trashing energy monsters E.ON continued their national recruitment tour with a stall at the Oxford Careers Fair today. They seemed miserable but not surprised when a group of local activists turned up too... Read more >>

Oxfordshire’s second Eco-homes Open Days returns in September, organized by the Climate Outreach and information Network and ClimateX Change.
19 homes across Oxfordshire will invite the public to see, experience, and share the techniques and vision of their eco-renovations. Read more >>

Vegan Society CEO, Nigel Winter will be giving his hard-hitting "Are your meals costing the earth?" presentation as part of the Green Party Spring Conference 'fringe'. The talk is at Reading Town Hall, on Fri 15th Feb 2008 at 19:00. Day membership of the conference is required to attend. Read more >>

What children eat at an early age determines what they will eat later in childhood and what they will eat as adults. Read more >>

This weekend (the 30th November to the 2nd December) sees the launch of The Student Climate Project, whose aim is to bring together existing student activists from across the UK to find ways to build a mass student anti-climate change movement. Read more >>

On Saturday 10th November, the Pro Choice Oxford group held a one day conference asking: "What is Choice?". It featured: a talk from the Abortion Rights campaign group, a discussion on 'sexuality on display' by a pole dancer, a self-defence taster session, scrumptious vegan food, and a debate led by the wonderfully outspoken Kat Stark, NUS Women's Officer. Read more >>

For all the bad press that they receive, a lot of people still believe that Western corporations are making some sort of contribution to improving the lot of people in the third world. Let me present a counter-example.

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The 'Student Climate Project' is an exciting new activist project by student activists aimed at getting the wider body of students onboard the climate movement. The project holds its launch gathering from the 30th November to the 2nd of December, and has just launched online forums. Everyone is welcome to get involved! Read more >>

Gloucestershire animal action FREE FELIX day of solidarity. Read more >>

This looks like a very worthwhile development, with an exciting range of activities planned over the summer and beyond. You may be allergic to Andrew Smith MP, who is officially opening the event at 3:00pm, but the project itself seems excellent, so don't hang back if you're free this afternoon. Check out the pdf for more details. Read more >>

The US embargo on trade with Cuba continues. This summer Pastors for Peace will again challenge the blockade with a friendship caravan. A fully stocked bookmobile will accompany it. Before the revolution there were only 32 libraries in Cuba. In 2002 there were 400 public libraries and 6000 school libraries. Cubans are avid readers and life long learners but Cuban librarians struggle to meet their needs under the blockade. We urge you join us in sending books to Cuba! Read more >>

A new group has been formed in Oxford to facilitate and promote a pro-choice presence in the city. Read more >>

The US embargo on trade with Cuba continues. This summer Pastors for Peace will again challenge the blockade with a friendship caravan. A fully stocked bookmobile will accompany it. Before the revolution there were only 32 libraries in Cuba. In 2002 there were 400 public libraries and 6000 school libraries. Cubans are avid readers and life long learners but Cuban librarians struggle to meet their needs under the blockade. We urge you join us in sending books to Cuba! Read more >>

A small minority of Council members have acted unethically to terminate the East Oxford Social Club sometime this week. Read more >>

Today, four people from Oxford Student Action for Refugees (STAR) group and a random singer (me!) went to facilitate a singing workshop at Campsfield House Detention Centre.

Here's a personal account of the session.
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Fundraiser for the People and Planet network.
EOCC Sat 30th Sept. from 8.30pm Read more >>

** PRO-ACTIVE ANTI-WAR LIVE MUSIC!!!.**
ATTILLA THE STOCKBROKER, DAVID ROVICS, THE RUB,
TRACEY CURTIS, GAEA Hosted by BARAKA
FRIDAY 30th JUNE 9pm - late
E.O.C.C, COWLEY,OXFORD Read more >>

For the past 5 weeks students have started squating universities with the number of occupations increasing day by day. The students are also organizing major demos throughout greece. At polytechnic university there is an international art and activism caravan which presents alternative ways of protesting, they are supporting the student mobilizations. Read more >>

The following is an open email to all academics regarding the participation of the publishing house Reed-Elsevier in the arms trade. An academic boycott is being started; for more information and to sign up to the boycott go to:
http://cage.ugent.be/~npg/elsevier/

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Save Temple Cowley Swimming Pool!

Oxford City Council is planning to close Temple Cowley Swimming Pool, Gym and sauna suite, the only facility in the Oxford area with capacity for holding swimming galas.

This petition is sponsored by an ever-increasing group of residents who object to the proposed changes to their local swimming pool.

The views expressed in this petition are solely those of the petition's sponsor and do not in any way reflect the views of iPetitions. iPetitions is solely a provider of technical services to the petition sponsor and cannot be held liable for any damages or injury or other harm arising from this petition. In the event no adequate sponsor is named, iPetitions will consider the individual account holder with which the petition was created as the lawful sponsor. Read more >>