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Author Archives: Oliver Shaw

Oliver (he/him) is one of the Editors-in-Chief of The Oxford Blue for the winter vacation and Hilary 2021. Oliver is from Warwickshire and is in his final year studying History at Merton College.

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City Council wins £1 million Government funding in fight to end Oxford homelessness

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International unease as Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine trials halted after participant falls ill

by Oliver Shaw and Ipsita Sarkar September 9, 2020July 18, 2021
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Ed Davey wins Lib Dem leadership, defeating Oxford West MP Layla Moran

by Oliver Shaw August 27, 2020August 27, 2020
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City Council seeks to end rough sleeping with new housing for Oxford homeless

by Oliver Shaw August 1, 2020July 18, 2021
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8 things you need to know about the University’s arrangements for Michaelmas

by Oliver Shaw July 30, 2020July 18, 2021
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Oxford businesses adjust to a new normal

by Oliver Shaw July 22, 2020July 18, 2021
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Bristol City Council removes statue of Black Lives Matter protestor that replaced Edward Colston

by Oliver Shaw July 17, 2020July 19, 2020
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£100,000 grant for Homeless Oxfordshire amid demands for emergency homelessness law

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New report shows increase in Oxford students accessing counselling services last year

by Oliver Shaw July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
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Oliver Shaw Feb 21, 2026 6 min read
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“Oxford’s theatre scene has in the past week followed a larger trend in culture, as smoking has made somewhat of a comeback on the silver…

5th Week Blues: Inevitable or Avoidable?

Oliver Shaw Feb 20, 2026 5 min read
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“Is it inescapable that there will come a point in the term where we face burnout and exhaustion? Or do we simply feel it because…

Borders and Belonging:  The Obsession With The “Oxford Accent”

Oliver Shaw Feb 20, 2026 14 min read
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“Linguistic diversity is beautiful and should be celebrated in all professional and academic spaces. We all wish to live in a society and study at…

Should we really be turning Trump into a meme?

Oliver Shaw Feb 20, 2026 4 min read
Should we really be turning Trump into a meme?

Image credit by Gage Skidmore. Used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 International License via Wikimedia Commons The meme account Saint Hoax describes “humour…

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