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We organise a diverse range of welfare and social events covering a range of communities and identities, and want to make all LGBTQ+ students feel welcome and relaxed. There is also no membership fee! We usually organise multiple general and identity-specific events every week during term time, with a range of event formats. Whether you want to come for film events, international potlucks, make-a-bear workshops, or some drinks – whatever it is, we hope you’ll find something for you here.

 We need you to keep taking action to stop these numbers growing, and help avoid additional restrictions being brought in.  This is what you can do to support our efforts:

Follow the rules on testing and self-isolation.

Many Oxford Uni students have now returned to the city. Lots of them never left.

The Oxford University Africa Society (AfriSoc) extends a warm welcome to students at the University of Oxford. We are a community of students from across the African continent and African diaspora. The Society is run entirely by students with three aims:

Over 7,500 students registered to attend this year's virtual Freshers' Fair from 41 countries. If you were one of them, we hope you enjoyed visiting all the stalls, chatting to other students and perhaps finding a new club or society to join. It's one of the best ways to kickstart your year by getting involved in the huge range of student activities, even virtually. 

It has always been a big moment, opening the door for the first time to the space in which you will be making a life for an academic year. This year it’s even bigger. You may be spending much more of your life within these four walls than in normal times and in some circumstances all of your time there should you have to self-isolate. There will be less access to communal spaces, you may spend less time in other students’ rooms, and you may be engaging in activities like attending lectures right here, within these four not-very-far-apart walls.

"For many students of African or Caribbean descent, the reputation of the Oxford African & Caribbean Society (or ACS) precedes itself. Before starting at Oxford this time last year, one of the greatest sources of comfort I had was the knowledge that there existed a thriving ACS within the university, and now a year later I can wholeheartedly say I was not disappointed.

How did you first get involved with Green Labs?

Lion: I knew the Oxford Hub already quite well through some other initiatives I took part in, all of which I quite enjoyed. When I saw them advertising Green Labs during lockdown, I thought that it would be a great opportunity to finally take part – so I applied and luckily got accepted after a short interview.

Madeleine Oliver is a 5^th year medical student, originally from London. Like many other medical students Madeleine volunteered to help out with the fight against COVID-19. She spoke to us about what it’s been like working on the frontline with doctors, nurses and patients at the hospital.