News at Eleven: The vote, every five years, has been called

a "kamikaze convention", and this year descended into embarrassing farce when Ruth Padel felt compelled to resign after nine days in the job.

For some, the arcane voting rules are the problem. Any member of Oxford's convocation, which includes all 300,000 or so Oxford graduates, can vote as long as they turn up in person on a given day. When Padel was elected in May, fewer than 500 people actually voted. Under the new proposal, everybody eligible will be able to vote online, or in person, over a longer period.

from The Guardian: Oxford University to reform voting rules for poetry professor post

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