Friday 14th November 2025

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Oxford University Press acquires science publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP) is set to acquire Karger Publishers, a publisher of scientific and medical journals. Under the name Oxford Journals, OUP currently publishes more than 500 scientific journals. With the acquisition of Karger, that number will rise...
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This is Oxford’s real free speech problem

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The Vice-Chancellor's Sheldonian Series reveals a university that does not want to listen to what its students have to say.

We must fight the Right’s narrative about Oxford

Media frenzies targeting our University and its students distract from the real issues facing higher education.
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Student voices must be heard

Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future. It’s about time we were treated as such.
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It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

To combine all the factors that might influence someone’s decision-making into an aggregate score obscures as much as it illuminates.  
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The Vice-Chancellor’s oration lacks a story

Finlo Cowley -
Professor Tracey's attempt to not ruffle any feathers produced a speech full of contradictions.

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Across the Atlantic: American academics are finding a new home at Oxford

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As political and financial pressures mount across American higher education , a quiet migration...

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Books

The caring individual: John le Carré at the Weston

At the back of the Weston Library, in a small room off to one side, a stunning wealth of material is laid out in neatly organised cabinets and containers....
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Culture

‘Like the edge of a knife’: Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk brings his ‘Continuous Music’ to Oxford

Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk took the stage in Magdalen College Chapel and the Holywell Music Room on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th November to showcase his unique style, called...
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Art

What does a Ruskin artist actually learn? A graduate’s perspective

Create, critique, repeat? Polina Kim interviewed recent John Ruskin MFA graduate Laura Limbourg about the inner workings, of unknown to the public, of the school. Oxford terms are intense. Lawyers,...
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Lifestyle

Girlhood will not save you

Lilly Law -
I spent a good deal of time last summer trying to work out why...

Sport

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

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I am a tennis aficionado....

The BBC’s dying sports coverage is hurting Britain

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The President’s Challenge – the...

Austria, the Allianz, and applause: How we make spaces divine

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In March I twice came...

Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

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Many people would consider offshore...

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