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Dominic Cummings to speak at the Sheldonian Theatre

Dominic Cummings, former Chief Advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will present a 90-minute lecture at the Sheldonian Theatre on 11th June. Cummings is set to speak about contemporary...

Oxford Bus Company urges County Council to curb ’emergency’ congestion levels

Urgent action by Oxfordshire County Council to alleviate Oxford’s congestion problem has been called...

University launches new online resource for state schools

Oxplore Teach has been launched by the University of Oxford as the an free...

University discipline statute retains ‘problematic clauses’ despite year-long consultation

Proposed changes to Oxford University’s disciplinary code have faced criticism for retaining “problematic clauses”...

UK universities issue new suicide prevention guidance

One focus of the new guidelines is to increase information sharing between universities and families

Theresa May portrait returns to Geography department

The decision comes four months after the portrait was removed following backlash from students and academics

First-generation, black student launches crowdfund to take up Oxford place

Roy Celaire aims to become an academic anthropologist to "work on the issues confronting members of the black community in Britain."

Oxford student successful in campaign for mother’s right to cross Mexico-US border

Bill De La Rosa launched a campaign after U.S. authorities denied his mother's plea to visit his dying father one last time

University Challenge introduces “gender neutral” questions to encourage more female contestants

Even though women in the UK are 35% more likely than men to go to university, 95% of finalists over the past five years have been men.

Oxford student sailors complete Round Britain and Ireland race

The race is regarded as one of toughest yacht races in the world

Prime Minister’s former chief of staff becomes Wadham fellow

Nick Timothy resigned from Downing Street in the aftermath of the 2017 General Election

OULC Women’s* Caucus demand faster action on abortion clinic safe zones

The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has promised an announcement on the issue in September

St John’s professor sues University over ‘forced retirement’

Court documents indicate “succession planning” and “diversity” were used by the college to justify the decision

St. John’s tops 2018 Norrington Table

60 of 109 Finalists at the College are awarded Firsts, with 94% of Finalists across the University achieving at least a 2.1

SU calls for meeting with Uni over banned monk’s employment

The SU condemned the University for their "clear negligence" on this issue

A new college is to be opened in the next five years

Oxford University is planing to open a new college for the first time in 30 years, in a bid to keep pace with Ivy...

Oxford scholar questions £335m painting’s Da Vinci attribution

Wolfson fellow Matthew Landrus says only 5-20% of the 'Salvator Mundi' is Da Vinci's work, after a recording breaking sale at Christie’s auction house

Top Australian universities beat the Russell Group for economic influence

The Group of Eight in Australia wield as much as 30% more economic influence than the UK’s leading grouping of research universities

Exclusive: Oxford employed monk convicted of child sex abuse despite ban

Father Bernard Green taught at a total of seven Oxford colleges between 2000 and 2012, but St. Benet's bosses were aware of the nature of his ban as early as 2006

Oxford City Council proposes renaming St Clement’s ward

The name of St Clement's Street will not be changed as part of the plans

Oxford City Council calls on government to adopt new air pollution plan

Oxford City Council has issued a statement to the Environment Secretary Michael Gove calling for a 10-point contract between the government and local authorities...

Oxford First-Generation students launch Alumni Community

The Oxford First-Generation group now have over 70 alumni members

Oxford research points to the need for divorce law reform

The majority of divorces were found to be granted on grounds of 'unreasonable behaviour'

Former student graduates 76 years after completing degree

The 95 year-old finished his Modern History degree in 1942

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