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Oxford partnership allows OpenAI to use rare Bodleian texts to train ChatGPT

A pilot scheme, launched in 2025, allows OpenAI to use materials from the Bodleian Library to train its models, documents obtained by The Guardian and seen by Cherwell show.

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Oxford falls to lowest ever spot in The Times UK University Guide 2027

The University of Oxford has placed fifth in The Times’s 2027 UK university rankings, falling from joint fourth with the University of Cambridge last year. This marks Oxford’s lowest ranking in the guide’s 33 year history and only the second time the University has not been in the top three.

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Protest held outside Town Hall over sale of Council-owned building to St Peter’s

A protest took place today outside Oxford Town Hall against Oxford City Council’s plan to sell 11 New Road to St Peter’s College, which would convert most of the building into student housing.

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Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after...

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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

Oxford academics to help Twitter tackle hate speech

The move comes as a response to criticism that Twitter has taken a soft approach to hate speech and harassment

Oxford and Cambridge fail to meet threshold for National Student Survey

Only three institutions were missing from the results this year

Oxford City Council backs a People’s Vote

The Council becomes only the second in the country to join calls for a vote on the final outcome of the Brexit negotiations

New course in algorithmic trading at Saïd

The course aims to "future-proof" financial careers

Worcester College building shortlisted for Stirling Prize

The £9 million Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre is in the running for the most prestigious architecture award in the UK

Government threatens Oxbridge with sanctions over access

The two universities were among only three institutions to have conditions placed on their registration with the Office for Students

Hassan’s named among best ‘drunk food’ student takeaways in UK

It is the second time in a year that the eatery has received national recognition

Oxford student activists condemn London Pride

Oxford students condemned the participation of a "transphobic and trans-misogynistic hate group" at the head of the Pride Parade

Oxford students protest outside Chequers

It comes after the group's invitations to meet with cabinet ministers were ignored.

Email blunder reveals names of 1st year medics on pass/fail borderline

A timetable for those sitting viva voce examinations included their full names instead of candidate numbers

Oxford honours academic who fled Nazis and succeeded Tolkien

"Eric modeled the unlimited potential of the imagination in everything he did."

Campaigners to protest Trump’s Oxford visit

Protestors have accused the US president of spreading "fascism" and "politics of hate"

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