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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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St Hilda’s adopts new divestment recommendations

The approved changes, initially recommended by St Hilda’s JCR Divestment Working Group, aim to align the college’s investments with the challenge of climate change

University to overhaul online systems

The technology behind OxCORT is a decade old, and is “no longer being actively developed and requires replacement”, according to a University statement.

‘Pay Oxford living wage’, campaign tells Uni

The petition reflects Oxford City Council’s recent commitment to pay its employees an ‘Oxford Living Wage’, which stands at 95% of the London living wage.

Magdalen LGBTQ+ and Entz reps sorry for ‘insensitive’ bop theme

The theme was subsequently changed to “80s Icons” after members of the JCR expressed concerns that the theme could have encouraged appropriation of the LGBTQ community.

Students launch magazine ‘for African and Caribbean voices’

The magazine provides a creative platform for students of African and Caribbean descent

New College RONs JCR President

After two rounds of elections, Kendya Goodman was finally elected JCR president for next year.

Law Faculty slammed for case list change

The Faculty excluded headings and subheadings from a case list, departing from normal practice

Magdalen JCR votes to introduce ‘gender expression’ fund

The motion noted that items such as these “can go a long way towards preventing gender dysphoria."

Campaign launched for ‘Oxford Living Wage’

The petition reflects Oxford City Council’s recent commitment to pay its employees an ‘Oxford Living Wage’, which stands at 95% of the London living wage

St. Hugh’s u-turns on prelims accommodation blunder

First year undergraduates were informed earlier today by the College's Accommodation Manager that they would be have to move out of their Kenyon Building rooms during the prelims exam period

Oxford has “world-beating student experience” but unoriginal teaching, says survey

A new survey shows that Oxbridge students rate their university experience significantly higher than undergraduates at other Russell Group institutions

Oxford MP condemns anti-semitic attack on Oxford Jewish centre

Initial reports suggested that police had discovered a suspicious substance outside

JCR presidents ‘disappointed’ by access report

The letter calls on the University and Colleges "to take every possible step to ensure that this situation improves in the short and long-term"

Access denied: Oxford admits more Westminster pupils than black students

First-ever undergraduate admissions report reveals stark realities of Oxford's access problem

University under fire for ‘pathetic’ retweet

Journalist Sathnam Sanghera told Cherwell: "I think the RT...demonstrates a real entrenched resistance to change"

Campaigners deliver 169 letters to vice chancellor demanding divestment

The letters addressed the "hypocrisy" of the University investing in fossil fuels while producing cutting-edge science on climate change

Oxford to expand access programmes after data release

The scheme, which provides spring and summer schools for students from under-represented backgrounds, will increase its intake by 50% from next year

UK ambassador to North Korea encourages pragmatism in China Centre speech

Alastair Morgan said that American investment in North Korea is a “carrot which they are rejecting”

Theresa May portrait still missing

The Prime Minister's portrait was removed from the School of Geography and the Environment last Monday night

Malala Yousafzai elected LMH social secretary

In their manifesto, they declared: "Bops to us is like sexiness to Justin Timberlake. We're bringing it back."

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