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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 could face ‘sanctions’ over access inequality, says Education Committee

Just 2.8% of the University’s intake were from students who live in areas classified as the most difficult to engage in higher education

Wadham trials new ‘paternalistic’ smoking restriction

A Wadham second year told Cherwell: “ Such paternalism really isn’t in the spirit of Wadham, in my opinion."

College JCRs back all-female festival

Somerville and Wadham JCRs have each supported £250 worth of funding for The Sisterhood Festival, a charity music event organised exclusively by and for those whose identify as women

Oxford professor banned from driving after hitting child

The 97-year-old professor was charged with a £750 fine and a twelve month driving ban for dangerous driving

Living wage ‘Norrington Table’ launched

The table, compiled by the Oxford University Living Wage Campaign, ranks each college by a range of factors, including base pay rate, job security, and bonuses

Resignation forces Union reshuffle

Shanuk Mediwaka resigned from the role on Sunday with immediate effect for personal reasons

Oxfess and Oxlove admins take pages offline after abuse

They were both taken down from Facebook on Tuesday afternoon following a set of abusive submissions aimed at the admins

Oxford beaten in uni ranking by Cambridge for eighth year running

Cambridge topped the rankings with Loughborough, UCL, Warwick, and Durham also appearing in the top ten

Universities minister says student loan ‘got me through university’

Sam Gyimah told MPs that he could have been "thrown out of university" without the financial bailout he received from his college in Oxford

Merton defeated in University Challenge final

Leonie Woodland's team were beaten by St John's College, Cambridge

Forensic scans show Oxford dodo was shot

The findings surprised experts, who previously believed the dodo lived out its life as a show bird in London

Working-class students pay more for university, NUS report says

Spiralling accommodation fees are outstripping maintenance loans, leaving poorer students struggling to meet costs, the NUS says

Keble ‘celebrate diversity’ with new portrait

The portrait of Sir James Cameron Tudor, the first student of African-Caribbean descent to be elected president of the Oxford Union, is to be unveiled at the college

Oxford’s controversial donors revealed

Oxford's donors include a firm accused of climate change denial, and a bank fined £235million by a US regulator

The hidden costs of trashing revealed

Trashing is officially banned in the University's regulations, but that doesn't stop them from paying out £25,000 in security and cleaning costs

Exclusive: Oxford Union release Trinity term card

Speakers include Lindsay Lohan, Jordan Peterson, and Peyton Manning

Government announces student loan interest rate rises

Students in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland will face interest rates on their loans of up to 6.3%

Oxford Chancellor Patten votes against government Brexit bill

Lord Patten was criticised for putting forward "a political argument dressed up as a trade argument" by former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson

Oxford to confront colonial past in £20,000 project

The move will include returning treasures seized during the time of the British Empire, and the study of more black and Asian thinkers on degree courses

Oxford grads crack ‘impossible’ code over dinner

They solved the puzzle in one night over some teriyaki chicken at Wagamama

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