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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 sweet potato study unearths new discoveries

The study challenges the long-standing view that the sweet potato was transported around the globe by humans

Men who fail to equal parents’ academic achievements ‘suffer mental distress’

The Oxford study found that failing to match educational accomplishments caused distress similar to a divorce

New crowd-management measures introduced for May Morning

One-way channels will be put in place, while bicycles will not be allowed to cross the bridge

Merton beat Newcastle to reach University Challenge final

Next Monday's final will be the fifth in a row to be contested between an Oxford college and a Cambridge college

Oxford professor faces fourth rape complaint

The allegation against Tariq Ramadan, a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at St Anthony's, relates to an alleged incident in Geneva in October 2008

Oxford-Cambridge Expressway a threat to rare species, RSPB says

The Department for Transport is surveying options about which "corridor" between the two university towns is the most preferred.

Mansfield Entz forced to apologise for ‘420’ bop theme

The Entz team said they had made a "very significant mistake"

Oxford PhD student beaten in MasterChef final

Nawamin Pinpathomrat was beaten to the title by 35-year-old bank manager Kenny Tutt

UCU members vote to accept deal

The vote means that long-running strikes by university staff will be suspended

Oxford strike dates cancelled as crucial ballot draws to a close

Union members are currently voting on whether to accept the proposed deal, which if accepted could lead to an end to longstanding industrial action

Boris Johnson cancels press conference at Keble College

Johnson had been due to meet with his German counterpart at the press conference

St Hugh’s launch inquiry into sexual harassment claims

The investigation follows claims about the behaviour of a now-deceased fellow

St Anne’s JCR website hacked by pro-Palestinian liberation group

The JCR President said he was seeking advice to make sure it didn't happen again

Oxford ranked best student city for long-distance lovers

New research suggests students are only willing to spend £20 on a regular journey to visit a significant other

Brexit is causing fondue resurgence, claims Oxford professor

Professor Charles Spence stresses the importance of "gastropolitics" in the revival of the Swiss delicacy

Historians slam plans to replace display cases at University museum

The wooden display cases in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History are set to be replaced by glass cabinets

Oxford PhD student reaches final four of MasterChef

Nawamin Pinpathomrat impressed judges John Torode and Greg Wallace with his dishes

Finalist thanks ‘legends’ after notes and laptop stolen

Anne-Marie Downes' revision materials were taken from a car in Durham

Tariq Ramadan paid woman for silence over relationship

The Oxford professor of contemporary Islamic studies is detained facing charges of rape, following allegations from three other women

Graduate rent to increase by almost six per cent

The University’s Property Management Sub-Committee voted to raise rents for all graduate accommodation

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