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St Anne’s announces the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship

St Anne’s College has recently launched the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship Fund in memory of alumna Jane E. Hood. The initiative will provide travel and research grants to support students undertaking field work.

Oxford-led study develops calculator to predict long-term cognitive impact of strokes

A new predictive tool has been developed by a team of researchers to help clinicians identify which stroke patients are most likely to experience long-term cognitive difficulties.

Chewe Munkonge due to become Oxford’s first Black Lord Mayor

Councillor Chewe Munkonge has been announced as Oxford’s next Lord Mayor, becoming the first...

Ellison Institute of Technology unveils designs for Oxford Science Park

New designs for buildings in Oxford Science Park were revealed last month, drafted by...

Oxford research targets bone pain in cancer sufferers

Innovative project by a research team from the University seeks to end the agonising condition

Oxford graduates to compete in Rio

As the Olympics grandly opens in Rio, Oxford’s long-earned pedigree at the games will be once more put to the test. With a formidable...

Oxford Playhouse to reopen after refurbishment

Iconic Oxford theatre will reopen with production of Peter Pan sequel

Tuition fee rise accompanies fall in state school students going to university

State school entrants experience "a flattening of rates" while independent school numbers remain high

Full Royall report confirms cases of antisemitic behaviour at OULC

The report answers the concerns initially raised by the resignation of co-Chair Alex Chalmers

Wahoo to close

The immensely popular nightclub will close around the end of 2016 as the site is redeveloped.

NUS snaps at maintenance grant scrap

Maintenance grants for students in the poorest threshold replaced by "lifetime debt"

Oxford among least affordable cities for students

Oxford has been ranked the fourth most expensive city in the UK for students, with Edinburgh taking the top spot, according to The Royal...

Sunlight damaging exhibits at Oxford Natural History Museum

The museum's refurbished glass roof has failed to protect rare specimens during unusually warm weather.

Ndakuna Fonso Amilou, Oxford’s Rare rising star

Recruitment agency Rare has named the Cameroonian postgrad the country's best black student

Oxford academics win award for Women in Science

Two Oxford academics have won “Women in Science” Fellowships, awarded to some of the most promising and talented female scientists from around the world. From...

Univ launches new programme to improve access

University College is launching a new programme to increase the number of UK students from disadvantaged backgrounds who attend the college. The new scheme, called...

Oxford to establish comic research network

TORCH to dive deeper in study of comic books, typically overlooked in the academic community

NUS to decide Jewish rep without input from Jewish students

Union of Jewish Students accuse NUS National Executive Council of "complete lack of commitment to Jewish students"

Weston Library and Blavatnik School shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize

Two buildings from one same institution shortlisted for first time in prize’s history

Oxford Physics Department named a ‘Champion’ of gender equality

Oxford University's Physics department has joined 15 other British universities in gaining 'Champion' status under the Project Juno programme. Project Juno is a system initiated...

Cowley car washer faces prison after hoover hostility

Man sentenced to prison for fracturing his colleague's jaw after a row over a vacuum

‘Oxford Eye’ proposed addition to Oxford skyline

To boost Oxford tourism, the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership propose building the city's own ferris wheel.

‘Budgie smugglers’ added to the Oxford English Dictionary

...along with a host of other slang terms that have already fallen out of common parlance.

Coming soon: more books in Oxford

Blackwell's will open a fourth Oxford shop in the refurbished Westgate centre

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