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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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Castle Mill housing named amongst ugliest in UK

Oxford University’s student accommodation at Port Meadow was named amongst the candidates for the 2013 Carbuncle Cup, the Building Design Online prize for the UK’s worst building

Visiting students may risk reputation

'Associate members' of the University could be threatening its academic prowess

Corpus renovation delayed

Building work on undergraduate accommodation delayed indefinitely

Vice-Chancellor reopens debate over tuition fees

Andrew Hamilton draws attention to a £7,000 tuition shortfall per undergraduate each year

Oxford at number two in world rankings

Oxford University is ranked at number two in the Times Higher Education Rankings

Balliol celebrates 750th anniversary with art installation

Balliol College has installed illuminated hearts in its flag tower to celebrate the anniversary of its founding

Oxbridge application may contravene EU law

Recent discussions with experts have revealed that the rule which prohibits Oxbridge hopefuls from applying to both Oxford and Cambridge may be contravening EU competition law

Essay Crisis writer reveals identity exclusively to Cherwell

The writer of Oxford’s most popular Tumblr has finally revealed her identity

Cameron in Tory conference Oxford analogy blunder

Story of New College trees told in party conference speech shown to be a “myth” by archivist

OUP urged to drop Delhi University lawsuit

Campaigners call for Oxford University Press to abandon copyright case against the University of Delhi

Asset consultants unhelpful, new Oxford report suggests

New research from Oxford University’s Said Business School has challenged the use of asset consultants by institutional investors

Queens College launches competition to conserve Florey Build

Queens College has announced its intention to conserve and renovate the Florey Building, and has opened a competition looking for a suitable architect to undertake the project

Oxford Union announces Michaelmas line-up

Oxford Union speakers for Michaelmas term to include Sepp Blatter, Billy Joel and Malala Yousafzai

Oxford crime rates plummet

A recent report has announced that crime in Oxford fell by 10% in the last financial year 2012/2013, but warns that students still have much to fear from bike theft and tail-gating.

New £70 million maths building for Oxford University

Newly-built Mathematical Institute building has been officially opened

Oxford students happy, Durham students happier

According to a recent poll conducted by Lloyds Banking Group, students at Durham University have the best quality of life out of all UK students

New figures show rise in university admissions

University admissions are back to their pre-2011 level, according to new figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS)

New science centre set up with help of Oxford colleges

The new centre for science, set to nurture the potential of perspective science students in the North West, is supported by Pembroke and Corpus Christi colleges

Bridge of Sighs turns 100

Hertford celebrates the centenary of its iconic bridge

Oxford academics deliberate strike action

Possibility of industrial action as UCU calls on Oxford academics to strike.
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