Thursday 11th September 2025

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Oxford spinout OrganOx acquired by Terumo in record $1.5 billion deal

OrganOx, a University of Oxford spinout specialising in organ preservation technology, has been acquired by Japanese healthcare company Terumo Corporation for £1.18 billion. The deal announced this week marks...

Your Party society launched as ‘union of the left’ at Oxford

A new political society promising to “facilitate the discussion of left-wing ideas” has been...

Oxford colleges take Aviva to High Court in COVID-19 insurance case

Twenty-nine Oxford colleges have launched High Court proceedings against insurance firm Aviva. The case,...

Oxford Union sued for editing Susan Abulhawa’s speech

The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has filed a discrimination claim against the Oxford...

OUP construction plans anger residents

Scheme, including demolition of part of listed building, causes consternation among residents' groups in Jericho

Don helps catch laptop thief

Anonymous academic has a hand in catching a burglar who stole a laptop from St Hugh's and then fled through gardens

Major spoils go to Cambridge at Henley Boat Races

Cambridge win the Women's and Lightweight Men's races while Oxford win Women's Reserves and Women's Lightweights

Complaints jeopardise Mehdi’s licence

Kebab van's licence renewed conditionally after noise complaints from Oriel College

13 arrested in child sex ring investigation

Six men charged with multiple offences whilst seven are bailed until next month after co-ordinated dawn raids

Council rat Jamal’s out

Student favourite forced to close for 24 hours due to complaint from neighbours about rodents

Oxford’s Varsity night-mare

Oxford's equestrian team accused of altering the points system to award themselves victory in recent Varsity match. Cambridge were declared the eventual winners after much dispute.

Cambridge student banned for poem protest

Disbelief as student rusticated for 'impeding free speech' of David Willetts MP

Oxford hits £1.25 billion target

Drive for donations launched in 2004 reaps rewards for the University

Thousands give up gap year dreams

40% of incoming students may have been forced to cancel their gap year plans following the rise in tuition fees, a recent survey has revealed

Heart disease drug may ‘reduce implicit racial bias’

Oxford researchers find that taking Propranolol, a drug used to treat heart disease, may reduce racial feelings at the subconscious level

£10,000 spent on fake Oxford room

East London college spends thousands recreating an Oxford Don's room to help students prepare for interviews

Sermon preaches accepting homosexuality

Pembroke Chaplain Andrew Teal holds service advocating the support of LGBTQ rights entitled, 'An Overdue Apology'

Lee wins Union presidency

Seung-yoon Lee beats Luke Eaton for the presidency of the Oxford Union in Michaelmas 2012

Radical Forum to be held

Weekend event for the radical left

Government criticised on postgraduate education

Universities suggest that the Browne review did not deal adequately with postgraduate issues

Degree courses change nationally

Oxford does not reflect nationwide trends in higher education

Researchers develop liver machine

Oxford scientists involved in plans to keep donor livers suitable for transplant

Bishop of Oxford walks on hot coals for charity

Rt. Rev. John Pritchard gets ‘toasted’ feet, raising nearly £1000

Trinity College restrict students’ access to porn websites

College cite security software updates, and say they take 'no moral stance at all on internet pornography'

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