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New scholarship created for Afghan women at Oxford

One scholarship will be awarded to a woman of Afghan descent to study at the University of Oxford each year in a new endowment from the Weidenfeld-Hoffman Trust.

Former L’Oreal CEO donates £30m for new Worcester College library

Worcester College has submitted a  planning application for a new £30 million library, funded entirely by a donation from alumnus and former CEO of L’Oréal Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.

University style guide criticised by international students 

A style guide issued by the University of Oxford advises staff to use “plain English” to avoid confusing international students.

St Anne’s to close nursery called a ‘lifeline’ for women at Oxford

St Anne’s College will close its day nursery, ending an institution that was pivotal in supporting women students and academics at the University of Oxford.

Oxford introduce new course

Oxford will introduce a new course, which aims to prepare students who are considering undertaking a degree

Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor highest paid in UK

Andrew Hamilton receives £424,000 a year, in comparison to £258,000 salary of his Cambridge counterpart

Numbers of firsts increase nationally

Number of students gaining Firsts nationally almost doubled in the last decade while some employers say a first from Oxford is no better than a first from another university.

Oxford bids to be World Book Capital

Oxford receives official support from Culture Minister, in its aim to become World Book Capital in 2014

Oxford produces ‘Super-tutors’

Oxford graduates are among a new breed of tutors charging up to £1000 an hour to help schoolchildren with exams and Oxbridge entry

New gene discovered in maize plants

Oxford researchers make breakthrough which could help lessen global food crisis

Oxford student appears on BBC

Jenni Goodchild discusses asexuality on BBC Three documentary

Club night competition heats up

Varsity Events contact lawyers after breakaway events company takes charge of popular club nights

University hosts ‘Stargazing Oxford’

Event is described as a tribute to deceased professor Steve Rawlings

New course in Jewish leadership

Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies proposes a new qualification

Assault in Cowley

Man attacked in the Cowley by a teenager with a baseball bat

Tutor nominated for poetry prize

Bernard O’Donoghue nominated for the prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize

Wikipedia Blackout

Twenty four hour shutdown of Wikipedia website a cause for concern among students

Women’s Open causes debate

Women-only debating competition is labelled 'divisive' by some male undergraduates

Girl to run six marathons in six days

Hilda's student to undertake a gruelling ultra-marathon in Morocco

The Only Way is Oxbridge

New reality TV show to be based in Cambridge

Drinking lessons for Univ undergraduates

First and second year students attend a talk on the dangers of excessive drinking, following problems at first bop of year

Oxford library fine figures revealed

Oxford libraries have second highest number of lost books

LMH hosts Film Premiere

Film to be screened in the UK for the first time in Oxford College

Undergraduate to stand for election

Robin McGhee plans to represent the Lib Dems in the next city council elections

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