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Blavatnik School hosts Kyoto Prize Laureates

Last week, the Blavatnik School of Government welcomed the 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureates, holding a series of lectures and public events to celebrate their achievements in science, technology and...

University calls for tighter measures to control the rise of AI deep fakes

A new study from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) has found a sharp rise...

Sheldonian Series hosts final discussion of academic year

Oxford University brought its Sheldonian Series to a close for the academic year with...

‘Oxford DIY Pride’ to stage separate Pride event

A new organisation has been set up as an alternative to the official Oxford...

Meet your Presidents

The race begins in the elections for next year’s student union positions

Traumatised? Play some Tetris

Playing Tetris may help post traumatic stress, Oxford researchers have discovered. The game may have a special ability to reduce flashbacks not shared by...

Electric shock boosts math skills

Applying electrical current to the brain can enhance people's mathematical abilities, according to new research by neuroscientists at Oxford University. In the study, 15...

Student found in stream

The body of an Oxford Brookes student missing for 36 hours has been found in a stream in west Oxford. Matthew Jones, 23, was...

Massacre at St John’s

1000-year-old bodies belonged to Vikings

Little Pembroke gets big

£29 million building project will include two new quads and social areas

Palestinian scholarship under fire

Wadham JCR motion is criticised by students for being "politically motivated"

Science dons jump ship over cutbacks

Department suffers lack of resources and termination of projects after government cuts

Students warned after week of thefts

Burglaries reported in Balliol and Brasenose, £6,700 of goods stolen

Come one, come all, says Kinky

Private Facebook event claims President James Kingston is “sick of being frugal”

Boy, 16, stabbed outside Baby love

Halloween fight spills onto High Street

Somerville bop dropped

Hallowe’en will now be celebrated on Bonfire Night weekend, after late liscensing application controversy

Wanted: Brasenose JCR Committee

No applications received for top JCR positions

Protesters force Vodafone to close

Thirty people forced the Vodafone shop on Cornmarket to temporarily close on Saturday, in a protest against corporate tax evasion. The protest came after Private...

Donations hit £1 billion mark

Oxford's Vice-Chancellor announced last week that the University's international fundraising campaign has collected over £1bn. The money will go to fund undergraduate teaching, new...

£69.90 for an Oxford degree

Fraudster claims his degrees are “better than the real thing and with much better grades”

£10 million China Centre for St Hugh’s

New building also to include accommodation and kitchens for students, but £7m still needed

Fun has been resurrected, says Jesus

Welfare rep goes to college bar and “throws all manner of shapes” in Park End

Masked protesters at Careers Fair

Students thrown out for protesting against global arms and defence company

Violence taints protest

Police criticised for heavy handed tactics, at otherwise peaceful protest