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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.

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.

Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after...

Finance workers strike at Oxford University Press

Finance workers are on strike at Oxford University Press (OUP) over plans to offshore jobs to India, with trade union officials warning that “before long this great British institution will exist in the UK in name only."

Oxford dons in autism spat

Controversy as Oxford professor links autism to internet usage

Oxford student, 24, dies in holiday accident

History postgraduate loses his footing on the banks of a river while on holiday in France

Bod ventures into a technological world

Bodleian releases its first mobile app

Riot fears spread to Oxford

Copycat attacks hit Oxford as riot violence flares up across the country

New medical research labs face uncertain future

Plans to build two new medical research labs for the Nuffield Medical Department up for review

Backlash against expanding student housing developments

Local housing planners reject further development plans

Hertford tutor claims wrongful dismissal

Economics tutor appealing to employment tribunal for redundancy pay

Student road gets a face lift

“Oxford’s strangest street” to get streetlights installed after 15 year campaign by city councillor

Vice-Chancellor heads Down Under in donations push

Professor Andrew Hamilton tours Australia to encourage alumni to donate to Oxford

Earliest medieval map of Great Britain digitally released

Bodleian helps widen access to the Gough Map

Oxford develops insect spy machines

Researchers at the Department of Zoology revolutionise surveillance

Emma Watson confirms Oxford rumours

Harry Potter actress is officially spending a visiting year at Worcester College

Oxford to maintain links with Murdoch

Phone hacking scandal will not affect University's News International endowment

Union to clear guest speakers with trustees

Standing Committee Memorandum means that Union Trustees will have the final word on speaker invitations

Oxford’s lost Michelangelo?

Michelangelo painting is discovered in an Oxford PPH

Leeds joins Oxford in Willetts no confidence vote

Condemnation of goverment's higher education reforms continues

Dilnot heads in new direction

St Hugh's Principal's care report signals his intention to 'spend more time doing economics'

New link joins Bodleian and Rad Cam

Underground link connecting the Old Bod and Rad Cam is opened

No.9 barmen go topless for the ladies

Oxford nightclub plans male topless night every Thursday

Coates disqualified from Union elections

Standing committee member disqualified for electoral malpractice

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