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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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Birds on Film

Zoologists at Oxford University are using newly developed video devices to record crows in the wild.Scientists have developed miniaturised video cameras, each weighing about 14...

Crackdown on Cyclists in City Centre

Police in Oxford have been cutting down on cyclists riding through pedestrianised areas of the city this week.In the second crackdown in three weeks,...

Anti-Halloween Posters to Hit Oxford

Police are looking to reduce trouble on Halloween this year through a poster campaign. The plan is to distribute posters to residents saying 'Sorry, no...

Former Oxford Student Tackles Thief

Former Oxford University student Benji Tucker was awared the High Sheriff's award for bravery, after he confronted a thief in October of last year.While...

‘Premiership football is like watching paint dry’

So says Chris Waddle and, at the moment, it’s hard to argue with him. That said, the indications of this malaise are twofold: dwindling...

500 to 1: England’s most incredible cricket victory, the Third Ashes Test at Headingly in 1981

Oh, this is certainly the best Ashes series since 1981,” “I’ve not seen England show guts like this since Headingley in 1981,” on and...

Tabs crushed at Fenner’s

One-DayCambridge (191-5) beat Oxford (190 all out) by 5 wicketsFour-DayOxford (610-5 dec) beat Cambridge (129 & 268) by an innings & 213 runsOxford extended...

Oxford earn thrilling win

Oxford (203-7) beat Cambridge (200 all out) by 3 wicketsOxford’s women claimed victory in an oustanding Varsity match, edging out a resurgent light blue...

New Shopping Centre Planned for Oxford

Big changes are planned for St Aldate's over the next few years. Development plans will see the previously unused part of the city transformed...

iLiKETRAiNS, Oxford Academy 2 (Zodiac), Saturday 29th September 2007

After receiving a considerable amount of indie hype over the last couple of years on the strength of some promising singles and last year’s...

John Hood Resists Government ‘Policing’ Pressure

Vice-Chancellor John Hood stood up to recent pressure from government over policing campus extremists yesterday.Recent government policy suggested heavier 'policing' at campuses, as a...

Time called on failing college bar

Health and safety inspectors have closed St Peter’s college bar after "significant failings" were unearthed during the summer, leading to the bar manager’s departure.The...

St John’s waive fees for asylum seeker

An asylum seeker who believed she would be unable to afford her place at Oxford has had her fees waived by St John’s College.Sholeem...

Presidents collide over OUSU fees

OUSU has clashed with the Oxford Union following a financial review that revealed generous subsidies for Union advertising were being paid without OUSU’s knowledge.Demands...

PPHs unfit for undergraduates

A review of Oxford’s Permanent Private Halls published last week has voiced concerns about their practices, academic standards and the experiences of those who...

Indefinite sentence for Oriel killer after his “ferocious and unrelenting” attack

I meet Jason Braham in a West London pub on a sunny day in September. He and his wife Julienne have come up to...

Key Hood ally ousted by University Congregation

Dons have forced one of Vice-Chancellor John Hood’s key modernisers to resign from the University Council after a rebellion against giving him a new...

Judge tells Oxford fundraiser to pay council tax despite rat infestation

An Oxford academic and fundraiser has been told that she must pay her council tax after she withheld it in protest at the city’s...

Graduate colleges to merge into Green Templeton

Plans to accommodate hundreds of additional graduate students to meet new University targets will be realised when Green and Templeton Colleges merge next year.The...

Triple attack on gay student clubbers

Three gay students were attacked outside the Coven II night club in the early hours of Saturday morning in what may have been a...

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