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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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Gale Grant only Shields Oxford pain

Women’s Cricket After a superb victory against Cambridge in April, the fortunes of the Oxford women’s cricket side took a tumble, as weather and...

Oxford refuse to hibernate

Blues Rugby The bulk of the season may be over, but for the Blues rugby side, this week has brought a starting amount of...

Cambridge stay on target

Varsity Archery Cambridge 3417 Oxford 3187 In ideal conditions on the backs of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Oxford University Company of Archers put...

A breeze for LMH

Sailing Cuppers LMH, starting out as pre event favourites, held their composure and secured their first sailing cuppers win in recent years. Fourteen college...

Don’t mix your drinkers

Outraged Oriel students have rallied round their college staff in a confrontation over whether they should be allowed to drink at the college bar....

Teenage girl raped on way to school

A teenage girl has been savagely raped while walking to school in Oxford. Thames Valley Police have appealed for witnesses and urged all women...

Celebrities amongst the spires

The rich, famous and powerful descended on Oxford last week. The Prime Minister of China, Wen Jiabao, took tea in Christ Church as part...

Mast debate grips LMH

LMH’s JCR is to hold a referendum on whether to allow a mobile phone mast to be built in the College. The proposal...

Election’s confusing pro-life choice

Yesterday’s OUSU VP Women byelection was mired in controversy as it emerged that one of the two candidates had not mentioned her anti-abortion links...

Rent rise concerns rehashed

The front page of The OxStu last week dramatically revealed plans by various colleges to raise rents, almost six months after Cherwell first broke...

Student tramps to bed

A Christ Church student who woke up next to a middle-aged homeless person after a night out has vowed never to drink again. Adam...

Tab stabber on the loose

Cambridge students are "living in fear” after four people have been stabbed in apparently motiveless attacks in the city centre. Police believe the attacks...

Bog standard

Pun writers had a field day this week as it was announced that an Oxford public lavatory might be converted into student living quarters....

Chicken chow main-road

A New college student was arrested for running out in front of a car which was part of the Chinese Prime Minister’s convey. Second...

Attacker strikes in Lincoln

A man assaulted two Lincoln students last week, one of them inside the College grounds. Police were called shortly after 1am on Saturday morning,...

Union theft confusion

Both The OxStu and The Times reported last week that two pictures were stolen from the Oxford Union Society, but it would appear as...

Celebrity chancellors under threat

Government ministers have been urged to encourage the replacement of celebrity university chancellors with professional fundraisers. The initiative is a result of new...

Balloon festival lights up the skies

30,000 people turned up to watch the sixth annual Oxford Balloon Festival last weekend although strong winds hampered the performance of the balloons, a...

Candlelit asylum vigil

More that 200 protesters took part in a candlelit vigil last Saturday in opposition to the proposal for a new asylum centre near Oxford....

Conflict on Future

Oxford University could soon be in serious conflict with the colleges over its future. University authorities are planning radical changes to ensure that Oxford’s...

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