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Council threatens legal action against ‘erratic’ paragliders after foal death

A foal died of its injuries last month after being distressed by a powered paraglider flying low over Port Meadow. Oxford City Council has appealed to the public for...
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Hundreds protest Supreme Court trans ruling in Oxford

Several hundred protestors took to the streets of Oxford today in response to the...
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New rail service to link Oxford and Cowley

A new campaign group has been established aiming to restore a passenger rail service...
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Oxford scientists receive £1 million for motor neurone disease research

My Name’5 Doddie Foundation announced the launch of a multimillion-pound Discovery Network on 31...
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New Oxford study calls for sports-related brain injuries to be taken more seriously

Researchers from Oxford University’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering have recruited their first participants for a new study exploring the impact of head injuries on...

Permanent Private Halls behind closed doors

In its early days, the University of Oxford was largely constituted by private religious halls, which post-reformation provided a space for Catholic and non-conformist...

Abseiling police arrest Radcliffe Camera protesters

Oxford Action for Palestine (OA4P) have established an occupation of the Radcliffe Camera Library, after disbanding it in July of this year.

Oxford professor awarded Royal Astronomical Society’s Highest Honour

Professor James Binney, Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics, has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal for his...

Magdalen’s new student accommodation plan garners complaints from Oxford residents

Magdalen College’s proposal to redevelop its Waynflete site student accommodation, situated beside the Cowley roundabout on St Clement’s Street, has received complaints from local...

Keble College ball proposal rejected twice

Keble College’s Governing Body has informed students that it will not host a ball in 2025 after a student-run committee submitted two separate and complete ball proposals.

Government reintroduces university free speech legislation

The government has recently announced the bringing into force of the Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act (HEFSA), after the act’s introduction was suspended...

Oxford researcher awarded £2m to build arthritis risk calculator

The five-year award of up to £2 million has been awarded to Professor Laura Coates, Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, as part of a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) research professorship.

Oxford City Council creates 140 new bike spaces across city centre

Oxford City Council is installing 140 new bicycle spaces across the city centre in partnership with Oxford Direct Services in an effort to support...

Hertford and Exeter plan sports grounds refurbishment

Following repeated reports of anti-social behaviour, Hertford and Exeter colleges have submitted a planning proposal to Oxford City Council to revamp their sports grounds

Oxford Union believes multiculturalism does have a future in the UK

The Oxford Union last night voted that multiculturalism does have a future in the UK, the final count seeing 80 votes in proposition and...

Odeon to close to make way for £37m council project

Odeon cinema on Gloucester Green is set to close in January and be replaced by a £37m council project. Oxford City Council will demolish the building, which has operated as a cinema since 1936, to replace it with a hotel and community space

One-fifth of Gen Z embarrassed to consume non-alcoholic drinks

Young people are still held back by fear of “social judgement” from drinking low or non-alcoholic beer according to research by Heineken and the University of Oxford’s Professor Charles Spence.

Rishi Sunak to join Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government

Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is taking a job at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government as a member of the World Leaders Circle and Distinguished Fellow after he resigned as Conservative Party’s leader last July.

New Years Honours include seven Oxford academics

Seven researchers and academics from the University of Oxford were recognised in the 2025 New Years Honours List, with one being awarded a DBE, another made a life peer in the House of Lords, and five others given OBEs

116 million year-old ‘dinosaur highway’ uncovered in Oxfordshire

Researchers from the University of Oxford and University of Birmingham have discovered a “dinosaur highway” in North Oxfordshire, one of the most significant paleontological...

Oxford University study calls for a serious rethink of mental health services

A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge has found that only 55.5% of surveyed young people...

Medieval kitchen discovered during Oriel renovations

A once-in-a-century excavation of Oriel College has led to the discovery of the remains of a medieval kitchen and part of the city’s Saxon-era walls

St Hilda’s to plant over 5000 trees to protect woodland area

St Hilda’s College is set to plant 5000 trees in Radley Large Wood over the next three years to help protect and diversify the...

‘Look away’: Animal experiments at Oxford

Home Office rejected the University’s licence to use live animals in classes that had left students ‘‘visibly disturbed and distraught”.
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