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‘This House’: An Interview with the Cast and Crew

"As a play which I suppose relishes the grubby reality of politics instead of just putting politicians in the pillory for their inconsistencies and failures, it’s one that really appreciates it."

Operation Pangolin: the quest to save the world’s most trafficked mammal

The University of Oxford has announced that it is joining Operation Pangolin – a bold initiative to save the world’s most trafficked animal. With...

Oxford issues warnings over gonorrhoea outbreak

Several colleges have issued warnings that gonorrhoea cases are increasing amongst 18-25 year-olds in Oxford, and are urging students to carry condoms if meeting...

A kick in the balls: College balls less affordable as access prices increase

Access tickets are amounting to less of a discount when compared to the price of a standard ticket

In Conversation With Velvet

"If you haven’t heard of them, you should have."

Trinity Chemistry Professor Wins Prestigious Research Award

Susan Perkin, a professor of physical chemistry and fellow of Trinity College at Oxford University, has won the 2023 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists...

The Story Behind Noah Wild’s ‘I Will Delete This Story’

“Growing up when the past won't let you go”

Census data shows Oxford is getting smarter

The most recent census data, published January 10th, shows that Oxford’s residential population is one of the best educated nationwide. Oxford, a city which...

“In here, it’s just pretending…”: ‘Posh’ and the brilliance of impersonation.

At the end of it all, the audience are left in the wake of their destruction, while tellingly, most of the boys have left the scene, unscathed.

Special report: “Have you come to see the shrunken heads?” University Museums face pressure to decolonise

Oxford University’s museums, the Pitt Rivers and the Ashmolean, have seen a growing appeal to revisit their spaces and museum practices with a contemporary...

Oxford makes progress after centuries of social engineering in admissions

"That students from Harrow no longer enjoy the 45.2% Oxbridge acceptance rate they did five years ago is not a crime."

Letting the “work do the talking” – Professor Samson Kambalu’s Fourth Plinth statue

I’ve spent more time explaining who he is over the last few weeks than having vital discussions on what is more important.

Oxford’s Ebola vaccine recommended by WHO for use against Uganda outbreak

A new Ebola virus vaccine developed by the Oxford Vaccine Group is one of three vaccines recommended for a trial in Uganda to combat...

Game On: Oxford Intensive Gaming Study disproves decades of parental anxiety

Sonia Shuster reports.

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