Tag: University of Oxford

The Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Oxford on Friday during a state visit to the UK. President Steinmeier attended an academic showcase...

Oxfordshire’s Local Policy Lab has announced the appointment of its first Chief Scientific Advisers to lead its work in reducing health inequalities in Oxfordshire.  The...

Students from the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University queued for over 48 hours this week to secure housing for the next academic...

Plans submitted by the University of Oxford to redevelop their Wellington Square buildings could see the closure of Common Ground, a popular cafe and...

The University of Oxford, with its ancient colleges and lofty spires, has a reputation of intellectual prestige on the one hand and eccentricity on the other. Across the river Cherwell, its newer neighbour is a modern, dynamic, and sprightly alternative full of industrious opportunities. Yet, it is inevitably still a place where “I go to Oxford,” if left unspecified, tends to be followed by ‘no, not that one’. 

Hidden costs: The influence of donors on academic priorities at OxfordTucked away on a nondescript side street in North Oxford is Oxford University’s Dickson...

That is to say, you can vehemently disagree with someone, but in dealing with academic research, the basis for these critiques should be ‘this is why you are wrong’, rather than ‘I don’t like what you are saying’.

"I will likely be the best looked-after Typhus patient in history, which makes me feel perversely fortunate."

"I realised essays can be hard, but they can also be fun, and they can also be difficult, but then I can have a dance afterwards."

"Employees of Oxford University, especially early career researchers and postgraduate students, have been feeling the pinch of trying to make a living in one of the UK’s most expensive cities."

"We get paid, but don’t have to pay tax, carry out research but are not a member of staff, and sometimes even teach other year groups what we know."

"O is for – Well. You know where you are. And if you don’t, I’m certainly not telling you – but are you quite sure you’re in the right place ?"

A five-month long Cherwell investigation indicates that there have been a minimum total of 93 complaints of sexual harassment across the University of Oxford since the beginning of the 2017/18 academic year.