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Police investigate group hanging England flags amid safety concerns

A group hanging St George’s Cross and Union Jack flags along Abingdon Road has prompted a police investigation, following reports of disruption and alleged intimidation.
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Former Oxford professor convicted of rape by French court

The prominent Oxford academic and Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been sentenced by a Paris criminal court to an 18-year jail term for rape offences.
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St Anne’s announces the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship

St Anne’s College has recently launched the Jane Schulz-Hood Travel and Research Scholarship Fund in memory of alumna Jane E. Hood. The initiative will provide travel and research grants to support students undertaking field work.
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Oxford-led study develops calculator to predict long-term cognitive impact of strokes

A new predictive tool has been developed by a team of researchers to help clinicians identify which stroke patients are most likely to experience long-term cognitive difficulties.
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Oxford University Hospitals “on alert” following global ransomware attack

Colleges have warned students to be "extra cautious" with Nexus email attachments, although there are no reported issues on the University's servers

Royal Society recognition for University academics

Six Oxford researchers have been awarded prestigious fellowships in recognition of their groundbreaking work

Oxford students take on Tories over cuts to art funding

The group created an exhibition to pique youngsters’ interest in the arts

Oxford Union: University should not be a safe space

Members were convinced that the idea would limit free speech and inhibit dialogue

In conversation with Jacob Williams, of ‘Open Oxford’ and ‘No Offence’

Maxim Parr-Reid interviews the founder of one of Oxford's most notorious student publications

Free speech at university has a storied past

Our universities were not built as havens of free expression, and Oxford never led the way on free speech

Rich countries are underperforming on conservation, Oxford study finds

Research shows that LEDCs outperform their richer counterparts on a range of conservation factors

Cashew denies bankruptcy rumours

Cashew in “very strong position”, co-founder of payment app insists

Breakthrough for Oxford University chemist

A new synthetic retina could be the answer to years of research on blindness

Universities warned over Brexit brain drain

Research suggests three in four EU academics would consider leaving the UK post-Brexit

General Election will be battle of “life and death”, says Sanders

Brother of former US presidential candidate to stand in Oxford East, as Greens withdraw bid for Oxford West

Oxford student dies in tragic bus accident

The DPhil candidate fell from her bike on Botley Road and was run over by a bus

“Rapid deterioration” of finances in Oxford University Hospitals

It has been revealed that Oxford University Hospitals has overspent by £24m

Opt in for lower battels—Wadham SU

If accepted, the plan would let students opt-in and receive a subsidy, paid for by increasing the fees of other students.

Keep your ket use quiet online, says Exeter College

Undergraduates at Exeter have been warned against posting about their drug use on social media

C+: Four in five disabled students struggle with academic work

Cherwell Investigations found that 82% of self-identified disabled students find university work more difficult due to their disability

Regent’s meat-free motion given the chop

A JCR motion calling for abolition of 'Meat-free Wednesdays' was withdrawn due to lack of evidence

St. Hugh’s condemns attack on European university

Legislation has threatened to close the Central European University

WATCH: Tim Farron confronted by angry Brexit voter in Oxford

Video: Tim Farron given a humiliating dressing down by an Oxfordshire voter earlier this week

Don slams fivers’ grammar

Oxford academic criticises Bank of England for "efforts to dumb down" the English language
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