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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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Students run to Rome

Several students are participating in a non-stop run to Rome to raise money for charity

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Preview: Philoctetes

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Christ Church JCR to defy House on rainbow flag

Undergraduates vow to 'collectively break' House rules

OUSU living wage "hypocrisy"

19 months after endorsing Living Wage Campaign, OUSU still uses cleaners paid 15% less than campaigners demand

Keble’s welfare condom-drum

Welfare reps call for return of stolen JCR condoms

Student loses to RON in Wadham SU elections

Student comes fourth after a controversial election campaign

“Google, pay your taxes!”

Protestors criticise the University for hosting speakers from Google

Exeter fail to sell student housing

Nine houses worth £6.5million in total still unsold after a year on the market

Electric current to the brain improves maths ability

Oxford University research shows beneficial effects of brain stimulation

Close competition for Keble JCR presidency

JCR President voted in despite gaining fewer first preference votes than his only human rival.

Student suffers baseball bat attack

St Hilda's student in 'unprovoked attack'

Telethon donation sees Brasenose annexe equipped with wifi

Alumnus in IT donates £2,000 after being contacted by second year

Uncertainty over renovations to Corpus housing

Corpus' New Building may become listed, causing delays to renovations

“Misogyny is alive and well” at Christ Church

Mr and Mrs Christ Church competition ends with “get your tits out” chant

Finalists break in to Wadham library

Wadham library door breaks, leaving finalists keen to work to climb in through a window

Eurovision in Oxford

More than a dozen Eurovision parties hosted across the University

Former Wolfson porter jailed for dealing Class A drugs

Twenty year old sentenced for a total of four years

Brasenose sports and arts dinners under threat

Dean calls for “radical alterations” to dinners that cost £4,000 a year

PPE finalists suffer déjà vu amidst university error

Students in a Sociological Theory examination yesterday were presented with a paper almost identical to last year's
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