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Oxford partnership allows OpenAI to use rare Bodleian texts to train ChatGPT

A pilot project, launched in 2025, allows OpenAI to use obscure Bodleian library material, including a collection of Tudor ballads, to train its models, as shown in documents seen by Cherwell.

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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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Hilda’s Harlem Shake Headache Continues

St Hilda's JCR declares support for dismissed librarian

Review: David Bowie – The Next Day

Bowie's back, and Edan Tal feels like he never left

Jon Culshaw stars in Oxford educational animation

Impressionist Jon Culshaw voices a planet in a new animation released by the university’s science portal, Oxford Sparks.

Philip Pullman condemns Port Meadow buildings

Philip Pullman has become the latest figure to criticise Oxford University’s Port Meadow accommodation development

Oxford Sports Federation President-elect refused visa

The President-elect of Oxford University Sports Federation is being forced to leave the UK, due to changes in the visa system.

University Church reopens to the public

The University Church of St. Mary the Virgin has reopened to the public following extensive restoration work.

OUSU Shortlisted for Sexual Health Award

Sexual health charities impressed by OUSU's consent workshops

OUSU votes against NUS quotas

Last Wednesday OUSU discussed a motion calling for the NUS to mandate that the delegations universities send to the NUS annual conference be at least 50% female

Scott Mills gives LGBT talk at St Anne’s

The BBC Radio 1 DJ spoke to an audience at St Anne's College about his documentary on LGBT rights in Uganda

IRSoc rescind Galloway invitation

Bradford West MP disinvited from Oxford society

Hertford Finalists curse sewage

Black tie dinner for finalists at Hertford cancelled owing to overflowing sewage in the kitchens

Magdalen College in ‘eviction’ scandal

Legal arguments prevent student’s removal from college accommodation

Criticism of Castle Mill development continues

Members of the Campaign to Protect Port Meadow condemn lack of response from the University to their concerns

University blocks Google docs to fight phishing

A rise in the number of phishing emails sent to Oxford students’ accounts, causing the university to block Google Docs temporarily

LMH tutor in Lib Dem harassment claims

Politics tutor Alison Smith and several other women claim to have been sexually harassed by Lord Rennard

“Fairer” pricing for Trinity rooms

Trinity College introduces differential pricing for student accommodation

Hertford drainage sewage overflows

Black tie dinner for finalists at Hertford cancelled due to overflowing sewage in the kitchens

Male candidates gain more firsts than women

After data shows that a higher proportion of men receive firsts than women at Oxford, the University announces that “steps should be taken” to give students the degree they deserve

Horsemeat linked to Paganism

A paper published by the Oxford Journal of Archaeology suggests why horsemeat is so unpopular in England

OUSU rejects boycott of Israel

Motion to boycott Israel is rejected by JCR and MCR representatives after vote was delayed by two weeks

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