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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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St Catz declares war on Magdalen

A JCR motion to declare war on Magdalen College has passed at St Catz, prompting the common room to grant their JCR President powers to set up a war committee

Debate: does Oxford breed arrogance?

Ben Deaner cheekily argues that Oxford is a veritable wanker-factory whilst Monish Kulkarni begs to differ.

Headmaster claims public school students are disadvantaged

Anthony Seldon claims Oxbridge admissions process discriminates against candidates from public schools in favour of state-educated applicants

OUSU: We want more money

Common Room Representatives assemble and pass a motion to write and complain about underfunding

A Theory of Justice broadens its horizons

Production team which put on A Theory of Justice are looking to expand the musical beyond Oxford

Academics concerned by online access to research papers

Oxford academic groups are worried by government plans to make all publicly funded research available online by 2014

Queen’s urges Andrew Smith MP to support marriage equality

Queen's College passed a motion to send a letter to Andrew Smith MP to encourage him to support equal marriage in Tuesday's vote.

Hertford students undertake Chicken Challenge

A group of students from the college eat a chicken each every day for a week

Plans unveiled for St Antony’s new Middle East centre

Architect Dame Zaha Hadid reveals plans for a study centre of Modern Middle East

Questions surround latest Ashmolean treasures

Some suggest that the Ashmolean’s most recent acquisition may contain artefacts looted from Jewish collectors

Magdalen library works stall

The timetable for renovation plans is still unsettled as the college reviews the funding of the development

Queen Elizabeth to visit Oxford at Easter

Her Majesty will take part in an ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral where she will give out Maundy money

Jesus and Exeter colleges hold annual ‘Turl Street Dash’

This year's Turl Street Dash, a bicycle race between between the two colleges, has taken place without any serious incidents

Prince Charles petitioned over Port Meadow

Demonstrators target Prince Charles's Oxford visit in the hope of gaining his support over the height of the Port Meadow development

Student’s artwork exhibited in Trinity’s dining hall

DPhil student's artwork is temporarily replacing portraits of alumni in the Trinity dining hall. The exhibition is the first to be held in the college's dining hall for 450 years

Hamster made member of Worcester JCR

Worcester JCR passes a motion to allow a Russian dwarf hamster named Luka to become an honorary member of Worcester College's JCR

Queen’s College vote to make the ball for all

JCR fund established from the profits of the previous ball to subsidise ticket prices for poorer students

Mansfield Ball throws up a nasty surprise

Investigations are underway into the causes of a mystery illness among Oxford students, which has been linked to the Mansfield Ball last Saturday

WikiLeaks accuses Union of "censorship"

The whistleblowing organisation alleges that the Oxford Union doctored video of Julian Assange's talk over fear of reprisal

Students are a boost to UK economy

A study by a university think-tank has shown that a drop in undergraduate enrolment would cost the UK economy billions of pounds

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