Tuesday 17th March 2026

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Reported sexual misconduct at Oxford University Hospitals lead to six dismissals

CW: Sexual harassment New data reveals that six staff members at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) were dismissed last year on account of reported sexual misconduct, with an...

Oxford and Liverpool universities join forces in landmark partnership

The University of Oxford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Liverpool, Oxfordshire County Council, and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

University’s net zero initiative celebrates five year anniversary

Marking five years since its inception, Oxford Net Zero hosted an anniversary showcase on...

Exeter College announces new scholarship for refugees

Exeter College announced the creation of the Oxford-Exeter-Sandys Scholarship on 11th February and is...

OUSU voted least popular student union in the UK

Oxford University and Oxford Brookes Student Unions rated worst in the country for 'student satisfaction'

Oxford alumna creates porn website

Cindy Gallop, a Somerville graduate, has created a new website which is attempting to change accepted standards of pornography by only using user-submitted videos

Fallen Oxford graduate repatriated

A University College graduate has been repatriated to Oxford after being killed while serving in Afghanistan

New app makes Oxford landmarks disappear

Tourists are left baffled after colleges switch location and the train station vanishes on the iPhone's latest navigation program

Boat Race protester found guilty

Trenton Oldfield, the man who disrupted this year's Boat Race, has been found guilty of causing a public nuisance

Director of Modern Art Oxford passes away

Turner Prize judge Michael Stanley is found dead in a garden, aged 37

Boat Race swimmer in court

Trenton Oldfield, who caused the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race to be suspended in April, faces the charge of causing a public nuisance

Iain Banks to attend Charity Literary Festival at LMH

Five writers will take part in the '5 x 15' festival at Lady Margaret Hall

Medical science facilities to be extended

Oxford University will purchase the site of Headington Park Hospital and use it to expand its medical science facilities on the Old Road campus

New Oxford school of government opens

The Blavatnik School of Government has admitted its first cohort of 39 students today, hoping to become 'the world’s leading centre for the training of future leaders in government.'

Pembroke’s New Build is still too ‘new’ for some students

Pembroke students express concerns as new accommodation won't be completed until after they move in.

Ebdon: Oxbridge application process a “potential barrier”

Minister for Fair Access criticizes Oxford and Cambridge's admissions systems.

Immigration figures are incorrect, warn Oxford analysts

Analysts at Oxford University claim that figures released by the Office of National Statistics are inexact by a margin of up to 35,000

Dossier discloses drunken behaviour of Oxbridge students

Information obtained by The Daily Telegraph reveals hundreds of incidents of drunken bad behaviour at Oxford and Cambridge

Magdalen expands library onto old quad

Magdalen College will extend its library on to an historic quad, also undertaking archaeological investigations

Criminal disguised as policeman robs student

Confiscation of belongings by police officer turns out to be a scam.

Tuition fees increase applications to ‘elite’ universities

The recent hike in tuition fees has made applicants more ambitious with their higher education choices, a recent survey shows

Special Oxford funding criticised

A recent report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has indicated that a number of higher education institutions are sceptical of special arrangements which help fund the Oxbridge tutorial system and its individual interview process.

University receives government funding for life sciences

Significant funding enables Oxford University to take new discoveries towards clinical testing and development

Bodleian campaigns to digitise Shakespeare’s First Folio

Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Fry and Sir Peter Hall support the Bodleian’s public appeal to make the first volume of Shakespeare’s plays accessible to all

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