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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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Keble victory puts them in Cuppers final again

Keble 26 - 17 PembrokeOn paper this game should have been little more than a formality; it pitted the reigning champions against a side...

Fame Fatale

Roberta Klimt investigates the fickle world of the celebrity and wonders what lies behind the rehab doors and the layers of make-upIn the words...

Old Stagers: The Interval

The interval: Ryan Hocking decides to take a break Everybody has a favourite moment in a play: some go mad for melodramatic downfalls, some...

Fanshen

4/5 O’REILLY THEATRE, KEBLETUESDAY-SATURDAY, 8PM Nine actors form the cast of David Hare’s play, Fanshen, but the effect is of a single, shifting character: a collective...

Varsity victory for Blues Netball

Oxford 30 - 25 CambridgeFirst to take their positions on court, Oxford’s Blues netballers dominated from the very first minute of this game. Going...

Gee Whizz: Oxford in Orbit

When it comes to anything space-related, the UK kinda sucks, or at least pales in comparison to the monopoly of the USA and the...

Debris

4/5 BURTON TAYLORTUESDAY-SATURDAY, 7.30PM ‘Babies grow in rubbish,’ states Michael matter-of-factly, explaining how he found a baby on a trash heap, named it Debris and began...

Measure for Measure

4/5OFSTUESDAY-SATURDAY, 7.30PM When so many larger-scale Oxford productions play it safe, it’s heartwarming when one sticks its neck out, especially when the risks pay off....

Mansfield rowers angry as Merton closes joint gym

Merton College has angered Mansfield and Merton sports teams by announcing the permanent closure of its gym.Rowing teams at both colleges depend on the...

Always in Vogue

Guy Pewsey talks to Anna Wintour about British fashion, her demanding reputation and the size zero phenomenonThe world of fashion is one of the...

Nationalisation is the best solution

Accurate economic forecasting is almost impossible. JK Galbraith argued that its only purpose was to make astrology look respectable by comparison, while even Alan...

Lashed, smashed and two broken bottles

Joshua Glancy has a whinge about the bingeAsk yourself a question. How many great nights out have you had in Oxford which didn’t involve...

Mosquito boxes – a social disease?

When we launched our campaign against ultrasonic alarms (more popularly known as ‘mosquito boxes’) we hoped that many people would share our sense of...

Editorial: Idea Idle

So, two sets of Oxford students have shared the title of this year’s ‘Idea Idol.’ To even hold an annual competition for business innovation,...

Tomorrow begins now

Back from mid-term holiday, 24-ers and back to checking the headlines. Here's my favorite story from the last two weeks:On February 5th, a tornado...

COMMENT: Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?

Unlike their predecessor Henry II, the political elite at Westminster were no doubt positively delighted by the intervention of the Archbishop of Canterbury...

Concert review: Gemma Rosefield and Michael Dussek play Beethoven and Chopin

Holywell Music Room, Sunday 17th February 2008Another full house at the Holywell Music Room, as an expectant audience gathered to see cellist Gemma Rosefield...

Stripper-Related JCR Message Board Comment Causes Stir At Magdalen

Magdalen Junior Common Room was forced to censor a comment on their JCR message board after a student complained that they found it offensive....

Concert review: Tallis Barker’s Piano Recital,

Holywell Music Room, 16th February 2008Both on the piano and when talking, Tallis Barker is a natural performer. He won the affection of tonight's...

St. John’s Says Keble Is Not Rival-Worthy Enough

St John’s passed a ‘Motion of Pity for Keble’ at their JCR meeting last Sunday, after agreeing that declaring war against Keble “would be...

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