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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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OPINION: Going Nuclear

Recently, the Government gave its formal backing to the creation of a new generation of nuclear power stations across the UK. Business Secretary, John...

Settling In

Are we going up again, or coming back home? Oxford’s short terms are unique. One spends just under half the year at university,...

Figment, The Will Knox Band, Mr Ginger Review

Port Mahon, HT 08 Week 1, 13 JanuaryThe upstairs of the Port Mahon is an unassuming venue – the stage rocks the ‘my best...

Siege in Bonn Square comes to an end

A protester, living in a tree in Bonn Square which was due to be chopped down, was forced to leave yesterday and has been...

Curious gentlemen

I have met many curious gentlemen. I shall tell you about four of them.One.The first was Phil, the heavy metal musician. I went for...

The BP Portrait Award — Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Love it or hate it, the BP Portrait Award is back again. It is often either exalted as a wonderful exercise in human soul...

Great Books: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

At times, when reading War and Peace, I began to think that the whole book is, in fact, an attempt by Tolstoy to keep...

70 Blairs, 3 Ahmadinejads, but only one Hitler

I came across this German website, which lets you search for the frequency of different surnames across the country. It relies on phone book...

Holidays News Round Up

Rhiannon Nicolson, Jenny Moore and Sangwon Yoon present the Cherwell24 holiday news round up. Tune in next week for 1st week news round up.

Films

I never thought I'd have a heading for films on this blog. When I got to Belgium I visited the Ardennes, beautiful forest, nothing...

Flood Watch Alerts

A flood watch alert has been issued for the river Cherwell following heavy rain this winter; the flood watch covers the full length of...

Westgate Expansion Plan Protestors Claim Partial Victory Over Bonn Square Battle

Protestors demonstrating against Oxford City Council ’s Westgate area expansion plan claimed partial victory over Bonn Square Sunday after successfully halting security guards and...

VIDEO LINKS UPDATED 27/1/08

Over the next few weeks you will be seeing a lot more multimedia content on Cherwell24. We have hugely expanded our broadcasting team and...

Video: Buskers and Bagpipes

Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rachel Williams, Helena Zaba and Tom Carpenter report on the Cornmarket buskers, including the famous Bagpiper and new regulations surrounding their trade.

Video: Amen Greyfriars

Tom Carpenter, Sarah Karacs and Amelia Leeson report on the soon-to-be-closed Greyfriars PPH.

Video: Oxford’s Most Haunted

Sarah Karacs, Stephanie Illingworth, Christopher Allen and Rob Dacre dare to go hunting for local spooks...

Doh! The bloggers are killing me!

To mark last week's panel discussion on online journalism, held by the German Union of Journalists:(Hat tip: Spreeblick) Cherwell 24 is not responsible for...

Don’t believe anything you read

BILDBlog catches Bild out... It draws up from the vault nine bits of speculation about the future of Jürgen Klinsmann, all from the pages...

Fit college: St. Annes or Lincoln?

St. Annes? or Lincoln?

University rejects government academies

By Nadya ThormanOxford and Cambridge have rejected a government attempt to forge stronger links between universities and academies. The government has appealed to universities...

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