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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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The Midlands? What’s that?

Name a city in the Midlands. Birmingham. Well done. Now name another one. Err… Having trouble? You’re probably not the only one. A friend...

Cyclists Get Caught

In a series of further crackdowns on illegal cyclists in Oxford, police have been issuing fines to any rider caught without lights on their...

Bonfire Night Statue and Round Up

A giant 25ft effigy is being created for Bonfire Night in a bid to raise money for charity.The wooden Guy Fawkes is being made...

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Book Review: Uglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit — Untranslatable insults, put-downs and curses from a

by Benjamin LeongUglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit falls unashamedly into the category of Books To Be Read On The Toilet, to fit behind the...

Oxford dons challenge CO2 limits

Oxford scientists have challenged the value of studies that try to calculate the effects of increased levels of carbon dioxide on the climate. ...

Tool-use for dummies

Tool-use in animals is often equated with intelligence. But Maja Choma wonders that if even pigeons can learn to use them, what does it...

Music Review: Vertigo

by Alexandra Paynter The first Vertigo this term had been dogged by misfortune; acts had backed out and new bands had to be found and...

Women’s Media: What is it? Do we need it?

A ‘women’s magazine’ for students in Oxford is currently being developed, but the project has been met with mixed reactions. Is there a need...

Park End to be Refurbished

One of the largest nightclubs in Oxford, Park End, is about the undergo a redesign.Over the next month, Park End will be transformed into...

Film Review: Interview

by Hayley MirekWe live in a culture obsessed with celebrity. The sheer number of gossip magazines demonstrates this, but it is somewhat disturbing to...

Film Review: Lagerfield Confidential

by Mary WaireriRodolphe Marconi’s Lagerfeld Confidential is an intimate portrait of one of the most iconic figures of the fashion industry. Born in Hamburg...

Sceneplay: Ran

by Ross PhilipsIn today’s cinema the truly epic battle scene has been replaced by computer generated images. Although the capabilities of CGI to create...

I thought technology was supposed to make your life easier. Now I’m not so sure.

A friend of mine from my summer at BusinessWeek recently moved to a new job at another magazine. They gave her a new email...

Clocks Go Back This Sunday

A reminder: don't forget to change all your clocks tomorrow (Sunday).

Pubcast Week 3: The Week in Drama and Interview with Oscar Wood

Our weekly drama pubcast returns with a roundup of the week in Oxford drama and an interview with Oscar Wood, director of 'Big Breathe...

Drama Review: Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath

It’s hard to imagine a static, single-act monologue being so gripping, but Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath is nothing short of a theatrical...

Women’s Blues Hockey

The Blues looked to kickstart their faltering start to the campaign bytaking on newly-promoted Cardiff in a top-tier BUSA South Premier clash.Oxford started brightly...

‘Cannot tell their left hand from their right’

That's how the people of Nineveh are described the Book of Jonah, but we might equally claim it about the Germans. Or at least...

Genre Bending: La Nouvelle ScÃ¨ne Rock FranÃ§aise

By Chantal Hadley The nouvelle scène is, well, pretty self explanatory. It’s new: many of the bands in it have only released their debut albums...

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