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OXFORD BEST FOR SPIN-OUTS

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AUSTEN LETTERS DONATED

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Magnetic waves pictured in a diagnostic body scan of the neck and shoulder

NEW CANCER BLOOD TEST

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IRON INTEGRAL TO EARTH

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TREASURED JANE AUSTEN LETTERS DONATED TO THE BODLEIAN LIBRARIES

20 January 2022

Continued public access to a collection of writings by Jane Austen has been secured following their donation to the Bodleian Libraries and Jane Austen’s House

ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU

17 January 2022

Akaash Maharaj reflects on the day he met the late bishop and political leader of South Africa

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OXFORD IS A MECCA FOR CRIME FICTION…DISCUSS!

13 January 2022

Crime author Andy Griffee ponders the enormous quantity of Oxford-situated crime fiction, asking why the city seems so perfect a back drop for skulduggery and misdemeanour

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LEVERHULME TRUST AWARDS £10 MILLION TO NEW OXFORD CENTRE FOR NATURE RECOVERY

12 January 2022

Oxford centre aims to investigate how to halt and reverse ongoing nature and biodiversity loss

Refugee families, staff of the University and alumni and other volunteers met together at Wytham on Dec 28, 2021

AFGHAN REFUGEES ENJOY A FEW HOURS AT WYTHAM WOODS

9 January 2022

Just before the new year, the team at the University’s research woodlands, Wytham Woods, hosted groups of Afghan refugees

OXFORD NAMED BEST UNIVERSITY FOR SPIN-OUTS

9 January 2022

2021 saw Oxford crowned best for successful commercial spin-outs, measured over two decades

NEW CANCER BLOOD TEST SIGNIFIES MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH

5 January 2022

Oxford researchers have developed a new minimally invasive and inexpensive blood test that can identify cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms

The Vanelope, A Ford-donated Plug-in hybrid Transit Van, full of deliveries for Oxford Mutual Aid

THE DESIRE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER

22 December 2021

Oxford Mutual Aid sprang up with COVID but the needs it has addressed in the city show no signs of abating

The Old Road Campus healthcare research building at Oxford University. credit: Oxford University

£50M FUNDING FOR POONAWALLA VACCINES RESEARCH BUILDING

15 December 2021

The Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building is to be established at Oxford University following £50m funding commitment from Serum Life Sciences

IRON INTEGRAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE ON EARTH

7 December 2021

Researchers at the University of Oxford uncover the importance of iron for the development of complex life on Earth – hinting at the likelihood of complex life on other planets