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Richard Lofthouse considers Oxford’s latest traffic furore, the role of local policy towards global climate ambitions, and whether Network Rail is a secret superhero.

First-ever black College Head appointed at Oxford

A shell pink shrub rose to celebrate their 400th anniversary

In a series of powerful 'hopes' for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the University have recorded wishes and warnings in videos and written messages for the delegates to COP27.

Corpus Christi College gets the green light for new library extension

Oxford men's teams celebrate wins in the Boat Race and Varsity Rugby

The Ellison Institute of Technology has secured the future of the historic Oxford pub

Oxford's Japanese kiln needs volunteers

Oxford University receives planning permission for the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Ring in the Year of the Ox in Oxford style with a set of five Chinese New Year digital stickers

Hop into the Year of the Rabbit in style with Oxford’s digital stickers

Usher in a roaring Year of the Tiger with Oxford’s meticulously designed digital stickers

The University launches its fifth fund, OUIF V*

Oxford's Anagama kiln will be firing throughout April this year

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2023 King's Honours list

The Bodleian Libraries and other museums across the University have answered a call to donate their Personal Protection Equipment to key workers and frontline healthcare professionals

A drug to treat the fatigue from Long COVID is showing promise

The ancient collections of Hebrew texts, which includes stunning illuminated manuscripts and important historic works

From a henge monument around Keble to 1640s Royalist defence works, a major new historical atlas of Oxford has thrown up some surprises, says Julian Munby.

Ahead of COP 27, Oxford authors cycled to London to co-launch a Greta Thunberg book about the climate crisis

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2019 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2020 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2021 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford members included on the 2022 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni and academics included on the 2023 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni and academics included on the 2024 New Year Honours list

Two renowned Oxford artists, Kassandra Isaacson (Ruskin, 1976) and Peter Rhoades (Ruskin, 1958), open a joint exhibition in Summertown

Oxford are rapidly preparing a COVID-19 vaccine trial in the Thames Valley Region

200th commercial spin-out from Oxford University Innovation

The University has launched a new centre of global research collaboration and excellence

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their work on black holes

The University of Oxford has been named the best university in the world for a record seventh consecutive year in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023

Oxford Nightline was founded in 1972 by Bridget Day, and celebrates its half-century birthday in April, a special conference taking place at St Hilda’s College on April 30.

Alumni attending Meeting Minds with an electric car will be able to charge at one of Europe’s top sites

Oxford progresses towards a new, world-beating cancer therapy

Find out more about Oxford’s work on a coronavirus vaccine

Oxford University has received the University of Sanctuary award

A test that works in 30 minutes will help health authorities globally

New funding will drive the creation and growth of transformational businesses built on ground-breaking Oxford research

Oxford’s SDG Impact Lab has partnered with easyJet holidays and the BMW Group to help deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Potential COVID-19 hotspots can be identified using a new online tool from Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science

In collaboration with AstraZeneca plc Oxford announces its candidate vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019, is effective at preventing COVID-19

A landmark gift from the Reuben Foundation secures a bright future for Oxford’s newest college

Parkwalk’s latest fund will invest in science and tech spinouts from the University

Pembroke has announced the next Master of the College

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2019 Queen's Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2020 Queen's Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2021 Queen's Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2022 Queen's Honours list

Havel's Place, in University Parks, has been restored using a special wood

Said Business School welcomes pitches in start-up competition

Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University and Director of Clinical Research at Francis Crick Institute, London, has today been announced as a winner of the

A magnificent library and study centre opens in October

One term into her tenure as Oxford’s new Vice-Chancellor, Irene Tracey updates alumni on progress so far.

25 July will see the start of many events connected to the 400 year anniversary of the Oxford Botanic Garden

Countdown to the 2023 Boat Race on 26 March has begun – here’s a preview…

Professor Brenda E Stevenson is an award-winning historian of race, slavery, gender, family, and conflict

The University has ambitious new environmental plans

Solidarity sculpture for Ukraine goes up in Broad Street

Oxford’s first endowed college, University College, is building an extraordinary new development in North Oxford, Univ North.

Victorian churchman John Henry Newman has been declared a saint by the Vatican

New research into the HIV-1 virus has shed light on the evolution of viruses

Oxford has collaborated with Blenheim Palace to research the real benefits of social prescription

The graduate college by the Cherwell is forging ahead with a remarkable plan to achieve net zero by 2024

A new state of the art institute for antimicrobial research is to open at Oxford University thanks to a £100 million donation from Ineos

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

The University is working with Oxford’s other big employer, car manufacturer, BMW Group, in an innovative fellowship scheme aimed at graduate students.