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COUNTDOWN TO COP26

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GUIDE TO A TURBULENT WORLD

ENCAENIA 2021

A view from groundlevel vertically upwards through skyscrapers, with an aeroplane flying above them

CAN WE REMOVE CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE?

18 October 2021

There is no ‘magic’ technology to solve climate change

Smoke emission from a chimney that spells 'CO2'

WHY NET ZERO (AND WHAT IS IT)?

18 October 2021

Investment is urgently needed into safer, permanent CO2 disposal, to reduce the burden of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and limit warming

JEANETTE WINTERSON CBE

14 October 2021

Recently in Oxford to receive an honorary degree at Encaenia, the novelist Jeanette Winterson (St Catherine’s, 1978) talks to QUAD about her memories of Oxford and current affairs

Photo of a 'Minty Beds' billboard covered lorry in Oxford's Botley Road

OXFORD NOT AS YOU KNOW IT

13 October 2021

Artist Arturo Soto (St Catherine’s, 2015) reflects from Mexico on his new art book about Oxford

A display of many different types of vegetables

HOW CAN WE EAT WITHOUT COOKING THE PLANET?

11 October 2021

Oxford’s diet and population health expert, Professor Susan Jebb maintains that ‘we cannot meet Net Zero targets without changing our diet’

Forest Leaves that form a map of the world

THE NATURAL WORLD IS CRITICAL TO CLIMATE

11 October 2021

The living world is not a sideshow in the climate debate. Our climate benefits from a healthy and flourishing biosphere, just as ecosystems and the diversity of living organisms depend on climate

Evening Skyline of Oxford featuring the Bodleian Library

OXFORD UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTED £15.7 BILLION TO THE UK ECONOMY IN 2018/19

7 October 2021

The University of Oxford contributed a total of £15.7 billion to the UK economy in 2018/19, a report by the economic research consultancy London Economics has revealed

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Professor Louise Richardson

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S ORATION 2021

6 October 2021

Professor Louise Richardson has delivered her annual Oration to the University in the Sheldonian Theatre

OFF THE SHELF: OCTOBER 2021

5 October 2021

Books for October

Promotional image showing a black male graduate student

OXFORD ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF GRADUATE ACCESS PROGRAMME

30 September 2021

A graduate scholarship programme aimed at under-represented groups at Oxford University is set to expand over the next 12 months, thanks to the generosity of external donors.

TRUE PLANET: COUNTDOWN TO COP26

29 September 2021

Discover Oxford's research for a changing world in an exclusive new video series

CAN FINANCE HELP THE CLIMATE?

27 September 2021

Dr Nicola Ranger is deputy director of the UK Centre for Greening Finance, a Government-backed organisation established to provide up-to-date analytics on the risks to the financial sector and investment of climate change