AI AND DEMOCRACY EVENT LAUNCHES INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS IN AI An expert panel discussion about AI’s interaction with democracy will mark the launch of Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics in AI today (16 February) 16 Feb 2021
'A GEOGRAPHICAL SLEIGHT OF HAND’ Reflecting on black history as British history, Christienna Fryar delivered Oxford’s Annual Black History Month lecture 6 Nov 2023
'HUMANS NOT JUST PATHOGENS’ How pandemics end has become a leading research topic at Oxford’s History Faculty, explains one of its leaders Professor Erica Charters 9 Jun 2022
100 YEARS OF OXFORD’S HISTORY OF SCIENCE MUSEUM The first weekend in March will celebrate one of Oxford’s greatest and least known collections 29 Feb 2024
100 YEARS OF TUTANKHAMUN One of the most famous discoveries in the history of archaeology is brought vividly to life in Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive, a compelling new exhibition at the Weston Library 24 May 2022
96% OF CLIMATE POLICY SINCE 1998 FAILED A landmark international study shows 1,437 fails and 63 successes, and why 23 Aug 2024
A RAY OF CLIMATE HOPE? Trees are shaping up as the best ‘carbon capture and storage’ opportunity, suggest preliminary results from an immensely important ongoing arboreal experiment. 17 Oct 2022
A SPIRAL GALAXY NEAR YOU NASA’s James Webb space telescope has produced some stunning images of spiral galaxies 15 Feb 2024
AFTER OXFORD, A CAREER: EIREANN STAUNTON (MANSFIELD, 2021) Eireann speaks to QUAD from the 2022 long vacation, having just completed her first year at Mansfield College, reading for a degree in geography 31 Aug 2022
AID AGENCIES DEBATE THEIR LEGITIMACY AT OXFORD CONFERENCE Leaders of Britain’s top aid agencies gathered at Oxford’s Nuffield College to discuss the future of UK charities. 7 Jun 2023
ALI KAZIM: SUSPENDED IN TIME A remarkable new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum combines new and old seen through the eyes of one of Pakistan's greatest living talents 14 Feb 2022
ALUMNI STORIES: ‘I WANTED TO SHOW HOW TECHNOLOGY COULD DISRUPT THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR AND LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR STUDENTS’ Joe Seddon (Mansfield, 2015) recently received The Diana Award for his work through his company Zero Gravity 13 Jul 2021
AN EXHIBITION TO START 2024 WITH You won’t dream the same after this intriguing aesthetic reflection on sleep paralysis and the cognitive games our minds play 2 Jan 2024
ANCIENT DNA EXTRACTED FROM 2,900-YEAR-OLD CLAY BRICK Revealing a time capsule of plant life, Oxford researchers have contributed to the first successful extraction of ancient DNA from a 2,900 year-old clay brick. 7 Jun 2023
ANOTHER WAR IS COMING… Former Chair of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce, Dame Catherine Bingham DBE (Christ Church, 1983), delivered the University’s Romanes lecture and called for root and branch change in government systems 24 Nov 2021
ANT QUEENS CANNIBALISE SICK OFFSPRING Instead of nurturing their sick young, ant queens eat their infected offspring at the first sign of illness 30 Sep 2024
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY Global Environmental Politics is poised to be transformed by Artificial Intelligence 15 Nov 2018
ASHMOLEAN: NEW EXHIBITION Artists Flora Yukhnovich and Daniel Crews-Chubb take inspiration from Ashmolean collections for a new exhibition 12 Jul 2023
ATTENTION AND MEMORY DEFICITS LAST FOR MONTHS AFTER BOUTS OF MILD COVID People who have had COVID-19 but don’t complain of long COVID symptoms in daily life nevertheless can show degraded attention and memory for up to 6-9 months 3 Feb 2022
BARONESS VALERIE AMOS APPOINTED AS MASTER OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE First-ever black College Head appointed at Oxford 5 Aug 2019
BARRY CUNLIFFE The great archaeologist talks about the guiding lights of his life’s work: connectivity and human interactions with the environment, and with each other 7 Jun 2023
BENEFIT FROM A LOW OR NO MEAT DIET Dr Mike Clark, Director of the Food Programme at the Oxford Smith School, discusses the environmental impacts of eating meat. 7 Feb 2024
BEWARE THE LOVE OF THE IN-GROUP Julia Ebner discusses her current research on violent political extremism 28 Oct 2024
BIG OIL MUST EARN ITS ‘MORAL LICENSE TO OPERATE’ Ahead of COP 26, climate change expert and DPhil student Stuart Jenkins (Wadham, 2014) is suspending his PhD to join the Oxford Net Zero group on a four-month Fellowship 14 Sep 2021
BIGGEST EVER METEORITE COLLISION SITE DISCOVERED IN THE UK Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles 10 Jun 2019
BLOOD CLOTS DURING COVID-19 MAY CAUSE ‘BRAIN FOG’ Scientists at the University have made big strides towards understanding the brain fog associated with long-COVID. 31 Aug 2023
BLUEPRINT FOR A CIRCULAR BATTERY ECONOMY Paul Shearing shares his notes on how Oxford is playing a major role in battery sustainability 30 Sep 2024
BODLEY'S LIBRARIAN – RICHARD OVENDEN Sarah Whitebloom profiles the man who oversees the Bodleian, glimpsing the future role of great libraries at the same time 23 May 2022
BODLEY’S SUMMER EXHIBITION IS A GIFT This free exhibition is a gift in itself, but also takes a look at the psychology of gift-giving, especially of the bookish variety 29 Jun 2023
BRILL BY NAME AND NATURE A University derived start-up, Brill Power, is making waves in the critical area of battery management 11 Jun 2024
BRITISH LIBERALISM ALIVE AGAIN Two former Oxford students have greatly amplified our knowledge of the hey-day of British Liberalism through the little known diary of a Cabinet Minister 19 Sep 2023
CAN FINANCE HELP THE CLIMATE? 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 27 Sep 2021
CAN SOLAR SAVE US? Developments in solar power are set to offer cheaper, better energy, reducing the impact of climate change 1 Nov 2021
CAN WE REMOVE CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE? There is no ‘magic’ technology to solve climate change 18 Oct 2021
CHAMPIONING WOMEN IN SCIENCE Experimental physicist Athene Donald discusses her new book examining why there are still far too few female scientists 1 Feb 2023
CO2-FIXING ENZYME MIGHT IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY New research led by the University of Oxford has found that rubisco – the enzyme that fuels all life on Earth – is not stuck in an evolutionary rut after all. 6 Mar 2024
CONNECTIVE CORAL IN THE INDIAN OCEAN New research points to a coral ‘superhighway’ across a million square kilometres of ocean 19 Mar 2024
DECARBONISING THE ENERGY SYSTEM BY 2050 COULD SAVE TRILLIONS, SAYS NEW OXFORD STUDY Going green will be vastly cheaper than fossil fuels, argues a remarkable new report by Oxford researchers 14 Sep 2022
DELAYED VACCINE DOSES LEAD TO HEIGHTENED IMMUNE RESPONSE TO SARS-CoV-2 Delayed second dose and third doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine lead to heightened immune response to SARS-CoV-2 29 Jun 2021
DIGITALISATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Recently appointed Professor Charlie Wilson heads the Energy programme at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute 22 Jul 2022
DIGITISING THE NATURAL WORLD A mini-series concerning Oxford’s digitisation of its collections starts with natural science, a critical way for understanding our world and its future 9 May 2022
DOES IT MATTER IF CHRISTMAS ISN’T HO HO HOLY? GRAHAM WARD ON SECULAR FESTIVITIES AND HIS LONG ROAD TO OXFORD A canon of Christ Church cathedral, Graham Ward is naturally looking forward to Christmas, but also to the secular celebrations. 19 Dec 2022
EVERY STORY MATTERS The English Faculty is collecting World War 2 memoirs and recruiting volunteers to help 16 Oct 2023
FAREWELL CHANCELLOR In a farewell interview the Chancellor shares some memories and extols Oxford as a force for good in the world 23 Jul 2024
FIRST DOSES OF OXFORD’S MALARIA VACCINE SENT Serum Institute of India ships its first set of R21/Matrix-M™ Malaria Vaccine doses to Africa 12 Jun 2024
FIRST FIND PURPOSE, THEN PROFIT QUAD talks to Colin Mayer about how to reform capitalism so it stops causing crises 4 Jan 2024
FOSSILS REVEAL A 100-MILLION-YEAR-OLD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DINOSAURS AND BEETLES A remarkable study shows how beetles once fed on the feathers of dinosaurs 19 Apr 2023
FULLY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME LAUNCHES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UKRAINE The Graduate Scholarship Scheme for Ukraine Refugees will provide financial support and welfare assistance to those whose lives have been badly impacted by war and extends the University’s well established tradition of support for refugee scholars 9 May 2022
GREEN LIGHT GIVEN FOR SCHWARZMAN CENTRE BUILD Oxford University receives planning permission for the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities 9 Mar 2022
HISTORIES OF MATERNAL LABOUR Sarah Knott gave the Ewen Green Memorial Lecture on the subject of ‘Histories of Maternal Labour.’ 23 Oct 2024
HISTORY MADE: OXFORD MALARIA VACCINE DEPLOYED Côte d’Ivoire makes history as first nation to deploy R21/Matrix-M™ Malaria Vaccine 16 Jul 2024
HOMINIDS BEFORE HUMANS Archaeology is solving huge mysteries about the evolution of humans, says a remarkable new book 19 Apr 2021
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED Nine people are to receive honorary degrees from Oxford University this year 24 May 2022
HONORARY DEGREES AWARDED AT ENCAENIA 2022 One of the world’s most highly cited ecologists, an American medievalist, and an award-winning British actor, comedian, television presenter, and philanthropist were among the nine recipients 22 Jun 2022
HONORARY DEGREES AWARDED AT ENCAENIA 2023 Recipients of honorary degrees at Oxford University’s Encaenia ceremony span the fields of science, politics, literature, journalism, and academia. 22 Jun 2023
HOW CAN WE EAT WITHOUT COOKING THE PLANET? Oxford’s diet and population health expert, Professor Susan Jebb maintains that ‘we cannot meet Net Zero targets without changing our diet’ 11 Oct 2021
HOW IS CLIMATE CHANGING OUR WEATHER? Dr Friederike Otto explains the influence of climate change on extreme weather events 22 Sep 2021
HOW THE BALEARIC SHEARWATER IS ADAPTIVE TO CLIMATE The endangered seabird shows surprising individual flexibility to adapt to climate change 30 Jan 2024
HOW TO MAKE A VACCINE IN RECORD TIME Find out more about Oxford’s work on a coronavirus vaccine 5 Nov 2020
HOW UKRAINE HAS KEPT THE LIGHTS ON Ukraine’s unique response to the Russian invasion has set a new blueprint for successfully protecting infrastructure during conflict and catastrophe, says Professor Daniel Armanios 31 Oct 2023
HOW WILL WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE CLIMATE? It is essential to accurately understand the threats; for governments, populations and for investors 3 Nov 2021
INNOVATION AT OXFORD Professor Chas Bountra, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation at Oxford, considers innovation at the University 15 Jun 2022
IRON INTEGRAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE ON EARTH 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 7 Dec 2021
IS THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT ELECTRIC? Transport is the third largest source of greenhouse gases in the world, says Professor Tim Schwanen, director of Oxford’s Transport Studies Unit, and there are no easy answers 27 Sep 2021
ITALIAN FASCISM REBUKED 28 October marks the centenary of Mussolini’s ‘March on Rome.’ Paul Corner debunks the tendency to go easy on Mussolini in a searing work of scholarship 5 Oct 2022
JANINA DILL The first Dame Louise Richardson Professor in Global Security discusses the state of the world and how good government matters more than ever. 4 Oct 2023
JOHN FULLJAMES APPOINTED INAUGURAL DIRECTOR OF OXFORD’S HUMANITIES CULTURAL PROGRAMME Oxford University announces the appointment of its first Director of the Humanities Cultural Programme (HCP). 1 Nov 2022
JOHN TASIOULAS ON ETHICS IN AI The Director of Oxford's new Institute for Ethics in AI outlines his strategy 2 Nov 2020
KNOWLEDGE UNDER ATTACK SAYS BODLEY LIBRARIAN The chief librarian for Oxford's Bodleian library has become a cyber campaigner 29 Oct 2020
LEARNING FROM THE END OF THE COLD WAR Oxford Cold War specialist Archie Brown reflects on the human actors who ended the Cold War 26 Nov 2020
LESS MEAT BETTER FOR ENVIRONMENT A huge dataset confirms that a vegan diet is dramatically better than a meat diet across a broad range of environmental measures including biodiversity 24 Jul 2023
LEVERHULME NATURE RECOVERY CENTRE LAUNCHED The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery was formally launched at an event held at the Oxford Botanic Garden on Monday 9 May 2022 10 May 2022
LEVERHULME TRUST AWARDS £10 MILLION TO NEW OXFORD CENTRE FOR NATURE RECOVERY Oxford centre aims to investigate how to halt and reverse ongoing nature and biodiversity loss 12 Jan 2022
LONG COVID DRUG TRIAL ADVANCES TO THE NEXT STAGE A drug to treat the fatigue from Long COVID is showing promise 18 Apr 2023
LORD PATTEN OF BARNES ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Lord Patten of Barnes announces his retirement as Chancellor of the University of Oxford 6 Feb 2024
MACHINE LEARNING HELPS MATHEMATICIANS MAKE NEW CONNECTIONS Mathematicians have teamed up with Google Deepmind to prove that AI can unlock mathematical theorems 2 Dec 2021
MAKING OXFORD A WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR REFUGEES Professor Alexander Betts discusses how the University is striving to create a community of welcome for refugees 9 May 2023
MALNUTRITION AFFECTS MALARIA TREATMENTS Children with acute malnutrition across Africa and Asia have a higher risk of treatment failure, finds new research 25 Apr 2024
MATCHING HER STRIDE TO 'HOMER'S NIMBLE GALLOP' Emily Wilson’s widely acclaimed new translation of Homer’s The Odyssey is the first in English by a woman 7 Dec 2017
MEETING MINDS, THROUGH BOOKS! QUAD takes a whirlwind tour of the book lovers’ approach to Meeting Minds 12 Sep 2022
MEMBERS OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY RECOGNISED IN THE KING’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2023 Services by members of Oxford University have been recognised and celebrated in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours list. 21 Jun 2023
MODELLING DISEASE: CHRISTL DONNELLY ON MAKING A DIFFERENCE We are all epidemiologists now - except we are not 3 Aug 2022
MOST CARE HOMES THAT GET SHUT DOWN ARE FOR-PROFIT A new analysis led by researchers at the University of Oxford finds that virtually all care homes forced to close in England are run on a for-profit basis. 13 Mar 2024
NEW CANCER BLOOD TEST SIGNIFIES MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH Oxford researchers have developed a new minimally invasive and inexpensive blood test that can identify cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms 5 Jan 2022
NEW INSIGHTS FOR SOLID STATE BATTERIES A new Oxford study could help unlock ‘game-changing’ batteries for electric vehicles and aviation 13 Jun 2023
NEW MEDICAL CHAIR ANNOUNCED The Richard Blackwell Pharsalia Professorship will enable a 'scientist surgeon' to lead the way in the treatment of colorectal disease 13 Mar 2019
OFF THE SHELF: APRIL 2024 This month counter-terrorism, art history, mystery novels, climate policy and complexity economics 4 Apr 2024
OFF THE SHELF: AUGUST 2023 This month Catullus, the Holocaust, making money from Space and a new biography of Oxford big beast philosopher J.L. Austin 26 Jul 2023
OFF THE SHELF: FEBRUARY 2024 Neuroscience unravels populism this month, plus hijacking to kayaking and much more besides 13 Feb 2024
OFF THE SHELF: JUNE 2023 This month, animal senses, the invasion of Ukraine, the symmetry of all things, how to edit your life and literary poisonings 5 Jun 2023
OFF THE SHELF: MARCH 2024 Hong Kong diaries, women in tech, espionage, Ukraine, and the biggest bank fraud in Dutch history 1 Mar 2024
OFF THE SHELF: MAY 2022 This month, a novel about female identity, a brilliant architectural history of Oxford and the re- translation of the original Bambi novel from 1923 4 May 2022
OFF THE SHELF: NOVEMBER 2024 This month Oxford at war, Margery Ord, criminality in New Mexico, a history of migration and Chilean student resistors 5 Nov 2024
OFF THE SHELF: OCTOBER 2023 Oxford spies, Hobbes, family unravellings, the evils of American mass incarceration and a wonderful poetry collection 17 Oct 2023
OXA IN THE DRIVING SEAT Newly honoured Paul Newman’s Oxford company Oxa is a rapidly growing global force in autonomous driving 4 Jul 2023
OXFORD ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF GRADUATE ACCESS PROGRAMME 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. 30 Sep 2021
OXFORD AWARDS HONORARY DEGREES FOR ENCAENIA 2021 Former United States First Lady and Secretary of State, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and the award-winning author, Jeanette Winterson CBE, were among the six recipients of honorary degrees at Oxford University’s Encaenia ceremony on 22 September 2021 24 Sep 2021
OXFORD CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF GREAT TIT RESEARCH AT WYTHAM WOODS For 75 continuous years, researchers have studied the great tit population in the University’s Wytham Woods. We explore the findings. 27 Apr 2022
OXFORD CELEBRATES THE ANTI-NAZI WHITE ROSE An enterprising tutor and group of Oxford undergraduates have published a fresh translation of a series of anti-Nazi pamphlets originally distributed in Munich in 1942-3 8 Aug 2022
OXFORD ESTABLISHES THE JONATHAN COOPER PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITIES A new professorship of the history of sexualities has been established in Oxford University’s History Faculty in association with Mansfield College 8 Feb 2022
OXFORD HISTORIAN SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE John Blair has transformed our view of the Anglo-Saxons 3 Jun 2019
OXFORD HISTORIANS APPLY AI TO TRANSFORM STUDY OF ANCIENT TEXTS Researchers from Oxford, Venice and Athens have teamed up with Google DeepMind 21 Mar 2022
OXFORD IS BEST UNIVERSITY FOR A RECORD 9TH TIME The University takes its ninth consecutive first position in the THES rankings 10 Oct 2024
OXFORD LAUNCHES NEW MULTI-DISCIPLINE ZERO INSTITUTE The University has launched the ZERO Institute (Zero-Carbon Energy Research Oxford) to tackle the challenges of an equitable, secure global zero-carbon energy transition 23 Mar 2022
OXFORD LEADS GREEN CHEMICAL HUB The University will lead a new Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Research Hub 22 May 2024
OXFORD LEADS NATURE POSITIVE UNIVERSITIES ALLIANCE TO REVERSE BIODIVERSITY DECLINE At the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), the University of Oxford and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced the launch of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance 11 Dec 2022
OXFORD MATHEMATICIAN ROGER PENROSE JOINTLY WINS THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their work on black holes 6 Oct 2020
OXFORD NAMED WORLD’S TOP UNIVERSITY FOR THE 7TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR 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 12 Oct 2022
OXFORD NOT AS YOU KNOW IT Artist Arturo Soto (St Catherine’s, 2015) reflects from Mexico on his new art book about Oxford 13 Oct 2021
OXFORD OPENS SOLAR-TO-HEALTH THIN FILM FACILITY New research facility is national and will help develop the next generation of advanced functional materials in applications from solar panels to electronics 29 Nov 2022
OXFORD PHILOSOPHER RECEIVES AWARD TO EXPLORE AI ETHICS Professor John Tasioulas has been awarded an AI2050 Senior Fellowship by Schmidt Futures. 15 Feb 2023
OXFORD PROFESSORSHIP IN VACCINOLOGY SECURED WITH £3.5 MILLION GIFT A generous gift of £3.5 million from Lakshmi Mittal and his family has secured the future of a critical professorship in vaccinology at the University 28 Jul 2020
OXFORD RECOGNISED AS A UNIVERSITY OF SANCTUARY Oxford University has received the University of Sanctuary award 12 May 2023
OXFORD RETAINS FIRST PLACE IN WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS Oxford University has topped the THE World University Rankings for a fifth consecutive year 17 Sep 2020
OXFORD ROADMAP LAUNCHED, TO MANAGE PLASTIC WASTE Oxford researchers have published a vision for a sustainable, circular economy of plastics 31 Jan 2024
OXFORD TO LEAD TIDAL ENERGY PROJECT The University of Oxford is to lead an ambitious £7 million project to help deliver tidal stream energy, boosting energy security and taking advantage of a huge natural resource in the UK 27 Jun 2023
OXFORD UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS RECOGNISED IN QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS The pioneering work of members of the University, including research into tackling the Coronavirus pandemic, has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 14 Jun 2021
OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR GIVEN TOP HONOUR Oxford University Chancellor appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter 25 Apr 2023
OXFORD UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTED £15.7 BILLION TO THE UK ECONOMY IN 2018/19 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 7 Oct 2021
OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION ANNOUNCES NEW CEO Oxford University Innovation (OUI) has announced the permanent appointment of Chief Executive Officer Dr Mairi Gibbs. 6 Jun 2024
OXFORD UNIVERSITY IS THE WORLD’S TOP UNIVERSITY FOR A RECORD EIGHTH YEAR Oxford University is the world’s top university for a record eighth year 27 Sep 2023
OXFORD UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES THE ASTROPHORIA FOUNDATION YEAR FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS The University of Oxford today launches an innovative new access programme, the ‘Astrophoria Foundation Year’, to help able students from disadvantaged backgrounds raise their academic standards and apply successfully to Oxford 4 May 2022
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WINS ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL Professor Timothy Palmer from Oxford University's Department of Physics, has received the Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal. 13 Jan 2023
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SUBMITS PLANNING APPLICATION FOR NEW HUMANITIES BUILDING A planning application for Oxford University’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities has been submitted to Oxford City Council 17 Nov 2021
OXFORD UNRAVELS SALVATOR MUNDI Scholarship is chasing the controversial work of art attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi 27 Aug 2019
OXFORD VACCINE REACHES TWO BILLION DOSE MILESTONE Researchers explain how an unprecedented manufacturing strategy provides a template for future global vaccine supply 17 Nov 2021
OXFORD'S NEW COLLEGE A landmark gift from the Reuben Foundation secures a bright future for Oxford’s newest college 6 Jul 2020
OXFORD’S NEW CENTRE FOR ENERGY MATERIALS RESEARCH A new state-of-the-art facility, the Centre for Energy Materials Research, was officially launched in May by the University of Oxford’s Department of Materials. 16 May 2023
OXFORD’S REF 2021 RESULTS SHOW LARGEST VOLUME OF WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH The UK Funding Bodies have published the outcomes of the recent national research assessment exercise, the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 12 May 2022
PIO ABAD AT THE ASHMOLEAN Artist Pio Abad reflects on the toxic legacy of empire, via artefacts drawn from Oxford collections 8 Feb 2024
PIONEERING NOBEL PRIZE WINNER HONOURED WITH BLUE PLAQUE IN OXFORD Biologist Niko Tinbergen honoured with a Blue Plaque at his Oxford home in Summertown 13 Jun 2022
PLASTIC WASTE: WHAT TO DO? The theme for the 2024 Earth Day on Monday 22 April was ‘Planet vs Plastics.’ Oxford University researchers commented on the global plastic waste crisis 24 Apr 2024
POETRY AND THE PUNDITS Poet Paul Gittins (Exeter, 1964) considers the return of rhyme and meter to poetry to Oxford, in the recent appointment of A.E. Stallings as Professor of Poetry 7 Nov 2023
PROF. JOHN GOODENOUGH WINS 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY Professor John B Goodenough, The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work at Oxford University on lithium-ion batteries 9 Oct 2019
PROFESSOR IRENE TRACEY NOMINATED AS NEXT OXFORD VICE-CHANCELLOR Professor Irene Tracey, currently Warden of Merton College, Oxford, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford 9 May 2022
PROFESSOR LOUISE RICHARDSON TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK IN 2023 She will continue as Vice-Chancellor at Oxford until the end of her seven-year term 18 Nov 2021
PROPOSED DESIGNS FOR THE SCHWARZMAN CENTRE FOR THE HUMANITIES UNVEILED The second public consultation for Oxford University’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities has launched 15 Jun 2021
PROTECTING HEDGEHOGS FROM ROBOTS Researchers led by the University of Oxford have developed a new test to assess how dangerous robotic lawnmowers are to hedgehogs. 16 Jan 2024
PURPOSE UNLOCKS PROFIT An Oxford professor discusses a blueprint for the reform of Capitalism 15 Jan 2020
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS RECOGNISE SERVICE FROM VICE-CHANCELLOR AND OXFORD COLLEAGUES Professor Louise Richardson becomes Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) alongside awards for other academics 1 Jun 2022
RAGE FOR AND AGAINST THE MACHINE Paula Boddington discusses the infant field of ethics for Artificial Intelligence, with Richard Lofthouse 15 Feb 2018
RAISE YOUR AMBITION AND DREAM BIG! Oxford’s Saïd Business School Dean discusses the rapidly evolving role of a business school, globally and locally 16 Jul 2024
REPLANTING FORESTS BENEFITS FROM DIVERSE SEEDLINGS Twenty-year study shows that replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration 16 Sep 2023
RESEARCH SHOWS BEES CANNOT TASTE LETHAL PESTICIDES New research from the University of Oxford has revealed that bumblebees cannot taste pesticides present in nectar, even at lethal concentrations. 22 Nov 2023
RESEARCHERS SHOW DYNAMIC SOARING IS NOT JUST FOR ALBATROSSES A new study shows how small seabirds, Manx shearwater, have mastered the art of working smarter not harder when soaring at sea 20 Jun 2022
REUBEN COLLEGE HEAD MADE LIFE PEER Reuben College President Lionel Tarassenko appointed as non-political life peer in the House of Lords 7 May 2024
SCHWARZMAN CENTRE ARTS DIRECTOR SPEAKS ABOUT THE HUMANITIES CULTURAL PROGRAMME John Fulljames speaks freely about his sky-high ambitions for Oxford’s first Humanities Cultural Programme 27 Feb 2023
SEVEN OXFORD ACADEMICS ELECTED BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWS Seven academics from the University of Oxford have been elected as 2022 Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their distinguished contribution to research 22 Jul 2022
SEVERE FLOOD THREAT CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE - LANDMARK OXFORD STUDY For the first time, researchers have proved human-caused global warming is directly responsible for creating a ‘critical threat’ of a devastating outburst flood 9 Feb 2021
SHAPING A BRILLIANT ROLE Alex Betts discusses his vision as the University's first Local and Global Engagement Officer 25 Oct 2023
SIMPLE PLEASURES: LI JIN WITH ROGER LAW Modern Chinese art enters the Ashmolean permanent collection via the man behind Spitting Image 13 May 2024
SIR PETER J RATCLIFFE WINS THE NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE 2019 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 7 Oct 2019
SOCIABLE GREAT TITS FEED MORE ADVENTUROUSLY A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has found that birds that are more social are more likely to use novel sources of food. 3 Apr 2024
SOLAR BREAKTHROUGH HERALDS ENERGY REVOLUTION New solar technology will make everyday objects a source of energy 13 Aug 2024
ST EDMUND HALL LAUNCHES £50m CAMPAIGN WITH A FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY Looking to the future with a new, progressive campaign 20 Jun 2022
ST JOHN'S COLLEGE OPENS NEW LIBRARY A magnificent library and study centre opens in October 3 Oct 2019
ST JOHN’S AND THE ST BRICE’S DAY MASSACRE November 13 is loaded with meaning for St John’s College, where the victims of a massacre in 1002 were rediscovered in 2008 20 Nov 2023
STEPHEN BLYTH Professor Stephen Blyth became Principal of Lady Margaret Hall in October 2022, returning to his native UK from a sixteen-year stint in the US. 28 Jun 2023
SUMMER EVENTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AT OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN Two weeks of July special events celebrating the UK’s oldest botanic garden 17 Jul 2022
SUSTAINABLE EATING IS CHEAPER AND HEALTHIER – OXFORD STUDY Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries, while ‘£1 Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study 11 Nov 2021
THE ASHMOLEAN'S WONDERFUL PISSARRO EXHIBITION The Ashmolean has launched a fabulous exhibition honouring French artist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) 17 Feb 2022
THE ERTEGUN FACTOR QUAD interviews Edmund Herzig, Director of Oxford’s flourishing Ertegun Scholarship Programme 22 Oct 2018
THE ERTEGUN PROGRAMME AT TEN Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins celebrates the achievements of the Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme as it enters its tenth anniversary year 14 Sep 2022
THE FINAL 25%: HOW TO TACKLE HARD-TO-REACH EMISSIONS Oxford publishes three reports addressing the 'Final 25%' of emissions required to achieve 'Net ZERO' 5 Aug 2021
THE MAN FROM ALL SOULS Oxford Moral Philosopher Derek Parfit is now the subject of a major biography 30 Mar 2023
THE MASSIVE VALUE OF THE HUMANITIES New research by Oxford University reveals how studying a humanities degree at university gives young people vital skills which benefit them throughout their careers. 22 Jun 2023
THE NEW HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON CHAIR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY Professor Brenda E Stevenson is an award-winning historian of race, slavery, gender, family, and conflict 26 Oct 2021
THE OXFORD AMNESTY LECTURES, A MEMOIR The first Oxford Amnesty Lectures were staged in Oxford 30 years ago. Stephen Shute remembers what happened 16 May 2022
THE OXFORD PHYSICIST BEHIND NET ZERO OFFERS THE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE Professor Myles Allen says it is entirely possible to remove CO2 from the atmosphere on an effective scale. 7 Nov 2022
THE ROLE OF OXFORD’S CHANCELLOR Notes for 26,000 alumni voting for the next Chancellor, 800 years after the first 16 Oct 2024
THE SCHWARZMAN CENTRE CELEBRATES BUILD PROGRESS Spoken word poetry, song and parkour performances took place on the building site for the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities 20 Sep 2023
THE STRANGE RISE OF ILLIBERALISM The 2023 Pharos lecture by John Gray put Liberalism under the spotlight 14 Nov 2023
THE VICE-CHANCELLOR ACTS ON HOMELESSNESS Come 12 October, Oxford’s CEO Sleepout will take place with the Vice-Chancellor taking part 26 Sep 2023
THESE THINGS MATTER New Bodleian Library exhibition These Things Matter: Empire, Exploitation and Everyday Racism presents six examples of artefacts from the Bodleian Libraries’ colonial collections and considers how oppression can be normalised. 23 Nov 2022
TIME FOR BIOLOGY - MIKE BONSALL ON ALIENS, BIO-THREATS AND COOL SCIENCE It's Biology's time now - the enthusiastically scary Professor Mike Bonsall talks aliens, bio-threats and cool science 1 Dec 2022
TOCILIZUMAB REDUCES DEATHS IN COVID-19 HOSPITAL PATIENTS The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) has demonstrated that an anti-inflammatory treatment, tocilizumab, reduces the risk of death when given to hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 16 Feb 2021
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL Oxford chemists have made a breakthrough towards successfully producing sustainable aviation fuel directly from air (CO2 source) and water (H2 source) 4 Nov 2021
TRAVEL THE WORLD’S AIR QUALITY Experience the air quality of five major cities this autumn with St John’s College and the Oxford Cultural Programme 23 Oct 2023
TREASURED JANE AUSTEN LETTERS DONATED TO THE BODLEIAN LIBRARIES 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 20 Jan 2022
UKRAINE EXPERT COMMENT, ONE YEAR ON Why did Russia invade Ukraine and who knew Ukrainians would be so resolute, asks Dr Marnie Howlett 24 Feb 2023
UNIV NORTH TAKES SHAPE Oxford’s first endowed college, University College, is building an extraordinary new development in North Oxford, Univ North. 9 Jan 2023
UNIVERSITIES INTO THE BREACH Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, explores the international response to Covid-19 and the role of universities, who are working with colleagues across the globe to understand the disease and protect our communities 14 Apr 2020
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S ORATION 2021 Professor Louise Richardson has delivered her annual Oration to the University in the Sheldonian Theatre 6 Oct 2021
WADHAM HEAD ON CYBER CRIME, SPYING AND AI Robert Hannigan went from Wadham to GCHQ and back again, now as Warden 20 Jun 2023
WARFARE, THE LAW AND ISRAEL International law experts condemn the exploitation of legal concepts in Israel, Gaza 23 Oct 2024
WE MIGHT BE DOOMED, BUT IT’S NOT A NEW IDEA Extinction is back on the agenda in all sorts of troubling ways, reports Richard Lofthouse 21 Feb 2024
WE'RE ALL PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE The academic field of existential risk is booming - should we worry? 2 Apr 2020
WEATHER WARNING REVOLUTION WITH AI A pioneering effort is transforming extreme weather forecasting 3 Jul 2024
WELCOMING A NEW PRINCIPAL TO ST HILDA'S Professor Dame Sarah Springman starts her post as Principal of St Hilda's College 21 Feb 2022
WHAT CAN NATURE OFFER FOR COP26, AND WHAT CAN COP26 OFFER FOR NATURE? The effectiveness of nature in fighting the impacts and drivers of climate change 3 Nov 2021
WHAT DO COUNTRIES NEED TO AGREE AT COP26? ‘How can we meet our long-terms goals, when our short-term targets fall radically short of what is necessary?’ asks Professor Lavanya Rajamani 3 Nov 2021
WHAT DOES BREXIT REALLY MEAN? It's the final convulsion of empire, say two Oxford academics 24 Jan 2019
WHAT NOW FOR UKRAINE? 24 months plus eight years: Ukraine’s war for independence continues, writes Oxford’s Dr Marnie Howlett 29 Feb 2024
WHY NET ZERO (AND WHAT IS IT)? Investment is urgently needed into safer, permanent CO2 disposal, to reduce the burden of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and limit warming 25 Oct 2021
WORLD-LEADING RECOVERY TRIAL EXPANDS TO FLU The RECOVERY trial, which discovered four effective treatments for COVID-19, has expanded to investigate treatments for influenza (flu). 30 Oct 2023
YAROSLAVA BUKHTA One of Oxford’s first Ukrainian scholars talks about her year in Oxford, and being President of the University’s Ukrainian Society 9 Jun 2023
£29 MILLION INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT CRITICAL BATTERY RESEARCH Four of the six workstreams receiving new funding towards next generation batteries involve Oxford researchers 17 Apr 2023
£4.5m GRANT FROM IKEA FOUNDATION TO BACK SUSTAINABLE FINANCE ACTION AT OXFORD Oxford's Sustainable Finance Group has won funding for four highly original projects aimed at re-aligning global finance with climate goals 22 Nov 2021
£50M FUNDING FOR POONAWALLA VACCINES RESEARCH BUILDING The Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building is to be established at Oxford University following £50m funding commitment from Serum Life Sciences 15 Dec 2021
‘A SERIOUS ACT OF SUBVERSION’ Kate Bernstock discusses her research of a black female criminal in 18th century London 21 Oct 2022
‘LET’S JUST KEEP GOING!’ Renowned clinician PG Roy discusses breast cancer, and the plans for a charity fashion show in the Examination Schools, Oxford. 10 Jun 2024
‘LIVING WELL WITHIN THE NATURAL WORLD…’ One of Oxford’s greatest public intellectuals, Alister McGrath considers how we can find hope in a newly reawakened concept of natural philosophy 1 Nov 2022
‘MADE IN OXFORD’ VICE-CHANCELLOR PROFESSOR IRENE TRACEY SETS OUT HER VISION Professor Irene Tracey CBE, FMedSci has set out her vision for Oxford’s future as she is formally admitted as the University’s 273rd Vice-Chancellor, expressing her ambition ‘to be an advocate for Oxford like no other.’ 10 Jan 2023
‘MICHAEL FISH WAS A GODSEND’. DISCUSS World famous physicist Professor Tim Palmer (Wolfson, 1974) discusses his life’s work, distilled into a remarkable book aimed at the general public 5 Oct 2022
‘WE’RE ALL TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS’ The University is working with Oxford’s other big employer, car manufacturer, BMW Group, in an innovative fellowship scheme aimed at graduate students. 15 Nov 2022