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Wadham College has celebrated the official opening of its new 'Back Quad' buildings, welcoming Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, to cut the ribbon.Lord Patten joined Alastair Locke on October 7 as well as more…

Since its launch in 2017, more than 1.5 million people, including students and teachers from around the world, have used this digital resource to engage with topics that they haven’t encountered before. The ‘Home of Big Questions’,…

Now in its third year, to-date Opportunity Oxford has supported 445 offer-holders in their transition from school or college to the University and helps prepare them for life as an Oxford student. Last month, nearly 190 students attended…

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recommends that patients with monkeypox who have severe disease requiring hospital admission are cared for in isolation rooms, with infection prevention and control (IPC) precautions that aim to…

The NIHR Oxford BRC, a partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust, will receive £86.6m over the next five years to fund 15 research themes.The NIHR Oxford Health BRC, a…

The road safety event demonstrates Oxford University's support for the Oxfordshire County Council's Vision Zero programme and its aim of cutting deaths and serious injuries on our roads to zero by the middle of the century. It will…

Poverty can be overcome with on-the-ground strategies enabling millions of people around the world to move out of ‘multidimensional poverty’, according to research published today by the United Nations Development Programme and the…

COVID-19 has caused a protracted shock to life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes unprecedented in the last 70 years, according to research published in Nature Human Behaviour from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for…

The EV Summit returns with the full institutional support of Oxford University, and Oxford City Council to power the progress of emobility. The two Oxford universities, and the city council, have pioneered technology and policy in the…

Excess salt consumption* increases the risk of high blood pressure and is thought to be responsible for at least 2.5 million deaths worldwide each year, mostly from strokes and cardiovascular disease (World Health Organization). Reducing…