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I’m a PhD student in the Physics Department, working on improving seasonal forecasts of global weather: accurately predicting the…
My name is Elodie Freymann, and I am a New York-born, London-based scientist and natural history storyteller. In 2019, I…
I got interested in Geology and Earth Science because I love nature and environmental sciences, and in particular I…
I am wildlife conservationist born and bred in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. After pursuing my undergraduate degree in Biotechnology…
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I’m a social scientist turned epidemiologist researching how human behaviour influences infectious disease transmission. Specifically, I am interested in…
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I obtained my bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Nanyang Technological University. I then completed my D.Phil in the…
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I am a Marine Biologist interested in animal behaviour and human-wildlife interactions. Through researching animal behaviour, it’s enabled me…
I’m interested in the biochemistry of the food we eat and of the crop plants we grow for food.…
I am generally interested in how brains work, but I find the insect brain to be especially interesting because…
I have lived in Asia, the US, and Europe, working with the remarkably diverse coastal ecosystems of different regions.…
I have always been interested in what brings us joy. What is it about the sight of an infant…
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I am interested in insects and I study their diversity, ecology and evolution. I have always loved animals, and…
During my undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at Wellesley College (MA, USA), I spent a year as an exchange student…
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Hi, I’m Morgan! I’m currently studying for my PhD at Oxford on a project which looks to improve a…
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I always liked microbiology during my university course in Biomedical Sciences – it was always the most “hands on”…
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I am doing my PhD at the University of Oxford, researching the human immune response to virus infections. The…
Yu’s broad area of research is in nature-based solutions for coastal resilience under climate change. Her current focus of…
Barbara Rossi joined the University of Oxford in March 2019 as Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Engineering Science…
In its simplest form, I’m a marine biologist, and I have long been fascinated by this microbial soup (that…
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“With a background in metamorphic petrology, I look to apply my expertise to ore deposit systems related to battery…
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I’m a computational neuroscientist in the first year of my DPhil (PhD) at Oxford. I first started studying the…
I am a researcher focusing on the links between food, environment, health, and economics. I am particularly interested in…
I am a researcher focussing on the links between food and the environment, and how changes to our food…
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I’ve been so fascinated by origami, i.e., its origin as art, its magic in maths, and its potential for…
I started doing tricks on scooters when I was 13 and I was hooked. A few years later, when…
I studied Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, which is where I first came across pain research. I thought…
I am a final year medical student at McMaster University in Canada, taking a sabbatical from MD studies to…
During just 5 – 10 million years following the ignition of a star, the giant cloud of material that…
After graduating from the University of Cambridge as an Economist, I moved to Beijing for two years where I…
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I enjoyed both maths and physics at school as they explain how the world works, and some amazing teachers…
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I’m originally from Lisbon, Portugal where I finished my degree in 2006. My first real contact with science was…
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I am a final year DPhil student studying clinical neuroscience at Oxford. My first encounter with neuroscience was when…
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I can’t remember a time I’ve not been excited by science and maths! The universe is just so amazing…
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Nicola has a peculiar fascination with blood vessels! Through her research, she hopes to understand how they form in…
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I’m an evolutionary biologist and work mostly with big reptiles, like crocs, birds and dinosaurs. I’m one of those…
Medicine is a great place for subjects to meet: sciences like anatomy, physiology and pharmacology meet statistics and economics,…
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Colin is the Professor of Sleep Medicine at the University of Oxford, where he is Director of the Experimental…
In primary school I really liked the parts of science class that dealt with the planets, objects melting and…
I’m Australian and completed both my undergraduate degree and PhD at the University of Sydney. I came to Oxford…
My background includes a BSc. in Environmental Science at the University of Sheffield and a PhD from Imperial College…
I’ve always been interested in how things work, and as a kid had fun building little robot arms and…
I am the Professor of Applied Statistics in the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. I am also…
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Seth went to Harvard for his BA in computer science and maths. After graduating, he spent a few years…
Sean completed his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford and recently finished his DPhil in…
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I got interested in the effects of alcohol on the brain for two reasons. First, in my work as…
Bryony is a clinical researcher who investigates the experience of hearing voices. One of the most fascinating aspects of…
My research has focussed on the development and evaluation of surgical implants and technologies, including joint replacements, minimally invasive…
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I received my bachelor’s degree in 1996 from Claremont McKenna College, a small liberal arts college in California. I…
I studied as a medical student in Cambridge and did my PhD in London at Imperial. I am now …
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I am a Professor of Statistical Machine Learning at the Department of Statistics of the University of Oxford, a…
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I have been interested in plants since I was little. And later I heard that there is a place…
Thomas Woolley became interested in maths as he found it fun and it was a common language across the…
I currently study cyber harm propagation in organisational threat intelligence sharing, drawing on law, computer science, and the social…
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After completing his degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Clarence went on to pursue a Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering…
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When I was younger I was constantly asking questions about the natural world and that never really stopped! I…
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I’ve been interested in aviation and space for as long as I can remember. I’m Australian and trained in…
I’ve always been captivated by animals and the natural world. I decided to become a conservationist after studying Environmental…
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Sneha Malde undertook her first degree at Oxford, studying physics. After graduating she started training to be an accountant,…
I studied Zoology at Cambridge but always had an affinity for computing since learning to program the ZX Spectrum…
Jennifer is the Director of Statistical Consultancy in Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. She has a…
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Barbara is the Director of Lancaster University’s internationally-renowned Centre for Environmental Magnetism & Palaeomagnetism, in the Lancaster Environment Centre.…
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Rachel completed her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford followed by a DPhil in Clinical…
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Kate Watkins loved the sciences as a student, but wasn’t sure which area to focus on. By choosing to…
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I am a Radcliffe Scholar in Plant Sciences reading for a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Restoring our…
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Tim Coulson carried out his PhD at Imperial College, London, before conducting post-docs at the Institute of Zoology, London,…
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Hugh Watkins initially trained in medicine, mostly in London but with a spell in Oxford, with the expectation of…
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Victoria grew up in Lesotho and South Africa and has always had a passion for wildlife and protecting the…
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Researchers from the University of Oxford surveyed a representative group of 10,382 UK adults. It was the most comprehensive…
Advice for parents during humanitarian crises based on research by Oxford experts has been adapted for families affected by…
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ESRC’s Executive Chair Stian Westlake said, ‘[This] is our opportunity to recognise the remarkable achievements of outstanding social scientists,…
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The Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI) has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for innovation in autonomous robotic technologies. This…
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The IMF in collaboration with University of Oxford researchers today [15 Nov] launched ‘PortWatch’, a new online portal a…
Western values are admired around the world, according to the landmark poll of 21 countries, but many nations no…
Glox Therapeutics, a company pioneering the development of precision antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance, has raised £4.3M in early-stage…
In the first real-world trial of the AI tool, it was found to improve treatment for up to 45…
The study, funded by the BHF and supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), could be the…
Alongside the echidna’s rediscovery, the expedition – a partnership between the University of Oxford, Indonesian NGO Yayasan Pelayanan Papua…
The research from Oxford’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI) and UNICEF, concludes official policy responses aimed at…
The SCGC Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology (SCGC-FIRST), opens today. The SCGC-FIRST will be administered…
Dr Lord, a senior researcher in food system economics with Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute, found nearly 75% of the…
The researchers analysed 246 recordings of doctor-patient conversations and found that subtle aspects of communication, like word choice and…
2 November 2023, Oslo, Norway and Oxford, UK – The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the University…
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Leading AI nations in attendance have reached a world-first agreement establishing a shared understanding of the opportunities and risks…
An international team of researchers has found new archaeological and genetic evidence which transforms our understanding of the history…
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The research team projected Brazil’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions up to 2050 under different policy scenarios through an integrated…
Brent Mittelstadt, Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford: ‘In his speech…
A team of over 200 researchers around the world, involving multiple health and scientific institutions, led by the University…
This study will test the responses of cells in lymph nodes before and after immunisation with flu and COVID-19…
It is amazing that, even with a relatively simple brain, bumblebees are able to make such complex energetic decisions.…
Nico Rosberg, founder of Rosberg Philanthropies, entrepreneur and 2016 Formula One World Champion, enjoyed a busy day at the…
The highly ‘complementary’ nature of AI skills (they can be combined with a wide range of other, often valuable,…
Professor Bond has made significant contributions in developing econometric methods for analysing complex datasets (known as panel data or…
Researchers from the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Big Data Institute, Pandemic…
A new concert performed by the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, features music by a composer who perceived musical keys as…
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Thirty local school pupils will spend one day a week at Oxford University, trying a range of different sports…
The model, named EVEscape, works by predicting the likelihood that a viral mutation will enable it to escape immune…
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Oxford Professor Andrew Thompson this week joined survivors, activists, business leaders and international diplomats as commissioners of a government-backed global…
Greater transparency and data on OUI’s research commercialisation efforts will help unlock a more diverse range of investors and…
The data from this report were published by the collaboration in May 2023. The full report, which is considered…
The Ellison Scholars programme, announced today by the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), will find and fund students and…
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford has shown for the first time that it is possible…
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The University of Oxford has launched a new global collaboration backed by £8 million funding from UK Research and…
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Alan Bernstein, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto and former inaugural president of the Canadian…
Lead researcher Andrew Wood (Department of Biology, University of Oxford). Andrew Wood, a DPhil student in the University of…
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The Gradel Institute of Charity, based in New College is the first of its kind. Miles Young, Warden of New…
Researchers from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford, along with colleagues at Cambridge University…
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The Centre of Excellence will be co-directed by Professor Constantin Coussios, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and…
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A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that natural evolution of antibiotic resistance genes has…
· R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts…
Anthropologist Dr Julia Ebner has been nominated for her insightful doctoral research, which is already having significant impact –…
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The quality of Oxford’s world-leading teaching has been recognised by the Office for Students’ scheme, which awarded the University…
The quality of Oxford’s world-leading teaching has been recognised by the Office for Students’ scheme, which awarded the University…
The University of Oxford has once again topped the Times Higher Education World University Rankings as the best university…
The Governing Body of Worcester College is delighted to announce that it has accepted a major donation of £30 million from…
Generative AI could drive a wave of potential opportunities for the technology value stack, according to researchers from the…
Wind and solar can provide significantly more energy than the highest energy demand forecasts for 2050 and nearly ten…
King Charles presented President Emmanuel Macron with the Oxford edition of Voltaire’s Lettres sur les Anglais (Letters on the…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of patients on the trial showed a higher burden of abnormal findings involving the…
A major new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum promises to take visitors on a vibrant journey through the revolution…
This advance marks a significant step towards the fabrication of materials with the full structure and function of natural…
One of the rivers sampled for the study, located in England, UK. Image credit: Dania Albini. Rivers are crucial…
Researchers led by Professor Willem Kuyken at Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry compared the mental health difficulties and well-being…
An international group of scientists, including botanists at the University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden, has issued an urgent call…
‘I have really bad meltdowns where I just want to be back to normal […] I do half days…
The Faraday Institution remains steadfast in its commitment to identify and invest in battery research initiatives that hold the…
The Centre will boost research and teaching in the humanities at Oxford University and provide a new home which…
MERS is a viral illness caused by MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – from the same viral family as COVID-19 –…
The index establishes clusters through analysis of patent-filing activity and scientific article publication, documenting the geographical areas around the…
The index establishes clusters through analysis of patent-filing activity and scientific article publication, documenting the geographical areas around the…
‘I try not to think about it too much,’ he laughs. ‘But it is a great honour.’ ‘This is…
The experiment was set up by the University of Oxford’s Professor Andy Hector and colleagues over 20 years ago,…
A tree-planting ceremony took place today (Monday 18 September 2023) at Begbroke Science Park, marking the completion of major…
The review, conducted jointly with researchers from Oxford University, the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, and the Princess Anne…
The report highlights persistent inequalities for mothers and babies from ethnic minorities and areas of deprivation which contribute to…
Now in their 12th year, the Breakthrough Prizes are renowned as the ‘Oscars of Science,’ and were founded by…
The research, from the Nuffield Politics Research Centre in collaboration with the Resolution Foundation shows, for the first time,…
A University of Oxford study has administered a new vaccine against tick-borne virus Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) to volunteers…
This is closely followed by using two forms of nicotine replacement therapy at the same time, such as a…
Professor Amy Dickman. Credit: Lion Landscapes Co-lead author and Director of WildCRU Professor Amy Dickman said: ‘Lions are one of the…
Professor Richard Walker (Department of Earth Sciences) describes the background to the devastating 8 September 2023 Morocco earthquake, which…
Poor metabolic health was defined as having three or more of the following conditions: high waist circumference, high triglycerides,…
TP53 (tumour protein 53) is the most frequently mutated gene in human cancers. In this study, the authors investigated…
Today (07/09/2023) the UK and the EU have successfully reached an agreement allowing the UK to re-join the EU’s…
Professor Emma Smith (Faculty of English), Professor Henrietta Harrison (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies) and Professor James…
Today, the European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awarding of 400 Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars…
Dr Max Taquet and colleagues from the University of Oxford, along with the University of Leicester looked at blood…
Oxford Open Doors returns on Saturday and Sunday, September 9-10, and this year’s theme of ‘Everyday Oxford’ will be…
Enlarged version of the droplet power source, for visualisation. 500 nL volume droplets were encapsulated in a flexible and…
Botanist Dr Chris Thorogood with pitcher plants at Oxford Botanic Garden. Credit: Chris Thorogood. Pitcher plants (genus Nepenthes) are…
All students (new and returning) are asked to ensure their vaccinations are up to date before arriving in Oxford…
All students (new and returning) are asked to ensure their vaccinations are up to date before arriving in Oxford…
Professor Hagan Bayley FRS receives the Buchanan Medal for founding Oxford Nanopore Technology, the highly successful biotech company. Professor…
The study, published today in The Lancet Digital Health, analysed anonymised data from 11.6 million women aged 20-90 from…
The clay brick from the National Museum of Denmark and the five points from which the samples were derived.…
Households hit by very hot weather can struggle to maintain food supplies in a matter of days rather than…
Thousands of students from across the UK have been celebrating their exam results. The University of Oxford is delighted…
Researchers in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford have today unveiled a…
The Oxford Africa Conference explored frameworks for realising Africa’s prosperity and addressing the continent’s pressing challenges with findings published…
Lemn was inspired to get involved by work done by one of my colleagues, Gina Crivello, a key member…
The Lunar Trailblazer mission will improve our understanding of our natural satellite and how we could harness its resources…
This centre will be a part of The Pavilion, the first building within MOWAA’s creative district located in the…
Human cells contain approximately 20,000 protein-encoding genes. However, the actual number of proteins observed in cells is far greater,…
The independent Oxford study, published by the Royal Society, used well-being data from nearly a million people across 72 countries…
According to the research, published in Science Advances, ancient water management traces are captured in the limescale deposits which…
The award-winning OxSTaR team, part of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, have been pioneering the use of simulation-based…
The University of Oxford is continuing a partnership with Formula 1 to offer scholarships to talented undergraduate engineering students…
The study analysed the incidence of invasive bacterial disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus…
Seven months ago, Social Sciences Division put out a call to its academics: would you like to make a…
The ION SCV004 satellite, on which the machine learning models were run. The image shows the satellite releasing CubeSats…
Phase IIb and phase III trials in Burkina Faso, have demonstrated high efficacy levels and a reassuring safety profile…
Over the last ten months, community groups and organisations across Oxfordshire have been working with researchers and staff facilitators…
A new digital trail through Oxford University’s gardens, libraries and museums aims to highlight positive steps – addressing climate…
More than $122 billion of economic activity – $81 billion in international trade – is at risk from the…
More than $122 billion of economic activity – $81 billion in international trade – is at risk from the…
In an exceptional year, the 12 Oxford academics are among 52 new Fellows from UK universities. The British Academy…
Artistic conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierre. The seemingly empty spaces in our…
Cancer Research UK is investing the money over the next five years into a partnership between Oxford’s Oncology Clinical…
By commercialising this technology, we aim to enable the development of safe, sustainable, and cost-effective synthesis of fluorocarbons worldwide. We…
Routine brain scanning in people experiencing psychosis could help to identify underlying physical conditions that are causing their symptoms,…
The Greater Green Leaf Bird, a species likely threatened by international trade but not included in trade protections. Image…
Preliminary analysis of the immunological trial results demonstrates the induction of high frequencies of broadly specific T cells that…
The researchers stress, the forecast rises are a conservative estimates of likely temperature impacts and do not include extreme…
The researchers stress, the forecast rises are a conservative estimates of likely temperature impacts and do not include extreme…
However, according to the 2023 release, 1.1 billion out of 6.1 billion people internationally (just over 18%) live in…
Stefania Benonisdottir, lead author of the study and a Doctoral candidate from the Big Data Institute, explains, ‘Currently, most…
Stefania Benonisdottir, lead author of the study and a Doctoral candidate from the Big Data Institute, explains, ‘Currently, most…
‘Who do you think you are?’, written by Professors Andrew Thompson and Mike Aaronson made tough reading for the…
Representatives from academia, industry, policy and civil society are gathering in Oxford next week to discuss the latest scientific…
Led by Dr Ghada Alsaleh, researchers will have direct operational connection to the International Space Station (ISS) to follow…
Led by Professor Kam Bhui at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry, researchers in the UKRI-funded BioAirNet programme,…
In a paper published in the Journal of Infection, the researchers report that a mixed schedule using a full…
Britain’s top aid charities must take urgent action if they are to continue to be relevant and legitimate, according…
Harrison Steel, Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, and Institute of Biomedical Engineering Research Assistant…
Calls for joined-up thinking behind a transport policy have been put forward for decades, but progress has been limited.…
Professor Craig MacLean. Credit: John Cairns. The study’s findings challenge the traditional view that people are generally infected by…
Fishing equipment entangled on a coral reef at 100m depth. Credit: Luiz Rocha © California Academy of Sciences. Plastic…
Dickinsonia, one of the oldest animal fossils from the Ediacara Biota, Ediacaran Rawnsley Quartzite Formation, Australia. 560–550 million years…
Professor Denise Lievesley, CBE, has been appointed by the Cabinet Office to lead an independent review of the UK…
We want our exhibit to inspire visitors to think about how they experience and make sense of the uncertain…
CoTide will deliver the understanding, tools, and data to support the progressive and step change reductions in cost and…
The term “unicorn” is given to companies valued at over $1 billion dollars and there are around 1300 active…
The report, called ‘The Value of the Humanities’, used an innovative methodology to understand how humanities graduates have fared…
It is widely known, young people tend to vote less than older people: this is well-established in most democratic…
Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor for the University of Oxford, and Tanesha Allen examine the competition entries. Established in 2018,…
The Princess met Professor Barlow and health visitors taking part in the study yesterday, when she visited Riversley Park…
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a major controller of the cardiovascular system and a key player in the…
A study conducted by researchers at Oxford Population Health has found that women who are diagnosed with early stage…
The globally-agreed mission to curtail climate change will be impossible unless governments, authorities and the largest companies urgently strengthen…
The University of Oxford’s Professor Michael Bronstein and Professor Alison Noble have been awarded prestigious UKRI Turing AI World…
Professor Sir John Irving Bell is appointed a Companion of Honour (CH) in the King’s Birthday Honours list. Professor Sir…
At the heart of Beacon’s mission is Professor Robert MacLaren, a distinguished academic leader in the world of ophthalmology…
At the heart of Beacon’s mission is Professor Robert MacLaren, a distinguished academic leader in the world of ophthalmology…
Professor Mark Brouard, Head of the Department of Chemistry, said: ‘We are delighted that so many of our academics…
Alcohol consumption is estimated to be responsible for about 3 million deaths worldwide each year, and it is increasing…
Recipients of honorary degrees at Oxford University’s Encaenia ceremony today (21 June 2023) represent the fields of science, politics, literature,…
The total fertility rate fell from 1.94 in 2010 to 1.55 in 2021, according to data from the Office…
Significantly improved electric vehicle (EV) batteries could be a step closer thanks to a new study led by University…
Professor Dame Carol Robinson. Photo credit: Carol Robinson. Dame Carol Robinson, Dr. Lee’s Professor of Chemistry and Director of…
The programme is an opportunity to explore, experience, engage and investigate the future possibilities and the ethical implications of…
The SYMPLIFY study is the first large-scale evaluation of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test in individuals who presented…
Professor Matt Cook, the UK’s first Professor of LGBTQ+ History at University of Oxford Taking up his post in…
Published in JAMA Network Open, the findings revealed that smoking abstinence between weeks nine and 24 was associated with…
Oxford’s annual Admissions Statistical Report has been published today and reflects the consolidation of Oxford’s recent progress to ensure that those…
The third annual Spotlight on Spinouts report, sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, highlights Oxford’s remarkable achievement in…
The study, published in BMJ Medicine, is the most comprehensive assessment of medication safety during the Covid-19 pandemic in…
Dr Newman probed data on athlete’s height, weight and performance and studied the data on all-time great baseball players,…
The new Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of…
Reading among 9–10-year-olds in England has remained consistent despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research today from Oxford University’s Department…
Dr Matthew Patterson. Image credit: University of Oxford. New research led by the University of Oxford has found that…
Baroness Amos, the former politician, diplomat and Master of University College, and Lady Angiolini, the former Lord Advocate of…
His was not the first such intervention. In March, an open letter was circulated, signed by Elon Musk and…
In his new role as the University’s Local and Global Engagement Officer, Professor Alex Betts will work to advance…
The University of Oxford has undertaken a review of its relationship with the Sackler family and their trusts, including…
Developing better connections between ethnic minority patients and health care professionals could deliver more positive health care experiences for…
Oxford University has received the University of Sanctuary award in recognition of its sustained commitment to being a place…
Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, speaking at the launch event for the Centre for Energy…
They have been selected for their substantial contributions to the advancement of science in various fields and are as…
The Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professorship, attached to St Catherine’s College and created thanks to a generous donation by Sir…
Autoimmune diseases occur when the normal role of the immune system in defence against infections is disturbed, resulting in…
For decades, scientists have been investigating how to recreate the versatile computational capabilities of biological neurons to develop faster…
The new Sanctuary Fair 2023 will provide an opportunity for everyone to learn more about refugee and displacement issues,…
The research, which analysed over 23,000 songs that reached the UK weekly top charts in the last 70 years,…
Widespread use of intelligent algorithmics and dynamic pricing by online retailers, puts the public at risk of ‘adversarial collusion’,…
Scientists are busy preparing. For example, the ‘100 day mission’ involves the aim to develop a vaccine within 100…
Professor James H Naismith FRSC FRSB FRS FRSE FMedSci MAE is to become the new Head of Oxford’s Mathematical,…
Special services and livestreaming events will be held at Oxford University to give thanks and celebrate the historic occasion…
At the Encaenia ceremony, degrees will be awarded to Professor Frances Arnold, Michelle Bachelet, Lyse Doucet, Professor Stephen Furber,…
Scientists believe little more than 10% of the species that live in our seas have been found and that around…
The camps were identified using satellite images. According to the research team, they may have been part of a…
The University of Oxford has partnered with other institutions and investors to agree terms which will greatly increase the…
The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, The Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH, has been appointed a Knight…
Intensive pig and chicken farms could be acting as reservoirs of bacteria resistant to both last defence antimicrobial drugs…
Two fully funded scholarships for Black British postgraduate students have been made available through the University of Oxford’s Black Academic…
This week, 35 applicants have received offers to study at the University on a one-year fully funded course that…
Whilst data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees showed that 5.8 million people in Ukraine crossed the…
For many years, researchers have been mystified about how the northern elephant seal, (Mirounga angustirostris), one of the world’s…
Our findings demonstrate that beetles and feathered theropods have interacted since the Mesozoic, and shed light on the evolutionary…
This is one of the first randomized double-blind placebo controlled trials of a potential long COVID treatment – AXA1125.…
This marks the first regulatory clearance for the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine for use in any country. The successful registration…
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has announced a £12…
Writing in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the researchers developed and tested the tool using the anonymised health records…
The ERC is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research, and the ERC Advanced Grants are amongst…
The ‘Orchestrating Numeracy and the Executive’ (The ‘ONE’) programme bridges educators’ needs and recent evidence, to train early years…
Hampton Gaddy. Image credit: Nuffield College and David Fisher. Historical demographers have thought that the 1918 influenza pandemic caused…
The project, known as ORIGIN (Optimising cultural expeRIences for mental health in underrepresented younG people onlINe), will run from…
Growing the battery industry is vital to positioning the UK as the best location in the world to manufacture…
Over three years and three phases, the team from the Faculty of Law will create an online database that…
Findings showed that while school closures may reduce COVID-19 transmission, they were also associated with negative impacts on children’s…
The Varsity Match – the annual rugby union match between Oxford and Cambridge universities and one of sport’s longest-running…
The companies have raised over £6 billion in investment and created over 9,000 jobs. The milestone cements the University’s…
Cambridge’s men wrestled back their Boat Race title from Oxford in a closely fought event, with their women counterparts…
The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act passed into law today, a major step in unlocking growth and innovation in…
Previous studies have shown that use of the combined contraceptive pill, which combines oestrogen and progestogen, is associated with…
Misophonia is a strong negative reaction to common sounds, which are usually made by other people, and include breathing,…
A science-inspired competition inviting entrants to create an artistic response to Oxford research is back for a third year,…
Florence I. ‘Cuppy’ Otedola, an internationally successful DJ and music producer, who has recently completed her graduate studies at…
The research team made up of scientists from the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and the Max…
When it comes to the conservation of turtles and crocodiles, we are dealing with a critical scenario. Furthermore, our…
In all 15 research studies reviewed for the paper, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, there…
Kate Mavor CBE will become Master of St Cross College from September 2023. Kate Mavor has been the Chief…
Up to 25% of public sector employees in the UK do some form of night work. Similar numbers in…
Next week in Oxford [20-21 March], the first Social Sciences Impact Conference in five years takes place, bringing together…
A drawing in the Ashmolean’s collections that has now been attributed to Albrecht Dürer is just one of the…
Our process combined statistical microbial ecology surveys, remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles, and machine learning to map, model,…
The appointment of Rev Canon Professor Sarah Foot PhD, FRHistS, FSA as Dean of Christ Church, has been approved…
Their study included DNA from 60,600 women with endometriosis and 701,900 without. It revealed compelling evidence of a shared…
Today’s report on promoting safer sleep for babies, particularly focuses on families facing significant adversity, who may be receiving…
The latest findings from the ProtecT trial are presented at the European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress in Milan…
Researchers and clinicians in Oxford have begun an evaluation of artificial intelligence software that could help pathologists diagnose prostate…
Lago Morejon with Volcano Uturuncu in the background at the altiplano in Bolivia. Image credit: Shutterstock. The global shift…
It was an honour to present my research in Parliament at STEM for Britain 2023. Personally, this event provided…
One such company is Omass Therapeutics which spun out of the Department for Chemistry in 2016. It utilises high-resolution…
Professor Chas Bountra, Oxford’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, welcomed the announcement, saying, ‘We have incredibly talented social scientists here…
This breakthrough in secure communications promises unprecedented levels of security and efficiency to its users, who may enjoy a…
Spun out of the University of Oxford in 2016 by Professors Stephen Roberts and Michael Osborne, Mind Foundry has…
These findings are a great step forward towards producing next-generation nerve guides that emulate the nervous architecture and possess…
Communications systems research is a critical area that underpins the whole future digital society and forms part of a…
East Africa is much drier than other tropical land regions, including the Amazon and Congo rainforests. The geography of…
The findings demonstrate that fertility is affected by diverse biological mechanisms, which contribute to variations in fertility, and directly…
Scientists tend to move from one country to another to advance their careers. But researchers from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for…
The UK is currently providing a team of roughly 100 emergency medical personnel with a field hospital and clinic…
The University of Oxford has opened applications to the Professor of Poetry, founded in 1708 and regarded as one of…
The University of Oxford has opened applications to the Professor of Poetry, founded in 1708 and regarded as one of…
The largest building project ever undertaken by Oxford University got underway last week (February 23), and now that spades…
Researchers from the University of Oxford have contributed to a major international study which has captured a rare and…
Russia’s invasion has been downplayed by states critical of Western policies, as resembling the interventions in Iraq (2003) or…
Helium gas is essential for many essential functions, including the operation of MRI scanners. Image credit: Shutterstock. Dr Anran…
In May 2022, just over two months after the war in Ukraine started, Oxford announced the launch of a…
According to the research, a typical reduction in rainfall of 50mm per month mm can also cause displacement to…
There are two key concerns about coronaviruses that demand better vaccines today. New COVID-19 variants continue to emerge, evade…
Many explanations have been given for why Vladmir Putin decided to launch an invasion, often citing NATO expansion and…
The new research, published today [22 February 2023] in Nature Communications, is the most comprehensive evaluation of the NHS…
Dr Lulu Shi, postdoctoral researcher, Oxford Internet Institute and departmental lecturer, Oxford’s Department of Education, says, ‘Our research suggests,…
In the year since, I have reviewed evidence for the Russian action, such as exists. With hindsight, what seemed…
Professor Richard Walker. Image credit: Dr Claudia Bertoni. Two weeks after the earthquake, the initial frantic race to find…
Oxford expert Dr Vlad Mykhnenko and Dr Manuel Wolff from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have studied the sudden and acute…
Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS, Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls…
The deduction is that this is an individual who is prepared to use extreme violence to achieve his goals,…
Wellcome has awarded Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry £16.5 million for the STEP (Stratification & Treatment in Early Psychosis) programme,…
Dr Dan Challender with a Sunda pangolin Manis javanica. Image credit: Dr Dan Challender. Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are…
Easy-to-understand evidence-based information in Turkish and Arabic has been rapidly produced for social media-use, by international parenting experts, to…
Nico Rosberg, sustainability entrepreneur and Formula 1 champion, has launched a new charitable enterprise to support innovation and environmental…
This city-centre construction project is the first launched under the joint venture that led to the formation of Oxford…
Since 24 February 2022, Russia has been waging a full-scale war against Ukraine. This attack has led to numerous…
Professor John Tasioulas, Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, has been awarded an AI2050…
I vividly remember the day when I counted 16 growth rings in the microscope. I was completely overwhelmed and…
Where once facts, evidence and rationality were the path to knowledge, now the logic of feeling, of ‘my truth’…
The 2022 release of a collared leopard into the North Ossetia (Central Caucasus), Russia. Image Source: Pavel Padalko. As…
Associate Professor Patrick Rebeschini. Image credit: Department of Statistics, University of Oxford. Professor Rebeschini said: ‘The ERC Consolidator Grant…
The new diagnostic test could replace current methods that are limited to testing for only one infection, such as…
Oxford has joined forces with the University of Cambridge to support Target Oxbridge’s Year-10 programme, which offers 14- and…
Early aspirations were for a potentially world-leading law which could keep children safe and tackle the worst online harms.…
The connection between climate change and the spread of infectious disease is often overlooked, or not made at all.…
According to the research, violent deaths are responsible for a high proportion of the differences in lifetime uncertainty between…
Amber Therapeutics, a company spun out from the University of Oxford in 2021, applies a research system which uses…
Researchers from the Herring group in Oxford’s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics have developed a blood test that measures…
If authorities succumb to the pressure of the demands for data, clean air/low/zero emissions zones could be at risk…
The study – the largest of its kind – also found having just one moderate-to-severe concussion, or traumatic brain…
According to the paper, A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning, ‘We…
According to the paper, A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence on learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘The…
A scanning electron microscope image of the shell of the planktonic foraminifera species Globigerinella adamsi. This specimen was collected…
Mrs Tribich had been a child captive and is one of the shrinking number of witnesses and survivors of…
The study indicates that pharmaceutical and public health interventions remain important to protect children and young people against COVID-19.…
A survey of over 2000 British adults has found that public trust in science, particularly genetics, increased significantly during…
Head of Department, Professor David Paterson, said: ‘The Japan Prize is a major international prize that correctly recognises the outstanding…
Oxford is part of a network of 17 ECMCs across the UK which work in conjunction with local NHS…
Despite their small size, insects can be phenomenal jumpers, capable of leaping many times their body length with astonishing…
The lymphatic system is a network of vessels that branch out throughout the body, and play an important role…
More than 20 global CDR experts, led by Dr Steve Smith, from Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the…
To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant on maternal and neonatal outcomes the researchers studied 1,545 pregnant…
The model simulated the movement of both land-based and marine types of plastic pollution across the world’s oceans. This…
Programmable nucleic acid-based therapeutics have come of age at pace during the pandemic, with billions of doses of mRNA…
Professor Perkin’s research focuses on the diverse properties that fluids can exhibit, depending on their chemical composition. Seawater, biological…
Ports are crucial for the economy; they handle the vast majority of globe trade, are important hubs for industry…
The Gold Medal is the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour and can be awarded for any reason, but usually…
The paper, Extended producer responsibility for fossil fuels, was written by an team of international experts, including Oxford Professor…
Globally, many species face severe population declines as a result of human pressures, with African lions being no exception.…
This week sees the launch of two major Oxford SDG Impact Lab programmes in 2023 – the easyJet holidays…
Dr Phil Grünewald (left) and Dr Tina Fawcett (right). EDOL will investigate how energy demands may change in the…
Oxbotica, a leader in autonomous vehicle software for businesses, has raised US$140 million Oxford Ionics, whose innovations are taking…
‘Dear Chancellor, family, friends and colleagues, I stand here today, as surprised as no doubt you are, that after…
‘Irene Tracey is the 273rd Vice-Chancellor of this University since the rollcall began in 1230, and only the second…
Speaking at her Admission Ceremony, Professor Tracey spoke of her pride at being asked to lead her hometown University…
Warming is projected to intensify these hazards ten-fold globally under the highest emission pathway, says the report, published in…
The treatment was, however, associated with a faster recovery time and reduced viral detection and load – participants who…
Professor Marian Knight has been appointed a MBE for services to Maternal and Public Health. Professor Marian Knight, Professor…
A vaccine scientist from the University of Oxford recently received the prestigious Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish…
Last month, the students travelled to the United States with representatives from the education outreach charity to complete final…
A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, finds that logged rainforests are treasure-troves of healthy ecological…
A study involving University of Oxford researchers used high-resolution satellite imagery to investigate how plant diversity affects elephant movements.…
The University of Oxford has been selected to help deliver the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further…
More than 40,000 doses of Oxford’s Ebola vaccine have been manufactured by SII (Serum Institute of India) in just…
The Academic Futures programme, which aims to address under-representation and help improve equality, diversity and inclusion in Oxford’s graduate…
Researchers say more awareness is needed across a range of health, social care, and school-based services in how to…
Researchers and conservation experts reinforce the need for ambitious targets by 2030 to focus, motivate and finance actions to…
Accurate, 3D maps of buildings are valuable assets for many different purposes, from preserving historic sites to mapping disaster…
The app, Haate Haat (which means hand-to-hand in Bengali), was developed as part of a project to explore how…
In the past months, the rapid deployment of generative AI technology such as DALL-E2, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have…
The Nature Positive Universities Alliance brings higher education institutions together to use their unique power and influence as drivers…
As world leaders, government negotiators, scientists and conservationists gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, to agree to halt…
Funded via the ESRC Education Research Programme, the project, which is being led by the Department of Education in…
Time is running out to halt and reverse biodiversity loss – international cooperation and governance on biodiversity and nature…
A new study led by the University of Oxford is the first to quantify the day-to-day barriers that conservation…
The new scholarship, enabled by founding and principal donor XTX, launches in memory of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani.…
The most recent Economic Activity and Social Change in the UK Reports suggest a slowdown in several labour market…
The new scholarship launches in memory of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani. A £2.48 million gift from founding and principal…
Since COVID-19 reared its head in December 2019, the global scientific community has developed several effective vaccines against the…
Tobacco smoking is projected to cause one billion deaths worldwide this century, mainly in low and middle income countries…
Contemporary artists have shared their thought-provoking responses to six artefacts from the Bodleian Libraries’ colonial collections for a new…
Contemporary artists have shared their thought-provoking responses to six artefacts from the Bodleian Libraries’ colonial collections for a new…
Polarised Light Microscopy image of polyester textile fibre found in one of the Antarctic samples. Image credit: Nekton 2022.…
The NTCF addresses a key research need by being one of the first facilities in the UK to provide…
A new scholarship scheme providing financial support to graduate students displaced by the war in Ukraine has been made…
Before the pandemic, there had been a steady but notable upward trend in young people’s sense of well-being across…
The telescope’s array of highly sensitive instruments was trained on the atmosphere of a “hot Saturn” – a planet…
This year’s funding totals €636 million, with grants awarded through a highly-competitive process. Overall, just 14% of applications were…
According to the research team, led by Oxford University’s Department of Biology, applying these findings could save lives, as…
Professor Lavanya Rajamani, professor of international environmental law and a country adviser during COP27, said, ‘The establishment of the…
The ceremony represents an important milestone in the single biggest capital project ever carried out at Oxford University. It…
A new study published by University of Oxford researchers in an open-access journal, JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, shows that…
Small particles in the atmosphere also birth clouds, whether they are crystals of sea salt from the Southern Ocean…
A vaccine developed by the Oxford Vaccine Group’s Prof Teresa Lambe and supported in clinical trials and manufacture scale-up…
Meteorites can offer an invaluable window into the early solar system, since most originate from asteroids that formed…
Research led by the University of Oxford, and funded by Cancer Research UK, has found the strongest evidence yet…
Prominent figures from the literary world came together, alongside students from the University of Oxford, for an event in…
‘They should be co-owners and agenda-setters of the climate process, but that is not the case now, gender is…
Next, among the NRI’s top 10, network ready nations, are Singapore, Sweden and the Netherlands. Europe is the leading…
The study, published in the journal Cancer Discovery, describes a new method using human stem cells grown in a…
Glucose metabolites (chemicals produced when glucose is broken down by cells), rather than glucose itself, have been discovered to…
Simon Reuben and David Reuben have been presented with the Sheldon Medal in recognition of their support for students…
Homicide deaths accounted for the largest disparity among young adults, and were 20 times as high for black males…
Kaya Axelsson, who is a technical author for the guidelines, says, ‘People are tired of having the wool pulled…
The study involved analysing social network data from a population of non-captive macaques on the island of Cayo Santiago,…
In a powerful new video message, the Oxford professor of Geosystem Science, who established the need for ‘net zero’…
In a powerful new video message, the Oxford professor of Geosystem Science, who established the need for ‘net zero’…
Only by curbing all motorised transport, particularly private cars, as quickly as possibly can we tackle the climate and…
Setting out a new roadmap to net zero, the HLEG report states, ‘There have been 29 disasters, which cost…
The research, published in The BMJ and funded by the Wellcome Trust, Royal Society and National Institute for Health…
Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported findings from a study that investigated whether previously identified correlates…
A collaborative study led by the University of Oxford as part of the UK’s 100,000 Genomes Project, published in…
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-last-best-hope/id1511930470So entrenched have been previous battles between the two parties that, in 1861, it ended in Civil War trenches.…
A phase I/IIa clinical trial that the University of Oxford collaborated on has demonstrated that a T-cell therapeutic HIV…
At 57km high (35 miles), the ash cloud generated by the eruption is also the first to have been…
A new study published in the journal Science Advances sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct…
The European Union will present a united front in favour of ambitious climate action at the forthcoming United Nations climate change conference in…
John has been a director for more than 20 years, collaborating with leading performers, dance companies and visual artists…
In a series of powerful ‘hopes’ for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the University have recorded wishes and…
Fossil specimen (left) and diagram (right) of Gangtoucunia aspera preserving soft tissues, including the gut and tentacle. Image credit:…
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from the University of Oxford, in partnership with Pancreatic Cancer Action…
Professor Natalia Ares. Image credit: John Cairns. Quantum technologies are based on a bizarre feature of the subatomic world…
In a series of powerful ‘hopes’ for Egypt, 20 leading researchers from across the university, have recorded wishes and…
The University of Oxford is hosting Taoiseach Micheál Martin T.D., Prime Minister of Ireland to deliver its annual Romanes…
The University of Oxford is hosting Taoiseach Micheál Martin T.D., Prime Minister of Ireland to deliver its annual Romanes…
Running from October to December 2022, Oxford’s Egypt Season will explore the rich cultural, archaeological, artistic, and political history of…
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced $3 million in new funding for Global.health (G.h) – a first-of-its-kind, open-source platform for…
Illustration showing NASA’s InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. On 24 December…
The consortium will be led by the Pirbright Institute and the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, but researchers from across…
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a programme of Schmidt Futures, aims to accelerate the…
Published in world-leading journal Nature Energy, the research was carried out by a team of 40 African researchers and…
It is one of just 29 Synergy grants being awarded by the European Research Council today, from 360 applications.…
The tiny skeleton discovered on the Isle of Skye, called Bellairsia gracilis, is only 6 cm long and dates…
Video evidence from Nekton science cameras aboard the Omega Seamaster II submersible, combined with collected biological samples and extensive…
COVID-19 saw the rapid acceleration of workplace information and communication technologies, and the promise of remote work leading to work…
Excess salt consumption* increases the risk of high blood pressure and is thought to be responsible for at least…
Awarded by the Leverhulme Trust, Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise the achievement of outstanding research scholars whose future career is…
If you were to travel from Arctic Canada and head south down the Rocky Mountains into the US towards…
The road safety event demonstrates Oxford University’s support for the Oxfordshire County Council’s Vision Zero programme and its aim…
Millions of people around the world must be enabled to leave ‘multidimensional poverty’, shows research published today by the…
COVID-19 has caused a protracted shock to life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes unprecedented in the last…
In their findings published in Nature Medicine, the researchers found people carrying an allele (version) of an HLA gene…
The NIHR Oxford BRC, a partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust,…
Now in its third year, to-date Opportunity Oxford has supported 445 offer-holders in their transition from school or college…
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford has unveiled plans to launch its new ‘Oxford Black Leaders Scholarships’. They are…
The EV Summit returns with the full institutional support of Oxford University, and Oxford City Council to power the…
Since its launch in 2017, more than 1.5 million people, including students and teachers from around the world, have…
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recommends that patients with monkeypox who have severe disease requiring hospital admission are…
A new online Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Research, the first of its kind at Oxford, will offer researchers…
Professor Patel (KJ) will provide scientific leadership for the charity’s activities and ambitions, and he joins at an important…
Lord Patten joined Alastair Locke on October 7 as well as more donors and friends of Wadham College to…
Other illustrious winners of the Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana or the Knight of…
The University of Oxford has been named the best university in the world for a record seventh consecutive year…
Research led by Oxford University is the first of its kind to study tiny dust molecules in the nuclear…
In the study, which is published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection, the researchers took throat swabs and assessed the…
The University of Oxford is to join the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, as part of the…
Human aerosol emissions have a cooling effect on the planet, because they can make clouds brighter by providing extra…
As a respiratory disease, COVID-19 infection mainly affects the lungs. While most people recover completely, a significant number of…
Part of the Government’s research and knowledge exchange body, the Economic & Social Research Council, has today announced the hotly-contested…
Dr Anders Bach-Mortensen, Carlsberg Foundation Visiting Fellow from Oxford’s Department for Social Policy and Intervention, says, ‘It is well…
Oxford is less set in stone than it looks Colleagues, thank you for being here. I would like to…
The GII report states, ‘Historic data, plus the global economic recession, would have led one to expect a prompt…
Every day, we are asked to rate our feelings on a scale of one to 10: how happy are…
The Russian invasion has precipitated humanitarian challenges not seen in Europe since the Second World War. It has also…
The investment will enable Optellum to scale its base, operations, and commercial launches in the UK and USA; accelerate…
The researchers, led by Senior Clinical Researcher Valeria Frighi at the Department of Psychiatry, looked at rates of fracture…
Main image: Professor Kia Nobre (left) receiving the Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science with Charlene L de Carvalho-Heineken (right),…
In a newly-published study, a team of researchers in Oxford University’s Department of Materials led by Harish Bhaskaran, Professor…
The result of the five-year PEAK Urban project, involving more than 100 international researchers, the course was launched at the…
In a series of three Lectures to be broadcast on BBC Four in late December, Dame Sue will share…
A new study using MRI has revealed structural brain changes in children with developmental language disorder (DLD), a common…
Bluebell Capital Partners has made an initial donation to the Black Academic Futures programme at Oxford University, which will…
What does it take to make a vaccine? How do birds fly? Why would you take a plant to…
Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered previously unknown details about how changes in the brain contribute to…
Now in their 11th year, the Breakthrough Prizes are renowned as the ‘Oscars of Science,’ and were founded by…
This summer, more than 130 students from across the UK experienced what it’s like to undertake postgraduate study at…
When blood pressure is monitored over 24 hours, individuals can be divided into three groups according to their blood…
Published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, the paper is a collaboration between academics from Oxford’s…
Highly Commended These awards recognise work from across the University including the gardens, libraries and museums and represent partnerships…
The University of Oxford has secured a top spot in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023…
Transitioning to a decarbonised energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least $12 trillion,…
Yasin Almalioglu, who completed the research as part of his DPhil in the Department of Computer Science, said: ‘The…
The authors report from a Phase IIb randomised, controlled, double-blind trial conducted at the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro…
The new study, involving the University of Oxford, Imperial College, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, the Centers for…
A project led by the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford is looking for contributions to a…
Led by Dr Michael Fradley, a team of researchers in the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North…
Led by Dr Michael Fradley, a team of researchers in the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North…
Oxford Open Doors returns this month and once again Oxford University and its Colleges are joining in with numerous…
The inaugural OX to ZERO summit on Thursday 1st September will feature experts from a variety of fields dedicated…
The study demonstrated that muscle pain or weakness is common in adults, regardless of whether they take a statin…
The first Optiver Foundation Scholars will begin their studies at Oxford in October 2023. Scholars will join the Departments…
The planet in question, called WASP-39 b, is a hot gas-giant planet orbiting a sun-like star 700 light-years away…
The Oxford team found that in 2020 life expectancy for Hispanic and Black males saw major set-backs of 4.5…
Taking place between 4 September and 7 October, the Nekton Maldives Mission will deploy two of the most advanced…
• The study, in six countries, followed 3,500 babies and their mothers from early pregnancy to childhood• The growth…
• The study, in six countries, followed 3,500 babies and their mothers from early pregnancy to childhood• The growth…
Monkeypox, a member of the smallpox family of viruses, has historically been rare outside west and central Africa. However,…
The Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Team receive the Copley Medal, thought to be the world’s oldest scientific prize, for their extraordinary…
The research was undertaken by Dr Caroline Brighton, a post-doc with the Oxford Flight Group in the Department of…
The University of Oxford is delighted to congratulate the many students who have successfully met their Oxford offer, and…
Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, the new study from the University of Oxford and the National Institute for Health…
A team of Oxford students have won the StEP Ignite 2022 award, the University of Oxford’s Student Entrepreneurship Programme. …
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Reading – in collaboration with awareness-raising organisation Sensory Spectacle – are hosting…
Understanding which cells give rise to which areas of cancer can improve our understanding of how a tumour has…
The alternative approach to clinical practice, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, was developed by health practitioners and suicide prevention…
A study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published by…
Every year, almost 7 million potentially serious bacterial infections are estimated to occur in newborns, resulting in more than…
MiroBio, an Oxford biotech spinout focused on therapeutics for inflammatory diseases, is set to be acquired by global biopharmaceutical…
Data from 221 companies, the majority from the FTSE 350, forms the foundation of the report UK Business Values…
The causes of most cases of Alzheimer’s are currently unknown, but there is growing evidence to suggest microbial organisms…
A revolutionary new hand prosthesis powered and controlled by the user’s breathing has been developed by researchers at the…
An injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the prime of their lives…
The RAB001 trial was conducted at the University and is the first time the novel rabies vaccine has been…
In an experiment built upon three decades of fundamental research, experimental work at the Department of Physics, University of…
Researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Materials, working in collaboration with colleagues from Exeter and Munster have developed an…
This merger presents new opportunities which will further enhance Oxford’s educational and research strengths in bioscience, bringing together world-leading…
Over the past four weeks (26 June to 27 July), approximately 1,200 state school students from across the UK…
Traditionally, investigating this has been challenging due to the lack of reliable methods to measure biological aging. In addition,…
The research, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, found no ‘causal link’ between gaming and poor mental…
A multidisciplinary team led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh has found that wild red deer…
Founded in 1902, the British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. It is…
Although Oxford’s meteorological records go back 250 years, to before the French Revolution and even the American war of…
Although Oxford’s meteorological records go back 250 years, to before the French Revolution and even the American war of…
The largest increases in weight loss attempts were seen in boys, older children, Asian children, and children from lower…
Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), the independent investment company created to found, fund and build transformational businesses based on University research, has…
The University believes that this has been – and continues to be – achieved through our partnership with AstraZeneca,…
The new study, published in The Lancet, and funded by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, is the…
Scientists from seven research institutions including the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh have used pioneering bioinformatic…
The Oxford University Racing team joined teams from around the world this month to take part in the IMechE…
Coming as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings major challenges to the sector, the survey report gives an extraordinary ‘peek behind the…
Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Paediatrics have discovered that infection can increase a baby’s sensitivity to pain, which may…
In partnership with the World Jewish Congress, UNESCO and the UN sought to measure the extent of this phenomena…
The Institute spans three research disciplines, cardiovascular science, neuroscience and immunology, and will foster multidisciplinary collaborations. The IDRM is…
Researchers from Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Exeter, Kings College London, University College London and Pennsylvania State University…
Three University of Oxford academics have become the latest to join the 1,900 eminent life scientists in Europe and…
As of July 2022, uncertainty persists as waves of SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge. Over time, new virus variants arise…
The Institute will harness the University’s research excellence as well as its global research collaborations and partnerships developed over…
The Fields Medal recognises outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement. Often described…
Ten years ago, on 4 July 2012, an international collaboration of particle physicists announced to the world that they…
Researchers led by members of Oxford University’s Department of Biology have found rare colonies of the wild ancestors of…
This is a huge challenge. There is a significant learning curve facing the groups that will have to design…
This is a huge challenge. There is a significant learning curve facing the groups that will have to design…
This is a huge challenge. There is a significant learning curve facing the groups that will have to design…
Obesity was flagged as a risk factor for severe COVID-19 early in the global pandemic. The UK’s vaccine programme…
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano in January 2022 was one of the most explosive volcanic…
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that hawks control their flight to ensure the safest landing conditions…
Led by Benjamin Goodair and Dr Aaron Reeves, the study found, since 2014, out-sourcing has been associated with an additional 557 deaths…
An Oxford researcher has been honoured by the Muslim community for her outstanding work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sagida…
Josephine Agyeman-Duah, a DPhil student at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, has been named as the…
Thousands of young people from around the UK have visited Oxford over the past two days (29 and 30…
In recent years, improvements in life expectancy have stalled in many high-income countries, and even declined for those in…
Professor Seddon’s intervention comes after the words ‘nature-based solutions’ were left out of the COP26 commitment last November. Nature-based…
DPhil Systems Engineering student Nadja Yang is recognised for the award on International Women in Engineering Day. The 2022…
Encaenia is held annually and is the ceremony at which the University of Oxford awards honorary degrees to distinguished…
Jones and colleagues said their recommendation of 20 minutes per day may be more attainable for teens, as well as…
There is an alternative, of course, but one that vested interests and short-term oriented policymakers, wish to obfuscate: doubling…
In recognition of a lifetime of research into China, the Oxford Emeritus Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology and…
The Governing Body of Regent’s Park College has announced news that Professor Sir Malcolm Evans KCMG OBE is to…
In a paper published in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method using the…
There is no shortage of examples, ranging from the 2007 attacks against Estonia digital services and 2008 cyber-attack against…
Five Oxford researchers are among 84 of the most promising research leaders across the UK to benefit from £98…
The award follows Oxford’s recent top ranking in the UK for generating spin-out companies and its success in the…
Oxford researchers have discovered a gene that regulates pain sensitisation by amplifying pain signals within the spinal cord, helping…
Dr Stolz receives a Rising Talent fellowship in Mathematics and Computer Science. L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Rising Talent fellowships…
Alexandra Ramadan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics Alex works towards an inclusive academic environment and mentors younger students within her research group. She…
The findings are based on an analysis of 17 million patient GP records in England during the first phase…
Conducted in collaboration with the University of Exeter, the study is among the largest ever to examine the link…
It is the first reporting randomised data looking at the effect of time interval and prophylactic paracetamol use for…
In a new study on ocean wave breaking, researchers have demonstrated that the breaking behaviour of axisymmetric ‘spike waves’…
A study published today in Cell Reports reveals how populations of a bacterium called Pseudomonas respond to being treated…
The Research and Innovation Prizes celebrate brilliant individuals across industry and academia. The Horizon Prizes celebrate the most exciting,…
The new study published today in Science Advances proves it isn’t just albatrosses that perform the aerial acrobatics needed…
What happens when eight Oxfordshire community groups are given access to the world-class skills, knowledge and resources of the…
The citation for Professor Richardson’s Damehood highlights her key roles in attracting more undergraduates from non-traditional or deprived backgrounds…
Funding to train the next generation of cutting-edge antimicrobial resistance researchers has been announced by Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI),…
Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government and Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, was honoured for his…
Neptune and Uranus have much in common – they have similar masses, sizes, and atmospheric compositions – yet Neptune…
Since 2010 scientific papers written by remote collaborators are more likely to contain breakthroughs than single-location papers. This follows vast…
On Thursday 26 May Oxford University’s brand new £3.25m Zero-carbon Energy Research Oxford (ZERO) Institute and Energy Systems Accelerator…
Dr Mittelstadt is Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute and a leading data ethicist. He says, ‘I…
The Com-COV 3 study has been commissioned through the NIHR and backed by £2.8 million government funding, with support…
Today marks the official launch of an international knowledge-sharing partnership of distribution network operators and community energy enterprises and…
Oxford mathematician Ehud Hrushovski and Noga Alon receive the award for their contributions to discrete mathematics and model theory with interaction…
A study co-led by the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham and Southampton and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), published…
The generous donation will drive forward several core research strands, provide support for doctoral students and secure the future…
Among the many insights from the process of collecting and annotating Voltaire’s writings was the discovery in 2012 of…
New reporting guidelines, jointly published in Nature Medicine and the BMJ by Oxford researchers, will ensure that early studies…
Deterioration of such forests reduces biomass and carbon storage, making it increasingly difficult to keep global peak temperatures well…
At the Encaenia ceremony, degrees will be awarded to Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, Sir Lenny Henry, Dr…
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited Trinity College on Thursday 12 May to officially open the new…
The UK Funding Bodies have published the outcomes of the recent national research assessment exercise, the Research Excellence Framework…
All were selected for their outstanding contributions in various scientific fields and are as follows: Professor Fernando Alday of…
Bank of America has pledged £1.2 million to the University of Oxford to support greenhouse gas and sustainable finance…
A renowned neuroscientist, Professor Tracey has led Merton College since 2019 and is also currently Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience…
Newly published research raises important concerns about whether the trade in donkey skins is being used as a cover…
Overall evidence to date on whether eating dairy products affects the risk of cancer has been inconsistent. Studies on…
Overall evidence to date on whether eating dairy products affects the risk of cancer has been inconsistent. Studies on…
Building on Oxford’s long-standing commitment to refugee scholars and other forced migrants globally, a graduate scholarship scheme offering targeted…
The lecture, which will be hosted by Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics in AI, is part of The Obert…
The programme, part of Oxford’s continuing drive to diversify the undergraduate body and wholly funded by an anonymous donor,…
The findings, published in two papers in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), come from the largest…
Injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren’s disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size.…
Leading the Oxford contribution are Dr Jamie Lachman and Professor Lucie Cluver, part of the team behind the highly successful research-based COVID-19…
Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) signed a cooperation agreement at a virtual unveiling ceremony…
The Oxford Vaccine Group’s Lead Statistician, Professor Merryn Voysey, received the prestigious Australian of the Year in the UK…
To mark 100 years of BBC broadcasting, the AHRC has given seven researchers funds for public engagement activities. Alice’s…
Call the Midwife fan and Oxford postgraduate student, Alice Watson, has today been awarded Arts and Research Council funding…
Wytham Woods’ Great Tit study celebrates 75 years and reveals how spring has advanced a calendar month in that…
The headline insights from the final instalment of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report were clear: Evidence on what works…
The prestigious grants have been made after a highly-competitive process. Just 14% of applications were successful this year: only…
The work, published in the journal Optics Express, uses a sapphire optical fibre – a thread of industrially grown…
People’s identification with the Soviet Union appears to have a clear and growing basis in Russian public opinion. Surveys…
In 2021, Oxford University adopted a world-leading Environmental Sustainability Strategy, which committed it to both Net Zero carbon emissions…
GPS data shows new mothers and calves can keep up with the herd right after birth. Research published today…
Globally, more than 37 million people were living with HIV in 2020, including 19 million women of childbearing age…
More than £15million has today been awarded to six UK universities and laboratories, for work on what will be…
International scientists have taken the most precise measurement of the W boson to date – determining the mass of…
Adoption has long been seen as better for children than remaining in care, but the results – based on…
In the largest ever clinical trial of VR for mental health, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, and funded…
Oxford’s men’s crew won the 2022 Gemini Boat Race as it returned to the Tideway this year, where Cambridge…
The report, sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, has identified 193 spinouts emerging from Oxford University since 2011,…
From snowflakes to sunflowers, starfish to sharks, symmetry is everywhere in nature. Not just in the body plans which…
Launching in Trinity term, the Dr Miranda Brawn Award will enable recipients to undertake career development projects during the…
Since mobile phones are held close to the head, the radiofrequency waves they emit penetrate several centimetres into the…
The little understood area of the brain called the claustrum may be the next frontier in improving outcomes for…
Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during…
Since the 2014 invasion of Crimea, the UK has spent in excess of £22 bn importing oil and gas…
New research by a multi-institution team including the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, the University of Oxford and…
Russia has become the reviled aggressor in a war it seemingly cannot win, rather than the clever player of…
Named in recognition of a generous donation from the Peter Bennett Foundation, the new Bennett Institute is based within…
On the second anniversary of its official launch, the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) remains an exceptional study…
On the second anniversary of its official launch, the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) remains an exceptional study…
Bringing together leading academics from a range of disciplines, the Institute will address the questions surrounding zero-carbon energy systems…
Dr Holmes-Henderson will be working with Voice 21, the national oracy education charity, carrying out research into the problem…
Data derived using the new index also identified that countries with more universal healthcare systems had better health outcomes,…
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania…
A new genetic study of the bacteria that cause pleurisy has shown most cases involve more than one type…
To address these issues, we analysed the effects of sanctions on Russian public opinion using surveys we conducted in…
As someone who has spent extensive time in Ukraine over several years studying, volunteering with orphaned children and families…
With the central government in disarray, President Yanukovych fled to Russia, with the help of Russian military intelligence and…
The University of Oxford has become an institutional member of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), a national peer-led initiative…
Oxford University is initiating a population-based newborn screening study in the Thames Valley. This study aims to make it…
Ithaca is the first deep neural network that can aid historians in not only restoring the missing text of…
Ithaca is the first deep neural network that can aid historians in not only restoring the missing text of…
Oxford University’s application to build the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter site…
Oxford University’s application to build the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter site…
Lives are saved when countries offer people at risk of serious harm safe and legal routes to protection. It…
‘At the bottom of the Kremlin’s view of world affairs is a traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity,’…
In the first study of its kind, after vaccination volunteers will be ‘challenged’ with paratyphoid to see whether the…
The BLAST (Building Links in Ageing Science and Translation) network brings together researchers from across the country to increase…
The findings, published in Nature, reveal tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell. This new…
For 77 years since 1945, people have compared this or that European figure to Adolf Hitler. For 77 years,…
The University of Oxford and the Ifakara Health Institute today announced the vaccination of the first participants in a…
When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually…
When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually…
The benefit was in addition to those of dexamethasone and tocilizumab, two other anti-inflammatory treatments which have previously been…
Presenter Michael Buerk and panellists, Melanie Phillips and Matthew Taylor, asked the questions: Q. What principle helps us to…
Presenter Michael Buerk and panellists, Melanie Phillips and Matthew Taylor, asked the questions: Q. What principle helps us to…
The COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity. A multi-disciplinary, cross-Divisional collaborative team led…
Parents & Caregivers are heroes: Protecting your children in the crisis Responding to the crisis in Ukraine, Oxford University…
Faced with population growth, environmental change, and increasing concerns over food security and sustainability – the interest in Controlled…
Two years into the pandemic, marginalised young people in developing countries are struggling to cope and going hungry –…
The report, ‘AI and the Arts: How Machine Learning is Changing Artistic Work’, was co-authored with OII researchers Professor…
An Oxford-based charitable organisation that aims to change the world’s giving culture and encourages members to donate 10% of…
Launched in 2019, UNIQ+ provides talented individuals from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups with a real day-to-day experience of postgraduate…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing evidence has shown that severe COVID-19 infection in pregnant women significantly raises the risk…
The world is already at 1.1C and, consequently, along with steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that cause global…
The world is already at 1.1C and, consequently, along with steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that cause global…
Wars are often critical junctures in the politics and political cultures of countries. We write as Kyiv is under…
The past two decades have seen extraordinary advancements in human genetic research, generating genomic data for hundreds of thousands…
When the state intervenes to safeguard a baby at or close to birth, it is traumatic for birth parents…
Published in JAMA Network Open, the study finds the enactment of stand your ground laws led to an overall…
The research team from Oxford University and the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre Abu Dhabi (ICLDC) think that these…
The review, published in the European Heart Journal, was conducted by researchers from the University of Oxford, the University…
New research finds that, while the Knights of the Round Table have won global fame, most medieval English heroic or…
The Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry have announced that three University of Oxford Earth Scientists have…
This is not an exaggeration. There is general agreement in the climate science community that we need to reach…
Less than a year after three papers reporting the main results of the INTERCOVID Study were published in leading…
Oxford University has today [15 Feb] been awarded £10 million by UKRI, the official research and innovation body, to…
She was honoured alongside other new Laureates during a ceremony in South Korea to mark the World Summit 2022…
At the eve of moving from mandatory to discretionary COVID advice across many countries, people are being asked to…
Four new talented overseas postdoctoral researchers are set to join the University of Oxford thanks to awards by The…
In a study published recently in Science Advances, researchers found that the distinctive pattern on the underside of the…
Scientists from the University of Oxford are field-testing seismic sensors in the bitter conditions of Antarctica to simulate the…
Jonathan Cooper OBE, The Chair has been named in honour of Jonathan Cooper OBE, a barrister with expertise in…
The study is a collaboration between Neurosurgery (Associate Professor Alex Green), Engineering Science’s Professor Tim Denison and a UK-based…
The study is a collaboration between Neurosurgery (Associate Professor Alex Green), Engineering Science’s Professor Tim Denison and a UK-based…
The new glass has a spectrally tuneable low-emissivity coating that uses a phase change material to control the amount…
A new award at Oxford University will support excellence and ambition among talented UK undergraduates of Black African, Black…
Since spring 2021, a team of researchers from five leading UK universities have been tracking the development of babies…
The project, led by Queen’s University Belfast and funded by the Medical Research Council, will bring together experts from…
As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated, new mutations in viral genetic sequences can have significant impacts on the…
More than 4 out of 10 families living in communities across the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR)…
The Duke of Westminster visited the University of Oxford on 1st February to see first-hand the positive impact of…
New insight into how our early ancestors dealt with major shifts in climate is revealed in research by an international team,…
A research team led by members of Oxford University’s Department of Zoology has found evidence that migratory birds, like…
She joins a list of eminent individuals from beyond the art world who are nominated by the Academy’s President…
The Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences, on the site of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, carries out research…
Oxford researchers are seeking participants for a trial to discover what happens when people who have either already had…
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall enjoyed a visit to the city of Oxford on Wednesday 26 January…
A sustainable future for Africa can be achieved through strategic investment in wind and solar farms, reveals an Africa-wide…
Report reveals the tough choices faced by couples in receipt of Universal Credit. Fluctuations in income from month to…
Oxford researchers are seeking participants for a trial to discover what happens when people who have either already had…
The results from a study funded by the Ministry of Health, Brazil, and conducted by researchers from Brazil and…
Years of careful taxonomic research by a team led by Robert Scotland, Professor of Systematic Botany at Oxford Plant…
The highly competitive Cancer Research UK Centre awards recognise the UK’s most innovative, high-impact cancer research and NHS-University collaborations.…
Estimates for 204 countries and territories confirm AMR as a global health threat, with worst impacts in low- and…
But the Online Information Environment report, created by a working group of leading researchers, including Oxford computing, internet and…
In a recent study published in Current Biology, a collaboration between researchers from Oxford University, University of Lisbon and…
Associate Professor of Palaeobiology, Erin Saupe, is one of nine UK recipients of the 2022 Blavatnik Awards for Young…
Researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry have found that people with schizophrenia and related disorders are at higher-than-average…
Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have shown that people who have…
The paper forecasts that the new Plastic Drawdown tool is set to lead to reductions in plastic waste in…
Continued public access to a collection of manuscripts written by Jane Austen has been secured following their donation to…
While many of these measures are unsustainable outside of the pandemic, the researchers call for further evaluation of interventions…
Professor Soumitra Dutta Professor Dutta is currently Professor of Management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at…
While currently developed in an animal model, although in a brain area homologous to the one in humans, this…
More than 3600 talented students will today receive offers of places for undergraduate study from October 2022, after a…
Professor Daniel Grimley has been appointed Head of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford, and has spoken…
A new £10 million Oxford-based Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery has today [10 Jan] been announced – one of…
Staphylococcus aureus first developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin around 200 years ago, according to a large international collaboration…
Nations and industries benefit from longer supply chains and deeper networks, which magnify the benefits of innovative improvements, according…
A University of Oxford study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,…
Professor Irene Tracey FMedSci, MAE, Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience and Warden of Merton College, has been appointed CBE for…
The UK government recently selected four sites to develop multi-billion-pound CCS projects as part of its scheme to cut…
The researchers believe their work could enable Oxford’s ChAdOx vaccines to hit the “moonshot” objective set earlier this year…
Millions of people around the world lack access to electricity. Decentralised solar-battery systems are key for addressing this whilst…
– £50 million donation will see physical creation of a new building on Old Road Campus, Oxford – The…
Alpha-synuclein is a protein known to form sticky clumps, known as Lewy bodies, in the brain cells of people…
Carbapenems, such as meropenem, are a group of vital often ‘last-resort’ antibiotics used to treat serious, multi-drug resistant infections…
COVID-19 certification led to increased vaccination uptake 20 days before and 40 days after introduction, in countries with lower-than-average…
The University of Oxford is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The…
Researchers from the University of Oxford have analysed the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern on one…
Since March 2020, the RECOVERY Trial has discovered three effective treatments for COVID-19: the inexpensive steroid dexamethasone; the arthritis…
The information comes as new, regularly-updated indicators – about prioritisation lists, which population groups are receiving vaccines, and the…
The annual Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professorship, attached to St Catherine’s College, was inaugurated by Stephen Sondheim in 1990, the…
In the USA, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) compiles data on national vaccine uptake, but reporting…
By Professors Xiaolan Fu and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea of the Oxford Department of International Development
Government, the food industry, financial investors, charities and researchers all have a key role to play in securing the…
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Saïd Professorship of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute & Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, delivered the 44th Richard Dimbleby…
Researchers at the University of Oxford uncover the importance of iron for the development of complex life on Earth…
Following up first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines with second doses of the Moderna or Novavax jabs…
Many have claimed this research is damning, but to undertake proper science and research, you need proper researchers and…
By Professor Andrew Pryzbylski, senior research fellow Oxford Internet Institute. People are rightly sceptical about scientific discoveries made in secret…
The competition for a short story attracted 70 entries and judges included Boyd Tonkin, former chair of the judging panel of…
Four researchers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime…
A University of Oxford study of almost 1,600 year 10 and 11 pupils in 28 North-East schools has shown that…
GlaxoSmithKline plc and the University of Oxford today announced a major five-year collaboration to establish the Oxford-GSK Institute of…
For the first time, mathematicians have partnered with artificial intelligence to suggest and prove new mathematical theorems.
Six new research centres have today been announced by the Economic and Social Research Council – as part of…
Tributes from across the University are being paid to Sir Martin Wood who died last week at the age…
The team at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute has been celebrated for their global pandemic work by The…
Her Majesty The Queen has approved the award of The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes to twenty-one higher and further education…
Established in 1892, the Romanes Lecture is the annual public lecture of Oxford University. Previous speakers include Baroness Hale…
The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have been awarded OfS/Research England funding to improve Black, Asian and minority ethnic…
Islands are biodiversity hotspots yet, paradoxically, are also extinction hotspots.
The IKEA Foundation is supporting, with a grant of £4.5 million over three years, four key University of Oxford Sustainable…
The full week of bite-sized webinars covering research across the space domain will take place from Monday 22 November…
The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) celebrated its third anniversary on Wednesday 17 November.
Professor Louise Richardson will continue as Vice-Chancellor at Oxford until the end of her seven- year term.
The planning application outlines how the Centre has ambitious sustainability objectives and would benefit the city of Oxford as well as transform the…
Mars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research…
Scientists have shed light on an important stage of early embryonic development that has never been fully mapped out…
Science has never been more in the spotlight than over the last two years. From the pandemic to climate…
Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed new artificial intelligence (AI) models to recognise behaviours of chimpanzees in…
The challenges and opportunities of human mobility in the Global South are the focus of a new project just launched…
When the history of COP26 and the battle to reduce emissions is written, last minute manoeuvrings in Glasgow will be…
The University of Oxford is to benefit from $2 million (£1.49 million) in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative…
Antibiotic consumption rates grew by 46 percent after 2000, according to findings which also suggest lack of treatment access…
Researchers explain how unprecedented manufacturing strategy provides a template for future global vaccine supply.
Two leading scientists from the University of Oxford will join Professor Jonathan Van-Tam at this year’s Christmas Lectures by…
The University of Oxford is launching Digital Scholarship @Oxford (DiSc), a five-year, £2.4 million inter-disciplinary project aimed at transforming the application…
The University of Oxford have begun recruiting for a Phase I trial to test an Ebola vaccine in human…
By Michael Keith , a Professor in the Centre on Migration Policy and Society and Director of the Future of Cities Network…
Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries ‘£1 Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study
By Francesco Rampazzo from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Studying Facebook has helped reveal the number of European migrants in the…
Oxford University today joins a consortium led by the digital quantum computing company, SEEQC, to build and deliver a…
Scientists at Oxford University have identified the gene responsible for doubling the risk of respiratory failure from COVID-19. Sixty…
The new Warden will bring ‘great energy and enthusiasm to the role’ when he takes up the post from…
New software can help determine the movements of large wild animals, thereby minimising conflicts with people.
This is the largest building project ever undertaken on behalf of the University and will be its largest teaching and…
Net Zero pledges must be backed up by action at COP26 – say new Net Zero Tracker researchers
The University of Oxford and Brazilian Ministry of Health have announced a joint initiative to set up a global…
Former Minister to chair Oxford University’s research commercialisation arm amidst period of record growth for Oxford’s innovation ecosystem
Early childhood education in England has undergone a ‘levelling up’ in the last two decades, according to research from…
The University of Oxford is leading a new a phase 2a clinical trial to investigate whether a drug could treat…
While some of the high rates of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) seen in healthcare workers during the pandemic are specifically…
The University of Oxford is part of a new international research network to investigate the interactions between the biology…
Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Professor Reinhold Geilsdoerfer, Managing Director of the Dieter Schwarz…
$14.4 trillion dollars – is being spent on an unsustainable recovery Vulnerable nations cannot raise $100 million in climate…
Oxford Martin School food researchers recently worked with the supermarket chain Tesco to highlight the environmental benefits of plant-based…
People who wore face coverings or masks outside of the home, and were more exposed to infection due to…
A major new $9 million (£6.6 million) University of Oxford-led project funded by the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP)…
Hopes that tamoxifen could improve survival for a deadly form of fungal meningitis have been dashed by the results…
Most G20 net-zero pledges are weak – and not backed by action. Developing and emerging nations will become world’s…