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Shibboleth by Thomas Peermohamed Lambert review: A campus satire for the modern age

Welcome to Oxford University in the era of identity politics, where students discuss “lived experience”, acknowledge their “moral complicity” and pontificate about ways to enact “systemic change”. The spearheads of these discussions have names like Annunziata Rees-Mogg and went to boarding school, except they’re not Tories, they’re liberals with right-on…

Evening Standard

Kim Kardashian to Chris Martin: Celebrities who have unexpected degrees

Kim Kardashian, America Ferrera and Rowan Atkinson hold unexpected degrees - but what for?

Evening Standard

Tony Blair opposes phasing out fossil fuels. These academics disagree

Rapidly phasing out fossil fuels and limiting energy consumption to tackle climate change is “a strategy doomed to fail” according to former UK prime minister Tony Blair.

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Scientists “Delighted” To Discover That A Bizarre 200-Million-Year-Old Species Isn’t Extinct

Nothing like rediscovering a sweet animal that we all thought extinct.

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Oxford academics used cup made from human skull at formal dinners until 2015

Skull’s ‘shameful history’ charted in new book exploring colonial theft of ancestral remains

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy

A collection of Zimbabwean stone sculptures will be the centerpiece of an exhibition at Oxford University meant to “contextualize” the legacy of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes

The Independent UK

Brooke Boney: ‘It’s hard to see yourself in so much pain’

The Gamilaroi journalist and presenter on fame, reconciliation and how studying at Oxford changed the way she thinks about people in power

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Why this Scottish drinks brand is plunging whisky barrels into Loch Ness

A Scottish drinks brand is trying a new way of making spirits by submerging casks in Loch Ness ...

The National (Scotland)

Star Liberal candidate slammed over housing 'lie'

An Oxford University-educated Liberal candidate has admitted she owns apartments in London and Canberra after selling herself to voters as a renter.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused of plagiarism in his Oxford thesis

The Liberal campaign ripped the accusation as an ‘irresponsible characterization’ of Carney’s doctoral thesis, The Dynamic Advantage of Competition

The Independent UK

‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

Despite winning a landmark legal battle, academic Alice Jolly believes it won’t benefit others

The Guardian - UK

Lord Hague warns of ‘comfort blankets of cancellation’ in defence of free speech

The former Conservative leader made the comments as he was formally admitted as the 160th Chancellor of Oxford University on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

New cancer vaccine to stop disease before it takes hold in the body

Pharmaceutical giant GSK and the University of Oxford are creating a new cancer vaccine

The Independent UK

GSK and Oxford researchers to create cancer vaccine to stop disease developing

GSK will invest up to £50 million in the new project, which could inform future development of cancer vaccines.

Evening Standard

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Nvidia’s $465bn rout biggest in US stock market history, as DeepSeek sparks US tech sell-off – as it happened

ECB president Lagarde warns of ‘vicious circle’ if central bank independence is undermined

The Independent UK

Revealed: Scale of Chinese financial investment in UK universities

Exclusive: New figures reveal the scale of Chinese investment in presitigious UK universities, amid concerns bout Bejing’s influence

The Conversation

Objectivity, independent media and news avoidance: the terms you need to know to understand news today

The way we get our news is changing fast. The latest research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University shows that, around the world, news consumers are turning to Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok rather than television, radio or newspapers. Nearly a quarter of adults…

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to take up jobs at Oxford and Stanford

The former prime minister will remain MP for Richmond and Northallerton.

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Why a daily glass of milk really could reduce bowel cancer risk – an oncologist explains

A glass of milk a day could help keep bowel cancer away – or so finds a study by Oxford University and Cancer Research UK. The research suggests that increasing daily milk intake by as little as one glass could have a significant impact on lowering the likelihood of developing…

Fortune

This 922-year-old university in England produces the most billionaires—and Albert Einstein, Emma Watson, Bill Clinton, and Hugh Grant are among its famous alumni

The oldest university in the English-speaking world, The University of Oxford, has just been ranked the leading billionaire-producing university in Britain.

Fortune

Social stigma still overshadows 0.0 drinks for Gen Z, even as Diageo, Heineken, and AB InBev bet big on alcohol-free options

“Alcohol has played a central role in the way humans socialize," making it harder to cut the habit out, Oxford University's Charles Spence said.

The Guardian - UK

Ouch! Solving the riddle of pain

We all know what hurts, but why is it so difficult to describe? Emma Cook meets the neurologists attempting to answer one of medicine’s hardest questions

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Nigeria Launches Malaria Vaccine Campaign To Save Lives

Nigeria launches a vaccination campaign to combat high malaria burden, aiming for disease elimination. Global progress in malaria control also noted.

The Guardian - UK

Teresa Smith obituary

Other lives: Academic and first female chair of Oxford University’s Social Studies board

The Guardian - AU

Agency overseeing $368bn Aukus deal in morale crisis paid consultancy $9.5m for management advice

Exclusive: Australian Submarine Agency’s ten-month contract with McKinsey says it’ll deliver skills ‘currently unavailable’ within government department

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