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Saltburn: why you should read Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, the book that inspired the new film

Ever since I first read Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited as a master’s students many years ago, I have been smitten. Literary trends and fashions come and go, but I still return to Brideshead every couple of years for sheer reading pleasure.

The Conversation

AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study

Researchers say more accurate analysis of cardiac CT scans could save thousands of lives and improve treatments

The Guardian - UK

It’s easy to be dazzled by the super-rich, but don’t believe that they’ll do the right thing

Silicon Valley tech showmen like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried can blind us with science. A little more scepticism would not go amiss

The Guardian - UK

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Harriett Baldwin: the fund manager turned Tory MP fighting sexism in the City

The fund manager turned politician is gunning for an industry that has not crawled out of the sexist dark ages. She may then turn her fire on Westminster

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on class: the Tories represent their social base, Labour less so

Editorial: As in the 19th century, the UK’s two major parties, led largely by middle- and upper-class politicians, are vying for the votes of a politically marginalised working class

The Guardian - UK

John Mousinho loving life in management despite loss of control from sidelines

The former PFA chair was appointed Portsmouth boss in January.

The Independent UK

Telangana Model of growth offers blueprint for India’s inclusive progress: BRS MLC Kavitha at Oxford University

BRS MLC K. Kavitha shared Telangana’s success story of balanced development, intertwining infrastructure and welfare, achieved under the visionary leadership of CM KCR. She delivered at talk on Telangana model at Oxford University.

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Loud and uncowed: how UnHerd owner Paul Marshall became Britain’s newest media mogul

UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it – who also funds GB News and donates to the Tories – is trying to add the Telegraph to a fast-growing empire. What does he really want?

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Debates about free speech are increasingly fraught, so here at Oxford we're trying something new

One of the biggest anxieties at the heart of the public debate about freedom of speech is that free expression is being denied in our universities. As the head of an Oxford college, what I see in practice doesn’t match this description. Thousands of events and debates take place every…

Evening Standard

Oxford University’s online admissions tests were shambolic

Letters: It was the worst experience in 16 years of running exams in a secondary school, writes Paul McGillivray. Plus a letter from Christopher Bowen

The Guardian - UK

Oxford academics to debate motion for ‘intifada until victory’ in Middle East

A motion to be brought before union members states that only a ‘mass uprising across the Middle East can free the Palestinian people’.

The Independent UK

‘I didn’t think I’d get an interview’: students start first Oxford-wide foundation year

Astrophoria programme aims to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds fulfil their potential

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Holden obituary

Journalist, author and poker player who worked for the Sunday Times and became music critic of the Observer

The Guardian - UK

Before Wikipedia, there was the OED

Salon talks to Sarah Ogilvie, author of "The Dictionary People," about the "unsung heroes" who created the OED

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The Guardian - UK

Oxford University says it will not base admissions on botched online tests

Sixth formers said tests displayed incorrect questions, repeatedly crashed or failed to record answers

The Independent UK

Kevin Spacey met with standing ovation at Oxford University lecture on cancel culture

It was actor’s first stage performance since acquittal for sexual assault

The Conversation

Cardinal Newman: pro-slavery views of prominent 19th-century cleric raise questions about his educational legacy

One of the comforting stories the British told themselves in the 19th and 20th centuries was that they were implacably opposed to slavery.

The Independent UK

New research campus to solve global problems

The campus will also establish a scholarship programme for 20 students each year to nurture the ‘next generation of thought leaders’.

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The Guardian - UK

Saltburn review – hot Brideshead soup needs more seasoning

London film festival: Emerald Fennell’s followup to Promising Young Woman boasts dazzling turns from Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan, but the script could have used another all-nighter in the library

The Guardian - UK

UK universities take £40m in fossil fuel funding since 2022

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest

The Guardian - UK

The new malaria vaccine will prevent many deaths – but it’s by no means the end of the disease

The new R21/Matrix-M vaccine will be far more easily available than the first vaccine – but the reality of life in Africa will blunt its impact

The Guardian - UK

Abuse of Oxford’s trans students and staff saddens me, says vice-chancellor

Prof Irene Tracey tells assembly free speech has been ‘centre stage’ at university during her first year in post

The Conversation

The long road to a new malaria vaccine, told by the scientists behind the breakthrough – podcast

The world has waited decades for a malaria vaccine, and now two have come along in quick succession. On October 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that a new malaria vaccine, R21, developed by the University of Oxford be rolled out for the prevention of malaria in children, just…

Evening Standard

Poor students ‘likelier to opt for universities close to home’ data reveals

Experts from the world of education gathered at the Evening Standard’s Liverpool Street headquarters

The Independent UK

UN authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it's not enough to stop the disease spreading

The World Health Organization has authorized a second malaria vaccine in a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and more effective option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease

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