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The University intends to confer Honorary Degrees to seven individuals at its Encaenia ceremony this year. Three of the seven individuals include Sir Howard Stringer, John Le Carre, and Baroness Manningham-Buller.
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A team led by physicists from Oxford University has employed high-powered lasers to make major step towards solving a fundamental question about how the early universe got its magnetism.
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Several of the most prominent names in the media industry gathered in Oxford on Wednesday for the tenth Oxford Media Convention (OMC).
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A University academic, Professor Fiona Powrie, has been awarded the 2012 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine – worth nearly £500,000 – for her work in identifying cells that police the immune system in the intestine.
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A 20-year-old man was mugged by two men who befriended him at St Aldate’s bus stop late on Monday night.
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OUSU is to investigate the current usage of the Safety Bus, alongside current efforts to promote usage of the service, according to a motion passed in 1st week.
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An Oxford-led team of international scientists successfully recreated the extreme temperature and pressure conditions of the stars.
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This week saw the return of Ahmed’s kebab van to the High Street, marking the end of a dark and difficult period in the lives of Oxford students.
A warning from the Teddy Hall Dean telling students to remove any pets, including fish, from their rooms this week was met with little dissent and a whole school of fish puns.
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales told an Oxford audience last Thursday that his website’s recent protest was a “huge success” but hoped it would be a “one-off”.
CCTV photos showing the theft of a Teddy Hall sign by a band of marauding Pembroke carol singers were released by University authorities this week.
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"I just think it’s a shame that there are so many joke candidates running this year”
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Watch out Foxe, Oldham and Tilly: a new tortoise heartthrob is set to steal the affections of Oxford students.
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Oxford students joined with protesters from across the country yesterday as the latest round of tuition fee protests hit London.
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Oxford University’s Amnesty International Group are launching a “Kites for Women’s Rights” campaign to ensure that foreign secretary William Hague protects the rights of Afghan women in impending peace negotiations.
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Oxford students were enthralled by Johnny Depp’s appearance at the Oxford Union this week– even if a lack of microphones left some disgruntled.
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Police have reported that a woman was sexually assaulted earlier this week near Cowley Road.
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Corpus Christi’s Dean has banned students from holding Oxford University Conservation Association (OUCA) events indefinitely.
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Team Townsend fined after circulating email containing false and misleading statement
