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The real reason Stephen Schwarzman gave Oxford £185 million was bigger than academics

Oxford University's Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, funded by a £185 million donation, integrates teaching, research, and public cultural spaces. This ambitious project aims to bridge academia and society, making humanities relevant to modern issues and demonstrating their essential value. Its global significance lies in its robust support for disciplines…

The Times of India

Oxford’s new £185m humanities hub is polished, refined … and funded by a Trump ally

Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s portrait hangs discreetly in a building that promises cultural clout and architectural poise – yet can seem rather bland and bloodless

The Guardian - UK

'The Theatre of Employability': UK Universities Warned Their Job Promises Have Lost All Credibility

A shocking UUKi and QS survey reveals that only 3% of international graduates used university career services to find work. Experts at PIE Live Europe 2026 warn that the 'theatre of employability' is failing students amid new £40,000 salary thresholds. Explore how UK higher education must reform its job placement…

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‘We were told it was safe’: Inside the legal battle over Covid vaccine deaths in India

IN FOCUS: In a landmark ruling, India’s top court orders a compensation framework for victims of rare but potentially deadly side effects following Covid vaccination. It’s a victory for families – but questions about transparency, consent and trust remain unresolved. Namita Singh reports

The Independent UK

Insider Drops Claims About How Emma Watson Is Feeling Amid Relationship With Billionaire Boyfriend

How’s Emma Watson’s new relationship reportedly going?

Cinemablend

Prime Video’s ‘Young Sherlock’ is ‘pretty much everything you’d want’ from a fun mystery-drama

Prime Video’s new show “Young Sherlock” is streaming, a mystery-drama that tracks Sherlock’s early adventures, setting the stage for the detective he’s destined to become.

Tom’s Guide

Trial date set for Oxford student, 21, accused of stirring up racial hatred at pro-Gaza protest

Samuel Williams denies using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour in Whitehall, central London

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Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media

Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say

The Guardian - UK

'I Think Bad People Deserve To Die': Hamline Student Says Charlie Kirk Deserved To Be Killed

Charlie Kirk's public shooting death sparks mixed reactions, with a university student claiming it was well‑deserved.

International Business Times UK

‘I’m the luckiest guy alive’: Man breaks down in tears after 13-year search finally ends in a remote rainforest

A truly incredible once-in-a-lifetime find.

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How a medieval Oxford friar used light and color to find out what stars and planets are made of

Contemporary astrophysics has, of course, vindicated Fishacre's position

Space

Uber hit with legal demands to halt use of AI-driven pay systems

Proposed legal case understood to allege that app has breached data protection law varying driver pay rates

The Guardian - UK

The teenager who quit Manchester City for Oxford University: ‘I felt I could do more’

Han Willhoft-King was fancied to succeed at Spurs then City but opted for law at Brasenose College above pressing sessions with Guardiola

The Guardian - UK

Richard Sharp obituary

Rugby union fly-half who captained England to a Five Nations championship title in the freezing winter of 1963

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How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and colour to show that the stars and planets are made of the same elements found here on Earth. In so doing he challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day and pre-empted the methods…

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil activists acquitted of Stonehenge criminal damage

Rajan Naidu, Niamh Lynch and Luke Watson were involved in the incident in June last year.

Reason

Oxford Union Ousts President Over Insults to Charlie Kirk

The murder of an American activist tore apart Britain’s hallowed free speech club.

Evening Standard

Oxford Union president who celebrated Charlie Kirk shooting faces being ousted in no confidence vote

George Abaraonye, 20, shared several videos in a WhatsApp group last month, seemingly welcoming the news that the right-wing activist had been shot

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Oxford student who chanted 'put the Zios in the ground' at London rally is arrested and suspended

Samuel Williams, a Politics, Philosophy and Economics student at Balliol College, was filmed among a crowd of people during a Palestine Coalition protest in Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Sir John Gurdon obituary

Biologist who won the Nobel prize for discovering that adult cells can be reprogrammed

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Emma Watson Sparks Engagement Rumors After Calling Pressure To Marry “Violence”

The 'Harry Potter' star is believed to be tying the knot with a fellow student she met at Oxford University.

Evening Standard

AI: from apocalyptic fears to life-saving breakthroughs

The next industrial revolution, or a doom-laden prelude to an apocalyptic wipe-out? No one’s quite sure how AI will reshape our future - the only certainty is that it will. This week’s ScaleUp Standard newsletter is about Brainomix - an AI health technology that’s already in hundreds of British hospitals,…

The Independent UK

Oxford University encourages students to use ChatGPT as it gives away free access

UK’s oldest university becomes the first to offer OpenAI’s top technology for free

Evening Standard

Oxford Union’s incoming president to face disciplinary proceedings, society says

George Abaraonye posted several comments online appearing to celebrate the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Windows Central

Oxford University boffins created an AI tool to help discover "the needles in a cosmic haystack" — reducing its astronomer's workloads dramatically

Oxford University astronomers have detailed an AI tool they've been using to help spot supernovae out in the depths of space and reduce the workload on humans by 85%.

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