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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

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‘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

Salon

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 Guardian - UK

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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 Independent UK

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 Conversation

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’.

The Independent 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

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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

Evening Standard

Saltburn review: Emerald Fennell’s class-obsessed film is a deliciously twisty tale of grotesque overprivilege

Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi lead a gung-ho cast, which includes Carey Mulligan and Richard E Grant, who is having the time of his life

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The Guardian - AU

The Dictionary of Lost Words review – stage adaptation of bestseller finds power in the silences

Pip Williams’ 2020 novel was all about words – but on stage, it could do with a few less

The Guardian - UK

Surprised by Oxford review – faith-based student romance offers glazed-over unreality

Adapted from Carolyn Weber’s memoir of the same name, Ryan Whitaker’s drama suggests that finding love and God when you least expect it is a deeply bland affair

Evening Standard

The Lesson movie review: like many an undergrad, this film isn’t as enchantingly clever as it thinks it is

Daryl McCormack just about holds up this self-important thriller

Evening Standard

London universities among the very best in Europe, new league table shows

Imperial College London, University College London, and King’s College London all make it into the top ten

Fortune

‘Generative AI is not yet an automation technology’, say Oxford experts

Oxford's Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne revisit their decade-old predictions about jobs being automated.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish university beats Oxford and Cambridge to become best ranked in UK

The University of St Andrews has taken the top spot in a national league table, beating Oxford and Cambridge.

The Independent UK

St Andrews beats Oxford and Cambridge to top spot in UK university rankings

St Andrews has beaten the elite Oxbridge institutions for only the second time in the guide’s 30-year history.

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