The Latest Breaking News from Oxford

'Clever new tool predicts your risk of developing lung cancer'

Miriam Stoppard shares groundbreaking research from the universities of Oxford and Nottingham, where scientists have developed a tool that could pinpoint the people most at risk of developing lung cancer, which is the most common cause of cancer death

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2023

The top 20 universities in the UK

A majority of the UK’s top universities have seen their global ranking fall thanks to fierce competition from China.

The Week · May 25, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price

They've held credentials from some of the world's most elite universities — Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Oxford. They've been welcomed into the highest government policy councils. They became fixtures on television news shows and were quoted incessantly by some of the nation's leading newspapers.

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2023

Prince marries Oxford student in lavish royal wedding as hundreds line the streets

Sophie-Alexandra Evekink, 33, tied the knot with Prince Ludwig in a stunning wedding dress as hundreds of well-wishers lined the streets, before heading to a Palace for the reception

Daily Mirror · May 20, 2023

Polly Toynbee: what my privileged start in life taught me about the British class system

It wasn’t just luck that steered the Guardian columnist to Oxford and into a media career ... She reflects on the subtle mechanics of class (and an early encounter with a naked future PM)

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

ACLU to Oxford school district: Don't confine graduates to 'approved expressions'

DETROIT — Civil libertarians are chastising Oxford Community Schools for not allowing high school graduates to wear orange cords to symbolize they are survivors of gun violence as they crossed the stage to obtain their diplomas Thursday.

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023

'Cot death message is failing to reach deprived families, putting more babies at risk'

Research from Oxford, Bristol and Newcastle universities into safer sleeping habits shows 42% of cases of sudden infant death syndrome occurred in the poorest areas, and Miriam Stoppard says change needs to come urgently to help all families

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023

Every Nightwish album ranked in order of greatness by Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen

If anyone is allowed to put Nightwish’s epic back catalogue in the correct order, it’s the band’s keyboard player and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen

Metal Hammer · May 18, 2023

Academics condemn ‘threats’ against Oxford Union in Kathleen Stock row

Letter claims student union trying to force debating society to disinvite former university professor over transgender views

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023

Oxford University cuts ties with Sackler family over links with opioids

University follows other institutions in removing titles of family who make OxyContin painkiller

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023