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Could fish oils or aspirin delay dementia?
Video feature: Endangered archaeology
The Middle East and North Africa has an incredible number of archaeological sites, reflecting its vibrant and complex history. But this region's archaeology faces huge risks from looting, population growth, agriculture and many other pressures. Academics from Oxford and Leicester explain how they are striving to rapidly record and evaluate the status of archaeological sites across the region in order to create an accessible body of data which can be used by national and international heritage professionals to target those sites most in danger to record, preserve and/or protect them.
Oxford and the media
Laws, sausages and newspaper articles...
...three things that some feel the public should never see being manufactured. However, we believe there is wide interest in journalism, public relations and the interaction between the two. This occasional series offers a behind-the-scenes view of how Oxford's News and Information Office works with the media to secure high-profile, accurate coverage of the University and also how things can (sometimes) go wrong. Continue reading here...
In our latest Medium article, we reflect on the media's appetite for stories about Oxford undergraduate admissions: Inside the Oxford interview.
News from other websites
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Oxford study puts disabling childhood ataxias on the map
The geography of Wikipedia edits
The boundaries reveiw is a chance to bring back multi-member constituencies
Oxford Martin School launches programme to tackle illegal trade in wildlife
Hilary Boulding elected new President of Trinity College
Want to Prevent Lone Wolf Terrorism? Promote a 'Sense of Belonging'
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One in 10 children has 'Aids defence'
'Low income' youngsters inspired by a taste of Latin at Balliol
Oxford researchers tackle obesity in raft of new studies
Dark Blue is top of world, helped by Cecil the lion
Online jobs in gig economy growing fast, finds new index
Social preference of breeding birds
Watching emotional films can boost our physical pain thresholds, scientists say
Oxford welcomes new students from across the UK and the world
Medicine at Oxford named world's best for sixth year running
Children could point the way to new HIV treatments
Research finds how the brain decides between effort and reward
Babies' genes influence birth weight and later life disease
British Academy Prizes and Medals announced
Science Minister sees development of Oxford's Centre for Advanced Research during China visit
New study provides strongest evidence that oxygen levels were key to evolution of early animals
10,000th patient for pioneering cardiac genetic testing service
Tackling obesity in Oxfordshire: soups, smartphones and supermarket shopping
