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Oxford leads Nature Positive Universities Alliance to reverse biodiversity decline
The Nature Positive Universities Alliance brings higher education institutions together to use their unique power and influence as drivers of positive change.
New Academic Champion for Women and Diversity in Entrepreneurship
To support diversity in innovation and entrepreneurship, and to enhance the University’s commitment to these goals, Professor Stevens will work with the IDEA (Increasing Diversity in Enterprising Activities) programme and
AI, automation in the home and its impact on women
As we mark International Women’s Day, Professor Ekaterina Hertog spoke to us about AI, the increase of automation in the home and its impact on women and wider society.
Research to policy impact: strategies for translating findings into policy messages
Getting started in Policy Engagement: pathways to engagement
Experts call for responsible use of generative AI in adult social care
‘Adult social care is about supporting people to live independently and to protect fundamental human rights. Generative AI offers many potential benefits and opportunities to adult social care.
Boosting Policy Engagement Through OPEN Leaders
Urgent call for UK Government to develop a heat resilience strategy
A new device to detect cardiovascular disease
New research shows the Cerne Abbas Giant was a muster station for King Alfred’s armies
Research undertaken by Martin Papworth for the National Trust, showed that the Giant was carved in the Anglo-Saxon period not, as most people thought, in prehistory or more recently, yet the reason why he was made has remained a mystery.
Engaging communities in wildlife conservation through storybooks
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A Partnership in Learning by Doing: using research to engage policymakers to pave the way for electric car clubs in Oxfordshire
10 recommendations for best practice stakeholder engagement
Developing the next generation of wildlife conservation leaders
Impact case study
A Global Resilience Index: Supporting climate adaptation of global infrastructure systems
Impact case study
Tackling mental illness by supporting industry to develop new drugs
Impact case study
King Charles presents President Macron with Oxford University research on Voltaire’s work
The gift is an extract from a University of Oxford research project to produce and publish the first ever scholarly edition of the Œuvres complètes de Voltaire (Complete works of Voltaire) begun in 1968, completed over 50 years later, in 2022, made up of 205 volumes.
Development of a Malaria vaccine - R21/Matrix-M
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Oxford University welcomes UK associate membership of Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe is the EU’s funding programme for research and innovation projects for the years 2021 to 2027. The programme has a budget of €95.5 billion (£81bn). It is the successor to Horizon 2020 and the previous Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development.
Development and roll-out of Typhoid Vi-conjugate vaccine (TCV)
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