News and events
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Oxford awarded £13.5m for DPhil places and further funding for quantum research
Oxford University is to receive £13.5 million from the Government to support DPhil students in engineering and physical sciences, as well as significant funding geared towards boosting the UK's... -
Partnership to test robotic surgical system
Oxford University has signed an agreement with Dutch medical robotics firm Preceyes to test a robotic surgical system. A team led by eye surgeon and researcher Professor Robert MacLaren will run... -
Prostate cancer vaccine trial seeks volunteers
Oxford University scientists have started a clinical trial to test a new vaccine against prostate cancer and are looking for volunteers to take part. The first four participants have already... -
Young EU migrants more likely to be in work than their UK peers
Young migrants from EU countries have higher employment rates and are less likely to seek jobseeker's allowance than their UK peers, according to study by the Department of Social Policy and... -
Oxford presented with Queen's Anniversary Prize at Buckingham Palace
Representatives of Oxford University visited Buckingham Palace yesterday (25 Feb) to receive the Queen's Anniversary Prize, awarded for the University's pioneering work in biomedical engineering. -
Cellist Natalie Clein joins Music Faculty
Renowned cellist Natalie Clein has joined the University as Director of Musical Performance in the Music Faculty. -
Medicine safety ‘needs international coordination’
How quickly should a drug be withdrawn from the market if it causes harm? It sounds like a simple question, but the answer depends on where you live, Oxford University researchers have found. -
Man-made climate change helped cause south of England floods, say scientists
Human-induced climate change increased the risk of severe storms like those that hit the south of England in the winter of 2013/14, causing devastating flooding and costing several people their... -
Oxford spinout Orbit Discovery launches peptide-discovery platform
Orbit Discovery – a new spinout from the University of Oxford – has raised seed funding to commercialise technology which will help to identify targeted, affordable therapeutic drugs known as... -
New experiments challenge economic game assumptions
Too much confidence is placed in economic games, according to research by academics at Oxford University.