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Oxbridge ‘less flexible’ amid A-level grade inflation crackdown

Oxbridge colleges are “less flexible” this year with regard to admitting the brightest school leavers, a headteacher at one of the country’s leading academy chains has said. Alison Downey, principal of Ark Putney Academy in south-west London, said ...

18 Aug 2022 at 15:47

Researchers take ‘important new step’ in finding treatment for MND

Researchers have taken an “important new step” in finding a treatment for motor neurone disease after they found a drug commonly used for enlarged prostates and high blood pressure could treat the illness. MND is a group of rare diseases that ...

11 Aug 2022 at 02:00

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County Derry man awarded scholarship to study at Oxford

A Dungiven man has been awarded a scholarship to study a PhD at one of the world's leading universities. Caolan O'Neill was one of only three people to be awarded a scholarship to study Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at Oxford ...

23 Mar 2022 at 23:33

Half of patients kept out of hospital in pilot paramedic blood testing scheme

A trial scheme by paramedics to provide blood testing at home for frail and elderly patients has resulted in more than half of the patients not needing to go to hospital. Specialist paramedics from South Central Ambulance Service ...

16 Mar 2022 at 14:25

More than 90,000 pupils get post-pandemic early speech and language support

More than two-thirds of primary schools across England have signed up for targeted language support to help the youngest pupils catch up with communication skills post-pandemic. The news comes following concerns that early years ...

07 Mar 2022 at 01:25

I would not do anything differently with vaccine, knighted AstraZeneca boss says

The recently knighted head of AstraZeneca says he would not “do anything differently” despite acknowledging there had been “setbacks” with the vaccine developed with Oxford University. Research released in June 2021 suggested ...

07 Jun 2022 at 05:24

Oxford University to fund graduate scholarships from Ukraine

Oxford University has announced a new fully-funded graduate scholarship scheme for Ukrainian refugees. The Graduate Scholarship Scheme for Ukraine Refugees will begin in the 2022-23 academic year, seeking to support ...

06 May 2022 at 01:25

Ancient Greek equivalent of ‘graduate school yearbook’ discovered on stone

Historians have discovered that an ancient Greek inscription on a marble slab in a museum collection is a rare, previously unknown “graduate school yearbook” type list of names. Experts looked at the stone, which ...

02 Jun 2022 at 01:01

First woman vice-chancellor of Oxford University ‘flattered’ to be made dame

The first woman vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has been made a dame in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Louise Richardson said she was “deeply flattered” by the honour for services to higher education. ...

01 Jun 2022 at 23:30

Sport

Oxford overcome Cambridge to win men’s Boat Race for first time since 2017

Oxford were able to bring to an end Cambridge’s recent supremacy in the men’s Boat Race with victory on the traditional university race’s return to the River Thames. In the first Boat Race held in London since ...

03 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Student ‘silenced’ by Oxford college over rape claim

A student at Oxford University has said a “blanket gagging clause” was imposed by her college when she alleged she was violently raped by another student. The student told The Times that Lady Margaret Hall ...

01 Apr 2022 at 11:55

Sport

Oxford end Cambridge dominance in men’s Boat Race on return to the Thames

Long-serving coach Sean Bowden praised the “extremely powerful” energy of his Oxford men’s crew after they secured a first Boat Race victory since 2017 on the event’s return to the River Thames. The race ...

03 Apr 2022 at 19:25

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