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Oxford scholarship named after murdered Iranian student »

Iran has condemned an Oxford University college for creating and naming a scholarship after a student killed during protests in Tehran earlier this year. Queen’s college announced the graduate scholarship in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan who died o...

Mon 23 Nov 2009 by Marcus De Wilde | Read more »

Ivy League style funding proposed for UK universities »

The top British universities should adopt the American financial aid system to provide better scholarships to students from a poorer background, according to Oxford University’s new vice-chancellor. During an interview last week, Professor Andre...

Thu 15 Oct 2009 by Honor Eldridge | Read more »

Oxford accepts too few state pupils »

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Oxford University has failed to meet the benchmark for the percentage of state school pupils accepted.  The university did not meet the 76 per cent target set by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), calling it an “unrealistic&rdqu...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Activist cleared as Oxford opens animal testing facility »

Oxford

As Oxford's controversial testing centre opened this month, an animal rights activist accused of carrying out arson attacks against an animal research laboratory, as it was being constructed, has been acquitted. Mel Broughton, 48, a leading figure of ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Animal rights "terrorist" in court »

Animal terrorist in court

An animal rights activist was behind the 'terrorist campaign' that destroyed two Oxford University buildings with home made pipe bombs to stop the building of research facilities, a court has heard. Mel Broughton, 48, is accused of planning and carryi...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Research shows Catholics feel less pain »

The Lady with an Ermine

Devout Catholics can use their faith to feel less pain, according to new research from Oxford University.As part of an experiment by scientists at the university, 12 believers and 12 non believers were given electric shocks while looking at an image of...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Katie Oakes | Read more »

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