Next year’s Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race could pass Big Ben in front of a million-strong crowd

The Boat Race could have a new look this time next year, as plans to change the route to avoid the unsafe Hammersmith Bridge could see it run past London landmarks such as Big Ben with a million-strong crowd.  The 133-year-old west London bridge was suddenly closed in August last year after cracks were discovered … Read more

PM’s efficiency drive over Oxford vaccine factory pays off as site can make an extra 5m jabs a year

As a keen student of military history, Boris Johnson is well aware of Lord Beaverbrook and his influence on changing the course of the Second World War. For the Prime Minister, however, it is jabs in the arms rather than planes in the air that have changed the course of his battle with coronavirus. Just … Read more

MI6 chief Richard Moore admits he only went to ‘half a dozen lectures’ while at Oxford University

Confessions of a spy boss: MI6 chief Richard Moore admits he only went to ‘half a dozen lectures’ while at Oxford University as he wanted to play hockey and see his girlfriend MI6 boss says he was not the ‘perfect student’ during three year stint at Oxford He admitted to focusing mainly on hockey and … Read more

Police search for missing Oxford Brookes student Richard Okorogheye, 19, in Epping Forest

Police have stepped up their search for missing Oxford Brookes student Richard Okorogheye, 19, in Epping Forest after he disappeared 10 days ago and has not used his phone since.  Detectives have moved their search to Essex after a confirmed sighting showed the Oxford Brookes University student, 19, walking alone on Smarts Lane, Loughton, towards the woods … Read more

Hunt for missing Oxford Brookes student Richard Okorogheye, 19, switches to Essex

Police searching for missing student Richard Okorogheye are now combing through parts of Essex after new CCTV images showed him walking towards Epping Forest. Detectives have moved their search to Essex after a new confirmed sighting showed the Oxford Brookes University student, 19, walking alone on Smarts Lane, Loughton, towards Epping Forest at 12.39am on March 23.    Mr … Read more

Oxford jab pioneer warns Britain lacks the capacity to make its own vaccines without outside help

Britain faces a lack of vaccine manufacturing bases which could hamper research into coronavirus and other diseases, an expert has warned.  Professor Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, says the development of jabs is being held back because the country is ‘very weak’ when it comes to the manufacturing side of vaccines.  His … Read more

Scientists set to scoop £150m in biotech deal: Now Oxford Nanopore joins London listing frenzy 

Scientists set to scoop £150m in biotech deal: Now Oxford Nanopore joins London listing frenzy By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 30 March 2021 A trio of British scientists are set for a huge payday after their biotech firm unveiled plans for a blockbuster … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Oxford Nanopore’s float puts Deliveroo’s in the shade  

Compare and contrast. Two high-profile floats in London: one a takeaway food business, shunned by several big investors because of its reliance on gig economy riders, the other an Oxford University spinout run by super-brains in lab coats. The cultural gulf could not be wider between Deliveroo and Oxford Nanopore, the biotech business that yesterday … Read more

University of Oxford considers scrapping sheet music for being ‘too colonial’

University of Oxford considers scrapping sheet music for being ‘too colonial’ after staff raise concerns about music curriculums’ ‘complicity in white supremacy’ after Black Lives Matter movement Professors set to reform music courses to move away from the classic repertoire  Staff argued curriculum focuses on ‘white European music from slave period’ It is thought that … Read more

Dragon School in Oxford names first female headteacher in its 144-year history

A top private school whose alumni include Emma Watson, Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie has appointed its first female head in 144 years. Emma Goldsmith will take up the role at the £30,000-a-year Dragon School in Oxfordshire from September. She becomes the twelfth head of the school in its 144-year history, succeeding Crispin Hyde-Dunn. She … Read more