OXFORD UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER NEWS
Oxford climbs to number two in world university rankings
08 November 2007, 00:00:00
Oxford has risen to joint second place in the Times Higher Education Supplement’s World University Rankings 2007. This brings Oxford up from third place last year and level with Cambridge and Yale and closing in on Harvard, ranked number one.
Performance indicators show Oxford students last the course
07 November 2007, 00:00:00
Performance indicators show Oxford students last the course
Philip Leverhulme prizes awarded to Oxford academics
07 November 2007, 00:00:00
Dr Richard Scholar from the Modern Languages faculty and Dr Oliver Pooley from the Philosophy Faculty, have won two of this year’s Philip Leverhulme Prizes.
Overweight and obesity causes 6,000 cancers a year in UK women
07 November 2007, 00:00:00
Women who are overweight or obese are at a greater risk of contracting a wide range of cancers, according to a new report published today by the British Medical Journal.
Launch of major international study into migratory patterns in Africa
06 November 2007, 00:00:00
The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation has awarded a $900,000 grant to the International Migration Institute (IMI) at Oxford University to carry out research into migratory patterns in and around four major African countries.
Professor Rory Collins awarded prestigious J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine
06 November 2007, 00:00:00
Professor Rory Collins, Co-director of the world-renowned Clinical Trials Service Unit (CTSU), and BHF Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, has been awarded the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, for his work on clinical trials and epidemiological research.
Oxford University biomedical postgraduates share in £137 million Wellcome Trust funding
05 November 2007, 00:00:00
Oxford University’s biomedical postgraduate students are set to share in a £137 million investment boost from the Wellcome Trust to fully-fund twenty student training programmes at UK universities.
Leading academics explore governance in the 21st century
02 November 2007, 00:00:00
Climate change, the changing character of war, and the governance and regulation of the global economy are some of the pressing issues of the 21st century being discussed in a major programme of lectures sponsored by Oxford University’s Social Sciences Division.
How Asians helped make Victorian Britain
02 November 2007, 00:00:00
Researchers at Oxford University are launching a new project to examine the contribution made by South Asians to British cultural and political life from the late 19th century onwards – from Members of Parliament to major literary figures.
Oxford application figures: University Statement
01 November 2007, 00:00:00
Applications received for entry 2008 show an increase for subjects that have been on the decline nationally, early indications suggest.
