Education
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Banbury-based company goes virtual to offer engineering apprenticeships
Tools manufacturer Norbar Torque Tools Ltd is hosting a series of virtual careers evenings in February for young people looking to start a career in engineering and manufacturing.
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Tinbergen building demolition work completed
The Tinbergen building – located on the junction of St Cross Road and South Parks Road – was the University’s largest teaching and research building before its closure in February 2017.
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Oxford University most influential research institution in the UK
With 52 individuals on the 2020 Highly Cite Researchers List, Oxford’s academics are the most cited researchers in the UK and the second most cited in Europe.
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University of Oxford awarded major European Research Council grants
European Research Council (ERC) grants, worth more than €16.3 million, have been awarded to eight University of Oxford researchers for a range of cutting-edge projects.
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$10 million gift for new nanoscience research institute in Oxford
Based in a new building at the centre of Oxford’s Science Area site, it will house more than 40 faculty and 400 students, postdocs and research staff.
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Housebuilders contribute £1.2m to new primary school in Witney
The contribution from the consortium of housebuilders will go towards furnishing and equipping the school, including start-up costs and supporting ICT requirements.
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Oxford Uni’s vaccine research and development boosted by £3.3m gift from Wafic Saïd
The University of Oxford has secured a critical professorship in vaccinology for the future following a gift of £3.33 million from the Saïd family.
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L&G to fund Oxford University’s £200m Life and Mind sciences building
Legal & General has announced that it will fund and deliver the new £200m life and mind sciences building with the University of Oxford.
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Over half of Year 12 students report poor mental wellbeing since lockdown
More than half of Year 12 students report poor mental wellbeing since lockdown according to school-based survey of 19,000 students.
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Oxford University appoints acoustician to develop a world-class concert hall
Oxford University has appointed a specialist acoustician to help create a new concert hall to rival the best in the world at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre.
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Oxford University tops World University Rankings for 5th consecutive year
Oxford University has topped in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the fifth year in a row.
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Reuben Foundation donates £80m for first new Oxford college in 30 years
Oxford University has received a landmark £80 million donation from the Reuben Foundation that will transform Oxford’s newest college.