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‘Made in Oxford’ Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey sets out her vision
Professor Tracey spoke of her pride in being asked to lead her hometown university, where she has studied and worked as an internationally-renowned neuroscientist.
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West Oxfordshire District Council could dip into cash reserves to fund jobs
The council has listed an equivalent of 20 full-time jobs, costing more than £676,000 in salaries, that it would like to push forward in the next financial year.
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Oxbotica raises $140m in Series C funding to deploy self-driving commercial vehicles
The Series C funding accommodates growing demand from new and current shareholders, with additional investors expected to sign on before the funding round closes in a few months.
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Diverse, personal collection of WW2 art to go on display at SOFO Museum
The exhibition of diverse, original artwork – produced during and depicting scenes from the Second World War – first went on display at the museum in March 2020 but was open for less than a week before national lockdowns were put in place.
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Varna International Ballet and Orchestra make UK performance debut
Varna International Ballet and Orchestra is making its UK debut with performances of The Nutcracker, Giselle, and Coppélia and will stop at Oxford New Theatre between 30 January and 01 February… (Psst: we’ve got two tickets for Coppélia to give away).
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European Life Sciences sector sees city centre locations grow in demand
There are significant opportunities for investors to meet growing demand from the life sciences sector, according to the 2023 Europe Life Sciences Cluster Outlook published by JLL – a leading real estate and investment management firm.
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Home rentals business StayCotswold sees soaring booking levels
The company, which is based in Stow-on-the-Wold, is experiencing record trading, with year-on-year letting income for the final quarter of 2022 doubling to £1.7m as a result of its ‘agile’ pricing strategy.
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Car parking fees in South Oxfordshire set to increase this spring
Parking fees in car parks run by South Oxfordshire District Council, in Didcot, Goring, Henley, Thame, and Wallingford will increase from 01 April.
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Developers in South Oxfordshire to pay more CIL to improve community facilities
Developers building new homes, supermarkets and retail warehouses in the district must contribute more funds under the new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule that came into effect from 03 January 2023.
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Cherwell District Council’s waste and recycling crews to begin collecting Christmas trees
The trees will be taken to an in-vessel composting site at Ardley, where they’ll be composted at high temperatures before being redistributed to farmers as compost.
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Appeal sees farm get its glamping wagons months after council rejection
The Lowlands planning committee at West Oxfordshire District Council had initially turned down an application from Church Farm on Church End in South Leigh, for three glamping wagons.
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Oxford United publishes statement and two reports in support of club’s new stadium
Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet is set to discuss whether to progress plans for the club’s move to a site at Frieze Way (the triangular parcel, south of Kidlington roundabout) at its 24 January meeting.
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Developer asks for second shot at plans for 450 homes in Witney
The Lowlands planning committee at West Oxfordshire District Council had been advised to throw out the outline application to develop two parcels of land – Cogges Triangle and Cogges South – covering approximately 23 ha.
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Undercroft car park in Wantage transformed with young people’s art
In October last year, the council’s car park team decided to revamp the area with the help of a local youth group, The Sweatbox, and two local artists – Nor and Lisa.
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County Council secures continued access to bus services in Risinghurst and Northway
From 08 January, both areas will be served by Stagecoach route 14, which will operate up to half-hourly to Northway and hourly to Risinghurst seven days a week.
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Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) rebranded as WAE Technologies
Williams Advanced Engineering has been re-branded as WAE Technologies Limited following the acquisition of the world-leading technology and engineering services business by Fortescue in March 2022.