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09.12.09
After the last election was overshadowed by a row over alleged sexual harassment and leaks to the press, Oxford University is to select its new professor of poetry by online vote... more

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First, let's get more people ready for Oxbridge

24.11.09
Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, is an odd man to be attacking elitism. I mean, he's at home with the rich; he likes the company of the famous... more

Applications for leading universities up 12%

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Students 'must be told how many lectures they get for £3,000 fees'

01.10.09
Universities will be forced to tell students how many lectures and classes they can expect amid fears that undergraduates are being cheated out of their £3,225 a year fees... more

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Children in Britain received swine flu jabs today as trials for the vaccine started... more

Oxford's Randolph fails to live up to promise

22.07.09
The spa at Oxford’s ‘Ritz’ is a special lair of blameless self-indulgence — but other features fail to live up to its legendary reputation... more

Talks are the new gigs

13.07.09
Liz Hoggard has the lowdown on a conference that attracts the likes of Bill Clinton, Bono and Bill Gates... more

Scientists hope drug may help us live longer

08.07.09
Scientists have announced a major breakthrough in creating a pill to make us live longer... more

Graduates cash in on demand for children's private tutors

16.06.09
Increasing numbers of graduates from top universities are capitalising on the demand for home tutoring by setting up lucrative private agencies... more

Oxbridge miss targets for state pupils

04.06.09
Oxford and Cambridge have fallen far short of their targets for the number of students from state schools going to the top universities, figures showed... more

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May day students defy jump ban

01.05.09
Four students defied a police cordon and a university ban to jump from Magdalen Bridge into the Cherwell in Oxford... more

Lift £3,000 cap on fees or we'll lose our elite status say universities

29.04.09
Britain's leading universities warned they are in danger of losing their elite status because student fees fail to cover the costs of tuition... more

Oxford take top honours in both their rowing and recruitment

30.03.09
Rowing: Cambridge coach Chris Nilsson has insisted the Light Blues must urgently address their recruitment policy after Oxford powered to a fourth University Boat Race victory in five years... more

Rebecca Dowbiggin has an oarsome plan to stun Oxford and bow out on a high

27.03.09
Rowing: Cambridge cox Rebecca Dowbiggin is desperate to finish her rowing career on a high by inspiring an upset in Sunday's University Boat Race... more

Oxford coach backs his boys in dark blue

04.03.09
Rowing: Oxford head coach Sean Bowden is confident his crew, which includes Olympic silver medallist Colin Smith, can win the Boat Race... more

Whips and rubber are pretty tame

18.02.09
My old university contemporary Toby Young has written an article in Harper's Bazaar reminiscing about Oxford in the Eighties ... more

Sir Peter: A life dedicated to creating fairer access to education

17.02.09
Sir Peter Lampl gave up a lucrative career in management consultancy and finance to try to create a fairer education system for children from poorer backgrounds... more

GCSE where 18% was enough to get grade C

06.02.09
Thousands of pupils got a grade C in their chemistry GCSE with a mark of only 18 per cent... more

Universities give priority to poor students

11.12.08
More than half of leading universities favour students from deprived backgrounds, a report revealed... more

Woman seeks Oxbridge egg donor for a clever baby

05.12.08
A London woman who wants an "intellectual baby" is advertising for an egg donor from Oxford or Cambridge... more

Denham hits at Oxford chief

02.10.08
The war of words over Oxbridge admissions has escalated after the Universities Secretary accused Oxford's chancellor of having "outmoded" views... more

Private schools 'should coach state pupils for Oxbridge interviews'

30.09.08
Private schools should coach bright state sixth-formers in how to pass Oxbridge interviews, the Chancellor of Oxford University says... more

Universities pledge to interview state pupils

24.09.08
A group of leading universities will guarantee interviews to gifted working-class teenagers amid mounting government pressure to take more students from state schools... more

Minister: Oxford is not trying to widen access

19.09.08
The war of words between Britain's elite universities and the Government escalated as Cabinet minister John Denham launched an astonishing attack on Oxford... more

Oxford 'not able to take more deprived students'

17.09.08
Oxford University has warned it cannot take many more working-class students without compromising academic standards... more

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