Dec
31
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![New Year Honours 2009]()
Four Oxford University academics have been recognised in the New Year Honours, announced on 31 December.
Dec
25
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![Review of the year for Oxford]()
As 2008 was such a busy year for the University of Oxford, we’ve taken this opportunity to reflect on some of the highlights. We haven’t tried to encapsulate the cutting-edge research that has taken place at the University because there’s just too much, but here’s a roundup of a few of the stories we’ve covered on the news pages this year.
Dec
24
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![Big ‘beesiness’ idea a winner]()
A team of graduate students from Oxford University have won the Environment Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) competition with their idea for a business that could save threatened bee populations.
Dec
22
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![Chocolate, wine and tea improve brain performance]()
All that chocolate might actually help finish the bumper Christmas crossword over the seasonal period. According to Oxford researchers working with colleagues in Norway, chocolate, wine and tea enhance cognitive performance.
Dec
18
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![RAE results]()
The University of Oxford was judged to have the largest submission of world-leading academics in the UK in the results of HEFCE's Research Assessment Exercise 2008.
Dec
17
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![Spin-outs focus on energy & organs]()
Two new spin-out companies have formed based on Oxford research in two areas: monitoring energy use and keeping donor organs alive, Oxford University’s technology transfer company, Isis Innovation, has announced.
Dec
16
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![Oxford University to return remains of Ngarrindjeri people to Australia]()
The University of Oxford has agreed to a request by the Australian Government and the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee to return three separate sets of human remains held in the University Museum of Natural History to Australia.
Dec
15
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![New psychotherapy treats majority of eating disorder cases]()
A study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown a new form of psychotherapy has the potential to treat more than eight out of ten cases of eating disorders in adults.
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