Contractor appointed for new Somerville College buildings Oxford University has appointed Laing O’Rourke as the contractor for Somerville College's New Student Accommodation buildings on the site of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.
Final consultation on Sports Complex The University is set to reveal plans tomorrow for the significant redevelopment of its Sports Centre on Iffley Road. Plans for the Sports Complex, designed by Faulkner Brown Architects, are to be revealed at the second public consultation held at the University Rugby Club Pavilion on Thursday 28 January 2010.
Insects: ‘good mothers’ after all
Can we future-proof against another financial crisis? On the day that the UK emerges from the recession, an Oxford University study warns that by continuing to test and future-proof individual banks without considering the resilience of the financial system as a whole, we run the risk of making the same mistakes again.

Ideas of March: OxSciFest

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Ideas of March: OxSciFest
Targeting cancer stem cells in the lab Understanding of the particular cancer cells within a tumour that drive its growth could now advance more rapidly, thanks to Oxford University scientists.
Stephen Garrett to give first 2010 News International broadcast lecture Television and film producer Stephen Garrett will be giving his first lecture tomorrow as Oxford University’s News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media.

Mould networks match railways

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Mould networks match railways Slime moulds can produce networks as efficient, cost-effective and resilient as railway networks designed by people, despite having no central control over what they build.

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