Aug

27

Trevor Nunn named next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor

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Trevor Nunn named next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor Director Trevor Nunn has been named as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre, based at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

Aug

25

Classics outreach students receive GCSE results

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Classics outreach students receive GCSE results The first students to graduate from Oxford University's Latin Teaching Scheme, which aims to teach Latin to local state school students, receive their GCSE results today.

Aug

25

Poverty and shame

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Poverty and shame A major international study is to examine whether shame is a key part of the experience of being poor. It will look at whether being poor necessarily results in low self esteem or feelings of shame and whether welfare policies are counterproductive when claimants are stigmatised.

Aug

25

Sex more likely for female flies with promise of food

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Sex more likely for female flies with promise of food Female fruit flies will have sex more frequently if they think there is more food around, and a new study led by Oxford University has explained how this happens.

Aug

24

Gene study supports link between vitamin D deficiency and disease

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Gene study supports link between vitamin D deficiency and disease The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is highlighted in a new study led by Oxford University.

Aug

20

Bodleian borrows ‘Big Book’

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Bodleian borrows ‘Big Book’ ‘The Big Book’ is a public art installation on display in the Bodleian Library’s Clarendon Quadrangle from Friday 20 August to Tuesday 24 August.

Aug

19

Faithful females key to evolution of bird societies

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Faithful females key to evolution of bird societies Females with fewer sexual partners can explain where bird species have evolved to cooperate in the rearing of their young, according to Oxford University research.

Aug

16

Buildings’ 24-hour energy use studied

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Buildings’ 24-hour energy use studied A study into the energy use of four 24-hour opening buildings whose findings are expected to improve the University’s energy efficiency has received funding from the Higher Education Funding Council.

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