United Kingdom Oxford University to keep statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes Oriel College said removing the statue of Cecil Rhodes, one of the architects of segregation in southern Africa, would be too costly. 20/05/2021
Experiences Meet Winston Churchill in new exhibition at Blenheim Palace A life-size sculpture of Winston Churchill has been unveiled as part of Blenheim Palace’s new Churchill exhibition. 12/05/2021
Nature First ever images of mysterious ‘Walter's duiker’ captured in the wild Is this small African antelope the world's most secretive mammal? 07/04/2021
United Kingdom Oxford University suspends AstraZeneca vaccine trial on children Oxford University has paused a trial of the vaccine on children and teenagers until further review by the British regulator. 06/04/2021
United Kingdom Oxford/AstraZeneca to begin COVID vaccine trials on children Pfizer and Moderna began trialling their vaccines on children as young as 12 last year, while AstraZeneca will be expanding the age group further. 13/02/2021
world news Denmark has biggest share of people 'fully vaccinated' for COVID-19 Denmark had given first and second doses to a greater share of its population — 1.42% — than other European countries. In contrast, France had fully vaccinated only 0.07%. 02/02/2021
United Kingdom AstraZeneca reveals dosing mistake in coronavirus vaccine trials A dosing error may have contributed to the "highly effective" results of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University coronavirus vaccine. 26/11/2020
Next Series Here's what E.T. could actually look like Aliens may be more like us than we think, according to evolutionary biology. 07/11/2017
world news Oxford, Cambridge top world university rankings Oxford held on to first place for the second year in a row in the latest Times Higher Education ranking, while Cambridge rose from fourth to second. 06/09/2017
United Kingdom Taliban target Malala Yousafzai wins place at Oxford University Malala, 17, was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban gunman. Now she's got a place at one of the world's most prestigious universities. 17/08/2017
United Kingdom 'Post-truth' - international word of the year! “Post-truth” has been named International Word of The Year – in the wake of Brexit and the US presidential election. 16/11/2016
world news 'HIV virus less deadly' - new scientific study HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, is evolving into a less deadly infection – that’s according to a study by scientists at Oxford University. The 02/12/2014
