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Six Encaenia honorands 2024
Encaenia honorands 2024, from left to right: Warren East, Sir Demis Hassabis, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sir Michael Palin, Anoushka Shankar and Professor Salim Yusuf

Honorary degree recipients for 2024 announced
Six people will receive honorary degrees from Oxford University this year
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Giolo's Lament, Pio Abad, 2023
Credit: Pio Abad

To those sitting in darkness
Catch Turner Prize 2024 Shortlisted artist Pio Abad's exhibition at the Ashmolean now
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The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Irene Tracey (centre), with members of 'The Vice-Chancellor's Colloquium' programme team and students from the winning project
Credit: John Cairns

Vice-Chancellor's innovative cross-curricular programme celebrated
200 undergraduates and academics from the humanities, social sciences and STEM subjects brought together to tackle the global climate crisis
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Everyone should love what they learn - explore our courses to find the one that’s right for you
Credit: Joy von Waldenfels

Choosing your course
Everyone should love what they learn - explore our courses to find the one that’s right for you
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Holywell Street
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Explore our undergraduate prospectus for entry in 2025 to discover more
Credit: Joy von Waldenfels

Oxford is what you make it
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Dr Chris Ballance, quantum computing’s up-and-coming star

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29Apr

'You take an object from your pocket’: stories, families & objects in exile

Harris Manchester College
29Apr

Growing older in Africa: Community-oriented evidence across the life course

Blavatnik School of Government (in-person and online)

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University response to recent events in Israel, Gaza and the Middle East
Information, advice and support for staff and students impacted
Pio Abad

Ashmolean NOW: Turner Prize 2024 shortlisted Pio Abad in conversation
1 May, 2-3pm at the museum and online, book now
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Why am I killing my house plants?
We ask M Garrido Davies, from the Department of Biology
Luke Grenfell-Shaw

Oxford nurtured my unconventional soul
Luke Grenfell-Shaw reflects on Oxford and offers advice on embracing life's challenges
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Women, Feminism, Oral History and the Miners' Strike
1 May, 2pm in Wadham College, register now
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The Oxford Internet Institute
US TikTok 'ban'—what are the economic implications?
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Oxford in The Conversation
Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be human-made
Oxford on film

Featured podcast
Oxford on film: Encaenia - now and then
The word vote

The OUP blog
Is it democratic to disqualify a popular candidate from the ballot?
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University response to the invasion of Ukraine
Information, advice and support for staff and students impacted
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The OED Blog
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Oxplore: the Home of Big Questions
Explore the University’s innovative website for 11-18 year olds

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