Former Woodford favourite Oxford Nanopore in potential £4bn London listing to boost ‘ambitious growth plans’ ON revealed plans to list last week with analysts suggesting a £4bn valuation Firm aims to raise around £300m with free float of at least 25% of share capital Biotech business does not expect to break even for at least … Read more
Oxford dons should stop ‘throwing tantrums’ over statues, says Oriel’s only African tutor Dr Marie Kawthar Daouda is ‘perplexed’ over the fuss surrounding Rhodes statue She said academics should be promoting equality by ‘raising awareness about places…where there is still much more work to be done’ She added that patriarchy in Victorian Britain was ‘in … Read more
Oxford University’s Sackler Library is named after multi-millionaire donor Dr Mortimer Sackler, who co-owned Purdue Pharma. The company that created the drug OxyContin.
Oxford University’s Sackler Library is named after multi-millionaire donor Dr Mortimer Sackler, who co-owned Purdue Pharma. The company that created the drug OxyContin.
Unlike any other charging station in the UK, the new Oxford hub will draw all 10 megawatts of power from the National Grid. This will make it the most powerful EV charging site in Europe when it opens this year.
Three cheers for Oriel College, which after years of dither and delay, has finally come to the only possible decision about its little statue of Cecil Rhodes. Nobody thinks Rhodes was a saint. Entrepreneurs and empire-builders rarely are. But as prime minister of the Cape Colony, founder of the De Beers diamond empire and the … Read more
Will Cecil Rhodes fall? Inquiry set up in wake of BLM protests says statue of British colonialist at Oxford’s Oriel College SHOULD be removed – but final decision rests with university’s governing body It needs to be taken down along with a plaque to the colonialist, the inquiry said It said Oriel should fund fellowships … Read more
Oxford University reportedly plans to teach that imperial measurements are ‘tied deeply to the idea of the Empire’ in a bid to make science courses less ‘Eurocentric’. The University has reportedly suggested imperial measurements, including the mile, inch, pound and ounce, should be ‘decolonised’ due to its links to the British Empire. Decolonising plans by … Read more
Oxford University reportedly plans to teach that imperial measurements are ‘tied deeply to the idea of the Empire’ in a bid to make science courses less ‘Eurocentric’. The University has reportedly suggested imperial measurements, including the mile, inch, pound and ounce, should be ‘decolonised’ due to its links to the British Empire. Decolonising plans by … Read more
A record proportion of pupils from state schools and deprived areas gained entry to Oxford University last year, figures showed yesterday. Almost seven in ten – 68.6 per cent – were state-educated compared to 62.3 per cent the previous year. It means under a third are now from private schools – which only 7 per … Read more