Tag: University of Oxford
4 months ago
mirror.co.uk

New JN.1 Covid wave ‘may be biggest yet’ as expert warns over 'devious' strain

Professor Peter Openshaw, a virus expert at Imperial College London, is warning of a 'major surge' as the JN.1 varian...

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6 months ago
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Ex-Bullingdon Club members have held top government jobs for 85% of time since 2010

Since 11 May 2010, a member of the Bullingdon Club has been either Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, or Chancellor f...

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9 months ago
mirror.co.uk

What are the three Covid variants of concern for the UK and what are their symptoms?

Three new mutated Covid variants have been detected in the UK - Eris, BA.2.86 or 'Pirola' and Omicron subvariant 'BA....

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over 2 years ago
telegraph.co.uk

Planet Normal: It's money over common sense at Britain's universities

A senior Oxford don tells our weekly podcast why his isn’t the only institution to have ‘thrown principles out the wi...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Blood clot risk from Covid 'substantially higher' than from vaccine, new study finds

For every 10 million people jabbed with AstraZeneca - 66 additional cases of blood clotting in a vein were found - co...

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over 2 years ago
telegraph.co.uk

University lecture halls rented out for corporate events while student lessons stay online

Under-fire Oxford and Warwick insist using venues for face-to-face learning is their priority

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Prince William and Kate speak out as more than 125 killed in devastating flood

Prince William and Kate paid their respects to those lost in the 'devastating' disaster as officials warned they beli...

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almost 3 years ago
telegraph.co.uk

Boycotting Oxford tutors are 'useless bunch', says Jacob Rees-Mogg as he warns 'we must not allow...

Downing St said students whose teaching at Oriel College has been disrupted by Cecil Rhodes statue protests may be li...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Oxford students vote to remove Queen portrait because of her 'colonial history'

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson branded a reported move by Oxford University students to remove the Queen's pict...

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almost 3 years ago
telegraph.co.uk

Women’s Varsity match to be played at Lord’s next year after successful campaign

There will be a format change in 2022 allowing both the men's and women's teams to play on the main ground on the sam...

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almost 3 years ago
telegraph.co.uk

MCC to allow women's Varsity match to be played on main Lord's square from next year

In a victory for Stump Out Sexism campaign both Varsity fixtures would be played as T20 matches at the ground

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about 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Oxford Covid vaccine creator Professor Sarah Gilbert calls for caution as pupils return to school

Despite the sense of there being light at the end of the tunnel, she says there should be no return to the old normal

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

New rapid coronavirus test can quickly reveal which variant a patient has

Danish biotechnology firm Novozymes has developed a modified PCR test which can detect whether a patient has the UK, ...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Covid vaccine trials could soon begin on 'newborn babies and pregnant women'

Hanneke Schuitemaker, head of viral vaccines at Johnson and Johnson's Janssen firm, said newborn babies will be teste...

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over 3 years ago
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Early signs suggest delaying second Covid vaccine dose to 12 weeks was 'right'

Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said he is ...

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