
University of Oxford
One of the world’s leading museums, the Ashmolean in Oxford,
will reopen on Saturday 7 November having completed a multi-million
pound redevelopment: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091103.html
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
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University of Oxford Oxford has received more than 17,000 applications for undergraduate courses beginning in 2010 - an increase of 12 per cent on 2008. The vast majority of the increase in applications came from state school students.

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The Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Consortium has been awarded £5 million for new research into how Parkinson’s Disease develops and progresses: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091029.html#at
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The Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Consortium, a team of world-class researchers at the University of Oxford led by Dr Richard Wade-Martins, has been awarded £5 million over five years for new research into how Parkinson’s Disease develops and progresses.

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A new internet language will enable computers to unravel the
complex terminology used by experts such as doctors, engineers and life
scientists, and understand what they really mean: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091028.html
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
A new Internet language will enable computers to unravel the complex terminology used by experts such as doctors, engineers and life scientists, and understand what they really mean.

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A new website launched by Oxford tracks how
fast we are approaching total global emissions of a trillion tonnes of
carbon: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091022.html
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
A new website launched today by Oxford University tracks how fast we are approaching total global emissions of a trillion tonnes of carbon – a level which, if reached, recent research suggests will result in dangerous global warming in excess of 2°C.

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Oxford celebrates Black History Month: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091020.html
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
Speakers at events across Oxford, including this one at the Museum of Natural History, have commemorated the past, present and future of the black community in Oxford and beyond.

University of Oxford Oxford currently has ten podcasts in the global iTunes U top 100: http://itunes.ox.ac.uk

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Three of the world’s most influential researchers are coming to
Oxford as Royal Society Professors, it was announced today. http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091015.html
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
Three of the world’s most influential researchers are coming to Oxford University as Royal Society Professors, it was announced today.

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Television and film producer Stephen Garrett, the man who brought Spooks and Life on Mars to our screens, has been named as Oxford’s News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media. http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091012_1.html
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Television and film producer Stephen Garrett, the man who brought Spooks and Life on Mars to our screens, has been named as Oxford University’s News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media.

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Oxford has released some sample interview questions ahead of its 15 October application deadline. http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091009.html
‘Why would you read Twilight?’: Sample questions give an insight into Oxford interviews - University
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
The University of Oxford has released some sample Oxford interview questions – direct from the tutors who conduct the interviews – to provoke thought and help explain the reasoning behind even the most odd-sounding questions.

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Oxford academics have launched a three year project assessing whether, and how, modern technology is changing the way we behave.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2 009/091008_2.html
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
How dependent have we become on modern technologies like mobile phones, and are social networking sites significantly changing the nature of our relationships with other people?

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Admissions tours will be available during the school and college holidays at the end of October.
See www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/tours/ for details. http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/tours/
Source: www.admissions.ox.ac.uk
The University open days are the best time to visit Oxford when many of the colleges and departments are open to visitors. There are opportunities to meet staff and students, to hear a range of presentations and talks, and to tour inside buildings that are not usually open to the public.

University of Oxford Mobile Oxford now has its own Facebook page featuring discussion topics about the service. Please search for 'Mobile Oxford' to find it.

University of Oxford Mobile Oxford is a new service for University of Oxford staff and students, for use on web-capable mobile phones. Please visit http://m.ox.ac.uk for more information.
Source: m.ox.ac.uk

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The latest Oxford e-newsletter for school and college teachers can be viewed at http://www.ox.ac.uk/enewsletters/oct_200 9.html
Source: www.ox.ac.uk
There have been more than 30,000 downloads of admissions-related podcasts from our iTunes U site since it was launched in October 2008. The site, from which more than one million downloads have been made, ...


















