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Wheat being harvested
Oxford researchers are investigating the impacts of agriculture on the climate, growing climate-resilient crops and ensuring rising global populations have access to safe water

Food, agriculture and water
What is the relationship between agriculture and climate change and how might we provide safe water and climate-resilient crops for a rising global population?
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Check out our preparation guidance and have a go at the online practice test
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Feel confident about your Oxford admissions test
Check out our preparation guidance and have a go at the online practice test
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View toward Magdalen College
(Image credit: Henry Lee / Graduate Photography Competition)

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Students sitting on steps
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Supporting your move to Oxford
Starting at university is an exciting time, but we know you may be feeling anxious about it too so here are some helpful resources
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Oxford University has been world number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings since 2017 - the longest time any university has held the position in the 21 annual editions of the rankings
Credit: John Cairns

The best university in the world for a record tenth consecutive year
Oxford University has been world number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings since 2017
John le Carré
The new Bodleian exhibition: John le Carré: Tradecraft is on at the Weston Library, admission is free

John le Carré: Tradecraft
Discover the enduring legacy of one of the greatest writers of the past century at the Weston Library

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Life and Mind building opens in Oxford

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21Oct

Strachey Lecture: Advances in Garbled Circuits

Oxford University Museum of Natural History
21Oct

Sheldonian Series: Cancel Culture

Sheldonian Theatre

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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
Richard Robson, chemist

Chemistry news
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Oxford alumnus Richard Robson
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Oxford in The Conversation
Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild
Sir Charles Godfray

Sir Charles Godfray
The Director of the Oxford Martin School on the future of food in a rapidly changing climate
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Bat Trail
From 23 Oct to 2 Nov, bats have taken over the museum, and we need your help to find them all!
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The OUP Blog
The sound of suspense: a Hitchcock and Herrmann playlist
Irene Tracey at the Oxford-Berlin symposium

Fourth Oxford–Berlin symposium
The Oxford–Berlin Research Partnership convened in Oxford on 30 September
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The Reuters Institute
On the cusp of abundance? How AI may redefine our relationship with news
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Featured podcast
How to find your people (if you're new to Oxford)
Drawing of printing press

More than a Dodo blog
John Phillips: A life in stone
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University response to the invasion of Ukraine
Information, advice and support for staff and students impacted
the 1940s

The OED Blog
Words from the 1940s
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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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