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    Jun 24
    Nine exceptional individuals whose achievements have made lasting contributions to the world were recognised today with honorary degrees at Oxford University’s Encaenia. Find out more ⬇️
    Nine honorary degree recipients stand together in Oxford’s Divinity School wearing red and grey sub fusch beneath the building’s ornate vaulted ceiling.
    Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern stands in Oxford’s Bodleian Library quadrangle wearing a red honorary degree gown, with the Radcliffe Camera visible in the background.
    Professor Shuji Nakamura stands in academic dress during the honorary degree ceremony in Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre.
    Adjoa Andoh signs the Honorands’ Book in Oxford’s Divinity School, wearing a mortarboard and honorary degree gown, with the hall’s stone tracery and vaulted ceiling in the background.
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    Jul 29
    An analysis of nearly three decades of mortality data in the United States of America (USA) has found that cigarette smoking accounted for nearly two-thirds of excess deaths among White Americans with lower levels of education. Read more ⬇️ ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07-2…
    A hand holding a cigarette above an ashtray filled with cigarette butts. The text below reads: "Smoking deaths responsible for stalled gains in life expectancy in the USA."
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    Jul 27
    The school day and the working day do not align and families are left to bridge the gap. Oxford’s Adam Webster argues that this is a structural policy problem, not one that better diary management can solve. Read more ⬇️ ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07-2…
    Image showing a magazine layout. The title reads, "What the School Run Reveals About Modern Work and Family Life." The subtitle notes a commentary by Adam Webster, described as a full-time parent and part-time Associate Professor in Law and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. The text discusses a call for Andy Burnham’s government to reconsider Britain's approach to work, care, and family life for better family success. A person is at a desk with a laptop, and a child is visible in the foreground.
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    University of Oxford
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    Jul 26
    A rainbow over Oxford following a storm 🌈 📷 Instagram | UmairAtOxford (June, 2026)
    A rainbow arches across dark storm clouds above Oxford, with the dome of the Radcliffe Camera and the rooftops and spires of the city illuminated by sunlight.
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    Jul 24
    NEW: Oxford’s @OxfordVacGroup has today successfully vaccinated the first volunteer in the world’s first clinical trial of a vaccine designed to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV). Find out more ⬇️ bit.ly/4yFiXfR
    Close-up of a vial labelled for a clinical trial vaccine on a laboratory tray, with an overlaid headline reading “First volunteer vaccinated in the world's first Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine trial” and University of Oxford branding.
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