British Reporter — The rankings, announced at the THE World Academic Summit in New York, rate more than 1,600 universities from around 100 countries globally. The ratings consider 13 calibrated performance indicators, measuring each institution’s performance in five areas: teaching (learning environment);
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British Reporter — Professor Susan Jebb , Oxford’s diet and population health expert maintains, ‘We cannot meet Net Zero targets without changing our diet. Professor Jebb points out that agriculture accounts for more CO2 emissions than transportation, and she says ‘It is
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British Reporter — No link currently exists proving climate change is driving migration out of East Africa, despite a widespread acceptance that human mobility is a key impact of climate change, according to research today from a multi-disciplinary Oxford University team, which maintains
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British Reporter — Using the full pseudonymised GP records of 57.9 million patients in England, researchers at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found that formally recorded diagnoses of Long COVID are substantially lower than previous
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British Reporter — We probably cannot slow the rate at which we get older, because of biological constraints, an unprecedented study of lifespan statistics in human and non-human primates has confirmed.
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British Reporter — Behavioural targeting online by dominant ad-tech businesses risks the welfare of consumers, requiring stricter enforcement of current laws, according to new research from experts in ethics and law from the Oxford Internet Institute.
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British Reporter — From shamans and mystics to cult leaders and divine kings, why have people throughout history accorded high status to people believed to have supernatural powers? According to a study led by researchers from the University of Oxford, this tendency to attribute
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British Reporter — Cocaine-use may be associated with aggression between rival football fans, according to a new paper published by Dr Martha Newson, an expert in group bonding and conflict with the Universities of Kent and Oxford.
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British Reporter — Parents will worry, that is what parents do. But, according to Oxford Internet Institute researcher, Dr Matti Vuorre, the evidence base suggesting a negative impact of the use of technology on teenagers’ mental health is thin – at best, according
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British Reporter — Net zero targets now cover two thirds of the global economy, according to a report today from Oxford Net Zero and the ECIU (Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit) – even though it was only a decade ago that Oxford
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