Today eight Oxford University academics have been awarded significant financial funding from the UKRI ‘Future Leaders Fellowships scheme’ that was created to help develop the next wave of world-class research and innovation leaders in academia and business. Science Minister Amanda Solloway announced nearly 100 new Fellows, who will share in £113 million funding, with individual […]
Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is celebrating a double dose of success after scooping two national awards at the HSJ Value Awards 2021.The diabetes data dashboard, a partnership involving Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG), Oxford Health, and South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCWCSU), won the Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year, while the Oxford Integrated […]
Research from the University of Oxford and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research has shown that the technology behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has potential in treating cancer Scientists from the University of Oxford and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research are building on the success of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 to develop a […]
A new project to help people with musculoskeletal issues is being developed with the help of researchers from Oxford Brookes University. Led by Good Boost, the Virtual Community Rehabilitation (VCR) project consortium has received £408,000 of funding from Innovate UK to develop an app so that people can join in with virtual group exercise classes from home […]
A partnership between two leading education and health organisations has led to face-to-face rehabilitation work returning for the first time in many months. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Brookes University have been running pulmonary rehabilitation clinics which have been supporting vulnerable patients at the university’s Marston Road site in Headington. The clinics enable local […]
The University of Oxford remains top of the table in latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings Times Higher Education (THE) has announced the results of the THE World University Rankings 2022, with the University of Oxford retaining top spot for an impressive sixth consecutive year. In a year dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, […]
Oxford Brookes University has been awarded funding as part of the government’s first Turing Scheme, to give students opportunities to work and study abroad. Up to 90 students from Oxford Brookes could benefit from the programme in the next academic year, with the opportunity to take up international work placements, global exchange programmes or study […]
Optellum, a lung health start-up in Oxford, aims to redefine early interception of lung cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) decision support software. Optellum, a lung-health AI company in Oxford has entered a strategic collaboration with the Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson. Through the collaboration, Optellum will apply its AI-powered clinical decision support platform with […]
Professor David Knights from Oxford Brookes Business School has been elected Fellow of the British Academy, in recognition of his contribution to the humanities and social sciences. Professor Knights researches management education, organisation and leadership, gender and diversity, the body and ethics, identity and power, technology, and finance. His most recent research has focussed on the […]
The OAHP has produced its first Annual Report with accompanying case studies and this has been submitted to NIHR. It can be accessed Paper 4 Oxford Academic Health Partners AHSC Annual Report 2020-2021_FINAL The Report covers progress towards objectives and highlights the significant activities during the year. The Case Studies cover@ Pandemic preparedness : responding […]