Study shows that chimpanzees perform the same complex behaviours that have brought humans success

Published on December 3, 2024

A new study led by the University of Oxford suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved before humans and apes diverged millions of years ago. The findings have been published in the journal PeerJ.
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Oxford University to lead AI security research through new national laboratory partnership

December 3, 2024
The University of Oxford, in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute and UK Government, will play a lead role in the newly announced Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR). The £8.22 million government-funded initiative marks a significant step forward in strengthening Britain's cyber resilience.

Professor Joya Chatterji awarded Wolfson History Prize 2024

December 3, 2024
This year’s Wolfson History Prize has been awarded to Joya Chatterji, Emeritus Professor of South Asian History and Fellow of Trinity College, for her book Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century, first published in 2023.The book charts the story of the subcontinent from the British Raj through independence and partition to the forging of the modern nations of India, Pakistan and Bangla