New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs - one of the largest and least protected ecosystems

Published on December 7, 2022

University of Oxford researchers have contributed to a study which found that very few deep reefs have any form of protection, despite facing a multitude of threats.  With the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 currently underway, the researchers call on policy makers to put in place specific actions and targets to protect these biodiversity hotspots.
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Oxford academics launch project to research the impact of technology in UK schools

December 7, 2022
Researchers from the University of Oxford have been awarded funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to look at the impact of technology on educational and social equity in schools in England.

Distilling entrepreneurs from Scotland’s whisky-soaked history

December 8, 2022
How contested industries can become ‘hotbeds of entrepreneurship’: the 19th century Scottish whisky industry can teach us lessons today, says a study co-authored by Thomas Roulet of Cambridge Judge Business School. Dr Thomas RouletWhen you think of “contested” industries – those subject to public challenge about their very nature – tobacco, oil, and nuclear power may spring to mind. However, prof