Oxford reveals Children’s Word of the Year for 2025 Almost 5,000 children aged six to 14 were surveyed by Oxford University Press The Independent UK · Jan 21
Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025
Oxford University Press halts publication of China-sponsored journal after years of outrage Oxford University Press will no longer publish Forensic Sciences Research after 2025 The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025
Oxford University Press to stop publishing China-sponsored science journal Move follows concerns about papers in Forensic Sciences Research not meeting ethical standards on DNA collection The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025
‘A steamy wrestle’: Guardian article inspires play on Shakespeare and Marlowe collaboration Exclusive: Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, coming to West End, imagines rival dramatists working together The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025
What does ‘skibidi’ mean? Kids’ top slang words of the year revealed Words such as ‘slay’, ‘sigma’ and ‘skibidi’ were voted as children’s favourite slang words, according to a survey by Oxford University Press The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025
Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capital The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2023
Pat Coombes obituary Other lives: Lecturer who helped to set up a controversial social sciences degree course at the Open University The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2023
OPINION - Rizz: The word of the year is all about cheerful, carnal appeal — you can’t buy that The most charismatic man I ever met was the LA rapper, musician, designer and generational hero, Tyler the Creator. I was shadowing him during a spring jaunt in Paris for the gentlemanly fashion magazine, Fantastic Man. He’d just won his first Grammy. Many of the loose collectives of scrappy, visionary… Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023
Rizz is Oxford's word of the year for 2023. Do you have it? If you're asking what "rizz" means, you're not alone. There's even a chance that you have rizz without actually knowing what it is. WEKU · Dec 4, 2023
Got rizz? Tom Holland memes propel popularity of 2023 word of the year Gen Z slang for charm or attractiveness sees off ‘Swiftie’, ‘situationship’ and ‘prompt’ in judges’ decision The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023
OUP to publish a special Bible for King Charles III's coronation ceremony Ahead of UK's King Charles III's coronation ceremony, which will take place at Westminster Abbey on 6th May this year, news is that Oxford University Press (OUP) has been commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury to produce The Coronation Bible. As per reports, the Coronation Bible will play an important… The Times of India · Apr 24, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023 ‘Making a book is an extraordinary thing’: Pip Williams on the invisible history of female bookbinders The bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words shares the spark behind her new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho – filling the ‘blank spaces’ around the women who worked at Oxford University Press
The Times of India · Jan 18, 2023 'Queen' tops UK children’s word of the year for 2022 'Queen' has been chosen by UK's children as the word of the year for 2022, as per a research by Oxford University Press (OUP). While 'Queen' topped the voting, the second most voted word was "happy", followed by the word "chaos".
Liverpool Echo · Jan 17, 2023 Queen, happy and chaos among children's top words for 2022 Three words were shortlisted but only one came out on top
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023 ‘Queen’ is UK children’s word of the year for 2022 Almost half of the children surveyed by Oxford University Press chose ‘Queen’ as their top word, with ‘happy’ and ‘chaos’ in second and third place
The Times of India · Nov 22, 2022 Oxford Word of the Year 2022 to be chosen by public voting With the year 2022 coming to an end, it is time to pause and reflect upon the year that was. This is also the time when popular Dictionaries announce their Word of the Year, which either aptly sums up or is the most-used/ searched word in the past 12 months.…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022 Oxford word of the year to face its first public vote Three ‘words’ selected by Oxford University Press – ‘goblin mode’, ‘#IStandWith’ and ‘metaverse’ – can now be voted for online
Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022 ‘No longer appropriate’ Biff Chip and Kipper book pulled by Oxford University Press Characters in the book described a foreign country as “scary” and the people as “unfriendly”
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022 Oxford University Press pulps ‘no longer appropriate’ Biff, Chip and Kipper book The Blue Eye, which features ‘scary’ people in street market, has been withdrawn from sale after complaints
The Times of India · Jan 20, 2022 'Anxiety' is children’s word of the year as per OUP 'Anxiety' has been picked as the children's word of the year by Oxford University Press (OUP), based on their recent research.