ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to seven Oxford MPLS Division academics
9 December 2025
Seven academics from the MPLS Division are to lead new research projects supported by European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants. These grants support highly promising mid-career scientists of any nationality and any field with building a research team at an eligible host organisation.
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research
12 November 2025
The University of Oxford has announced that Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of Jesus College and Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science, has been appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research, a new role to champion and coordinate Oxford’s world-class research in artificial intelligence (AI).
Third cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars begin their studies in Oxford
3 November 2025
We are delighted to welcome our latest cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars to Oxford. The programme, now in its third year, has to date awarded 18 scholarships to students from 11 countries and across five continents.
Three Oxford academics elected as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows
25 September 2025
Emeritus Professor Ronald Roy, Professor Andrea Vedaldi and Professor Michael Wooldridge are among leading figures elected by the Royal Academy of Engineering to its Fellowship this year.
MPLS Division researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society Awards
27 August 2025
Professor Kayla King (Department of Biology), Professor Philipp Kukura (Department of Chemistry) and Professor Michael Wooldridge (Department of Computer Science) are amongst the four Oxford researchers recognised in the 2025 Royal Society Awards.
Martingale Foundation expands flagship postgraduate scholarship programme
13 August 2025
The Martingale Foundation has announced a major expansion of its postgraduate scholarship programme for STEM students, with a commitment to support 800 Scholars across its partner universities by the end of the decade.
Study finds filtered data stops openly-available AI models from performing dangerous tasks
12 August 2025
Researchers from the University of Oxford, EleutherAI, and the UK AI Security Institute have reported a major advance in safeguarding open-weight language models. By filtering out potentially harmful knowledge during training, the researchers were able to build models that resist subsequent malicious updates – especially valuable in sensitive domains such as biothreat research.
QRT funds scholarships and research internships for under-represented students
8 August 2025
Global multi strategy investment manager Qube Research and Technologies (QRT) has pledged to support students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds at the University of Oxford.
New research reveals Uber’s algorithmic pricing leaves drivers and passengers worse off
27 June 2025
A new study from researchers in the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that Uber’s use of dynamic pricing has led to higher fares for passengers and lower earnings for drivers, while increasing Uber’s share of revenue.
Oxford academics awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants for breakthrough research
17 June 2025
Three researchers from the MPLS Division have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council, each worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years.
Oxford scientists in King’s Birthday Honours 2025
14 June 2025
The King's Birthday Honours 2025 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, including members of the MPLS Division and wider University.
MPLS success at the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025
16 May 2025
The University honoured remarkable talent and dedication to excellence on Thursday 15 May as the winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2025 were announced. Dr Joshua Bull from the Mathematical Institute received the Breakthrough Researcher Award and Department of Computer Science spinout Oxford Semantic Technologies claimed the Innovation and Commercialisation Award.
What lessons in cyber resilience can be learnt from the UK high street attacks?
9 May 2025
Dr Patricia Esteve-Gonzalez from the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), Department of Computer Science, and Luna Rohland from the World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity, outline how organisations can take a strategic approach to minimising the impacts of cyber-attacks.
Oxford researchers awarded ARIA funding to develop safety-first AI
10 April 2025
Researchers from the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering Science are leading two major projects as part of the UK Government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Safeguarded AI programme.
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed to the UK Government’s Council for Science and Technology
4 February 2025
Professor Shadbolt from the Department of Computer Science will join seven other new members who will advise on strategic science and technology policy issues that cut across the responsibilities of individual government departments.
New UKRI-funded network to bolster UK’s cyber security research ecosystem
12 November 2024
A new network led by the Department of Computer Science aims to protect cyber security in the UK and beyond, realise the benefits of emerging technologies, and better prepare society against future cyber threats.
New, ARIA-backed project aims to unlock radically cheaper AI hardware
6 November 2024
The University of Oxford is to share in a £50 million award from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), to advance research that could unlock artificial intelligence (AI) hardware at a thousandth of the cost.
Intelligence Community Awards Support Oxford Security Research
25 October 2024
Dr Christian Schroeder de Witt (Department of Engineering Science) and Dr Simon Birnbach (Department of Computer Science) have been awarded UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme to tackle emerging security challenges.
MPLS researchers awarded European Research Council Starting Grants to launch ambitious projects
5 September 2024
The ERC - the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research - has announced the awarding of 494 major ERC Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars across Europe, including six Oxford University researchers, two of whom are from MPLS.
University of Oxford to lead two projects from new UKRI interdisciplinary scheme
4 September 2024
The University of Oxford is to share in £32.4m funding from the first round of UKRI’s new cross research council responsive mode (CRCRM) pilot scheme. The scheme is designed to stimulate exciting new interdisciplinary research.