University of Oxford
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Revamped Ashmolean opens to public...world's great cultural jewels." The museum is named after Elias Ashmole, an aficionado of antiquities who studied at the University of Oxford while posted to the military. Museum director Christopher Brown said: "From the outset, our... In this article: Ashmolean, University of Oxford, Elias Ashmole, International Herald Tribune, Guy Fawkes, and UK |
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BBC News | 1 day ago
Special treatment
...selected on merit, and chosen because they are most likely to thrive at the university. Oxford case Look at the new scheme at University of Oxford, for example, and judge for yourself whether it is fair or a crude social engineering.
In this article: Oxford, Bristol University, Conservative Party, and David Cameron
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BBC News | 1 day ago
Studies 'overstate species risks'
...habitats for up to 100% of plant species." Micro v macro Co-author Shonil Bhagwat, a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford, UK, said when vegetation was looked at on a smaller scale, scientists saw a different picture.
In this article: Climate change, Swiss Alps, UK, and BBC News
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Scotland on Sunday | 1 day ago
Applications rise at Oxford University
...a Premium Content Subscription with the Press Association site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Oxford University received a record number of undergraduate applications this year - the vast majority from...
In this article: Oxford University, Oxford, and UK
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BBC News | 3 days ago
Ashmolean art
...painting. Controversy The museum takes its name from Elias Ashmole, an aficionado of antiquities who studied at the University of Oxford whilst posted to the military there. He was one of the first gentleman freemasons in England...
In this article: Elias Ashmole, Ashmolean, Identity crisis, Royal Society, and Charles I
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New Kerala | 3 days ago
Drug that raises good cholestrol can also clear arteries: Study
...raises levels of 'good' cholesterol can also help clear clogged arteries in heart patients who are already on standard statin therapy, Oxford University announced Wednesday. The findings of the study, led by Robin Choudhury of the department...
In this article: Cholesterol, Niacin, Atherosclerosis, Oxford University, Statin, Oxford, B vitamin, Manchester University, and American College of Cardiology
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The Australian | 4 days ago
Oxford offers indigenous opportunity
...that." Charlie Perkins played professional soccer in Britain in the 1960s, including a game against the Oxford University team. Seeing Oxford inspired him to pursue a university education in Australia and to become the first...
In this article: Oxford, Oxford University, Helen Dale, Order of Australia, Joint venture, Reserve Bank of Australia, and Rio Tinto
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 5 days ago
Oxford university student dies of meningitis
A student who had just begun her first year at Oxford University has died of meningitis. Published: 7:00AM GMT 03 Nov 2009 Oxford undergraduate Antonia Bruch died after contracting meningitis Photo: INS Undergraduate Antonia Bruch was...
In this article: Meningitis, Oxford university, Regent's Park College, Vomiting, and Oxford
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 5 days ago
University 'crisis' as applications soar
...schools, lower social groups and low participation backgrounds all increase over the last decade. " Oxford University announced it had received more than 17,000 applications this year for around 3,000 undergraduate places - an increase...
In this article: Oxford University, UK, Recession, National Union, Wes Streeting, and David Willetts
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 5 days ago
The reopening of the Ashmolean: infinite riches in a larger room
...Egyptian collection is the best outside Cairo; its collection of modern Chinese art is the foremost in the world. It is used by Oxford University students in two dozen disciplines. "Once, historians interested in ancient cultures read...
In this article: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oxford University, Charles Cockerell, Titian, and Guy Fawkes
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BBC News | October 27, 2009
Scholarship offer to Aboriginals
Funding has now been secured to offer places to Aboriginal Australians Oxford University is hoping to welcome its first Aboriginal Australian students next year, it has been announced. From next month, applications for two scholarship...
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The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University", or simply "Oxford"), located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is also regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions. The name is sometimes abbreviated as Oxon. in post-nominals (from the Latin Oxoniensis), although Oxf is sometimes used in official publications. The University has 38 independent colleges, and 6 permanent private halls.
The university traces its roots back to at least the end of the 12th century, although the exact date of foundation remains unclear. After a dispute between students and townsfolk broke out in 1209, some of the academics at Oxford fled north-east to the town of Cambridge, where the University of Cambridge was founded. The two universities have since had a long history of competition with each other (see Oxbridge rivalry).
The University of Oxford is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities, the Coimbra Group (a network of leading European universities), the League of European Research Universities, International Alliance of Research Universities and is also a core member of the Europaeum. Academically, Oxford is consistently ranked in the world's top 10 universities. For more than a century, it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, which brings highly accomplished students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as postgraduates.
- Name:
- University of Oxford
- Also Known As:
- Universitas Oxoniensis
- Type:
- Public
- Location City:
- Oxford
- Location Country:
- England, UK
- Associated With:
- IARU
- Europaeum
- LERU
- G5
- Coimbra Group
- EUA
- Russell Group
- 'Golden Triangle'
- Endowment:
- £3.6 billion (inc. colleges)
- Motto:
- The Lord is my Light
- Colors:
- Oxford Blue
- Undergrad:
- 12,106
- Postgrad:
- 7,380
- Enrollment:
- 19,486
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