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The Oxford skyline from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin looking to the east; All Souls College is in the foreground, with The Queen's College behind further along the High Street, and the tower of St Peter-in-the-East (now the library of St Edmund Hall) is at the far left.
The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially known as the "Rad Cam" or "The Camera"; from Latin camera, meaning 'room') is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library.
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Portal:University of Oxford/Selected picture/2 The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten of Barnes, leaves the Sheldonian Theatre after the 2009 Encaenia. He was elected in 2003, and is the latest holder of an office that dates back to the early 13th century.
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin (St Mary's or SMV for short) is an Anglican church in Oxford situated on the north side of the High Street.It is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings.
The college's founder, Queen Elizabeth I, shown in a portrait in the college hall Jesus College was founded on 27 June 1571, when Elizabeth I issued a royal charter. [6] It was the first Protestant college to be founded at the university, and it is the only Oxford college to date from Elizabeth's reign.
The Campaign to Protect Port Meadow that has been formed to protest against the Oxford University Castle Mill graduate housing development south of Port Meadow was opposed to this proposal as well due to its impact on the Oxford skyline. [9] In March 2016, Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences relocated from ...