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The senior member of each college is an officer known generically as the Head of House. Their specific title varies from college to college as indicated in the list below. While the Head of House will usually be an academic, it is not uncommon for a person to be appointed who has had a distinguished career outside academic circles.
People associated with the University of Oxford by college (46 C) Alumni of the University of Oxford (6 C, 3,546 P) Fellows of colleges of the University of Oxford (43 C)
The BTh is awarded primarily to students of the various theological colleges and halls, such as Wycliffe Hall, Regent's Park College, Blackfriars, St Stephen's House, Ripon College Cuddesdon, [4] Harris Manchester College and the former Westminster College, Oxford. Usually, these students are candidates for the ordained ministry of one of the ...
The rankings of each college in the Norrington Table are calculated by awarding 5 points for a student who receives a First Class degree, 3 points for a 2:1, 2 for a 2:2 and 1 for a Third; the total is then divided by the maximum possible score (i.e. the number of finalists in that college multiplied by 5), and the result for each college is expressed as a percentage, rounded to 2 decimal places.
The Oxford Admissions Study was a research project set up to investigate access issues, in which data were collected on 2,000 students who applied to the university in 2002, including exam results from the universities they went on to attend. [16] A number of reports were published based on these data.
Each college is a self-governing institution within the university, controlling its own membership and having its own internal structure and activities. All students are members of a college. [18] The university does not have a main campus, but its buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre.
[20] [21] As a major provider of social science research, it is accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council as a Doctoral Training Centre of excellence in research training. [22] [23] From 2021 the division's head is Professor Timothy Power. [24] From 2008 to 2017 the head was Professor Roger Goodman.
The golden triangle is the triangle formed by the university cities of Cambridge, London, and Oxford in the south east of England in the United Kingdom. [note 1] The triangle is occasionally referred to as the Loxbridge triangle, [7] [8] a portmanteau of London and Oxbridge or, when limited to five members, the G5.