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The rowing team (Headington School Oxford Boat Club) is one of the county's most successful school teams. It won the girls eights category at the National Schools Regatta in 2001 [ 14 ] and completed the rare "Women's triple" in 2009, 2014, 2015, and 2016 by winning the National Schools, Schools Head and Henley . [ 15 ]
Cartoon of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, in the robes of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Punning on his military past and the Doctor of Canon Law degree, the caption calls him "a great doctor of cannon law." The chancellor of the University of Oxford is the ceremonial head of the university. The office dates from the ...
Initially, Oxford chancellors were elected for a term of one to three years. Later they were elected for life, starting from John Russell in 1483. [49] A further function given to the new Chancellor's Election Committee in 2024 was to make a recommendation to the University Council to fix a term of office for the Chancellor.
The school's name was commonly abbreviated and referred to by both pupils and staff as 'Rye'. Rye was unique as a girls' independent Catholic school due to the fact that it was founded by two women rather than by a religious order. In 2024, it merged with Headington School to become a new school, named "Headington Rye Oxford". [1]
Bardwell School, Bicester Bishopswood School, Sonning Common; Endeavour Academy, Headington Fitzwaryn School, Wantage Frank Wise School, Banbury The Iffley Academy, Oxford John Watson School, Wheatley
John Hood, appointed Vice-Chancellor in 2004. The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford is the chief executive and leader of the University of Oxford . The following people have been vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford (formally known as The Right Worshipful the Vice-Chancellor ): [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
He was the University's Senior Proctor for 1917–1918 and Vice-Chancellor, 1932–1935. [2] In 1942, Lys purchased Brockleaze (otherwise known as Brockless Cottage) in Pullens Lane, Headington, a suburb to the east of Oxford, and renamed it "Pullen's Gate".
He was an accomplished artist but became both an inspirational teacher and accomplished administrator. In 1922, he was appointed as a part-time teacher of sculpture in the Oxford City School of Arts and Crafts. In 1934, the technical and art schools were merged as the Schools of Technology Art and Commerce. John Henry Brookes was the first ...