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The Academic Ranking of World Universities, as of November 2021, ranks Oxford as ninth in a worldwide listing of universities for the study of political sciences; the only higher-ranked UK institution was the London School of Economics. [3]
The first academic houses were monastic halls. Of the dozens established during the 12th–15th centuries, none survived the Reformation.The modern Dominican permanent private hall of Blackfriars (1921) is a descendant of the original (1221), and is sometimes described as heir to the oldest tradition of teaching in Oxford.
University College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.Its alumni include politicians, lawyers, bishops, poets, and academics. The overwhelming maleness of this list is partially explained by the fact that. from its foundation in 1249 until 1979, women were barred from studying at the college.
The History Boys (2004) by Alan Bennett, alumnus of Exeter College, a play about a group of grammar school boys in Sheffield in 1983 applying to read history at Oxford and Cambridge. It premiered at the National Theatre and was adapted for film in 2006.
Philosophy, politics and economics was established as a degree course at the University of Oxford in the 1920s, [21] as a modern alternative to classics (known as "literae humaniores" or "greats" at Oxford) for those entering the civil service. It was thus initially known as "modern greats".
It is a graduate college specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. Nuffield is one of Oxford's newer colleges, having been founded in 1937, as well as one of the smallest, with only around 90 students [ 2 ] and 60 academic fellows . [ 3 ]
The Faculty of History at the University of Oxford organises that institution's teaching and research in medieval and modern history. Medieval and modern history has been taught at Oxford for longer than at virtually any other university, [1] and the first Regius Professor of Modern History was appointed in 1724.
The college annexe on Staverton Road in North Oxford houses undergraduate students during their second year and some graduate students. [20] The college also owns the University College Boathouse (completed in 2007 and designed by Belsize architects) [21] and a sports ground, which is located nearby on Abingdon Road. [22]