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Most of the colleges forming the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford are paired into sister colleges across the two universities. [1] The extent of the arrangement differs from case to case, but commonly includes the right to dine at one's sister college, the right to book accommodation there, the holding of joint events between JCRs and invitations to May balls.
The very first Boat Race was won by Oxford, but Cambridge lead the overall series with 86 wins to Oxford's 81, [3] with one dead heat in 1877 (as of 2023). [4] Recent races have been closely fought, with Oxford winning by the shortest ever margin of 1-foot (0.30 m) in 2003 [4] and Cambridge winning in 2004 despite Oxford's claims of a foul. [5]
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.
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.
Colleges of the University of Oxford, England The main article for this category is Colleges of the University of Oxford . See also: Category:Permanent private halls of the University of Oxford
Doxbridge is another example of this, referring to Durham, Oxford and Cambridge. [36] [37] [38] Doxbridge was also used for an annual inter-collegiate sports tournament between some of the colleges of Durham, Oxford, Cambridge and York. [39] Woxbridge is the name of the annual conference between the business schools of Warwick, Oxford and ...
Until the 19th century all bishops who had studied at Oxford were made DDs jure officio. Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) The DPhil is a research degree, modelled on the German and American PhD, that was introduced in 1914. Oxford was the first university in the UK to accept this innovation. Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsychol)
College code College/Hall aso All Souls: bal Balliol: bla Blackfriars: bra Brasenose: chr Christ Church: cor Corpus Christi: cph Campion Hall: ext Exeter: grt Green Templeton: hrm Harris Manchester: her Hertford: jes Jesus: keb Keble: kel Kellogg: lmh Lady Margaret Hall: lna Linacre: lin Lincoln: mag Magdalen: man Mansfield: mer Merton: new New ...