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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 University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, [ 5 ] making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation .
University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford [6] and colloquially referred to as "Univ", [7] is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. [8]
Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the former Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and is centred on the architecturally important Radcliffe Observatory, [3] an 18th-century building, modelled on the ancient Tower of the Winds at Athens.
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford [5] in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by Bishop William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as New College's feeder school, New College was one of the first colleges in the university to admit and tutor undergraduate students.
The college entrance is on the north side of High Street, whilst it has a long frontage onto Radcliffe Square. To its east is The Queen's College, whilst Hertford College is to the north of All Souls. The current warden (head of the college) is Sir John Vickers, a graduate of Oriel College, Oxford.
Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford [3] in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges.Among its alumnae have been Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Vera Brittain and Dorothy L. Sayers.
Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, [3] situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming , the then Bishop of Lincoln .