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The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, [2] making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. [2] [11] [12] It grew rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. [2] After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. [13] The two English ancient universities share many common features and are jointly referred to as Oxbridge. Academic dress is required for examinations, matriculation, disciplinary hearings, and when visiting university officers. A referendum held among the Oxford student body in 2015 showed 76% against making it voluntary in examinations – 8,671 students voted, with the 40.2% turnout the highest ever for a UK student union referendum. [197] This was widely interpreted by students as being a vote not so much on making subfusc voluntary, but rather, in effect, on abolishing it by default, in that if a minority of people came to exams without subfusc, the rest would soon follow. [198] In July 2012 the regulations regarding academic dress were modified to be more inclusive to transgender people. [199] National Archives of Australia – Malcolm Fraser". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009 . Retrieved 4 July 2007. St Anne's College, Oxford>About the College>Our History". st-annes.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014 . Retrieved 4 May 2018. Gaudy Night (1935) by Dorothy L. Sayers, herself a graduate of Somerville College, a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novel.

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Partnership awards, Clarendon Fund Scholarships". Clarendon.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014 . Retrieved 11 April 2014. UCAS Students FAQs: Oxford or Cambridge". Archived from the original on 1 October 2009 . Retrieved 23 November 2009. Is it possible to apply to both Oxford University and the University of Cambridge? Statutes of the University of Oxford, 2012–13" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2018 . Retrieved 31 January 2018. Oxford has educated a wide range of notable alumni, including 30 prime ministers of the United Kingdom and many heads of state and government around the world. [17] As of October 2022, [update] 73 Nobel Prize laureates, 4 Fields Medalists, and 6 Turing Award winners have matriculated, worked, or held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford, while its alumni have won 160 Olympic medals. [18] Oxford is the home of numerous scholarships, including the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the oldest international graduate scholarship programmes. History of the College". St Hugh's College, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014 . Retrieved 14 October 2010.

Oxford University | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023 . Retrieved 7 August 2023. The best UK universities chosen by major employers". Times Higher Education. London. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 16 November 2015.Undergraduate teaching is centred on the tutorial, where 1–4 students spend an hour with an academic discussing their week's work, usually an essay (humanities, most social sciences, some mathematical, physical, and life sciences) or problem sheet (most mathematical, physical, and life sciences, and some social sciences). The university itself is responsible for conducting examinations and conferring degrees. Undergraduate teaching takes place during three eight-week academic terms: Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity. [144] (These are officially known as 'Full Term': 'Term' is a lengthier period with little practical significance.) Internally, the weeks in a term begin on Sundays, and are referred to numerically, with the initial week known as "first week", the last as "eighth week" and with the numbering extended to refer to weeks before and after term (for example "noughth week" precedes term). [145] Undergraduates must be in residence from Thursday of 0th week. These teaching terms are shorter than those of most other British universities, [146] and their total duration amounts to less than half the year. However, undergraduates are also expected to do some academic work during the three holidays (known as the Christmas, Easter, and Long Vacations). Aggregated Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 July 2022" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2023 . Retrieved 5 May 2023. Little, Reg (7 February 2013). "Historian takes university to task over 'visual disaster' of Port Meadow flats". The Oxford Times. p.3. Who's working in HE?". HESA. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019 . Retrieved 24 February 2023. College History | Oriel College". Oriel College. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018 . Retrieved 4 May 2018.