| 单词 | Oxbridge |
| 例句 | “Wish I’d brought a brolly,” she drawled in the plummy, educated tones of the Oxbridge colleges. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z "If you just put Oxbridge brown people in positions, then what's the point? They come from exactly the same mindset. That's not diversity, it's a fig leaf." BBC DJ criticises Radio 1 diversity 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Oxbridge graduates remain the main recipients of positions of power and prestige in our society – look no further than our current cabinet. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z After the successful crusade of alternative comedy, time was when cries of "Oxbridge smuggery" would reverberate around its crenellations. Sweat the Small Stuff: have comedy panel shows had their day? 2013-04-19T17:28:33Z Wade studied drama at Bristol University, and one of her favourite jokes in the play is about the idea of it being a place for Oxbridge rejects. Laura Wade: return of the thugs 2012-05-16T17:30:01Z Lest I needed further assurance, he was, he added “Oxbridge”, and in top physical form. My glass was barely clinked before my online date asked: ‘Guess my age?’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z PoshLaura Wade has updated her Royal Court hit to point the spotlight once again on the Oxbridge dining clubs that spawned the posh boys currently in power. This week's cultural highlights: The Raid and Bath festival jazz weekend 2012-05-20T20:00:09Z Of course, Oxbridge colleges would say that in addition to looking at A-level results, they also interview potential students. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z If we want to increase the numbers of black students entering Oxbridge, we need to increase the numbers of black students applying, and here the issue returns to class. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z In some ways he was an Oxbridge version of Larry King. An Appraisal: David Frost: Newsman, Showman, and Suave at Both 2013-09-02T20:59:00Z Should it now be striving to fund projects that mimic the largely white, male, privately educated, Oxbridge cabinet of which Hunt is such a fortunate part? Tackling UK poetry's ethnic imbalance, with no help from Jeremy Hunt 2010-09-22T07:00:00Z Black students are more likely to come from working-class households, where they most likely are not raised to expect to apply to Oxbridge. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z He was a prime example of the literate, Oxbridge type of director who flourished in the postwar era. David William obituary 2010-08-23T17:41:00Z Mr. Mays seems more like an Oxbridge don. Theater Review: ‘Dear Elizabeth,’ a Sarah Ruhl Play 2012-12-10T22:49:38Z In 1974, with “Knuckle,” Hare broke through to the West End, among the first of his generation of Oxbridge Young Turks to do so. ‘The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir,’ by David Hare 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The idea of studying at Oxbridge was not even a pipe-dream for someone like me, so I never applied and I did not go. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z She recalls running a workshop for senior faculty members of an Oxbridge medical school, where a clinician described an “academically brilliant” final-year student on placement in A&E who had needed his attendance form signed. Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Wade, who adapted her play for the big screen, became interested in Oxbridge dining societies in 2007 when was working on a research project about wealthy young people in London. How real is The Riot Club? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It is for fans of Cardinal Burns and The Morgana Show – those engaged by politics but tired of the Oxbridge competitiveness of most panel shows. Bonkers, biting, brilliant: the late-night sketch show by Britain's best young standups 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z And, to be fair to my employers – just in case any are reading – management here is not all Oxbridge. Complicit; Flight of the Rhino: Natural World – TV review 2013-02-18T07:00:07Z It was already clear that Mr. Stoppard was a dramatist of a singular intellectual stripe, with his academic antics and cascading epigrams, suggesting a genius prankster run amok in an Oxbridge library. Review: Screwball Eggheads Tear Up the Library in ‘Travesties’ 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Oxbridge needs to develop much more sensitive tools in order to select those students who have the greatest potential to achieve. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z But on this score, her new play, Posh , was a trickier proposition: its subject is an all-male Oxbridge dining society of the kind to which David Cameron and George Osborne once so infamously belonged. Laura Wade's posh | Interview 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Each summer, in London, I speak to a group of teens participating in Target Oxbridge, a program that encourages black students to apply to university. Darryl Pinckney’s Intimate Study of Black History 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z His Oxbridge courtliness had come to seem, rather than dignified, a bit pompous. ‘Anthony Powell’ Captures the Rich, Long Life of the Man Behind an Epic Series 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z "I went to a school that prided itself in preparing its pupils for Oxbridge from the age of 11." BBC stars' second-class performance 2013-05-08T07:58:08Z We were characterized as being like Oxbridge, privileged people. For Eric Idle, Life’s a Laugh and Death’s a Joke, It’s True 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Oxbridge's class divide raises food for thought 18 Sep 2010 Students from deprived backgrounds still battle against huge odds to get into Oxford or Cambridge – especially those eligible for free school meals. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z There are many clever, biting takedowns, a form of sparring greatly enjoyed by those educated at Oxbridge. “Darke”, an unforgettable figure 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Like their counterparts in much contemporary paranormal fiction, these are 1 percent vampires: affluent, educated at Ivy League schools and Oxbridge, employed as hedge fund managers and financiers. ‘The Book of Life,’ the final volume of Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy Shakespeare reads it with grace in a cultivated Oxbridge accent — once synonymous with the voice of the BBC — that is fast disappearing, though entirely fitting to the bygone events it describes. Perspective | Diane Keaton and Ronan Farrow show the challenges of narrating your own audiobook 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z “Is it because I is black?” is a stinging comment on race and class and urban deprivation, delivered by a privately educated Oxbridge graduate. From Homer Simpson to Hank Kingsley: TV's greatest catchphrases ranked 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z I'm sure The Pin's Oxbridge background is neither here nor there. The Pin – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-13T13:52:00Z His characters, often Oxbridge dons or vicars who are a little too pleased with themselves, insist on touching when all available intelligence screams "do not touch" and digging where folklore indicates "dig not here". Why do we love a festive ghost tale? 2013-12-23T16:56:48Z She is mainly attracted to Oxbridge graduates, she says with a small laugh. The dating gap: why the odds are stacked against female graduates 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Here, though, the killers might actually come with an Oxbridge pedigree, a fact that doesn’t reflexively displease Luther. Television Review: The Killer Is Hot, The Hero Hotheaded 2010-10-15T22:36:00Z Eight years ago, when she made Die Another Day, Rosamund Pike was touted as "the first Oxbridge Bond girl". Rosamund Pike: 'I seek adventure all the time' 2011-01-20T22:59:01Z "Theatre shouldn't really be – and it tends to be too much – white, middle-class Oxbridge types speaking in posh voices," he said. Shakespeare flashmob surprises diners with pop-up performance 2012-08-28T18:26:31Z It’s the “we” of the old boys’ club, of men bonded by private schools, an Oxbridge education, members-only clubs and the confident assumption of their right to power. In ‘A Spy Among Friends,’ B.F.F. Betrayal at an International Level 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z This adaptation, I feel sure in my most bitter moments, helped such Oxbridge dining society culture to thrive and gave our current rulers their as-yet-unsated taste for anti-egalitarian politics. Your next box set: Brideshead Revisited 2012-08-30T15:01:00Z The fact that I have managed to carve out a career in the media without attending public school or Oxbridge proves that it's possible. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z Laura Wade's new play is highly topical: it is about the sense of entitlement to power of a privileged, wealthy, public school and Oxbridge elite. Posh 2010-04-16T00:58:00Z The mess/Messiah play on words is so simple, the sort of lame dad joke that a regular civilian might make, not an Oxbridge wit. Monty Python film director Terry Jones: full of fun and innocence – and a very naughty boy 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z On The Young Ones, at the Comedy Store and in his own series Stuff, all those tirades about Thatcher, Oxbridge and Enver Hoxha rang not just funny, but insurrectionist. Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z At Oxbridge the playing field is tilted in favour of those youngsters from privately educated, middle- and upper-class, often white British backgrounds, and it needs to be levelled. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z I’m always railing against the white Oxbridge public school types who dominate the media and academia in which I work. What’s in my name: tales that cross continents and generations 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z In order to remedy this unfairness I would not advocate Oxbridge establishing quotas. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z Nicknamed "Dictionary", Achebe was a gifted Igbo student and enthusiastic reader, a member of the "Lucky Generation" of young students who rubbed shoulders at top institutions under the tutelage of Oxbridge colonials. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z An alternative version might be that the whole thing is a cosy conspiracy of mediocrity perpetrated by Oxbridge directors, venal producers and supine critics foisting their suspect taste on the culturally browbeaten theatre-going public. Find a play. Squat a building. Steal a van. Now make a show 2010-06-28T14:04:00Z The English are, by their own admission, fey Oxbridge types. Radio previews: The Newsagent's Window and more 2013-02-02T06:00:20Z He then shifted to Oxbridge and while there is an overlap and a similarly pernicious sense of closed shop, it's not the same thing. TV review: Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain and Great White Silence 2011-01-27T07:59:01Z She can hold her own at an Oxbridge high-table dinner – so why, I ask her, is so much chick lit written by highly intelligent, educated women? Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent ? and also ditzy and klutzy' 2012-02-12T20:00:11Z No Oxbridge irony here: this is a direct expression of needfulness and vulnerability, deeply embarrassing and pretty wonderful because of it. DVD: Will Hay and Norman Wisdom Comedies on DVD 2013-01-19T15:00:00Z Then, much of Edinburgh's arts intake was made up of the Oxbridge rejects of the English upper middle classes. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z Is the lack of ethnic diversity at Oxbridge a race or a class issue? Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z But Oxbridge as it's presently constituted is not remotely like the world we live in, in terms of ethnicity, race and gender. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z It is easy to cast Oxbridge as the villains in the story. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z With perfect timing, Wade's play Posh, about Oxbridge dining clubs such as the Bullingdon, opens at the Royal Court. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-04-09T14:03:00Z He came trailing what he has referred to as "an impure past" as a council-estate kid, shut out of the traditional Oxbridge/BBC route, who learned his craft in advertising instead. Bafta honours Alan Parker, the director who shattered Hollywood's glass ceiling 2013-01-23T08:01:01Z “Every other director at the time was from an Oxbridge background,” he said, “and looked and sounded a particular way. I spent a long time pretending to be like them.” A Director Making His Mark in More Ways Than One 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z He said: "In the nicest possible way, sometimes you hear them and they are just vaguely Scottish, maybe Oxbridge educated and when I found that for Sutherland I thought I was on to something." Robert Carlyle: 'Playing a Tory PM was never on the agenda' 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Christopher Eccleston has said Ken Loach's Kes changed his view of "art and culture for working class people" and inspired him to take up acting to smash Oxbridge's "ivory towers". Christopher Eccleston: Kes inspired me to smash Oxbridge ivory towers 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Isla’s team were there to take DNA samples testing for signs of life in water as part of an Oxbridge science experiment. 'I got stuck at North Pole before my Higher exams' 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Isla's team were there to take DNA samples testing for signs of life in water as part of an Oxbridge science experiment. I sat my Higher in Turkey, then set a British record 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z It was a dream job, until he was passed over for promotion in favour of a younger man with an Oxbridge education. Obituary: Sir Bernard Ingham 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z He told Rajan that entertainment bosses had said the show would not get commissioned today "because it's six white people, five of whom went to Oxbridge". John Cleese to host new GB News TV show 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Another staff member, quoted in the report, said: "We have to be a certain way in order for people around us to perceive us as being just as valid as someone who went to Oxbridge". Cabinet Office staff accused of bullying and racism in leaked report 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z And from his blasé, Oxbridge, upper-class-wag, profoundly narcissistic point of view, why not? Boris Johnson only wishes he were Donald Trump: But his comeback dreams won't come true 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z He began by providing scholarships for black students at the University of Cambridge in a bid to address the relatively low number of black students who attend Oxbridge institutions. Stormzy receives honorary degree from University of Exeter 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z "Agencies were built out of an Oxbridge network, it was all about the names above the door, which were well-educated, London-based family names - I was too rough around the edges, perhaps." 'I went back to the north with my tail between my legs' 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z But for the most part, I think the frat-boy theory must stand, much as the endless influx of so-called Oxbridge graduates apparently leads to group dope-think within the Westminster Parliament. What exactly has gone wrong in America? Frat boys, light beer or Skynyrd? IDK 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Save for a few wise mentors, hardly anyone encouraged me to imagine an alternative future for the world throughout my Ivy League undergraduate years and my Oxbridge graduate years. To Solve the Environmental Crisis, We Must Foster the Power to Imagine 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z A brief and kindly update on Barron Trump, now enrolled in the Oxbridge Academy, founded a decade ago in West Palm Beach, Fla., by businessman William Koch — brother of Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch. In Afghanistan, it’s the suits, not the boots 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The teen will be attending Oxbridge Academy starting next week as a sophomore, t he Palm Beach Post reports. Barron Trump to attend exclusive school near Mar-a-Lago 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Its state school access programme, UNIQ, will run exclusively online this year, as will the Target Oxbridge scheme, which helps black students with applications. More BAME students win places at Oxford University 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z “The two issues overlap: race and class. It’s the Oxbridge thing and it’s throughout the media … Basically, if you want to examine race and class in this country, start by going in a film set..” Top director Steve McQueen attacks racism in British film and TV industry 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Cummings said the government didn’t need more “drivel” from humanities graduates from Oxbridge — the shorthand for Oxford and Cambridge universities — but “genuine cognitive diversity.” Boris Johnson aide who seemed to support eugenics resigns, in major embarrassment for British government 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z From farming family, Mr Spencer did not attend Oxbridge, unlike many of his colleagues. Cabinet reshuffle: Who is in Boris Johnson's new cabinet? 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Oxbridge was founded in 2011 by billionaire Bill Koch, who is the brother of Charles and the late David Koch, who ran the family’s Koch Industries. Barron Trump to attend exclusive school near Mar-a-Lago 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z The app, called Access to Oxbridge, works by connecting students with undergraduates who mentor them through the application process. I spent my last £200 getting people into Oxbridge 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z We “don’t want more Oxbridge English graduates who chat about Lacan at dinner parties with TV producers and spread fake news about fake news”, he wrote last month. Inside the mind of Dominic Cummings 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z "Inevitably in Oxbridge, if they don't grow, then the groups that are very highly represented in those universities will be less represented at the end of this. There's no doubt about that," he said. Top universities told to widen access to places 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Doctoral education still clings to a research-focused "Oxbridge model," she adds, and unlike programmes in North America, she adds, do not offer credits for coursework and elective classes. Working Scientist podcast: How apartheid's legacy can still cast a shadow over doctoral education in South Africa 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Eton and Oxbridge may be overrepresented in recent cabinets, as well as in the judiciary and other elite pockets – but such pedigree means less among the more transient ranks of today’s international CEOs and financiers. Boris ‘Teflon’ Johnson’s rise shows how our ruling classes are not fit for purpose | Aeron Davis 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Nobody at his school had received an Oxbridge offer before. 'Old-fashioned sketch comedy has a very white sensibility': the race row that rocked Cambridge Footlights 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z A report by the Sutton Trust and Social Mobility Commission this year shows there’s a higher proportion of Oxbridge graduates writing columns at present than there is sitting in the House of Lords. In its deference to the powerful, our media is failing us | Gary Younge 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z I’ve long been a believer in quotas for underrepresented groups where improving diversity is happening at a glacial pace, for example, in Oxbridge admissions. We know life is a game of chance, so why not draw lots to see who gets the job? | Sonia Sodha 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The scheme is intended to help address the low number of black students who attend Oxbridge institutions. Stormzy funding two more Cambridge places 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z He was 20 years old and as Oxbridge as it’s possible to imagine. Are you really the ‘real’ you? 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “I had a teacher who said, ‘In the past, we wouldn’t have suggested for certain kids to go to Oxbridge, because they’ll have a hard time.’ 'Old-fashioned sketch comedy has a very white sensibility': the race row that rocked Cambridge Footlights 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z But the Oxbridge influence across the House of Commons remains significant. Private school and Oxbridge 'take top jobs' 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Together they can stick it to the Oxbridge establishment by giving the people something they actually want to read. Review: In ‘Ink’ on Broadway, an insurgent Rupert Murdoch sets out to conquer Fleet Street 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He also addressed comments made last year by BBC comedy chief Shane Allen, who said any modern-day sketch show wouldn’t feature “six Oxbridge white blokes.” Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam: ‘I’m tired of being, as a white male, blamed for everything’ 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z He is not of the stereotypical MP mold: born into privilege, schooled at Oxbridge. Order! Order! The sharp-tongued speaker of the House of Commons is changing the rules — and maybe Brexit. 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Nearly all of the pupils at Brampton Manor in Newham who received Oxbridge offers are from ethnic minority backgrounds, while two-thirds will be the first in their family to attend university. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Among the chairs of select committees, one in three is Oxbridge. Private school and Oxbridge 'take top jobs' 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Part of their motivation, the students say, is seeing the faces of former Brampton pupils who received Oxbridge offers on the school walls. State school secures 41 Oxbridge offers 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z These 2,900 schools were those with historically few admissions to Oxbridge - and accounted for about three-quarters of secondary schools. Oxbridge 'over-recruits from eight schools' 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z "I haven't been to Oxbridge and we do have people who've gone to state schools, who've not gone to university but that doesn't mean they don't bring something to the table." Why real-life spooks love spy dramas 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z He is like a scratching pole for the Oxbridge- or Ivy League-style debaters at the helm of such establishments. Indulging Steve Bannon is just a form of liberal narcissism | Nesrine Malik 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z There are 24% of MPs who are from Oxbridge - but there have been significant changes over the longer-term. Private school and Oxbridge 'take top jobs' 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The photos of its Oxbridge students are also displayed in multiple places across the school. State school secures 41 Oxbridge offers 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z And the Financial Times reported a study claiming that, on average, being a contestant nets you more cash than going to Oxbridge. Your Love Island questions answered 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Crossbencher and academic Baroness Deech said there was "no evidence of discrimination" by Oxbridge against black students. 'No evidence' of Oxford discrimination 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z “I’ve never met another Traveller who has been to Oxbridge,” he says. 'You can’t disregard pure racism': Gypsy writer Damian Le Bas on the prejudice against Travellers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most striking statistic is that 24% of this top group have gone to Oxbridge, while only 19% of the working population have been to any university at all. Private school and Oxbridge 'take top jobs' 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Target Oxbridge provides one-to-one training for black students to improve their chances of being admitted to the universities. Cambridge 'needs help' enrolling black students 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z The property details come from the most extensive survey of Oxbridge landholdings since 1873, through a combination of freedom of information requests, archival research and Land Registry records. Oxford and Cambridge university colleges own property worth £3.5bn 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z He said government "shares the concerns" expressed by Baroness Deech that recent media coverage of Oxbridge admissions will undermine their outreach work. 'No evidence' of Oxford discrimination 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z They do better on average than Oxbridge at admitting black students - but that doesn't mean Oxford and Cambridge are the worst universities for diversity. Reality Check: How diverse are the UK's universities? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Oxbridge is often, rightly, accused of being a bastion of privilege. Happy birthday to YouTube? It's now a terrifying cesspit of clickbait | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The vast majority had come from Oxbridge, having previously studied history, classics or something else that failed to equip them for managing an archaic state bureaucracy. Is the British establishment finally finished? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z The Oxbridge holdings together also dwarfs the 105,000 acres owned across 41 dioceses by the Church of England, which is often said to be the UK’s largest private landowner. Oxford and Cambridge university colleges own property worth £3.5bn 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Greene said he was inspired by another Palm Beach resident, William I. Koch, who started the high school Oxbridge Academy in 2011. Palm Beach Notches Big-Ticket Home Sales 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Oxbridge still provides the metric by which other English universities are judged. The benefits of a university education 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z She runs workshops with link schools in Wales and says she often plays a word association game where students mention words they think relate to Oxbridge. Welsh students 'lack Oxbridge confidence' 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Only three had both a private school education and an Oxbridge degree. Is the British establishment finally finished? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z The property holdings of Oxbridge colleges are worth a combined £3.5bn, while the universities collectively hold property investments worth £863m. Oxford and Cambridge university colleges own property worth £3.5bn 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The design of a public school such as Eton has much in common with, say, the colleges of Oxbridge, as well as the Inns of Court and the Houses of Parliament. Too scared to speak up? How to be more confident 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z In a brisk history, he tells how, even as the university flourished in Europe, its spread was halted in England by protective measures put in place at the behest of Oxbridge. The benefits of a university education 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The universities, collectively known in the U.K. as “Oxbridge”, are Britain’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions. Oxford and Cambridge Have Been Accused Of "Social Apartheid" 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z From there, they moved on to Sandhurst military academy or Oxbridge. Is the British establishment finally finished? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Mr Lammy added: "Whilst some individual colleges and tutors are taking steps to improve access, in reality many Oxbridge colleges are still fiefdoms of entrenched privilege, the last bastions of the old school tie." Oxbridge 'even posher than we thought' 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z There was, I felt, a sense of gentle splendour – there in the trees that line its long driveway, mature and broad-branched, and in the quad designed in the style of an Oxbridge college. Too scared to speak up? How to be more confident 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z She studied international relations at London School of Economics and went on to gain a place on the rigorous masters programme of Columbia University's School of Journalism - described as the "Oxbridge of journalism". Kim Wall: Pint-sized journalist who packed a punch - BBC News 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z The Rev Gilbert White was that now extinct species, the unmarried Oxbridge don in holy orders. 100 best nonfiction books: No 80 - The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1789) 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z "Coming from Manchester University he would still have been something of an outsider in the service as most came through the Oxbridge route." MI6 head Maurice Oldfield: The spy boss 'dragged through the mud' - BBC News 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Mr Lammy said he was "appalled to discover" Oxbridge is actually moving backwards in terms of elitism. Oxbridge 'even posher than we thought' 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The mood was more low-cost Oxbridge college than inner-London state school. Why a top university runs a London state school on Soviet lines 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It works with Target Oxbridge, a charity which aims to get black pupils into Oxford and Cambridge, and Into University, which runs “learning centres” for 900 children from poor families. Oxford University tries a new approach to recruiting poor students 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z There is only one woman justice and Oxbridge and public schools feature prominently in the background of most of the justices. UK's Supreme Court faces Brexit limelight - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The deadline for medicine, dentistry, veterinary science and Oxbridge passed on October 15 with EU applications down 9%, says admissions body Ucas. Sharp drop in EU student applications to UK universities - BBC News 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z I ended up like so many other Oxbridge rejects at the University of Bristol, where I spent a miserable three years knowing that I had fallen at the first hurdle. Conquering the Freshman Fear of Failure 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z That we now speak of "Oxbridge" rather than "Northbridge", "Oxton" or, dare we say it, just "Northampton", is largely down to the "accidental circumstances of history", she says. Northampton: The ancient English university killed by a king - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z These figures just add to the aura of Oxbridge. Does an Oxbridge degree make a difference? - BBC News 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Secondly I wasn't educated in a public school, I didn't go to Oxbridge, and I certainly don't lead a privileged life. UK's Supreme Court faces Brexit limelight - BBC News 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Among the projects encouraging applications from state schools is the Liverpool to Oxbridge Collaborative. Oxford University to have 'most state school students for decades' - BBC News 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Some Oxbridge "feeder schools" send up to 30% of their intake to the two universities, say the researchers. Geographer maps Oxbridge success of London state schools - BBC News 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Of the record numbers of university places offered to students this year, a few thousand were for "Oxbridge", that oft-used amalgam for the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Northampton: The ancient English university killed by a king - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr Bauckham says his school aims to identify students with Oxbridge potential early, mentioning it to them as soon as Year 10. Does an Oxbridge degree make a difference? - BBC News 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z It argues that, while for somebody who gets an Oxbridge first, the premium figure of £400,000 "may still hold true", it is much lower for non-Oxbridge graduates. Student debts wipe out most graduate pay premiums - report - BBC News 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Debates about Oxbridge admissions are often really about class, rather than who is top of the class. Oxford University to have 'most state school students for decades' - BBC News 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Their Ivy League and Oxbridge degrees are their ticket to entitlement. The Backlash That Became Brexit 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Boshko, who said she was given a large pay increase to leave one of Mr. Koch’s companies to join Oxbridge, said she had been demoted after fending off Mr. Parsons’ advances for months. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z It's a point of contention whether this helps or impedes Oxbridge. How do you get picked for University Challenge? - BBC News 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z He did better than former Oxbridge graduates in his war studies essay and hopes to complete a Bachelor's degree in the subject before doing a Master's. Army 'saved me from crime', says top Sandhurst cadet - BBC News 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z It also says professions like politics and the law continue to be dominated by privately educated Oxbridge graduates. Privately educated 'still dominate professions' - BBC News 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z "Both universities evaluate many different aspects of a prospective student's application in great detail," the report, Oxbridge Admissions, says. Oxbridge college admissions 'complex and intimidating' - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Parsons started at Oxbridge in 2011 with a compensation package worth $1 million, tax records show, seven times his academy salary. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Only half-joking, many refer to it as “Oxbridge meets the Royal Marines for developers”. Should your kids learn to code? | Gaby Hinsliff 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He says I mocked their Oxbridge intellectualism and vetoed gags I considered too highfalutin. Steve Coogan: 'It took me a long time to face up to my addiction' 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Irrespective of his politics, he does look and sound different from his Oxbridge educated opponents, all of whom were advisers to Labour politicians before becoming MPs. Labour leadership: How does Corbynmania go down in Essex? - BBC News 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The lustrous topaz shares its golden colour with the stone used to build Oxbridge colleges, but is one of the hardest minerals in nature. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Oxbridge was created in less than a year on a 45-acre campus that once held a Jewish community center. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Students with good grades are more likely to win a place at Oxbridge and top universities to study languages than in recent years, data suggests. Languages may be passport to Oxbridge, data suggests - BBC News 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z They went straight on to Oxbridge: more old stone insulating them from everyday reality. What should we do with the Palace of Westminster? 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z When the billionaire William I. Koch spent $60 million to start the Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Fla., he vowed to teach children “how things get done in the real world.” A High School Where a Student Might Letter in Polo 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Some classics scholars and alumni happily maintain the exclusive private-school/Oxbridge monopoly on the Greeks. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The problems at Oxbridge, where tuition is $31,500 per year, went beyond sports. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z This represents the higher volume of students and institutions involved, but also in part because of the concentration on - some might say, obsession with - access to Oxbridge. Long slow road to university access 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z By contrast, the odds of a privately educated child being admitted to Oxbridge were 20 to one. Social mobility and university entry 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Oxbridge students will learn basic riding, hunting, jumping and dressage at Wall Street Farm, a riding school in Boynton Beach. A High School Where a Student Might Letter in Polo 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z A review found pupils from Wales are less likely to get into Oxbridge than those in England and Northern Ireland. Bid to boost Oxbridge applications 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He poured more than $75 million into building the school, the Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z "The others writing anything successful at the time were college graduates and Oxbridge types. And here was this schoolgirl living near the docks and beating them at their own game." Celebrating Shelagh Delaney Day 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z He might have gone to the public school Charterhouse when he returned to England, but he didn’t end up at Oxbridge. Ukip defector Douglas Carswell on leaving the Tories: ‘They think Love Actually is a manual for how to govern the country’ 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Koch attended Culver, but he didn’t play polo there, Oxbridge officials say. A High School Where a Student Might Letter in Polo 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z I was 18 and had just failed Oxbridge. Au pairs on a pittance: the young women minding kids for £2 an hour 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Oxbridge graduates have been accepted this fall to nearly all of the Ivy League universities. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Thanks to her school achievements, Paige was offered a place at Oxbridge, but she preferred the experience of the US admissions system. Home and away: the British teenagers who have won scholarships at America’s top universities 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Suffering from an eating disorder and depression made me hardly more special among the Oxbridge student population than the A-levels that got me there. How Cambridge University almost killed me 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Oxbridge says the team is a response to the demands of its students and parents. A High School Where a Student Might Letter in Polo 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s true anymore that you have to be Oxbridge or Yale-Harvard to get into these places,” Mr. Sachithanandan said of the international courts based here. A Bigger World of International Law 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z “The intention was really good,” Mark Bodnar, the school’s former vice president for technology and security, said about Oxbridge. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The Welsh government said the fact that some universities such as Oxbridge ask for high tariff points compared to some universities in Wales may affect the figures. Lower uni grades admission concerns 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z For many years he was ever-so-slightly marginal, the outsider in a group of Oxbridge wits, more reticent and apparently less combative. Ian McEwan: 'I'm only 66 – my notebook is still full of ideas' 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z The new stadium, along with a star coach and aggressive recruiting, helped the Oxbridge Thunderwolves finish 10-1 last season as the Gold Coast Football Conference champs. A High School Where a Student Might Letter in Polo 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Small elites, educated at independent schools and Oxbridge, still dominate top roles, suggests the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission study. 'Deeply elitist UK locks out talent' 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Referred to by some journalists as “the other Koch brother,” he established Oxbridge Academy to much fanfare in 2011. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But a writer with a public school and Oxbridge background may have been treated differently by the newspapers than someone of a lower social status, says Oram. How Kellie Maloney shows things have changed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Although Harvard and the Oxbridge institutions are the most popular universities, the University of Manchester, Imperial College, London and Tokyo University are top places for CEOs to attend. A Few Bright Spots In The Search For The Alternative To The Middle-aged Male CEO 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Originally a fictional university introduced in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Pendennis: "'Rough and ready, your chum seems,' the Major said. 'Somewhat different from your dandy friends at Oxbridge.'" How authors from Dickens to Dr Seuss invented the words we use every day 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z In contrast, less than 1% of the whole population are Oxbridge graduates while 62% did not attend university, says the study. 'Deeply elitist UK locks out talent' 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Koch has discovered the same challenges, though he had a personal motivation for starting Oxbridge. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Confronted with this wealth of literary riches, the jury scarcely knows what to do, leaving poor Vanessa Shaw, the Oxbridge lady, at a loss. Lampooning the lust for a literary prize Over at The Economist, Oxbridge chin-strokers are asking “What would America fight for?” The U.S. Military: Sidelined by a Fatigued Nation 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z But Labour says it is dominated by a narrow group of privately-educated Oxbridge candidates. Labour plan to 'bust open' Whitehall 2014-04-07T10:27:23Z On the one hand, the New Atheist, with his plummy Oxbridge tones, tries to convince Americans that God is dead at a time when London is alive with Hinduism and Islam. Richard Rodriguez: “New Atheism has a distinctly neo-colonial aspect” 2013-12-15T16:00:00Z And he chokes up just talking about the troubled students who have made a turnaround at Oxbridge, which his children attend and which his son has just graduated from. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The man tasked with getting more Welsh children into Oxbridge said teachers often lacked practical advice to offer pupils applying to top universities. Wales' students 'put off Oxbridge' 2013-12-13T06:41:16Z Winning both Laurence Olivier and Tony Awards, the play follows a group of pupils at a northern grammar school as they prepare for their Oxbridge exams under the guidance of three eclectic teachers. History Boys named favourite play 2013-12-11T09:26:22Z He added that no-one would think of entering any other exam "from driving tests to Oxbridge exams" without preparing - but says schools are "dissuaded" from preparing pupils for Pisa. 'Prepare pupils for global tests' 2013-12-02T01:02:14Z "He is not an artist who fits into the Home Counties, Eton and Oxbridge view of England and Englishness," said Professor Clark, speaking at a preview of the Tate show on Monday. Lowry 'will always split art world' 2013-06-24T15:07:07Z The Labour party, meanwhile, has been kidnapped by a shower of unprincipled Oxbridge careerists and their utterly useless Scottish concubines. Bring on a British revolution – it's long overdue 2013-06-15T23:05:30Z Porterhouse Blue saw the forces of tradition and change clash at an Oxbridge college, while Blott on the Landscape explored the impact of a road scheme on a country estate. Obituary: Tom Sharpe 2013-06-06T11:11:36Z He will be "a champion for Wales in opening doors to Oxbridge and ensuring that Oxbridge opportunities are not lost to those of our young people who would be best served by such a route". Teachers 'lack Oxbridge ambition' 2013-04-18T13:30:11Z Pupils from private schools have dominated Oxford and Cambridge, known collectively as Oxbridge, for centuries, despite the fact that only 7% of British students attend them. Britain's Class Divide: Can Oxbridge Solve Its Privilege Problem? 2013-01-08T08:05:25Z Jeremy answers: Being sent to Saudi Arabia after Saddam invaded Kuwait, then being in Baghdad for 1991 war I hear its increasingly difficult to break into journalism if you don't study at Oxbridge. Your questions to Jeremy Bowen 2012-12-14T23:04:49Z Jane Welsh, Asia-Pacific managing director at Oxbridge Applications, which focuses only on Oxford and Cambridge, said their consultants never promised successful admissions. Choosing Advisers for Admissions 2012-12-17T07:30:10Z Why, now that I teach, is my Oxbridge degree inadequate to prove literacy? Teacher training tests toughened 2012-10-26T10:46:22Z The number of pupils accepted into Oxbridge is falling. Teachers 'lack Oxbridge ambition' 2013-04-18T13:30:11Z Pem-Brooke has already helped three Hackney students get into Oxbridge, a first for Bsix, while increasing the number of Hackney students getting into other top British universities by over 500% in the past three years. Britain's Class Divide: Can Oxbridge Solve Its Privilege Problem? 2013-01-08T08:05:25Z Jeremy answers: I didn't study at Oxbridge, and people thought it was compulsory when I started too! Your questions to Jeremy Bowen 2012-12-14T23:04:49Z She was the first pupil from her school to get an Oxbridge place. Helping the young make the grade 2012-10-18T16:46:02Z But unlike some of his peers, the man wielding such financial power is no Oxbridge educated City stereotype operating from the lavish interior of a tower in the Square Mile. Neil Woodford, Invesco Perpetual's kingmaker 2012-10-12T18:13:20Z When asked what other images are conjured up by the UK, the reply is often "the Queen, tea and Oxbridge". Britain needs China's tourists – why isn't it getting them? 2012-08-18T12:00:01Z According to the Sutton Trust, about 90% of the “public school students” accepted by Oxbridge were plucked elite public schools, akin to New York’s famed Bronx High School of Science. Britain's Class Divide: Can Oxbridge Solve Its Privilege Problem? 2013-01-08T08:05:25Z But other Oxbridge students with similar backgrounds do not share his views. Is the Conservative party elitist? 2012-08-09T01:36:53Z Quite a few are Oxbridge educated, though rarely the privileged kind. Junior in sales trading: 'The trading floor is very meritocratic' 2012-07-27T16:11:30Z “I grew up in Cardiff, went to an ordinary comprehensive school, and was the only pupil in my year to go to Oxbridge,” Mr. Moritz explained. Behind Oxford Donation, a Personal Story 2012-07-15T06:47:18Z Not merely is she an Oxbridge graduate who is a professional athlete, but in an era when sportspeople tend to be full-time from their teens, she was a late arrival in her chosen sport. London 2012: Emma Pooley can view gold from the scenic route 2012-07-07T22:00:03Z Oxbridge itself has largely stuck to the conviction that the lack of strong candidates from poor, public school backgrounds, while highly regrettable, is not their concern. Britain's Class Divide: Can Oxbridge Solve Its Privilege Problem? 2013-01-08T08:05:25Z Tommy Flowers was known as "the clever cockney"; it wasn't just Oxbridge dons who helped win the war and shorten it, according to Eisenhower, by two years. Letters: Code-breaking was a collective effort 2012-06-27T20:00:03Z I don't have that public school, Oxbridge résumé. Ex-mid/back-office support worker: 'I'm a casualty of market conditions' 2012-06-01T08:00:03Z Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy, Nick Clegg, both attended top private schools and then Oxbridge, as did almost 40% of their Cabinet. U.K.: Will Oxford and Cambridge Admit More Poor Students? 2012-05-02T09:05:00Z The very wealthy pursue their Oxbridge degrees, their for-fee schools and gated societies. Gotham: A Win for Workers Even Before the London Olympics Begin 2012-03-20T02:13:49Z Around the same time, the government launched its own initiative to reform Oxbridge. Britain's Class Divide: Can Oxbridge Solve Its Privilege Problem? 2013-01-08T08:05:25Z Another restriction, mentioned by Kate Burn of Oxford University, concerns “Oxbridge,” Oxford and the University of Cambridge: No student may apply to both universities in the same year. The Choice Blog: Applying to College in the United Kingdom 2011-09-23T02:05:41Z Students fearful of being labeled an "Oxbridge reject" want a prestigious backup. Harvard's a Bargain -- If You're From the UK 2011-09-03T05:05:00Z At first glance, he hardly seemed like Oxbridge material. U.K.: Will Oxford and Cambridge Admit More Poor Students? 2012-05-02T09:05:00Z Our senior civil service prides itself on drawing on the finest Oxbridge minds because they should be trained in evidence-based thinking. Britain must resist Tea Party thinking 2011-08-01T21:00:00Z And it is not only the scale of the task that stands in the way of diversifying Oxbridge. Britain's Class Divide: Can Oxbridge Solve Its Privilege Problem? 2013-01-08T08:05:25Z In other news, the main story concerns criticism that too many judges are "white Oxbridge males". Newspaper review 2011-07-06T05:21:20Z Penguin was to be the peoples' publisher: their books read by those attending the universities of life and Oxbridge; available in bookshops and tobacconists. Reinvention of the book 2011-06-28T14:29:07Z Oxbridge admissions are a subject that Britain's class warriors regularly clash over. U.K.: Will Oxford and Cambridge Admit More Poor Students? 2012-05-02T09:05:00Z "A common description of a judicial office-holder is 'pale and male' - a white man, probably educated at public school and Oxbridge," said a spokesman. Courts 'need more women judges' 2011-05-27T06:09:39Z Oxbridge friend declines my invitation to "dine in Hall," and disappears. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 2011-05-24T02:00:14.667Z On a personal note, she added: "The first time I met him, he was every inch the soldier, with a buzz cut and army fatigues—then outcomes the Oxbridge accent and his incredible articulation." Colleagues Mourn Tim Hetherington 2011-04-21T02:46:10Z Oxbridge elitism: how open are Oxford and Cambridge to black and poor students? Oxbridge elitism: how many black and poor students go to Oxford and Cambridge? 2011-04-13T15:43:00Z British parents paying through the nose for private schooling to ensure their children's places at Oxbridge tend to agree. U.K.: Will Oxford and Cambridge Admit More Poor Students? 2012-05-02T09:05:00Z Agnes was a "popular and successful" teenager who was considered a potential Oxbridge candidate by her school, the court heard. Men guilty of takeaway shooting 2011-04-12T10:21:36Z It will put off applicants who would both benefit from and benefit Oxbridge. Tory toffs should be criticised for their policies ? not their backgrounds 2011-04-02T23:04:07Z The official dragnet caught all sorts: German Jews, communists, Italian chefs, fervent Nazis, Oxbridge dons. EF Schumacher: Cameron's choice 2011-03-27T00:01:02Z Pegasus were formed when the postwar teams from the Oxbridge universities decided to amalgamate, in 1948, the name symbolising the union of Oxford's Centaur with the Falcon of Cambridge. Pegasus soared briefly but they made Wembley cheer itself hoarse 2011-03-18T13:46:58Z Some sort of employment after a battle with her father, a parsimonious life, and even then the Oxbridge tradesmen and their immortal bills.... Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z But that would also be true if Labour were in power – because most of the shadow cabinet went to Oxbridge. Stephanie Flanders: 'I'm the black sheep of my family' 2011-02-20T00:05:25Z And Labour was becoming much more middle-class and Oxbridge again. Class flaw 2011-01-26T03:13:47Z No generous boy ever lived, I suppose, that has not had some wonderment of admiration for another boy; and Monsieur Pen at Oxbridge had his school, his faithful band of friends, and his rivals. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z One is an Oxbridge graduate with an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Liverpool catharsis began in court and must be completed on the pitch 2010-10-14T15:49:00Z Including half-a-dozen cheques to Oxbridge tradesmen for her old debts, she had spent, he discovered, nearly seven hundred and fifty. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z The style is not the elegant Oxbridge prose that might have been expected of a former prime minister but one filled with Americanisms. The Convert 2010-10-08T16:07:00Z On the face of it, that was not necessarily significant - Blair presided over the most state-educated, least Oxbridge cabinet in British history. Class flaw 2011-01-26T03:13:47Z Pen had passed a few days with his uncle at the major's lodgings, in Bury-street, before they set out for Oxbridge. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Fox and Pinches inaugurated a club regatta in 1951, to which Oxbridge colleges were invited. Tony Fox obituary 2010-10-04T17:08:00Z At Oxbridge she had made rather a joke of her debts. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z This view no doubt reflected a casual empiricism based on the family-run shops and small post offices that English dons saw when going outside their Oxbridge colleges. There is no proof that economic health depends on manufacturing 2010-08-30T12:01:00Z But then leaders tend to be written by the sort of journalists who studied at Oxbridge a generation ago and still cherish a sentimental attachment to the British Isles. Why Indians don't care about David Cameron 2010-07-30T16:00:00Z On his way back from Oxbridge he paid a visit to his uncle in London; but the old gentleman received him with very cold looks, and would scarcely give him his fore-finger to shake. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z The son of a truck driver, he was the first in his family to attend a university — Strathclyde, in Glasgow, not Oxbridge. An Outspoken Fund Manager With Contrarian Views 2010-07-19T17:16:00Z She found two unmistakable bills from Oxbridge beside her plate, and her father was "horrid" at breakfast. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Four of them were government advisers who had all been to Oxbridge then effortlessly went from advising ministers to becoming ministers themselves. Standing apart 2010-05-26T21:07:00Z There was no promotion of Oxbridge through the school, but I read about a girl in the local newspaper who'd gone to Cambridge. Aiming high 2010-05-19T13:22:00Z "I have lost every thing, sir," Pen groaned out; "my honor's gone; I'm ruined irretrievably; I can't go back to Oxbridge." A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z At Barnes Bridge, by the Bull's Head pub on the south bank, pint glasses and cans of cider easily outnumber official programmes, and I see just two or three Oxbridge sweatshirts. How I learned to love spectator sport 2010-04-21T07:00:00Z Marjorie had fallen into the net prepared for our sons and daughters by the delicate modesty of the Oxbridge authorities in money matters, and she was, for her circumstances, rather heavily in debt. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z There is no room now for the 'old school tie' or recruitment from just certain Oxbridge colleges. MI5 dumps staff lacking IT skills 2010-04-12T11:19:00Z Despite talk of expanding recruitment, the room was full of white men from Oxbridge, although to be fair, there was one girl wearing a hijab. The day MI6 tried to recruit me ? by email 2010-04-04T18:00:00Z Pynsent and Pen had been at Oxbridge together, where the latter, during his heyday of good fortune and fashion, had been the superior of the young patrician, and perhaps rather supercilious toward him. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z When the reserve Oxbridge boats go past, half the "spectators" aren't even looking at the river, and those that are are far more interested in the police speedboats that shoot by afterwards. How I learned to love spectator sport 2010-04-21T07:00:00Z But there were various debts to Oxbridge tradespeople. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Black was awarded the Patrick Hamilton residential scholarship and became an undergraduate in St Salvator's Hall, a new building modelled on the Oxbridge colleges. Sir James Black obituary 2010-03-23T18:53:00Z He is a clerk in the office of a rich corn merchant in Oxbridge, the nearest market to Wynne, and shows every tendency to become a successful and respected business man. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad At your wish I spent last week at Oxbridge, disguised as a charwoman. Monday or Tuesday It was a meeting with this undergraduate—purely accidental on my part—in the romantic garden of the poet’s house that first turned my mind towards the university town of Oxbridge. Marge Askinforit But I must admit that in Marjorie's nature the Oxbridge conditions had found an eager and adventurous streak that rendered her particularly apt to these temptations. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Another was a full-blooded negro, a petty huckster at the 'Red Grave,' who, in his last 'homeward' voyage, had met at Madeira the Dean and Deaness of Oxbridge. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative It was this last that endeared him, I believe, to the High Church party in Oxbridge. Masques & Phases Again we told her not to wander from the point,—did the Oxbridge professors help to produce good people and good books?—the objects of life. Monday or Tuesday “I hope,” he added, “that you will visit Oxbridge again, and that you will then renew an acquaintance which, though accidental in its origin, has none the less impressed me—er—very much.” Marge Askinforit The middle part of this evaded triad was now being taken up in Marjorie's case by the Oxbridge tradespeople. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z "That's a hint for me to discharge the bill," said Nelly, adroitly, and, thanking everybody effusively for the happiness afforded her, she hurried home to Oxbridge Terrace, to wash it all away in nursery tea. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes ‘Because Oxbridge had been the first to recognise his genius,’ was the crushing reply. Masques & Phases THE Oxbridge Crew still sat in the marble supper-room, amid the d�bris of the feast that the Duke's Seneschal had laid out for them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 Such things as the Oxbridge scenes and the journalism scenes of Pendennis—both among the most effective and popular, perhaps the most effective and popular, parts of the book—were almost, if not entirely, new. The English Novel The Oxbridge shopkeeper is peculiar among shopkeepers in the fact that he has to do very largely with shy and immature customers with an extreme and distinctive ignorance of most commercial things. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z She had sent an ardent letter to meet the ship at Southampton, saying he was to call at the Lee Carters' in Oxbridge Terrace on Sunday afternoon, which she had to herself. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Then the world and Oxbridge joined again in a chorus of praise. Masques & Phases And, without removing his hobnails, or his corduroys, he sprang lightly into the Oxbridge racing-boat. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 We are not going to pull at all," explained the leader of the Oxbridge Eight, courteously; "I think we can manage the matter in a more satisfactory fashion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 After that Oxbridge had swallowed her up, and though he had called once on her mother while Marjorie was in London during the Christmas vacation, he hadn't seen her again. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z I have some elderly relations at Oxbridge—a nice old professor and his wife. Helena When he became a member of ‘The Disciples,’ p. 57a mystic Oxbridge society, the fissure between us widened to a gulf. Masques & Phases The Camford crew had started on the race some ten minutes ago, and the Oxbridge craft still waited idly in the docks for want of a No. 5. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 It is our opinion that Oxbridge, as the heavier crew, has an advantage over Camford, which is only lessened, and certainly not entirely removed, by the better training of the latter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 And also she was asking herself with futile reiteration why she had got into debt at Oxbridge? Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Pynsent and Pen had been at Oxbridge together, where the latter, during his heyday of good fortune and fashion, had been the superior of the young patrician, and perhaps rather supercilious towards him. The History of Pendennis Why he came to Oxbridge I cannot say. Masques & Phases The exertion proved too much for seven men in the Oxbridge Crew, but the gigantic strength of the eighth, Lord STONYBROKE, was sufficient of itself to win the race by fifty lengths. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 Moreover, the steering of the Oxbridge coxwain is infinitely preferable to the steering of his rival. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 The freedoms of Oxbridge had enlarged her imagination until that seemed an almost unendurably irksome prospect. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Pen had passed a few days with his uncle at the Major's lodgings, in Bury Street, before they set out for Oxbridge. The History of Pendennis He was quite a month at Oxbridge, but at last was p. 62recalled on business to the north by some lucky domestic family bereavement. Masques & Phases He made more than one visit to Oxbridge and had an almost paternal fondness for Pen, whom he bragged about at his clubs, and introduced with pleasure into his conversation. Boys and girls from Thackeray The times of the various trials, too, have in every instance given a distinct advantage to Oxbridge. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 "I often think of that jolly walk we had last-62- summer," said Mr. Magnet, "and how you talked about your work at Oxbridge." Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z No generous boy ever lived, I suppose, that has not had some wonderment of admiration for another boy; and Monsieur Pen at Oxbridge had his school, his faithful band of friends and his rivals. The History of Pendennis Sarpedon was sure to be invited to Oxbridge. Masques & Phases It appeared that his bills in all amounted to about £700; and furthermore it was calculated that he had had more than twice that sum during his stay at Oxbridge. Boys and girls from Thackeray "Then I think we have but one more thing to do—to give three hearty cheers for our opponents." said the Oxbridge Stroke, and a minute later the rafters rang with loud applause. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z During the latter part of Pen's residence at the University of Oxbridge, his uncle's partiality had greatly increased for the lad. The History of Pendennis There came a day when we took the advice of the press, and from then until now science p. 49and art have gone hand in hand at the University of Oxbridge. Masques & Phases Then he slunk out, scarcely knowing where he went, taking the unfrequented little lanes at the backs of the college buildings until he found himself some miles distant from Oxbridge. Boys and girls from Thackeray I admire those kind old dons when they appear affable and jaunty, men of the world, members of the "Camford and Oxbridge Club," upon the London pavement. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh Judge, then, of his horror when he found that his eldest son, 'a scholar at Christminster College, Oxbridge,' had run into debt for many hundreds of pounds. And Even Now "I have lost everything, sir," Pen groaned out; "my honour's gone; I'm ruined irretrievably; I can't go back to Oxbridge." The History of Pendennis Some member of the High Church party in Oxbridge had apparently been to Greece to attend a Conference on the Union of the Greek and Anglican Churches. Masques & Phases "I have lost everything, sir," groaned out Pen; "my honour's gone; I'm ruined irretrievably; I can't go back to Oxbridge." Boys and girls from Thackeray One night, as he bade us adieu in Oxford Street,—"I live THERE," says he, pointing down towards Oxbridge, with the big stick he carries—so his abode is in that direction at any rate. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh The father was too proud to borrow of the neighbourly nobleman who in Oxbridge days had been his 'chum.' And Even Now On his way back from Oxbridge he paid a visit to his uncle in London; but the old gentleman received him with very cold looks, and would scarcely give him his forefinger to shake. The History of Pendennis ‘Why,’ asked indignant critics, ‘did Dr. Groschen offer his MS. to the authorities at Oxbridge?’ Masques & Phases |
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