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A guide to Oxford beyond the university
Its centre is dominated by the University of Oxford’s gothic sandstone buildings — among them the majestic Bodleian Library — and ... Oxford’s central Covered Market turns 250 in 2024 ...
People1mon
20 Years Later, College Alum Returns 3 Long-Overdue Library Books with Handwritten Note: ‘Please Forgive Me’
England’s University of Oxford shared that a former undergraduate recently returned three library books that were checked out two decades ago. In a May 2 Instagram post, Oxford’s Lady Margaret ...
UPI1mon
Former student returns college library books checked out 20 years earlier
May 5 (UPI) --Librarians at the University of Oxford's Lady Margaret Hall college ... "This note and three overdue LMH Library books were delivered to our librarian this week.
The Evening Sun3mon
Oxford Memorial Library Starts A New Chapter
The library remains well cared for, though; Nancy has passed the torch to Oxford graduate Gillian Mulder. After graduating from Binghamton University in 2023, Gillian Mulder began working at the ...
Oxford Mail on MSN3mon
Oxford University libraries partner with ChatGPT company to digitise collection
Bodleian Libraries, a collection of 26 institutions across Oxford including the central university library which holds more ...
The Art Newspaper2y
After close ties revealed, University of Oxford drops Sackler name from museum and libraries—but keeps the money
The University of Oxford has ended its relationship with ... The university used money from the Sacklers to in-part build the Sackler Library, a main research centre for art history students ...
The New York Times2y
Oxford University Removes Sackler Name From Buildings
By Emma Bubola Reporting from London. Oxford University had a Sackler Library, two Sackler galleries, a Sackler officer and a Sackler keeper of antiquities. But after the family’s name — an ...
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Grade II-listed Oxford college library updated with oak-lined interiors
British architecture studios Nex and Donald Insall Associates have renovated Exeter College's neo-gothic library at the University of Oxford, originally constructed by George Gilbert Scott in 1857.
The Economist2y
Oxford University’s other diversity crisis
On a rainy summer’s day, I met Henry at a cosy pub on the outskirts of Oxford. A cheerful man in his 40s, with cherubic curls and a mischievous grin, he was wearing shorts in defiance of the ...
Forbes2y
Oxford Is More Than Just A University, It’s The UK’s Gift To The World
Soumitra Dutta first saw Oxford University through the eyes of a parent, when his daughter began her studies there. But nothing really compares to being cast into the very core of the institution.
BBC2y
University of Oxford drops Sackler name from buildings
The University of Oxford is to remove the Sackler name from its buildings over the family's association with the opioid crisis in the US. The Sackler Library and galleries and staff posts at the ...