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Although both universities were founded more than eight centuries ago, the term Oxbridge is relatively recent.
In addition to being a collective term, Oxbridge is often used as shorthand for characteristics that the two institutions share:
Entrance is extremely competitive and some schools promote themselves based on their achievement of Oxbridge offers.
The word Oxbridge may also be used pejoratively: as a descriptor of social class ( referring to the professional classes who dominated the intake of both universities at the beginning of the twentieth century ), as shorthand for an elite that " continues to dominate Britain's political and cultural establishment " while Woxbridge is seen in the name of the annual Woxbridge conference between the business schools of Warwick, Oxford and Cambridge.
The borough is also home to two prestigious independent girls ' schools-St Paul's Girls ' School in Brook Green ( often ranked in first place in the country in league tables, with nearly 50 % of each year group gaining entry to Oxbridge ), and the Godolphin and Latymer School, situated a few minutes ' walk from Hammersmith Broadway.
As it was founded in 1249, it is the oldest Oxbridge college.
The hall itself was first built in the early 16th century, again with many later refurbishments but never gas or electric lighting — Magdalene is unique in Oxbridge in relying solely on candlelight.
* University College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford ; founded in 1249, it claims to be the oldest Oxbridge college.
Master's degrees conferred after an extended programs are not to be conflated with the degree of Master of Arts conferred at Oxbridge and Dublin, which is not a substantive qualification, but reflects the ancient practice of those three universities of promoting Bachelors of Arts to Masters of Arts ( and thus full membership of the University ) six or seven years after matriculation.
However, the progression of pupils to Russell Group universities, including Oxbridge, is complex.
In effect the system ' distills talent ' so that a higher probability of progression to the most selective universities would be expected: as noted above, the increased probability of Oxbridge entrance is roughly ( 43 to 38 )/ 18 or about two to one.
At Oxbridge, a member of the academic staff is sometimes referred to as a don — a remnant of the time when the universities were considered religious institutions and their staff a kind of clergy.
The three-sided court, which is almost unique among Oxbridge college ( only Jesus and Downing at Cambridge, and St Catharine ’ s sister college, Worcester at Oxford ), was built during the period 1675 to 1757.
The university is 5th in some rankings, behind Oxbridge and the London universities.
The usage in the two ancient English universities of Oxford, Cambridge and in some Scottish universities, particularly the ancient universities differs slightly from that in other UK universities – the MA degree is not a substantive qualification, but reflects the ancient practice of these universities of raising BAs to MAs ( and thus full membership of the University ) a few years after graduating ( see Master of Arts ( Oxbridge and Dublin )).
An additional restriction on applications to Oxbridge is that it is not possible to apply to both the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the same admissions cycle, unless you already have a degree or will have completed a degree before you start a course at either university.
Interestingly, this conversion is very similar to that given by WES and Duke, and that used by LSE and Oxbridge.
it is different from Oxbridge colleges in that it is owned ( and for the most part run ) by the University.
The other major Oxbridge competitions are the Rugby Union and Rugby League Varsity Matches: The Varsity Match is a rugby union game played annually in December at Twickenham stadium.
Such is the success of music at Oundle that in recent years many pupils have gone on to receive musical or choral scholarships from Oxbridge, while school bands and choirs have gone on to perform concerts across the U. K., Europe and even Asia.
Llanidloes High School is a prolific bilingual secondary school ; in 2009, 7 % of its A-Level pupils were successfully accepted into Oxbridge colleges.

Oxbridge and University
Laurie, Fry and Thompson later parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of " Footlights College, Oxbridge " in " Bambi ", an episode of The Young Ones, with the series ' co-writer Ben Elton completing their team.
The New University Wits ( a term applied by William Van O ' Connor in his 1963 study The New University Wits and the End of Modernism ), refers to Oxbridge malcontents who explored the contrast between their upper-class university privilege and their middle-class upbringings.
* Master of Arts ( Oxbridge and Dublin ), a degree at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, or the University of Dublin ( Trinity College )
Hincks decided that the university should adopt the collegiate university governance model, used for centuries at Oxbridge and more recently at the University of London.
At 21 he said he was glad to have avoided the " prep school – Marlborough – Oxbridge conveyor belt " by going to Durham University instead, later attending Oxford as a post-graduate student.
The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, sometimes collectively known as Oxbridge, are the two oldest universities in the United Kingdom.
in Tripos in Economics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge at the University of Cambridge which, in the Oxbridge tradition, became an M. A with the passage of time.
The Times Good University Guide ( 2009 ) notes that " one-to-one tutorials, which have almost died out elsewhere, with the exception of Oxbridge ... are quite common at Buckingham ".
'" In addition to these mentions, Woolf subtly refers to several of the most prominent intellectuals of the time, and her hybrid name from the University of Oxford and the University of CambridgeOxbridge — has become a well-known term, although she was not the first to use it.
Levin hoped to go to the University of Cambridge, but, as his obituarist in The Times wrote, he " was not considered Oxbridge material ".
In keeping with the tradition of Oxbridge Colleges being twinned with each other, as of 2012, Van Mildert College has been twinned with Halifax College, University of York.
* At the University of Coimbra, independent colleges much like the Oxbridge ones were created throughout the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Yale runs a collegiate system for undergraduates along the lines of the Oxbridge system, but modified the concept in that students are educated by the greater University and eat and live with their residential college.

Oxbridge and Oxford
Recruits to the fast stream self-selected, with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge still producing a large majority of successful candidates, since the system continued to favour the tutorial system at Oxbridge.
Approximately one fifth of the student body goes on to study at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, putting the school at 19th in the country in terms of Oxbridge admissions.
In 1985, Oriel College, Oxford began admitting women, making Magdalene the only surviving all-male Oxbridge college.
: For the degree at Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin, please see Master of Arts ( Oxbridge and Dublin ).
Oxbridge majors take tutorials in their major, study abroad in Oxford or Cambridge, and take comprehensive exams during their senior year.
At the age of seven, when asked what newspaper he reads, if any, Andrew stated that he reads The Financial Times ( although he later revealed he was in fact just repeating what his father had told him when asked the same question ), and all three could say which prep schools, public schools and universities they planned to attend ( Oxford / Cambridge in all cases ); two named the specific Oxbridge college they intended to join.
Also most Oxbridge departments consider a 3. 75 the equivalent of a First ; see for instance English Language and Literature post graduate requirement at Oxford.
Concerns are often raised that Oxford and Cambridge do not project a socially inclusive image to potential applicants from state schools, and thus Oxbridge students are disproportionately from wealthy backgrounds.
As in Oxford, BAs are automatically entitled to proceed to the degree of Master of Arts after a period of time ( see also Master of Arts ( Oxbridge and Dublin )).
The two ancient universities of England, Oxford and Cambridge ( collectively termed Oxbridge ), are federations of autonomous colleges.
Eight days after its formation, the club initially chose royal blue with white facings for the playing kit and subsequently changed to the more familiar light ( Cambridge ) and dark ( Oxford ) blue colours of the original Church Institute later, representing the colours of Oxbridge, and the origins of football in Bishop Auckland.
The most popular universities continue to be, year on year, Oxford, Cambridge, London, Durham, Warwick, University of Nottingham, Bristol, York and Exeter, with approximately 20 % of girls accepting offers from Oxbridge.
Pegasus Association Football Club was an English amateur football club based in Oxford and composed of Oxbridge ( Oxford and Cambridge ) university students.

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