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 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By the sixteenth century, the college had fallen into disrepair, and in 1557 it was refounded by Royal Charter as Gonville and Caius College by the physician John Caius.
By 1630, the college had expanded greatly, having around 25 fellows and 150 students, but numbers fell over the next century, only returning to the 1630 level in the early nineteenth century.
On the wall of the hall hangs a college flag that was flown at the South Pole by Dr.
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 Reporter 2/02/05: Brasenose College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Brasenose College proposes to elect a Tutorial Fellow in English (period 1509-1832), with effect from 1 October 2005, or as soon as possible thereafter.
He or she will be responsible for overseeing the entire range of the College's academic activities, including the development of policy, arrangements for admitting and teaching undergraduates, graduate admissions, and relations with University and external bodies.
Further particulars are available from the College Secretary, Brasenose College, Oxford, OX1 4AJ (e-mail college.office@bnc.ox.ac.uk), to whom applications should be sent to arrive by 4 March.
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /reporter/2004-05/weekly/5988/25.html   (310 words)

  
 Green College, Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Green College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Established in 1979, the college is one of the youngest of the university, and is named after its main benefactors: Dr Cecil H. Green and his wife Dr Ida Green.
Green College is dedicated to human welfare in contemporary society.
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On the door of Brasenose Hall was a large, brass knocker in the shape of an animals snout (the "brazen nose") and it is from this artifact that both the hall and college take their name.
Since University College dropped their long standing claim to have been founded by Alfred the Great in the 9th century, Merton College is recognised as the oldest college in Oxford.
The college was founded on an endowment from Nicholas Wadham and his formidable wife Dorothy oversaw the establishment of the college in a period of just four years.
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 Brasenose College, Oxford -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The College was founded in 1509 by a lawyer, Sir Richard Sutton, and the (Click link for more info and facts about Bishop of Lincoln) Bishop of Lincoln, William Smyth.
In the 1330s, a group of students left (A city in southern England northwest of London; site of Oxford University) Oxford for Stamford in (An agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea) Lincolnshire led by a student from Brasenose Hall, and are thought to have taken the door knocker with them.
The combination of its age - the first college to be founded under Henry VIII, its medium size and its central location, Brasenose is generally held to be one of the best colleges in Oxford.
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 Oxford University Gazette: Appointments, 19 February 2004
Brasenose College proposes to appoint a Stipendiary Lecturer for two years from 1 October 2004.
Brasenose College invites applications for one Senior and one Junior William Golding Fellowship in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Brasenose College invites applications for one Senior and one Junior Nicholas Kurti Fellowship in Science.
www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/2003-4/weekly/190204/appts/entry_9.htm   (892 words)

  
 Brasenose College | A History of Brasenose Page 2
The foundation stone was laid in 1509 and the lead for the roof of the Tower was purchased in 1518.
The fifteenth century kitchen, all that was left of Brasenose Hall, closed the second quadrangle, now known as the Deer Park.
It was used as the College burial ground, and nearly sixty people were buried there.
www.bnc.ox.ac.uk /history/his/page2.html   (271 words)

  
 Brasenose listed in eBay auction prank - News - The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Students and college authorities at Brasenose College, founded in 1509, were surprised to discover that the distinguished institution had been put up for auction on the online trading website this week.
Brasenose was described on eBay as “surplus to requirements” and “going cheap” in the ‘used collectibles' section of the website.
Brasenose bursar John Knowland said: “This sort of light-hearted activity is a tribute to the ingenuity of Oxford students and to their ability to give us all a bit of fun.” However, university proctors failed to see the funny side of what would have been one of eBay's largest ever transactions.
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 College information
One of the many advantages of studying at Oxford is the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of a large international University whilst living in a smaller college or PPH community.
Your college will be the focus of your academic life, where you will attend weekly meetings, or tutorials, for most of your time in Oxford.
Even in larger colleges, friends are made quickly and there are many opportunities to add to college life in a variety of ways.
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 Moya, Jacko (John Hidalgo) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Moya, Jacko (John Hidalgo)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His Skylon (1951), an elegant, lightweight pointed structure suspended on balancing wires above the Thames, was the most visible landmark of the Festival of Britain in London.
Brasenose College, Oxford, was built in 1961 with real stone and leadwork, showing that Modern buildings could blend into traditional areas, and the Cripps Building for St John's College, Cambridge, employed intimate courtyards.
Further college buildings for both Oxford and Cambridge followed in the 1970s.
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 Brasenose College Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Brasenose College was founded in 1509 by William Smyth, the Bishop of Lincoln and Richard Sutton.
The College is adjacent to the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre and overlooks Radcliffe Square.
These ranging from rooms in the historic College through to modern, accommodation in our Frewin Annexe, which is situated in the middle of Oxford.
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 Directory - Arts: Architecture: History: Building Types: Educational Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Brasenose College, Oxford  · The official site provides an illustrated history of the buildings of this Tudor college.
St John's College Virtual Tour  · This part of the Virtual Tour of Oxford provides interactive 360° photographs viewable by using a map of the college.
King's College, Cambridge  · An illustrated history from the official site of the college founded by Henry VI in 1441, with its magnificent chapel, completed by the Tudors.
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 Brasenose College
Perhaps due to a desire to redeem the college that has been our home I was able to find a bit more nature than would be amusingly obvious to a nature lover.
It was there related to me that there was in fact deer at Brasenose at one time but that one of the dons had a pet unicorn.
During this specific don’s stay here at Brasenose the unicorn became frustrated that he was the only unicorn in the college and felt quite lonely.
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 Reporter 14/5/03: Brasenose College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Brasenose College proposes to elect a fixed-term Teaching Fellow in Economics for a single, fixed term.
Applications should be sent to the Senior Tutor, Brasenose College, Oxford, OX1 4AJ, with details of career and publications, not later than Saturday, 14 June 2003.
Brasenose College proposes to appoint a temporary Lecturer to provide on average 12 hours a week of tutorial teaching.
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /reporter/2002-03/weekly/5924/22.html   (335 words)

  
 Brasenose
The college is committed to the maintenance of the highest academic standards, evident in the presence of two Fellows of the British Academy, one Fellow of the Royal Society, and one Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the current Fellowship.
Brasenose College (popularly known as BNC) is situated in the heart of the ancient University in Radcliffe Square, flanked by the main University libraries and the University Church.
As the demand on the facilities which the college is able to offer varies, and the individual requirements vary also, applicants who require special facilities should make their needs clear at the time of application.
www.admissions.ox.ac.uk /colleges/bras.shtml   (554 words)

  
 British Studies At Oxford 2004 - Activities
Begun in 1511, Brasenose College today is, like the city that surrounds it, a gracious mixture of the new and the traditional.
All rooms are tidied daily by the College staff who also serve us three bountiful and tasty meals a day in the stately Great Hall.
All in all, Brasenose College and Oxford provide a fine academic, cultural, and social atmosphere and a most convenient "home base" from which to see storied England.
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 Oxford University Gazette, 10 February 2000: Colleges
Brasenose College and St Hilda's College wish to appoint a twelve-hour Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval English Language and Literature for three years from 1 October 2000.
St Catherine's College proposes to elect to a Fellowship and Tutorship in Modern History at St Catherine's College, in the field of the History of Britain and/or Europe in the Nineteenth and/or Twentieth Centuries, with effect from October 2000.
The college appointment is tenable in conjunction with a University Lecturership (CUF).
www.ox.ac.uk /gazette/1999-00/weekly/100200/coll.htm   (2133 words)

  
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It has been a known college by its rugby team, usual incidents and the physical impressive performances of many of its members.
Among old stories, it is always reminded the one giving name to the College through a famous knocker pending above the "High table" nowadays together with an impressive unicorn having a very big and erect penis that may leave you seriously affected.
The corner between Brasenose, Radcliffe Square and its famous buildings is one of the unforgettable images of the town, specially during the foggy winter nights after a gorgeous "High table", right below the powerful and threatening unicorn.
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 Brasenose College Oxford University
Tradition has it that Brasenose College takes its unusual name from its original 13th century door knocker (now in the college dining room), shaped like a snout, or nose.
What is known more certainly is that the knocker was stolen from the front doors of Brasenose in the 14th century and installed on a house in Stamford Street.
If you walk down Brasenose Lane that separates the college from neighbor Exeter College, you will see a chestnut tree leaning from the Exeter grounds toward the college walls.
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 Brasenose College : Oxford University Graduate Studies Prospectus 2006/07
Brasenose College is situated at the Heart of Oxford, next to the Bodleian Library and the Radcliffe Camera.
The College has a special common room for graduate students, the Hulme Common Room, which is run by an annually elected committee of graduate students and has a wide social, sporting and cultural programme.
The Tutor for Graduates, who is a Fellow of the College, has responsibility for the welfare of graduate students: graduates are also allocated a College Advisor (in addition to their University Supervisor) who is a Fellow of the College in or near their subject field.
www.admin.ox.ac.uk /gsp/colleges/bras.shtml   (995 words)

  
 Oxford views
Brasenose College is on the north side of the High Street on the site where University College used to stand.
Jesus College was founded in 1571 by Queen Elizabeth I at the petition of Dr Hugh Price, Treasurer of St David's Cathedral in Wales, and has had valued links with Wales ever since.
Keble College, founded in 1870, was designed by the Victorian architect William Butterfield in colourful brickwork, out of fashion and neglected for much of the 20th century.
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 Brasenose College Website
Contact the College to ensure that we have up-to-date contact details for you.
The object of the Society shall be the advancement of the welfare and interests of Brasenose College by:
We invited alumni to write in if they were willing to talk to current members of the College - probably just over the telephone, but perhaps in person - about their work (whether current or past) and how they became involved in it.
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 Access Guide: Brasenose College access information and rating
Overview: Brasenose College (or 'BNC') is situated at the heart of the University on Radcliffe Square next to the main University libraries and the University Church.
The main College buildings were built in the 16th, 17th, and 19th centuries and assistance might be required with ramps as there are many stairs though newer buildings date from 1960.
For those who prefer to cater for themselves there are shared kitchens in the Frewin Annexe, which is a five minute walk from the main buildings; there are also some microwaves for the use of those who live in the historic college.
www.admin.ox.ac.uk /access/colleges/brasenose.shtml   (533 words)

  
 Pozycjonowanie promocja - Arts > Architecture > History > Building Types > Educational Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Brasenose College, Oxford - The official site provides an illustrated history of the buildings of this Tudor college.
King's College, Cambridge - An illustrated history from the official site of the college founded by Henry VI in 1441, with its magnificent chapel, completed by the Tudors.
St John's College Virtual Tour - This part of the Virtual Tour of Oxford provides interactive 360° photographs viewable by using a map of the college.
www.websukces.net /dmoz/index.php?c=/Arts/Architecture/History/Building_Types/Educational_Institutions   (330 words)

  
 History of Silliman College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At twenty-five he was charged to gather material in Europe for enlargement of the Yale College Library, and to acquire chemical apparatuses.
The Silliman College seal, specially designed for the College, takes its motifs from the four elements of the ancient philosophers: red for fire, white for air and water, and green for earth.
Silliman's sister colleges are Pforzheimer House (formerly North House) and Dudley House at Harvard University, Trinity College at Cambridge University, and Brasenose College at Oxford University.
www.yale.edu /sm/info/history.html   (269 words)

  
 Richest Oxford College - Oxford Guide
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