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  Mystery Readers Journal: Oxbridge Mysteries - Volume 17, No. 4
Every year the rivalry between England's two most famous universities is enacted on the waters of the River Thames.
For the dons writing Golden Age Oxbridge mysteries, detective fiction was seen as a light and slightly shameful diversion.
Many of Oxbridge's detective landscapes are amalgams or inventions imbued with the atmosphere and characteristics of places usually well known to their creators.
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  Britain.tv Wikipedia - Oxbridge
Oxbridge is a name used to refer to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world.
Other portmanteaux are occasionally derived from the term "Oxbridge", either by the addition of a new element or the replacement of one of the original ones.
Social critics in the United Kingdom also sometimes use "Oxbridge"?title=or "Oxbridge Club"?title=as shorthand for the "old boy network"?title=that is said to dominate government, education, and other institutions.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Oxbridge rivalry
Oxbridge is often compared to the Ivy League of U.S. universities, but this comparison can be misleading: for example, both Oxford and Cambridge are public universities (funded by the government), whereas none of the Ivy League institutions are (with the exception of some colleges at Cornell University) state-supported statutory colleges.
Oxbridge students and academics have variously been stereotyped as very intelligent, resourceful, and ambitious, as well as pretentious, arrogant, and inward-looking.
All Oxbridge colleges are part of the greater university however, and students reading the same subject are given lectures together, irrespective of which college they attend.
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 Oxbridge_rivalry info here at en.120-film.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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Oxbridge is compared to the Ivy League of U.S. universities, but that testing can be misleading: for example, both Oxford and Cambridge are public universities (funded by the government), whereas none of the Ivy League institutions are (with the of some academies at Cornell University) state-supported statutory colleges.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Oxbridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
:For the English village, see Oxbridge, Dorset Oxbridge is a name used to refer to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world.
In a survey in which 3,703 academics worldwide were asked to name up to 30 universities which they considered the best research institutions in their field, Cambridge came first, and Oxford second, leaving Harvard - which tops the overall table - in third place.
Social critics in the United Kingdom also sometimes use "Oxbridge" or "Oxbridge Club" as shorthand for the "old boy network" that is said to dominate government, education, and other institutions.
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 Oxbridge rivalry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, collectively known as Oxbridge, are the two oldest and most famous universities in England.
Cambridge won the 150th Boat Race in 2004, with the umpire turning down an Oxford claim of a foul arising from an incident early on in the race, in which Oxford steered into Cambridge resulting in a clash of oars and the unseating of Oxford's bow-man. Oxford won the Boat Race in 2005.
An old Oxbridge myth about the individual colleges' wealth has it that one can walk from Oxford to Cambridge without leaving land owned by either Trinity College, Oxford or Trinity College, Cambridge (some versions of the myth use the two St John's colleges).
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 Where do I find Oxbridge information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Oxbridge isa nomen used to refer to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world.
Other portmanteaux are occasionally derived from the style "Oxbridge", either by the attachment of a fresh unit or the replacement of different of the baby ones.
An citation of the former would be Doxbridge, which refers to the four oldest universities in England – the University of Durham, Oxford, and Cambridge – and is lattermost conspicuously in call as the nomen of an sports tournament involving the four institutions.
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 The Hindu : Oxbridge rivalry
THE FAMED Oxbridge rivalry right here in Chennai?
The redoubtable publishing expertise of the Oxford University Press is likely to be rivalled by its traditional peer in the U.K., Cambridge.
Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu
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 University of Oxford - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Oxford University and Cambridge University (which was founded by scholars who left Oxford) are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge.
The two universities have a long history of competition with each other, as they are the two oldest universities in the United Kingdom and rival each other in prestige (see Oxbridge rivalry).
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 College rivalry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Cambridge, rivalries exist between Trinity College, Cambridge and St Johns College, Cambridge, being the richest colleges of the university (Trinity the richer, with an endowment of about £700 million, more than 3 times that of St Johns).
The Big 12's two-year scheduling intervals have lessened the rivalry between the two schools, but it is still one of the most storied rivalries in the history of college football, highlighted by the 1971 "Game of the Century" between #1 Nebraska and #2 Oklahoma.
University of Miami -- a rivalry that was at its peak in the 80's and often held national title implications.
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 Oxbridge rivalry - Information, Resources, Links and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
However, Cambridge has also produced distinguished politicians like Prime Ministers Balfour, Baldwin and Campbell-Bannerman, and Oxford graduates include noted scientists such as Edmond Halley and Robert Hooke (and more recently Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web).
This is only to be expected from institutions so old, and many students have been associated with both Oxford and Cambridge in any case (such as Stephen Hawking, mentioned above).
There are two such publicised surveys - Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2005 ranked Cambridge as 2nd in the world, and Oxford as 10th [2]; while, also in 2005, The Times Higher Education Supplement ranked Oxford 4th and Cambridge 3rd overall in the world.
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 Restaurant rivalry sibling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
After a few individual rivalries in the studio and uncomplicated entertainment.
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There are lots of restaurant rivalry sibling things like, I dont think about it.
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 University of Cambridge - ExampleProblems.com
Early records no longer exist, but the university grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge, England, probably formed in 1209 by scholars escaping from the University of Oxford after a fight with local townsmen.
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, jointly referred to as Oxbridge, have since had a long history of competing with each other, and are widely seen as the most elite and prestigious universities in the United Kingdom (see Oxbridge rivalry).
The lack of state school applicants to Cambridge and Oxford has been considered to have a negative impact on Oxbridge's reputation for many years, and the University has put substantial amounts of effort and money into encouraging children from state schools to apply for Cambridge and thus help redress the balance.
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 Oxbridge Rivalry Forgotten, as Cambridge Dons Rally to Defend Tradition at Oxford - Chronicle.com
Oxbridge Rivalry Forgotten, as Cambridge Dons Rally to Defend Tradition at Oxford - Chronicle.com
Oxbridge Rivalry Forgotten, as Cambridge Dons Rally to Defend Tradition at Oxford
Leading academics affiliated with the University of Cambridge have taken the unusual step of weighing in on contentious governance reforms proposed at the University of Oxford.
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 University of York Students' Union (YUSU)
You will belong to one of these colleges, and while you can take or leave the collegiate system, for many it’s one of the best things about the University.
Alright, it might seem pathetic compared to the affluence and independence of Oxbridge colleges, and it may sometimes seem like the University is trying to dilute the college system, but many activities are built around the concept.
Sport and merchandise will constantly remind you that there are different colleges, but it is a system that enhances the University rather than destroying it.
www.yusu.org /theuni   (312 words)

  
 Yale University - Gurupedia
Yale is one of the eight members of the Ivy League.
The rivalry between Yale and fellow Ivy League school Harvard is long and storied; from academics to rowing to college football, their historic rivalry is similar to that of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK (see
Oxford and Cambridge act as social units, the Yale colleges do not act much also as academic units to the degree at Oxbridge.
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 Cambridgeshire Shopping - Shopping Cambridgeshire UK
Early records suggest that Cambridge university grew from of an association of scholars based in the city of Cambridge, probably formed in 1209 by scholars escaping from Oxford after a fight with local townsmen.
The universities of Cambridge and Oxford are jointly referred to by the portmanteau term Oxbridge.
In addition to cultural associations as a historic part of British society, the two universities also have a long history of rivalry with each other.
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 University of Cambridge , Great University , Good degrees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Like the other very early universities, Cambridge was not founded in the same sense that later institutions were: it grew out of an association of scholars.
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, often referred to together as Oxbridge, vie to be seen as the strongest overall university in the UK (see Oxbridge rivalry).
Historically, they have produced a significant proportion of Britain's prominent scientists, writers and politicians.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Scholars, exhibitioners in some colleges, are entitled to wear a more voluminous undergraduate gown; "commoners" (i.e., those who had to pay for their "Database", or, like, food lodging) being restricted to a short sleeveless garment.
The term "scholar" in relation to Oxbridge, therefore, has a specific meaning as well as the...
University of Oxford See also See also Oxford University A.F.C. UK topics Town gown Oxbridge rivalry Rhodes Scholarship Oxford '-er' Theology Faculty of the...
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According to legend, after riots between scholars and townsfolk broke out in 1209, some of the academics at Oxford fled north-east to the town of Cambridge, where the University of Cambridge was founded.
The two universities have since had a long history of competition with each other, and are widely seen as the most elite and prestigious universities in the United Kingdom (see Oxbridge rivalry).
Oxford has recently topped two university-ranking league tables produced by British newspapers: it came first according to The Guardian and, for the fourth consecutive year, in The Times table.
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 Yale University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The rivalry between Yale and fellow League school Harvard is long and storied; academics to rowing to college football their rivalry is similar to that of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK (see Oxbridge rivalry).
students are accepted by the university as whole and assigned to residential colleges at Though the colleges at Yale like their at Oxford and Cambridge act as social units the Yale do not act much also as academic units to the degree at Oxbridge.
Tutoring occur in the Yale colleges much like Oxbridge colleges.
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