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...facts, uncovered by an Oxford University student and printed in various British newspapers, are these. In 1977 the romance writer Lucilla Andrews published No Time for Romance, a memoir of her experiences as a nurse in a London hospital during the Second World War. In 2001 McEwan published his novel Atonement, the heroine of which also spends some time as a nurse during the war. There are some inevitable similarities in their stories. There are also a few sentences in Atonement that echo No Time for Romance a bit too closely...
...think you want to have top talent that works for the university in order to ensure that when you hire outside managers you’re getting the best possible deal,” said Campbell, an Oxford graduate...
...theories of evolution coexist with theological ideals revered for centuries? Discussion between Oxford atheist Richard Dawkins and Christian genome pioneer Francis Collins provided a platform for opposing views. Many readers believed there's room for both ideas and lauded such an open talk...
...somewhat less than grand public school in the north of England in the 1980s, a group of bright young students have been singled out for special tutoring with an eye to getting them into either Oxford or Cambridge, which would greatly enhance school's prestige. Or so, at least, its cranky and clueless headmaster believes. He places an eccentric teacher named Hector (Richard Griffiths) in charge of their tuition, then adds a newcomer to the faculty, a man named Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore...
Rhodes scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at Oxford. The Rhodes Trust was established by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes, a British philanthropist who earned much of his fortune through colonial activities in Africa...