First wash your hands

British academics are novices when it comes to rattling 바카라사이트 tin at 바카라사이트 door of big business, while Americans think nothing of pocketing seven-figure cheques. Last year, Harvard received a single donation of $70 million (Pounds 30 million), nearly as much as Oxford and Cambridge attracted over 바카라사이트 whole year.

British universities are unlikely ever to match 바카라사이트 Ivy League's pulling power. Our ancient universities and indeed 바카라사이트 major civics may have been founded by wealthy benefactors, but this munificent philanthropic mentality seems to have died out. Attempts are being made to revive it but 바카라사이트 findings of a report by fundraising specialist Oxford Philanthropic suggest that British universities are still barely scratching 바카라사이트 surface (page 5). Given that 바카라사이트 British Museum has raised Pounds 22 million in 18 months, even Oxbridge could be doing better.

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Oxford Philanthropic is aware that its first survey of this field is sketchy. The 바카라 사이트 추천S hopes to be working with it in future years to try to make it better. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 sooner 바카라사이트 big issues are debated openly 바카라사이트 better.