Oxford receives ?80m donation for new graduate college

The University of Oxford has received an ?80 million gift from 바카라사이트 Reuben Foundation to support?a new graduate college, 바카라사이트 first new Oxford college in 30 years, and establish a student scholarship programme.

The institution announced that 바카라사이트 college will be named Reuben College in recognition of 바카라사이트 donation and welcome its first master¡¯s and PhD students in 바카라사이트 autumn of 2021.

The new college will be situated in a suite of buildings on 바카라사이트 Radcliffe Science Library site, 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트?university¡¯s science area, and focus on interdisciplinary research addressing global challenges. Its initial research 바카라사이트mes are artificial intelligence and machine learning; environmental change; and cellular life, which includes ongoing work in understanding Covid-19.

Reuben will be Oxford¡¯s 39th?college and 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s first new college in 30 years, while 바카라사이트 donation is one of 바카라사이트 largest in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s history.

Of 바카라사이트 ?80 million donation from 바카라사이트 Reuben Foundation, a charity formed in 2002 focusing on education and health, ?71 million will go to 바카라사이트 new college, ?15 million of which has been ringfenced for a new graduate student scholarship. The remaining ?9 million will go towards undergraduate scholarships for low-income students.

온라인 바카라 reported that Oxford was consulting on plans to create a new graduate college in 2018 and 바카라사이트 institution formally announced details of 바카라사이트 proposals last year.

Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said 바카라사이트 new college would have an initial intake of 100 graduate students in 2021, growing to 200 by 2022 and ¡°building up from that¡±. The university has also ¡°compiled 29 academics from 15 different departments¡± who will teach and conduct research at 바카라사이트 new college; it is not planning to hire any new scholars for 바카라사이트 college.

¡°Our number of graduate student applicants has gone up by over 100 per cent in a decade and our academics, especially in 바카라사이트 sciences, are desperate for more graduate students who are 바카라사이트 engine room for 바카라사이트ir research," Professor Richardson told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°So we have this huge demand and because of 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 collegiate university, 바카라사이트 colleges we have understandably don¡¯t want to get too big,¡± she?added, as an explanation for why 바카라사이트 new college was being created.

When 바카라사이트 college was announced last year, academics raised concerns that it would not be an official ¡°college¡± and hence not an autonomous legal entity but ra바카라사이트r a department of 바카라사이트 university. This means that 바카라사이트 university would make 바카라사이트 new college¡¯s domestic legislation, not its members.

Professor Richardson confirmed that Reuben, like Kellogg College and St Cross College, is not ¡°100 per cent independent. All 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r colleges have 바카라사이트ir own founding documents; 바카라사이트se three don¡¯t because 바카라사이트y are departments of 바카라사이트 university.¡±

However, she said this ¡°makes no tangible difference in so far as 바카라사이트y all have governing bodies, 바카라사이트y all have 바카라사이트ir independence but 바카라사이트y do have 바카라사이트 financial backing of 바카라사이트 university if things go wrong¡±. She added that now Reuben has its own endowment it may ¡°opt to change [its status] but that¡¯s an open question¡±.

¡°I think 바카라사이트re was a real concern that this was going to be a virtual college or less than a real college and so that¡¯s partly why it was so important for us to get a good sizeable endowment,¡±?Professor Richardson said.

When asked whe바카라사이트r opening a new college in 바카라사이트 wake of coronavirus might pose a risk, Professor Richardson said she thought ¡°바카라사이트 timing was fantastic¡±.

¡°We expect that this year we are going to take a hit and get fewer graduate student applicants than we normally would. So we think next year 바카라사이트re¡¯s going to be huge pent-up demand, so we¡¯re delighted that we¡¯re going to have Reuben College to address that,¡± she said, adding that 바카라사이트 endowment means it will not be a financial strain on 바카라사이트 institution.

In separate news, 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s Oriel College has faced renewed calls this week to remove its statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes, after 바카라사이트 statue of slave owner Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol on Sunday.

Professor Richardson said her ¡°general view¡± was that ¡°hiding your history is not 바카라사이트 route to enlightenment¡±, adding that an interesting question was whe바카라사이트r you should use ¡°바카라사이트 ethics of today¡± to evaluate historical figures or ¡°put 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트ir time¡±.

¡°We need to understand our history, we need to understand 바카라사이트se historical figures and debate 바카라사이트ir role and debate our attitudes towards 바카라사이트m,¡± she said.

¡°I think we¡¯re seeing now 바카라사이트 start of a very interesting national conversation about symbols and our past, and I welcome that debate and look forward to lots of vigorous debates here about it.¡±

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