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オックスフォード / イギリス

オックスフォード(英: Oxford)は、イギリスのイングランド東部にあるオックスフォードシャーの州都で、シティ・ステータスを持つ地方行政区(local government district)。英語圏において最も古い大学であるオックスフォード大学の拠点であることから、大学都市として有名。漢字では牛津と表記される。 オックスフォードは「夢見る尖塔の都市」として知られる。この言葉は、詩人マシュー・アーノルドが、大学を構成する建造物が建築として調和を実現していることに関連して造語したものである。オックスフォード南東部のカウリー(Cowley)は、自動車製造の長い歴史を持ち、現在でもミニを製造している。 オックスフォードは、ドイツのボン、フランスのグルノーブル、ニカラグアのレオン、オランダのライデン、そしてロシアのペルミと姉妹都市提携をしている。これらの都市はすべて大学都市である。 人口は15万7997人(2014年推計)で、民族構成はイギリス系が72.4%、アイルランド系白人が1.4%、その他の白人が6.7%、南アジア系が8.5%、中国系が4.3%、黒人が3.7%、混血が3.0%、その他が2.5%となっている。

St John's College, Oxford

オックスフォード / イギリス

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979. Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to provide a source of educated Roman Catholic clerics to support the Counter-Reformation under Queen Mary. St John's is the wealthiest college in Oxford, with a financial endowment of £573 million as of 2019, largely due to nineteenth century suburban development of land in the city of Oxford of which it is the ground landlord.The college occupies a central location on St Giles' and has a student body of approximately 390 undergraduates and 250 postgraduates. As well as over 100 academic staff, the college is supported by a similar number of other staff. It is amongst the most academic of all Oxford colleges; in 2018 St John's topped the Norrington Table, the annual ranking of Oxford colleges' final results.

Worcester College, Oxford

オックスフォード / イギリス

Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was adopted by the College. Its predecessor, Gloucester College, had been an institution of learning on the same site since the late 13th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Founded as a men's college, Worcester has been coeducational since 1979.As of 2018, Worcester College had a financial endowment of £41.9 million.Notable alumni of the college include the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, television producer and screenwriter Russell T Davies, US Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan, Fields Medalist Simon Donaldson, and novelist Richard Adams. Worcester is consistently one of the most popular Oxford colleges amongst prospective applicants.

Wadham College, Oxford

オックスフォード / イギリス

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham, according to the will of her late husband Nicholas Wadham , a member of an ancient Devon and Somerset family. The central buildings, a notable example of Jacobean architecture, were designed by the architect William Arnold and erected between 1610 and 1613. They include a large and ornate Hall. Adjacent to the central buildings are the Wadham Gardens. Amongst Wadham's most famous alumni is Sir Christopher Wren. Wren was one of a brilliant group of experimental scientists at Oxford in the 1650s, the Oxford Philosophical Club, which included Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke. This group held regular meetings at Wadham College under the guidance of the warden, John Wilkins, and the group formed the nucleus which went on to found the Royal Society. Wadham is a liberal and progressive college which aims to maintain the diversity of its student body and a friendly atmosphere. Founded as a men's college, in 1974 it was among the first become coeducational, and the college has a strong reputation as a promoter of gay rights. In 2011 it became the first Oxford college to fly the rainbow flag as part of queer week, a celebration of sexual diversity and individuality.Wadham is one of the largest colleges of the University of Oxford, with about 460 undergraduates, 180 graduate students, and 65 fellows.As of 2018, it had an estimated financial endowment of £107 million, and in 2014/2015 ranked 3rd in the Norrington Table, a measure which ranks Oxford colleges by academic performance.

オール・ソウルズ・カレッジ (オックスフォード大学)

オックスフォード / イギリス

オール・ソウルズ・カレッジ (All Souls College、正式名称: The Warden and College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford)は イギリス、オックスフォード大学の構成カレッジの1つ、研究施設となっている。最も富んだカレッジの1つ。 学部生:無し 大学院生:約8人ヘンリー6世と Henry Chichele によって1438年に設立された。 100年毎に Fellows(研究員)が松明を持って Mallard Song という歌を歌いながらカレッジのまわりをパレードする慣習がある。最後の式典は2001年に行われ、次回は2101年に行われる。

The Queen's College, Oxford

オックスフォード / イギリス

The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Queen Philippa of Hainault . It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, which includes buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor. In 2018, the college had an endowment of £291 million, making it the fourth-wealthiest college .

マンスフィールド・カレッジ (オックスフォード大学)

オックスフォード / イギリス

マンスフィールド・カレッジは、イギリス、オックスフォード大学の構成カレッジの1つ。

Merton College, Oxford

オックスフォード / イギリス

Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to support it. An important feature of Walter's foundation was that this "college" was to be self-governing and the endowments were directly vested in the Warden and Fellows.By 1274, when Walter retired from royal service and made his final revisions to the college statutes, the community was consolidated at its present site in the south east corner of the city of Oxford, and a rapid programme of building commenced. The hall and the chapel and the rest of the front quad were complete before the end of the 13th century. Mob Quad, one of Merton's quadrangles, was constructed between 1288 and 1378, and is claimed to be the oldest quadrangle in Oxford, while Merton College Library, located in Mob Quad and dating from 1373, is the oldest continuously functioning library for university academics and students in the world.Like many of Oxford's colleges, Merton admitted its first mixed-sex cohort in 1979, after over seven centuries as an institution for men only.Notable alumni and academics past and present include four Nobel laureates and writer J. R. R. Tolkien who was Merton Professor of English Language and Literature from 1945 to 1959. Merton is one of the wealthiest colleges in Oxford and held funds totalling £272 million as of July 2017. Merton has a strong reputation for academic success, having regularly ranked first in the Norrington Table in recent years.

オリオル・カレッジ (オックスフォード大学)

オックスフォード / イギリス

Oriel College , オリオル・カレッジ はオックスフォード大学の構成カレッジの1つで5番目に古いカレッジ、1324年創立。 オックスフォード、Oriel Square にある。 オックスフォードで最古の中世のホール Tackley's Inn を含む4つの中世からのホールを持つ。  学部生 304人 大学院生 158人

Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

オックスフォード / イギリス

Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located on the banks of the River Cherwell at Norham Gardens in north Oxford and adjacent to the University Parks. The college is more formally known under its current royal charter as "The Principal and Fellows of the College of the Lady Margaret in the University of Oxford".The college was founded in 1878, closely collaborating with Somerville College. Both colleges opened their doors in 1879 as the first two women's colleges of Oxford. The college began admitting men in 1979. The college has just under 400 undergraduate students, around 200 postgraduate students and 24 visiting students. In 2016, the college became the only college in Oxford or Cambridge to offer a Foundation Year for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. In 2018, Lady Margaret Hall ranked 21st out of 30 in Oxford's Norrington Table, a measurement of the performance of students in finals.The college's colours are blue, yellow and white. The college uses a coat of arms which accompanies the college's motto "Souvent me Souviens", an Old French phrase meaning "I often remember" or "Think of me often", the motto of Lady Margaret Beaufort, for whom the college is named. The current principal of the college is Alan Rusbridger. Notable alumni and students of Lady Margaret Hall include Benazir Bhutto, Michael Gove, Nigella Lawson, Josie Long, Ann Widdecombe and Malala Yousafzai.