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Oxford Brookes Univ
Oxford Brookes is consistently ranked as one of the best modern universities in the UK.. After a £132 million redevelopment of its Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes provides students with the very best spaces in which to learn, think, study and live. Your imagination will be sparked by ideas from fellow students, as well as people like mentors, members of the societies you join and also the wider Oxford community. It is home to some of the UK’s best university teaching, with lecturers who ignite a passion for their subject and go the extra mile…
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Announcement of forthcoming exhibition entitled ‘Unfinished Athens’ by Oxford Brookes University Graduate Architects ‘Unfinished Athens’ is a travelling exhibition of photography, designs and models by emerging British and European architects. The designs explore the potential of incomplete modern concrete buildings in Athens with the aim of using the fragments to regenerate a crisis-ridden Greece. The proposals are part of an ongoing research project on unfinished buildings world wide led by Dr. Igea Troiani and Andrew Dawson (founding directors…
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Surely you’ve heard of the prestigious Oxford University and its historic college campuses. But do you know what a truly great city its quaint home of Oxford, England is? Check out this list of the best things to do while on your visit to the city of dreaming spires! 1. Indulge in some retail therapy There are some seriously great places to shop while in Oxford. Whether you’re a fan of farmers markets or luxury goods, Oxford has you covered. Head out to one of the weekly farmers markets and you’ll find some great fresh produce, or take a trip…
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Despite its resemblance to an architectural graveyard, Southern Accents Architectural Antiques in tiny Cullman, Alabama, is not where bits and pieces of old homes and buildings come to be laid to rest. They come here to be reborn. “I love watching someone get excited about something that could have ended up in the trash, ” says the shop’s co-owner Garlan Gudger, Jr., a big guy with an even bigger grin who is equal parts salvage expert, preservationist, and treasure hunter. Walk through the doors and, after a friendly greeting from Garlan Jr. or…
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If you are made an offer, then it may be made by a particular college, or it may be open . If you are currently studying for qualifications, then the offer will probably be conditional on you achieving certain results; otherwise it will be unconditional , which means that there are no academic conditions and your place is guaranteed so long as you complete all the necessary administrative steps. Open offers If you get an open offer, your place at Oxford is guaranteed (as long as you meet any conditions attached to the offer and complete the…
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Within this broad field are colleagues, and in many cases groups, working on alternative dispute resolution, banking law, commercial law, company law, financial regulation, insolvency law, law and finance, restructuring law, securities law, takeover regulation and tax law. The Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College is part of the Business Law activities in Oxford, and its website is linked to this one. Whilst a large part of our work is focused on English law, our scope is increasingly comparative and international, with an emphasis…
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Two years in the making, the London Picture Map includes more than 150, historical images. A close-up of the London Picture Map, showing the incredible density of entries. With over 150, pictures now mapped across the city, a new digital photo archive of the city of London is so rich in content it’s almost too much to cope with. Launched last week, Collage, The London Picture Map allows you to trace London’s visual history street by street. Supported by the City of London Corporation, it’s the result of two full years of digitizing and mapping…
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1A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction. ‘the great Norman architect of Durham Cathedral’ ‘At that point in his career, the young architect had no experience designing such large buildings.’ ‘This would result in its demolition and replacement by a new building designed by the architect James Sterling.’ ‘So the historian has as relevant a role in the process of urban design as the architect, planner and politician.’ ‘To the immediate south was a more handsome Victorian building constructed by architects…
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Citation: C N Trueman Medieval Colleges at Oxford historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 31 Mar 2015. 16 Aug 2016. During the era of Medieval England, Oxford University witnessed the establishment of four specific colleges and also monastic colleges. The four colleges were Balliol, University, Merton and Exeter. Balliol can claim to be Oxford University’s oldest college as it may have been founded as early as 1261 – records certainly show that students existed at Balliol before June 1266. In the 1260’s, Sir John de Balliol took…
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Welcome to our Oxford Webcams! These webcams are located in the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3JS, UK (find on Google Maps). They are Axis M1011 webcams, serving an .h264 encoded stream. Comments and feedback are gratefully received! Email: webcam@oii.ox.ac.uk Oxford Internet Institute Camera 1 Camera 1 looks towards the south of St Giles, a street in central Oxford. The Victorian gothic Randolph Hotel is directly in front. To the left you can see the Martyrs’ Memorial, which commemorates the Oxford Martyrs, Thomas…
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