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Lord Taylor of Warwick claimed thousands in expenses on nephew’s home
Solihull :: United Kingdom | about 9 hours ago
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Taylor, a 57-year-old former barrister, told the House of Lords that he lived at the couple’s home in Oxford so he could claim allowances for peers based outside London. The property belongs to Tristram Wyatt, a university academic, who lives there with...
Tags: Robert Taylor, John Taylor, west London, Oxford University, lords taylor, main residence, Tristram Wyatt, main addresses, outside london, Warwick, United Kingdom, Solihull, Pola Uddin Baroness Uddin, Fraud, Political scandals in the United Kingdom, Ealing, House of Lords
Switzerland should not fear backlash over ban
Geneva :: IN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility In an interview with swissinfo.ch, the Oxford University professor said Muslims should also see the decision by 57.5 per cent of Swiss voters to ban minarets as a wake-up call for Muslims to change their attitude and discourse, and to become “more responsible”....
Tags: Switzerland Switzerland, European Muslim Network, Muslims, Swiss People's Party, Arab-Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan Tariq Ramadan, Oxford University, Islam, muslims immigration, Geneva, Ramadan, Personae non gratae, Mosque, Minaret, Religion Belief, Tariq Ramadan, Switzerland
Vickerman Cambridge captain in Varsity
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility Vickerman, who won 55 caps for the Wallabies and was a World Cup finalist in 2003, is due to join English Premiership side Northampton on a one-year contract after this year's Varsity clash, which takes place at Twickenham on December 10. The 30-year-old...
Tags: Vickerman Cambridge, Dan Vickerman, Oxford University, Varsity Match, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, Oxford, The Varsity Match, Cambridge University R.U.F.C., Varsity, University of Cambridge, allnews, Daniel Vickerman, Oxbridge
Top universities: Britain pushes Oxford and Cambridge to recruit more widely
Oxford :: MA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility They face pressure to take applicants' social and economic background into account. When the summer sun shines down on the "dreaming spires" and elegant architecture of top universities Oxford and Cambridge, it's almost possible to forget they are more...
Tags: Oxford University, Cambridge, Britain, Oxbridge, privately schools, Oxford, University of Oxford, Education, University of Bristol admissions controversy, Coimbra Group, University of Cambridge, Oxbridge rivalry, Association of Commonwealth Universities
Oxford math professor backs Web games to teach kids
London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
Credibility Internet games can boost children's interest in mathematics, says a footballing Oxford University professor who plays wearing the prime number 17 and uses dance to prove theorems. Marcus du Sautoy says there is "a real crisis" in maths education in English...
Tags: math, maths, allnews, Du Sautoy, education, Oxford University, Toby Rowland, United Kingdom, London, University of Oxford, Mathematics education, Plus Magazine, Marcus du Sautoy, Mathematical game, The Story of Maths
Ali Kordan, Iranian Official Fired Over Fake Degree, Dies at 51
Toronto :: Canada | 9 days ago
Credibility Ali Kordan, a hard-line ally of Iran ’s president who was dismissed a year ago as interior minister for lying about having received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University , died Sunday in Tehran...Mr. Kordan was dismissed by Parliament after it...
Tags: Mr. Kordan, Ali Kordan, Oxford University, Canada, Toronto, Tehran, Zabansara, Politics, Islamic Republic News Agency, Sadegh Mahsouli, Human Interest, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Bringing Japan to Britain
Tōkyō :: Japan | 9 days ago
Credibility And there it sits, in the crook of two beautiful and meticulous displays: designed by Tokyo-based architect Isao Komoda, made by master craftsman Amakusa Eiichiro, a two-mat piece of Japan at the heart of this major new museum space. The Ashmolean Museum...
Tags: Japan, Clare Pollard, Anglo-Saxon Britain, ashmolean museum, Oxford University, Tōkyō, Cabinet of curiosities, Netsuke, Minoan civilization, Chinese ceramics
Yale student from Belvedere among Rhodes Scholars
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility It comes naturally to him as a philosophy major at Yale University. "I'm stunned and humbled and delighted," he said Sunday. Shaw, 21, already had plans to head home for the Thanksgiving holiday and came out a little bit early when he was asked to show...
Tags: Ward Shaw, Yale University, Yale Political Union, Yale Philosophy Review, Rhodes Scholarship, Oxford University, Ian Klaus, yale students, San Francisco, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, University of Oxford, Branford College, Association of American Universities, Ivy League, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Education
Rise of male student support groups sparks row at British universities
Mens :: France | 13 days ago
Credibility After decades of feminism, equal rights and "women-only" support networks, a lower, deeper voice is attempting to make itself heard at some of Britain's leading universities. Male students are "manning-up", setting up men's groups to celebrate and explore...
Tags: Oxford University, males students, oxford universities, supporter group, Alex Linsley, France, Mens, Human behavior, Masculinity, Man, Gender role, Sexism, Gender, Men, Sociology
Commons Speaker John Bercow's wife lost job over phantom Oxford degree
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 14 days ago
Credibility Sally Bercow was sacked by Consolidated Communications in the 1990s after it contacted the university authorities and discovered that she had never completed her finals. She also faced claims she had used “multiple CVs” each containing different “facts”...
Tags: John Bercow, Oxford University, multiple cvs, commons speaker, United Kingdom, Oxford, Speaker, Concurrent Versions System, CV, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Speaker of the British House of Commons
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