GREAT BRITAINS UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University, or simply Cambridge) is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second oldest university in both England and the English-speaking world and the seventh oldest university globally

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Foundation of the colleges Hugh Balsham, Bishop of Ely, founded Peterhouse in 1284, Cambridges first college. The most recently established college is Robinson, built in the late 1970s. In medieval times, colleges were founded so that their students would pray for the souls of the founders. For that reason they were often associated with chapels or abbeys. A change in the colleges focus occurred in 1536 with the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Sir Isaac Newton was a student of the University of Cambridge

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The current Chancellor of the University is the Duke of Edinburgh. The current Vice- Chancellor is Leszek Borysiewicz.

Senate and the Regent House The Senate consists of all holders of the MA degree or higher degrees. The Regent House is the University's governing body, a direct democracy comprising all resident senior members of the University and the Colleges, together with the Chancellor, the High Steward, the Deputy High Steward, and the Commissary.

Rowing is a particularly popular sport at Cambridge

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University, or simply Oxford) is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the third oldest surviving university and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

The University of Oxford does not have a clear date of foundation. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form in 1096.

The university was a centre of the Royalist Party during the English Civil War (1642–1649), while the town favoured the opposing Parliamentarian cause. From the mid-18th century onward, however, the University of Oxford took little part in political conflicts

The university's formal head is the Chancellor (currently Lord Patten of Barnes) The Vice-Chancellor, currently Andrew Hamilton

COLLEGES There are 38 colleges of the University of Oxford and 6 Permanent Private Halls

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Libraries Oxford's central research library is the Bodleian, founded by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1598 and opened in 1602.

Museums The Ashmolean Museum, founded in 1683, is the oldest museum in the UK, and the oldest university museum in the world. It holds significant collections of art and archaeology, including works by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Turner, and Picasso, as well as treasures such as the Scorpion Macehead, the Parian Marble and the Alfred Jewel.

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