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University to gain Freedom of the City
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The University is to receive the City Council's highest
honour—the Freedom of
the City, in recognition of
the University's service
to the City, not only as `a centre of learning', but also `as one
of the city's major employers'.
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Dearing report poses urgent questions
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The university is considering its response to the report of the
National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education
(NCIHE)—the Dearing Committee—published on 23 July.
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Medieval Indian textiles on show
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The Ashmolean is exhibiting a key selection of more than 100
textiles from the museum's Newberry collection of Indian printed
cotton, to coincide with the publication of a book detailing the
entire collection by Oxford University Press.
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Repair work at Pitt Rivers Museum will
restrict access
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The Pitt Rivers Museum will start to restrict research access to
its reserve collections from August, when building work starts
on a series of major repair programmes.
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Full review of all University sporting
activities
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The University is to conduct a full review of its sporting
activities, including facilities for both students and staff,
decision-making structures and funding arrangements.
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Student First is tribute to blind
recording service
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The Oxford Recording Centre for the Blind at the Bodleian Library
has helped a blind student achieve a First-Class degree in French
and Latin at the University, four years after doctors advised him
to give up his place at Exeter College.
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