Everything about Linacre College Oxford totally explained
Linacre College is one of the
constituent colleges of the
University of Oxford in
England, currently offering graduate entry only. It is located on
St Cross Road at the corner of St Cross Road and
South Parks Road, next to the
University Parks and opposite the
Tinbergen Building, which is shared by the Departments of Zoology and Experimental Psychology. As of 2006 the college had an estimated
financial endowment of £13m.
The college is named after
Thomas Linacre (1460–1524), a distinguished Oxford humanist. Linacre was also a medical scientist and a classicist. His ideals were multi-disciplinary, and the college aims to reflect this multi-disciplinary approach.
It currently has about 350 graduate students, of whom the majority are studying science. The college was the first of Oxford's colleges to admit female and male students on an equal basis. It is proud of its international students. Over fifty countries are represented in the college's membership.
Linacre College has established a reputation for its good food and popular 'bops' (parties).
History
Linacre College was founded in
1962. It was originally situated on St Aldate's, in what is now the Music Department of the university. In 1977, the college moved to its present site at Cherwell edge, which was formerly a private house, a convent, and a property occupied by students from St Anne's College.
Living at Linacre
Adding to the Main Building, the Bamborough and Abraham Buildings were completed in 1986 and 1995, respectively. 58 students can live on the main site; The college also owns a number of buildings off the main site, including properties on Banbury Road, Bradmore Road, Divinity Road, Iffley Road, and Walton Street, which can house a total of 105 students. The college generally offers accommodation only to first-year students (freshers). Students normally move into shared housing in and around Oxford after their first year in Linacre accommodation.
Gallery
Image:LinacreCollege.jpg|Side view from New college playing fields (before Griffiths building)
Image:Linacre_1.jpg|Linacre entrance
Image:Linacre_2.jpg|OC Tanner building from the quad
Notable former students
Further Information
Get more info on 'Linacre College Oxford'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://linacre_college__oxford.totallyexplained.com">Linacre College, Oxford Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
