Linacre College, Oxford
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Linacre College is one of the constituent colleges
of the University of Oxford
in the UK, 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.
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 400 graduate students studying a broad range of subjects. 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.
Other social events include smaller college parties, movie nights, cake baking, cheese and wine tasting and lectures. Like all colleges, Linacre has many active sports teams and its members also represent the university in various sports.
Colleges of the University of Oxford
The University of Oxford comprises 38 Colleges and 6 Permanent Private Halls of religious foundation. Colleges and PPHs are autonomous self-governing corporations within the university, and all teaching staff and students studying for a degree of the university must belong to one of the colleges...
of the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
in the UK, currently offering graduate entry only. It is located on St Cross Road
St Cross Road
St Cross Road is a road in Oxford, England. It connects South Parks Road to the north and Longwall Street to the south, where it also adjoins Holywell Street....
at the corner of St Cross Road and South Parks Road
South Parks Road
South Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England. It runs east-west past the main Science Area of the University of Oxford, where many of the science departments are located....
, next to the University Parks
University Parks
The Oxford University Parks, more normally the University Parks, or just The Parks to members of the local community, is one large parkland area slightly northeast of the Oxford city centre in England...
and opposite the Tinbergen Building, which is shared by the Departments of Zoology and Experimental Psychology.
The college is named after Thomas Linacre
Thomas Linacre
Thomas Linacre was a humanist scholar and physician, after whom Linacre College, Oxford and Linacre House The King's School, Canterbury are named....
(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 400 graduate students studying a broad range of subjects. 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.
History
Linacre College was founded in 1962 by John Bamborough. 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
In addition to the Main Building (OC Tanner building), there are three accommodation buildings on the main site that house students. The Bamborough, Abraham and Griffiths Buildings were completed in 1986, 1995 and 2008 respectively; raising the total number of student rooms to 91 on the main college site. Linacre also owns and operates a number of buildings off the main site, including properties on Banbury Road, Bradmore Road, Divinity Road, Iffley Road, and Walton Street, which provide a further 79 rooms (including rooms for couples). The college generally offers accommodation to all first-year students (freshers) and the percentage of graduate students housed within college accommodation exceeds the university average. Students typically move into private shared housing in and around Oxford after their first year.Social and Sporting Life
Linacre has a substantial social calendar with numerous social events throughout term time. Particular highlights include the termly bop, which is the biggest student-run party in Oxford. Operating across two floors and outside areas, the bops are themed parties open to members of other colleges and regularly attract well in excess of 800 people. The biggest bop of the year is usually the matriculation bop (“sexy sub-fusc” theme) and regularly fills capacity within minutes.Other social events include smaller college parties, movie nights, cake baking, cheese and wine tasting and lectures. Like all colleges, Linacre has many active sports teams and its members also represent the university in various sports.
Notable former students
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- Dr. Eduardo Lopes Pontes, PHD, Brazilian doctor (gastroenterology) and professor and head member of the Brazilian National Academy of Medicine (Academia Nacional de Medicina, ANM)
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Notable former fellows
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, Nobel Prize winning biochemist - Dr Chris DobsonChris DobsonChristopher Martin "Chris" Dobson, FRS, is a British chemist, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge. Dobson's research is largely concerned with protein folding and misfolding.Having completed a...
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, Nobel Prize winning economist - Professor Rom Harré, Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
External links
- Official website
- Common room website
- Virtual Tour of Linacre College (slightly out of date due to new building)