Oxford in England is the oldest university in the english speaking world and has been in existence forover nine centuries. As an internationally known centre of learning, it naturally attracts students and scholors across the globe. It lies about 90 km north-west of London. A medium sized city with population totalling approximately 140,000, Oxford is refreshingly different from all other cities I have been lucky enough to have visited so far.
I fell in love with this gorgeous city immediately after I first set foot there back in 1979. The 24 years I went on to spend there made my love for the place grow evendeeper. Without a shadow of doubt, in my opinion Oxford is the most beautiful,
cosmopolitan and likeable city in the whole world and must be in everyones once in a lifetime (at least!) list of places to visit. It has class written all over it.
According to the statistics for the acadamic year 2003/2004, there were approximately 17,660 students in Oxford out of which approx. 11,100 were undergraduates spread around 39 independent colleges. University staff total around 10,000 out of which 3,500 are directly employed by the colleges. At Oxford,the academic year is divided into three terms as follows: a) Michaelmas Term (October - December), b) Hilary Term (Jan - Mar) and c) Trinity Term (Apr - Jun).
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