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Thread #154210   Message #3616238
Posted By: MGM·Lion
06-Apr-14 - 05:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why no Maths at Univ, Oxford?
Subject: RE: BS: Why no Maths at Univ, Oxford?
Bill D ~~ Do not be confused by the name University College: that is just the name of one of the 30+ constituent colleges which, federated, form the University of Oxford. Of course Maths could be read at the university. I was just surprised that one of the colleges would not admit students for a subject which none of its fellows [ie senior faculty] specialised in, as, at Cambridge, the other ancient collegiate universtiy where I happened to study myself 60+ years ago, such a student would just be 'tutored' or 'supervised' [ie taught individually] by a senior member from another college.

Unnamed GUEST 2 posts back: If you choose to address me uninvited by my first name, at least let us know your own identity. One would like to know whose shoulder appears to carry so heavy a chip.

~M~