some people never get enough - the selling of Oxford University'c Charter

Some people never get enough - now it's the Charter of Oxford University that has been bought up by capitalist, non-British foreigners, aka Oxford Educational Network. I never knew that Christ Church of Oxford University belongs to the Americans and Canadians, Good Heavens:

"The Charter from King Charles I of England, dated 1640, was originally granted to Wolsey Hall at Oxford. Wolsey Hall was named for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1471-1530) who had set up Cathedral College which was re-named Christ Church College. Private Halls were founded by different Christian denominations which still retain their Religious Character.

After an illustrious history, Wolsey Hall was not making sufficient profit as a Theological School in England. A number of English, American and Canadian Theological Schools were able to secure the Original Charter and the Right to continue as the Oxford Educational Network.

The Oxford Educational Network now has schools in England, America, Canada, Central America, South America and Italy" (http://www.oxfordeducationalnetwork.org/)

If it ws just an April's joke, I wouldn't mind, but these guys are apparently serious, and that makes one worry...

Greetings,
adelheid

 

One giveaway to those in the know is that there is no such place at Oxford as "Christ Church College". The college usually known simply as "Christ Church" is properly called "The House of Christ Church", and is colloquially known in Oxford as "The House". The name comes because it houses Christ Church, the Cathedral of the (Anglican) Diocese of Oxford.

Malcolm S Jenner

 

> The Oxford Educational Network now has schools in England,
> America, Canada, Central America, South America and Italy"

But if you click on "Member Schools", the schools are all in the US, except one in Russia. What does this England, Canada, etc. stuff refer to?

 

> I never knew that Christ Church of Oxford University belongs
> to the Americans and Canadians, Good Heavens

It doesn't!

Christ Church is part of Oxford University. The charter they're talking about is the charter of Wolsey Hall. Wolsey Hall is located in the city of Oxford, and was founded by the same person as Christ Church, but has never been part of Oxford University. In fact Oxford University attempted unsuccessfully to purchase Wolsey Hall in 1989. See http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1996-7/weekly/101096/agen.htm

 

I'd like to see Excelsior buy Oxford. They would create inexpensive
DL programs, and their New York campus would be able to grant degrees under the Oxford name instead of the current Excelsior (ugh).

 

So if you attend one of the partner schools do you graduate from a royal chartered institution? I have seen numerous U.S. schools that view U.K. Royal Charter as the same as U.S. regional. I can understand why Oxford would want to purchase this; I am surprised that the U.K. government didn’t try to but it too.

 

What Oxford tried to purchase was the building, not the charter.

 

Wolsey

My bad. For "founded by the same person as", read "named after the person who founded".

 

Re: Re: some people never get enough - the selling of Oxford University'c Charter

That Wolsey Hall, i.e. the building referred to, was never anything to do with the University of Oxford. It was a private correspondence school providing tuition for (high) school level examinations, professional qualifications and external London University degrees. The growth of the Open University effectively led to its demise.

Malcolm S Jenner