Oxbridge
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- noun
- /ˈɒksbrɪdʒ/
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Oxbridge
- I couldn't understand why somebody bright who'd been to Oxbridge didn't get it.
- Oxbridge graduate
- Oxbridge dons
Question from Mohachino, Is Oxbridge in general worth it?
- Question from Mohachino, Is Oxbridge in general worth it?
- Why do we want to get the Oxbridge degree so we can brag about it?
- I couldn't understand why somebody bright who'd been to Oxbridge didn't get it.
- Some brand new free schools are sending as many children to Oxbridge as private schools.
- But when you look at the coterie of people, you know, around Boris, you know, we kind of are back to the Oxbridge posh set running the country.
- That with the Oxbridge set, on both front benches at the Oxbridge set, I mean, nearly all of them do PPE, They nearly all do the same blooming degree.
- So you know the Oxbridge and the Cambridge people.
- I don't come from that sort of privileged Oxbridge like typically quite boys club place.
- Comprehensive school, council estate, Dundee University, They're going to go Oxbridge.
Examples
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Many ambitious students aspire to attend Oxbridge due to its prestigious reputation.
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Some brand new free schools are sending as many children to Oxbridge as private schools.
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So you know the Oxbridge and the Cambridge people.
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I'm thinking of going back to the original Oxbridge model.
Blog text (4) -
Why do we want to get the Oxbridge degree so we can brag about it?
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Mr. Hector, you are aware these pupils are Oxbridge candidates?
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Oxbridge and the Ivy League are indisputably world-class.
Academic text (2005) -
Any self-respecting university from developed or developing countries aspires to a world-class standing; some benchmark against the Ivy League, and others take Oxbridge as role models.
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Her father is an Oxbridge graduate, which greatly influenced her educational choices.
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The interview panel consisted entirely of Oxbridge alumni, making it a competitive selection process.
How Prestigious
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Etymology
Oxbridge comes from joining the names Oxford and Cambridge, so it is simply the two city names put together. That's why Oxbridge is used to mean the two famous, old universities 'together' and their shared prestige.