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Friday 22 april 5 22 /04 /Apr 05:07 Oxford University: University of the spirit of free
"I think there are two core university spirit, the first in everything on the pursuit of excellence, and the second is free and open debate" Andrew Hamilton, the British Chancellor of Oxford University in Beijing to attend the forthcoming global University Presidents Summit on the eve of Oxford accepted the Xinhua News Agency reporters Du Jiazhuan and Fang Bing presented his views on the university spirit.
More than 800 years of history at Oxford University, United Kingdom and the United States and other English-speaking countries where the source of all universities in the world to enjoy high status. Hamilton said the University of Oxford University of spirit is reflected, first, the pursuit of excellence have an absolute, either in teaching or scientific research, will never be complacent, continued to pursue even better.
World-class universities have such a spirit. Before serving as Chancellor of Oxford University, Hamilton, dean of Yale University, has also many famous universities in Britain and America work. He said that although some systems at Yale and Oxford are not the same, but the emphasis is co nsistent excellence, and he from Yale to Oxford, the immediately felt the familiar culture of excellence.
On the other hand, free and open debate is an important means to achieve excellence. Hamilton said, Oxford is an open place where everything can come to public discussion, whether academic or administrative affairs. He also specifically mentioned that the University of Oxford tutorial very helpful in training specific to the spirit of free debate.
Oxford's tutorial system is started from the course, and each will have a designated mentor undergraduate students, each teacher with only two or three students in general. Each week, instructors and students will conduct an hour-one or one to two discussio ns, such discussio ns are completely equal, students are free to ask questio ns not only challenge mentors also need to defend their own in the debate point of view.
Hamilton said the benefits of this debate: "Oxford graduates who can develop a self-confidence." Oxford University trained, including the British Prime Minister Prime Minister more than 20, including Cameron, former U.S. President Clinton has attended a number of foreign heads of Oxford and Hamilton believe that their success can not be said with confidence in the Oxford train related.
However, even with such a brilliant background and hard to deny the excellence, the University of Oxford University in some of the world ranking position also often experience ups and downs. Hamilton, when they talk about the performance of university ranking calm: "I rarely worry about those you mentioned changes in the ranking." He believes that college rankings are very limited tools for evaluation, and sometimes dramatic events of a purely man-made, on the Oxford , Cambridge, Harvard has several hundred years of history of these schools, the short-term changes in ranking can not explain what.
He reminded the majority of students choose not too much about college rankings, but should look at the academic environment and teaching environment for their own schools.
Hamilton also mentioned the recent University of British events up tuition fees, tuition fees at Oxford University, also increased to 3 times the original. However, he said, mainly because the University of Oxford tutorial system is expensive, the need for more financial support, "Oxford has never been to education as an industry." He said that according to the British Government's policy of capping tuition increase tuition fees, the final will still be used in the students, helping them to enjoy the excellent education at Oxford.
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