What is the Weather in Scotland?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/6

Tell Me about a Holiday in the UK

• Boxing Day• December 26 (technically the first work day

after Christmas)

Boxers

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Tell Me about a Holiday in the UK

• Boxing Day• December 26 (technically the first work day

after Christmas)• Origin- To open the Christmas boxes to share

contents with the poor• Good luck token on a ship– Priest– Saves until Christmas after voyage

• “Alms Box”

Boxing Day

• Christmas Bonuses• Hunting of the Wren

• Mandy Barrow – Woodlands Junior School

Oxford University

By Erich Hodges

Name & Location

• University of Oxford

Founders

• Medieval Publicists • Monks• Clerks• Henry I• 1117• Paris1147-69

Leadership

• Heads• FellowsNew Style• Chancellor• Vice-Chancellor• Pro-Vice-Chancellor

– Education– Academic Services and University Collections– Personnel and Equality– Planning and Resources– Research

Leadership

• Congregation of Teachers & Staff• Four Academic Divisions – Humanities – Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences– Medical Sciences– Social Sciences

Colleges and Campus

• 38 colleges• 6 private colleges• EAT• STUDY• PLAY• LIVE• Fellow• Tutor

Enrollment

• Oxford- 11,766 undergraduate and 8,701 graduates, international 7,500 (UO, Current)

• ISU- 21,033 undergraduate and 4,689 graduates (ISU, Current)

• ISU - 1,454 international and 6357 out-of-state (ISU, 2009)

Oxford Students

UndergraduateGraduate

ISU Students

UndergraduateGraduate

Oxford Students

DomesticInternational

ISU Students

In-StateOut-of-state

Tuition

• Tuition at Oxford is 3,290 pounds a year for a medical student, or $5,034.

• The residence fees and living expenses are up to 8,000 pounds a year, or $12,240. For ISU, it is $5756 for tuition and the living fees are about $7,500.

Works Cited

• Green, V. H. H. 1974. A History of Oxford University. B. T. Bratsford Ltd., London.

• Gunther, R. T. (No date for copyright). Oxford Gardens. Oxford: Parker and Sons, Oxford.

• ISU. 2010-2009. Office of the Registrar. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~registrar/. Accessed Apr. 1, 10.

• Keene, Anne. 1990. Oxford the American Connection. Parchment Oxford Ltd., Oxford.

• Mallet, Sir Charles. 1967. Oxford University Handbook, A Short History of the University of Oxford. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

• UO. 2010. University of Oxford. http://www.ox.ac.uk. Accessed Apr. 1, 10.