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Law graduate wins scholarship to Harvard

Law graduate wins scholarship to Harvard

Created in 1965 following the death of President Kennedy, the scholarship provides full funding to a British citizen who is a graduate of a British university, enabling them to take up study at Harvard University, or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This year, OU law graduate Amy Woolfson has scooped the accolade. Amy is The […]

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Row of university graduates holding their scrolls. Image: Thinkstock

Are more poorer students going to university?

The OU’s Vice-Chancellor, Peter Horrocks, looks at the numbers behind claims in the Budget that more students from poorer backgrounds are going to university. This blog post was originally written for Universities UK. Standing at the dispatch box to deliver his budget yesterday, the Chancellor made a significant statement about student numbers.  We were told that […]

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