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Is there any reason why this section is inordinately long compared to, say, Cambridge? Propose it is heavily trimmed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.47.175.213 ( talk) 03:17, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
'2 Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts.' So what? Fellowship of the RSA is no kind of academic qualification at all – it admits you to a rather good place for lunch in Central London. As it happens, I'm a Life Fellow of the RSA, but I wouldn't dream of sticking 'FRSA' after my name – that kind of thing is just for people who like post-nominals. Kranf ( talk) 15:51, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Is it worth mentioning that the academic year ran along ecclesiastical lines in the past, with terms beginning on a Thursday morning, and ending at lunchtime on a Wednesday? Collections also started on the Thursday of Epiphany Term. Freshers' Week would effectively begin on the Sunday evening preceding term, with most events running Monday - Wednesday. This was certainly the case as late as the early 1990s. Illuminatusds; talk 10:53, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
The endowment figure is followed by "exclusive of colleges", which was added here in 2010. Is this correct? Unlike Oxford and Cambridge, the university accounts include all but two colleges. The accounts have a note 24 on Connected charitable institutions, which includes five college trusts, with a total value just under £3M, but that value is much lower than the university endowments and does not necessarily relate to endowments. TSventon ( talk) 02:09, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
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Is there any reason why this section is inordinately long compared to, say, Cambridge? Propose it is heavily trimmed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.47.175.213 ( talk) 03:17, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
'2 Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts.' So what? Fellowship of the RSA is no kind of academic qualification at all – it admits you to a rather good place for lunch in Central London. As it happens, I'm a Life Fellow of the RSA, but I wouldn't dream of sticking 'FRSA' after my name – that kind of thing is just for people who like post-nominals. Kranf ( talk) 15:51, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Is it worth mentioning that the academic year ran along ecclesiastical lines in the past, with terms beginning on a Thursday morning, and ending at lunchtime on a Wednesday? Collections also started on the Thursday of Epiphany Term. Freshers' Week would effectively begin on the Sunday evening preceding term, with most events running Monday - Wednesday. This was certainly the case as late as the early 1990s. Illuminatusds; talk 10:53, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
The endowment figure is followed by "exclusive of colleges", which was added here in 2010. Is this correct? Unlike Oxford and Cambridge, the university accounts include all but two colleges. The accounts have a note 24 on Connected charitable institutions, which includes five college trusts, with a total value just under £3M, but that value is much lower than the university endowments and does not necessarily relate to endowments. TSventon ( talk) 02:09, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
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