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oxbridge name sharing colleges

There's lots of colleges at both oxford and Camridge that share the same name right. Off the top of my head St Catherines, Pembroke, Trinity.

Do they have any links with each other? Inter uni sporting events and such? Would be cool if they did/do. Anyone know ought about it?

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Reply 1

Kalypso

quinnbrakes

Do they have any links with each other? Inter uni sporting events and such? Would be cool if they did/do. Anyone know ought about it?

the boat race springs to mind...

Reply 2

quinnbrakes

no u pillock i mean trinity cam vs trinity ox etc.... not just cambridge v oxford.

maybe i didnt explain myself very well.

Reply 3

Alexander

Here's a list of Oxbridge sister colleges:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_college

It isn't entirely done by name though.

Reply 4

musicbloke

Alexander

Here's a list of Oxbridge sister colleges:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_college

It isn't entirely done by name though.

Why would the good people if Cambridge wish to involve themselves with oxford people? :smile:

Reply 5

Kalypso

inter-college events happen between colleges in the university, but when it gets to oxford v cambridge, they stick to varsity matches rather than an oxford college against a cam college.

Reply 6

hildabeast

I know there was a sponsored walk by St John's students between St John's Oxford and St John's Cambridge to raise money for charity. Don't know about inter-Varsity sports between colleges though.

Reply 7

llama boy

The Corpus Christi colleges have a sports competition thingy each year, I think, tho I couldn't tell you any more about it than that.

Reply 8

Veedy

musicboy

Why would the good people if Cambridge wish to involve themselves with oxford people? :smile:

I was thinking the same thing, only the other way round :wink:

Reply 9

Helenia

hildabeast

I know there was a sponsored walk by St John's students between St John's Oxford and St John's Cambridge to raise money for charity. Don't know about inter-Varsity sports between colleges though.

Well, that website says that we're twinned with Oriel and St. Hugh's, but I think that's wrong - I think it's actually Hertford. Our hockey and rugby teams went there on a sports exchange, and I've definitely seen us twinned on other sites.

Apparently Wolfson is the only person to have colleges named after him at both Oxford and Cambridge, apart from Jesus (who, to be fair, gets 3 at Camb, 4 if you count Corpus) and St. John.

Reply 10

Helenia

hildabeast

I know there was a sponsored walk by St John's students between St John's Oxford and St John's Cambridge to raise money for charity. Don't know about inter-Varsity sports between colleges though.

Well, that thing says that we're twinned with St Hugh's and Oriel, but I'm sure that elsewhere I've seen that we're twinned with Hertford, and we did a sports exchange thing with them last term. I guess some colleges do, and some don't.

Did you know that Wolfson, whoever he was, is the only person to have colleges named after him at both Oxford and Cambridge apart from Jesus (who, to be fair, has 3 at Camb; 4 if you count Corpus) and St. John.

Reply 11

Veedy

Helenia

I think that Clare is twinned with Oriel, but because Hertford didn't have established links with a Cambridge college they may have recently forged links with Clare.

Reply 12

fishpaste

That's cool. The plan was for me to apply to Oriel, Oxford, but now I'm going to Clare, Cambridge. Sisters!

Reply 13

Helenia

Veedy

I think that Clare is twinned with Oriel, but because Hertford didn't have established links with a Cambridge college they may have recently forged links with Clare.

Oh, I seee.

Sorry for the double posting btw - it said the server was too busy when I tried to post, and I didn't realise it had posted it until my second one came up :rolleyes:

Reply 14

hildabeast

We have links with Newnham, but that's a fairly recent thing because we're now the only two original nineteenth cenury women's colleges left.

Queen's...

So Queen's (Ox) is twinned with Pembroke (Cam) and vice-versa.

Fair enough...

Reply 17

MadNatSci

kildare

Queen's...

Are you saying that there are two colleges called Queen's? Ah but no... look carefully... The Cambridge one is called Queens' :smile:

Reply 18

kildare

MadNatSci

Are you saying that there are two colleges called Queen's? Ah but no... look carefully... The Cambridge one is called Queens' :smile:

Ah, me sees

Reply 19

Radagasty

Helenia

Did you know that Wolfson, whoever he was, is the only person to have colleges named after him at both Oxford and Cambridge apart from Jesus (who, to be fair, has 3 at Camb; 4 if you count Corpus) and St. John.