Body Quote by Wes Streeting

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one…

— E. M. Forster

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that…

— Samantha Morton

I'm prepared to fight as hard as I can against unions entering the University on behalf of our students.

— Ruth J. Simmons

What I realized the moment I got to Oxford was that someone like me could not really be part of it. I mean, I…

— Stuart Hall

I am honoured to be accepting this degree from Oxford University, a world famous educational institution. This is a very special day for my…

— Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

I was lucky to get to Oxford. I am now an honorary fellow of my old college, which is nice, particularly for a colonial…

— Justin Cartwright

Universities are set up to get people to work together by having them disagree with each other.

— Louis Menand

I was extremely honoured and privileged to have had the opportunity to visit Oxford University. It was a great experience to share personal anecdotes…

— Sanya Malhotra

The union movement has achieved a huge amount in the past century or so. It has secured important rights at work, tackled unfair discrimination…

— Hilary Benn

Our admissions system should be a vehicle for justice, but it is failing working-class students, especially those who are the first in their family…

— Angela Rayner

I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about…

— Tariq Ali

I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.

— Nigel Rees