The Chancellorship of Oxford: A Contemporary View with a little history

by Roy Jenkins

The Rt. Hon. Lord Jenkins, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, examines the history of the selection and electoral process of the office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford from the 18th century to 1960 and assesses the changes in the role and powers of the Chancellor, including those during his own period of office. He concludes with some reflections on the relationship between the University and city of Oxford itself, and the continuing efforts to balance the needs of the city with that of maintaining the University as an academic institution of worldwide importance.

27 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

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Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM PC was a Welsh politician. Once prominent as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and government minister in the 1960s and 1970s, he became the first (and so far only) British President of the European Commission (1977-81) and one of the four principal founders of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981. He was also a distinguished writer, especially of biographies.

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