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At the height of the vac, when most of us undergraduates had fled Oxford, as many as 240 students spent a week here on Oxford's fourth summer school, as part of the university's campaign to increase the number of applications from state schools, invalidating the recent attack against Oxford for being elitist. The summer school was open to state school students in year 12 all over the country.
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Features: ...But Not At Magdalen?
What the protesters say...and Magdalen's Defence
Features: The V.i.b (very Important Boys)
We've all heard of NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard), YUPPIES (Young Urban Professionals), and TWINKYs (Two Incomes No Kids Yet). In a recent article in The Times, Celia Brayfield branded our entire generation BYTs - Bland Young Things. Apparently we all ride those irritating little scooters, drink in All Bar One, wear nothing but black and beige (well, black is the new black, darling) and aspire to jobs in the New Media, whatever that may mean. And, of course, everyone recognises the acronym VIP. But what about the VIB - a person present since time began in every age group and class of every culture? You may not have classified him this way before, but I'd put money on the fact that you know at least one Very Important Boy. (In fact, you may even be one...)...