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New College has jumped to the top of the Norrington Table this year with 79.12 percent, knocking Merton into second place with 78.99 percent and Pembroke coming third with 77.47 percent. Of the 114 finalists of New College, 57 achieved Firsts, making them the only college to obtain more Firsts than Upper Seconds. Merton won […]
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Every year the Norrington Table is released, an oft-cited and even more frequently bemoaned system for ranking Oxford colleges based on their exam results. But what if this system was based, not on exams, but your vote on vegetables? Hence the new ‘Vegetarian Norrington Table’ proposed by Oxford University Animal Ethics Society, a group created […]
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The performance of this year’s finalists has seen Magdalen and New College rise to claim first and second positions in the famous college rankings, while Merton has unprecedentedly sunk from first in last year’s table to fourth from bottom. One college whose ranking did not change from last year was Pembroke, remaining in final position. […]
Continue ReadingMerton has re-established its reputation as Oxford’s brainiest college by taking the top spot in this year’s Norrington Table. St John’s moved into second up from third last year and Worcester jumped eight places from 11th to third. New College, last year’s table toppers, were demoted to fourth. At the bottom of the table Somerville, […]
Continue ReadingThis year’s Norrington table has caused a few surprises, with dramatic changes in rank from several colleges. Whilst New and St John’s still dominate at the top of the league, Harris Manchester has raised a few eyebrows by moving up twenty places to fifth. Likewise, Pembroke has boosted itself from bottom last year, to half […]
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