Encyclopedia > List of fictional Oxbridge colleges
This is a list of fictional colleges of either:
either of the universities making up Oxbridge, but where the specific university is not specified or known;
fictional institutions spanning both of the Oxbridge universities; or
a fictional Oxbridge University
Footlights College, Oxbridge - from which came a team of participants in an imitation University Challenge episode in The Young Ones. Stephen Fry was a member in the guise of "Lord Snot".
Oxbridge is a portmanteau name for the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world. ... University Challenge is a long-running British television quiz show. ... The Young Ones; Left to right: Jerzei Balowski (Alexei Sayle), Neil (Nigel Planer), Rick (Rik Mayall), Mike (Christopher Ryan) & Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson) The Young Ones was a British sitcom about four male students sharing a house. ... Stephen Fry on the cover of his autobiography (US Edition) Stephen John Fry (born 24 August, 1957) is a British comedian, author, actor, and director. ...
Fictional colleges are perennially popular in modern novels, allowing the author much greater license when describing the more intimate activities of a Cambridge college. ... A list of some of the fictional colleges of the University of Oxford. ...
Fictionalcolleges are perennially popular in modern novels, allowing the author much greater license when describing the more intimate activities of a Cambridge college.
Below is a list of some of the fictionalcolleges of the University of Cambridge.
Stephen's College - For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George, located between Trinity College and Trinity Hall (this is a physical impossibility in the real world, as the two colleges are separated only by an alleyway which is about five to ten feet wide) and modelled on the latter.
Oxbridge is a portmanteau name for the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world.
This is the first recorded instances of the word, at least by the Oxford English Dictionary but it did not enter common usage until the middle of the 20th century.
Social critics in the United Kingdom also sometimes use "Oxbridge" or "Oxbridge Club" as shorthand for the "old boy network" that is said to dominate government, education, and other institutions.
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