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Encyclopedia > Nuffield College, Oxford
Nuffield College, Oxford
Nuffield College Courtyard, from the west
                         
College name Nuffield College
Named after Lord Nuffield
Established 1937
Sister College None
Warden Stephen Nickell
Undergraduates None
Graduates 74
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Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. Despite being one of the newest and smallest of the colleges, its architecture is designed to conform to the traditional college layout, and its modernistic spire is a landmark for those approaching Oxford from the west. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 903 KB) Taken by myself on 8 October 2006, in the afternoon sun. ... William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield GBE CH (10 October 1877–22 August 1963) was the founder of the Morris Motor Company and a philanthropist. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Most of the colleges of the University of Cambridge have sister colleges in the University of Oxford (and vice versa). ... ... Stephen Nickell (born 25th April 1944) was a member of the Bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from June of 2000 to May 2006, when he was replaced by David Blanchflower effective in the June 2006 meeting. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...


It is one of the most wealthy colleges with an estimated financial endowment of £126m (2005). A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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History and purpose today

Nuffield is a graduate college of the University of Oxford specialising in the Social Sciences, particularly Economics, Politics, and Sociology. It aims to provide a stimulating research-orientated environment for postgraduate students (about 75 in number) and faculty (approximately 60 academic fellows of the College). Nuffield College, which was founded in 1937, is located in the centre of Oxford. It is housed on a site on the western side of the city centre, donated by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (Lord Nuffield). Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield GBE CH (10 October 1877–22 August 1963) was the founder of the Morris Motor Company and a philanthropist. ...


Around a third of Nuffield's fellows hold appointments at the University of Oxford as lecturers, readers or professors. In addition the College fully funds around a dozen Official Fellowships, which the College views as tenured research professorships (although most also teach on the University's graduate programme), and about a dozen three year post-doctoral research fellows. The College also houses a number of young scholars who hold distinguished awards, such as British Academy post-doctoral fellowships, some senior research fellows and a group of research active emeritus & honorary fellows.


The College has been - and continues to be - the source of some of the major research developments in social science. These include the British Election Studies and the major programme of research on Social Mobility in Britain. It was the birthplace of the "Oxford School" of Industrial Relations; it pioneered the development of cost benefit analysis for developing countries; and it has made a major contribution to the methodology of econometrics.


Notable former students

Martin Stuart Feldstein (born November 25, 1939) is an American economist. ... Dr Geoffrey Gallop at the Midland Railway Workshops, Nov 2002. ... Professor Alan Gilbert, born in Brisbane on 11 September 1944, once a historian is now President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester. ... Leslie Green is a leading analytical philosopher of law and jurisprudence. ... Jerry A. Hausman is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a famous econometrician. ... Patricia Hope Hewitt M.P. (born 22 December 1948) British politician. ... Professor Gareth Stedman Jones (born 17 December 1942) is a British academic and one of the UKs foremost historians. ... Nicholas Stern Sir Nicholas Stern, FBA (born 22 April 1946) is a British economist and academic. ... John Kay (1948— ) is a Scottish economist. ... Sir Derek Morris is former Chairman of the Competition Commission (formerly the Monopolies and Mergers Commission) and as of October 1, 2003 is the Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. ... Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Teachers/academics

A more complete list is available here

Robert Eugene Allen (born 1935) was a U.S. telecommunications businessman. ... Sir Anthony Barnes Atkinson (Tony Atkinson) is a British economist and currently Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford since August 1994. ... Richard L. Breen (b. ... Dr. David Butler is a Social Scientist and Psephologist. ... Emeritus (IPA pronunciation: or ) is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop or other professional. ... David Roxbee Cox (born Birmingham, England, 1924) is a British statistician. ... John H. Goldthorpe (born 1935) is a British sociologist. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... David Miller is a prominent political theorist in the United Kingdom. ... Stephen Nickell (born 25th April 1944) was a member of the Bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from June of 2000 to May 2006, when he was replaced by David Blanchflower effective in the June 2006 meeting. ... Neil Shephard (born October 8, 1964), FBA, is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Former Fellows

Martin Stuart Feldstein (born November 25, 1939) is an American economist. ... For other persons named John Hicks, see John Hicks (disambiguation). ... Ariel Rubinstein (born April 13, 1951) is an economist who works in game theory. ... Amartya Sen Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) (Bengali: Ômorto Kumar Shen) (born 3 November 1933 in Santiniketan, India), is an Indian philosopher, economist and a winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (Nobel Prize for Economics) in 1998, for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare... Sir John Stuart Vickers is Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford. ...

External links

  • Nuffield College, Oxford
  • Virtual Tour of Nuffield College

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Nuffield College, Oxford - Definition, explanation (254 words)
Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Despite being one of the newest and smallest of the colleges, its architecture is designed to conform to the traditional college layout, and its modernistic spire is a landmark for those approaching Oxford from the west.
Nuffield College was founded in 1937, on a site on the western side of the city centre, donated by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (Lord Nuffield).
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