Fear and Loathing at Wycliffe ; UNIVERSITIES ++ A Theological College at Oxford University That Trains Anglican Vicars Is Being Rocked to Its Foundations by a Clash of Personalities and Principles. Peter Stanford Reports

Stanford, Peter, The Independent (London, England)

The seven permanent private halls at Oxford have traditionally been backwaters, peopled by earnest, not always young men and women studying for the religious life. They spend so much time in prayer and contemplation that the student life of the rest of the university often passes them by. Admittedly some, such as the Baptist training college of Regent's Park or the Catholic enclave of Greyfriars, are livelier on account of admitting "secular" undergraduates too, supposedly by what is still alleged to be a back door route by some resentful academics elsewhere at Oxford.

However, the number of firsts being awarded in recent years to students at the permanent private halls …

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Publication information: Article title: Fear and Loathing at Wycliffe ; UNIVERSITIES ++ A Theological College at Oxford University That Trains Anglican Vicars Is Being Rocked to Its Foundations by a Clash of Personalities and Principles. Peter Stanford Reports. Contributors: Stanford, Peter - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: July 12, 2007. Page number: Not available. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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