Friends were outraged she turned down Oxbridge. But she's right to reject our outmoded attachment to status and class Last March, my daughter turned down a place at Oxford University, and at the end of September she will begin her degree at the University of Leeds. After months of research, advice, interviews and stays with friends at both places, Rose* decided that while she would no doubt be happy reading History of Art at Oxford, she'd be even happier studying the same subject at Leeds. Her d...
Friends were outraged she turned down Oxbridge. But she's right to reject our outmoded attachment to status and class Last March, my daughter turned down a place at Oxford University, and at the end of September she will begin her degree at the University of Leeds. After months of research, advice, interviews and stays with friends at both places, Rose* decided that while she would no doubt be happy reading History of Art at Oxford, she'd be even happier studying the same subject at Leeds. Her d...
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