St Andrews principal suggests university should be allowed to join Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race
The principal of the University of St Andrews, Professor Sally Mapstone, has suggested that St Andrews should be allowed to join the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Her remarks came after St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest seat of learning, relegated the University of Cambridge to third place in The Guardian University Guide for 2021 by their coming in second. Professor Mapstone, who studied and taught at Oxford, and previously served as its Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Personnel and Equality, said: “It’s interesting to break the Oxbridge duopoly. Obviously, that gives me a particular plea...
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