Lord Hague Of Richmond Becomes 160th Recorded Chancellor At University Of Oxford

"If Oxford asks me to serve as Chancellor, I will embrace that with vigour - although if there are better candidates they should be chosen, and I would strongly support them," said Lord Hague of Richmond's message on X last month.

Study in UK: The University of Oxford has announced that Lord Hague of Richmond will serve as the next Chancellor of the university as he won most of the vote in the final round. He will serve the fixed term for not more than 10 years.

University Of Oxford message on X platform reads, "Lord Hague of Richmond will serve as the next Chancellor of University of Oxford, having won a majority of support in the final round of voting for the post. Lord Hague becomes the 160th recorded Chancellor in the University’s history, a role that dates back at least 800 years."

The candidates for the Chancellor post included - Downtown Abbey star Alastair Bruce and Labour’s Lord Mandelson. The initial vote started on October 28, 2024.

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Lord Hague in his bid for the post identified three major issues for the next decade in which this role can help - one is freedom of speech.

"Violence and prejudice should be countered through the rigour of reason, not the comfort blanket of cancellation. Oxford minds should be ready for the great debating chamber of the world, not the echo chambers of the like-minded," he said.

“My heart and soul are in Oxford, and if I can help ensure future 17-year-olds have the same opportunity as I did, I offer my service," he added.

Oxford University Expert Resigns Due To Elon Musk

Professor Dorothy Bishop, emeritus professor of developmental neuropsychology and a leading expert on children’s communication disorders has resigned due to Elon Musk.

She told the Guardian that after meeting the president and the chief executive she took this decision as a "gut reaction". She said the president and chief executive stressed the requirement to follow due process over Musk.

She said, "I just started to think, you know, the Royal Society seemed to be set up to make it very, very difficult to ever get somebody to resign or to actually get thrown out, and given all I know about Musk, it felt grubby, to be honest," as reported by Oxford Mail.

Prof Bishop added, "It just felt having him in the Royal Society seemed such a contradiction of all the values of the Royal Society. And I didn’t really want to have anything to do with it.”

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