3) Recipients do not need to be studying at Oxford
Unlike many other scholarships, recipients do not need to be studying at Oxford (although they do need to study at one of Oxford’s affiliated colleges) nor are they required to remain in England after receiving their degree.
A famous recipient, Bill Clinton, was elected President of the United States less than a year after his award.
He returned to Oxford as an honorary Fellow and addressed an audience at New College on its 800th anniversary in 2011.
Recipients do not need to be studying at Oxford: Unlike many other scholarships, recipients do not need to be studying at Oxford (although they do need to study at one of Oxford’s affiliated colleges) nor are they required to remain in England after receiving their degree.
A famous recipient Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States less than a year after his award.
He returned to Oxford as an honorary Fellow and addressed an audience at New College on its 800th anniversary in 2011.
The youngest ever recipient, 20-year-old George W. Bush had just completed his junior year when he received the scholarship; he went on to become president eight years later.
Though there is no requirement for those granted a scholarship to pursue academic studies post-graduation, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that being given the opportunity by Harvard was a passport for my intellectual development and education; it opened up all sorts of new vistas.
To this day, I still get asked about my decision to stay on for graduate school and then leave to take a job outside academia.
In recent years, most recipients have studied law or economics; the first two winners from any subject were Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King from Canada respectively.