• The University of Oxford introduced Titles of Distinction for senior academics in the 1990s. These are not established chairs, which are posts funded...
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  • The system of academic degrees at the University of Oxford can be confusing. This is not merely because many degree titles date from the Middle Ages, but...
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  • be the two highest of different types. The types and the order in which they are given are: Distinctions conferred directly by the Crown University degrees...
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  • In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application...
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    The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university...
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    rating above 2000. Like the title of Master, Candidate Master titles are awarded for life. The title of chess expert is not awarded for life. Every time a...
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    academic title in Europe since the 13th century, when the first doctorates were awarded at the University of Bologna and the University of Paris. Having...
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    An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal...
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    Alexei Tsvelik (category Fellows of the American Physical Society)
    Bibcode:1984ZPhyB..54..201T. doi:10.1007/BF01319184. "Titles of distinction awarded by the University of Oxford". Wikipedia. 21 March 2024. Tsvelik, Alexei M...
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    awards titular professorships in the form of Titles of Distinction: these are not listed here. The Regius Professorships are royal chairs created by a...
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    A Master of Arts (Latin: Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries...
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    roles within a university were undertaken by professors. During the 1990s, however, the University of Oxford introduced Titles of Distinction, enabling their...
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  • Religious Studies. The BPhil's earliest form was as a University of Oxford graduate degree, first awarded in 1682. Originally, Oxford named its pre-doctoral...
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    Marcus du Sautoy (category Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford)
    fellow, and a Royal Society University Research Fellow. In 1996, he was awarded the title of distinction of Professor of Mathematics.[citation needed]...
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    numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments, as a member of the British royal family, as heir apparent to Elizabeth II, and as King of the United...
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  • Royal Designers for Industry (category Awards established in 1936)
    the distinction RDI. New RDIs are awarded Diplomas each year at the annual RDI Dinner. Every two years a new Master of the Faculty is elected by the past...
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  • Master". Awarded to 8th dan and above. Meijin (名人): awarded by a special board of examiners. Oyakata (親方【おやかた】), master, especially a sumo coach. The literal...
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  • Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. The university was founded...
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    College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges....
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  • David Macdonald (biologist) (category Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford)
    with the Title of Distinction of Professor of Wildlife Conservation. He has been an active wildlife conservationist since graduating from Oxford.[when...
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  • branches of learning." Between 1923 and 2016, Oxford awarded 219 D.Litt. degrees, of which 196 were awarded to men and 23 to women. Among the six higher...
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    organized . . . on the plans of the English colleges which constitute the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Graduates of Harvard and Yale carried these...
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    June 1961 as the date of the commencement of the Royal Style and Titles Act. Royal Style and Titles Act, 1961, provided for the use of the following style:...
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  • Ian Phillips (philosopher) (category Academics of the University of Oxford)
    professor in 2017, a title of distinction awarded by the University of Oxford. He moved to the University of Birmingham as chair in philosophy of psychology in...
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  • established orders for giving these, e.g. from the Ministry of Justice, Debrett's, and A & C Black's Titles and Forms of Address, which are generally in close...
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    the practice of Oxford and Cambridge by awarding BAs in all subjects, but have since changed to awarding BSc degrees in science subjects. At Oxford,...
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  • "Doctor of Philosophy", is used by a small number of Commonwealth universities, including the University of Oxford and formerly the University of York and...
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  • Emeritus (category Social titles)
    title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the...
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  • or staff, or award of the Barnard Medal of Distinction. Anne Anastasi (1928), American psychologist known for her pioneering development of psychometrics...
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  • qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions...
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