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OXFORD.—The accommodation for students in the Radcliffe Library has been improved by the removal of the sub-librarian's office to the room under the central tower and the provision of several new reading tables in the space thus created. But as the numbers of scientific students continue to increase, it is clear that some more extensive and permanent addition will very soon be necessary. The number of regular readers in the library this term is seventy-nine; ten years ago it was only thirty-one, and in the previous decade it was seldom that more than five or six students made use of the library in a single day. These figures give some idea of the gradual growth of scientific studies in the University. A proposal has been set on foot, which, if it is carried out, is likely to affect scientific studies in Oxford very beneficially. It is, that besides the existing means of obtaining a degree by examination, facilities shall be given for obtaining a degree for research in any recognised subject. It is proposed that a residential qualification of two years shall be imposed on any candidate for such a degree, and that evidence must be brought forward of continuous research and study, to the satisfaction of the board appointed for the purpose. At present the scheme has merely been brought before the Hebdomadal Council, and has, as yet, assumed no definite shape.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 49, 70–71 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/049070b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/049070b0