oxbridge
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- n general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
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- The Men Trying To Save Us From the Machines
nk497 writes "Are you more likely to die from cancer or be wiped out by a malevolent computer? That thought has been bothering one of the co-founders of Skype so much he teamed up with Oxbridge researchers in the hopes of predicting what machine super-intelligence will mean for the world, in order to mitigate the existential threat of new technology – that is, the chance it will destroy humanity ...
June 22, 2013 - Slashdot
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- Nick Gibb in Mirror.co.uk
Mr Gibb said: "I would rather have a physics graduate from Oxbridge without a PGCE teaching in a school than a physics graduate from one of the rubbish universities with a PGCE." - Victoria Wood in Yorkshire Post
Initially, they thought about giving up, but quickly realised they'd allowed themselves to be bossed around too much by the Oxbridge types in TV, and what they had to do was be true to their own ideas,says Wood, who is executive producer of... - CS Lewis in Evening Bulletin
The Oxbridge 2008 program is aimed at a general, thoughtful audience and offers a rich mix of academic addresses, seminars and workshops, plus a wide variety of artistic presentations including theatre and dance,a spokeswoman of the CS Lewis...