Oxford University aims to raise £1.25 BILLION from alumni in 4 years.

The current University Chancellor Andrew Hamilton is currently undertaking a whirl wind fund raising event touring Australia. Australia is home to 2,700 alumni and it is hoped that they will contribute to the Oxford Thinking Campaign, which aims to raise £1.25 billion in 4 years, having already established £1.144 billion, with around a year left.

Famous Australian alumni include Bob Hawke (known for his record breaking drinking achievements at Oxford), along with Rupert Murdoch. For more details visit the all-knowledgeable Cherwell.

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Eco-Rally Comes To Oxford

Recently Broad Street became home to the starting point of the Eco-Rally. This was the fifth time the event has run, and it was started in 2007 by HRH Prince Charles. It is a time not only to see the most technologically advanced "green" cars currently available in the word, but also to underline the incredible developments in the field, which means they can get us from "A to B without the C" (C being carbon and costs). Our favourite was certainly the Tesla Roadster, a truly incredibly performance car and a technological achievement of gigantic proportions. Find out more about the Eco-Rally here.

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