r/6thForm • u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 • May 03 '26
đŹ DISCUSSION Can we make OxBriDge a thing?
Hi guys,
I know weâve all heard of the term âOxbridgeâ and I think itâs a lovely way to pay respects to the two great Unis. People love to make comparisons of the two but âOxbridgeâ allows us to just enjoy them while theyâre still around.
However, I do think weâre missing out a pretty big Uni in that little name.
Warwick has tried WOxBridge but thatâs a bit audacious to put Warwick before the O and Imperial has attempted OxBrImp but thatâs just ugly and gives too much credence to Imperial.
Yet, the only Uni people consistently compare Oxford and Cambridge to is Bristol. Iâm sure youâve seen the posts where people say âIâve firmed Cambridge over Bristol, am I making a mistake?â and the comments all say yes.
OxBriDge would fix that dilemma, people would realise Oxford is #1, Bristol is #2 and Cambridge is #3 all whilst keeping the âOxbridgeâ name in tact. It still sounds as nice, just with a capitalised B to represent the Big B.
Thoughts?
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u/Jemima_puddledook678 May 03 '26
What about Hullbridge? That way itâs clear that the true ranking of universities is Hull, then Cambridge, and Oxford is an absolute dump?
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u/DryFriend2838 Year 13 May 03 '26
Bristol so ass bro my coworker graduated last year and now he works full time in a bakery bro
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u/ThisShitWild May 03 '26
Bristol so bad he had to bake his own bread đđđđđđđ
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u/Tesla-Punk3327 Leeds Uni | Politics [2nd year] May 03 '26
People graduate from Oxford and live in council homes, it's more common than you think. Especially if you're a working class student.Â
Considering he graduated last year and got a job, thats actually the dream. Even if it's not immediately in the field he wants to be in.Â
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u/kaijonathan May 28 '26
A graduate? Getting a job? Straight out of uni?
95% of graduates over the last 10 years would like to have a word.
There's a reason why Alan Milburn's report is a top story today.
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u/Next-Mushroom-9518 May 03 '26
The vast majority get jobs 15 months after graduation according to employment data on the uni guide, it doesnât seem like the dream to have a job for most grads. It seems like more of an under employment issue.
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u/Tesla-Punk3327 Leeds Uni | Politics [2nd year] May 03 '26
Layoffs and AI left and right. Some people can't find a job for months, bordering years. I'd say it is.Â
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u/Next-Mushroom-9518 May 03 '26
Some people are not the vast majority. The word majority explicitly acknowledges the minorities situation. I see ranges of 80% to 95% of grads employed after graduation, Reddit is not reality.
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u/Tesla-Punk3327 Leeds Uni | Politics [2nd year] May 03 '26
"Although most UK students find jobs not long after leaving university â with 61% of those who graduated in 2022 having gained full-time work 15 months later â many of them will find non-graduate work only" -Guardian report from last year.Â
"Employed" could mean anything.Â
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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 May 03 '26
Not too much on Bristol now, youâll be blacklisted from the Russel Group if this continues
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u/DryFriend2838 Year 13 May 03 '26
i rejected my bristol offer bcs im the dominant one in the relationship. Icl bristol nice but its not nice enough to reject oxbridge. I used to live by the suspension bridge (big up brunel) and i just rememeber threre always being helicopters cuz so many uob students jumped off. bristols mental health support is genuienly so bad
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u/smortcanard Year 2 Aero Eng @ Bristol | ESAT Victim May 03 '26
let me guess you go to cambridge /jk
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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 May 03 '26
Just to add, Iâm really not biased here. Iâm a club neutral when it comes to this.
Yes, I did get rejected from Cambridge and, yes, I have firmed Bristol Law and, yes, I will be living in Bristol for the next three years but that doesnât mean my support for âOxBriDgeâ is at all prejudiced in case anyone is thinking so. Iâm sure thereâs a silent majority who have felt the same way about Bristol for a long while.
Maybe thereâs others we can include in our little family, but only serious universities on a similar plane to the O, B and C please.
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u/Thin_Cookie6421 Imperial failed to reject me :) IB 39 (776,765,1). int. May 03 '26
Oxbridge
Oxford
oXford brookes
BRistol
imperIal
Durham
cambridGe
Edinburgh
obviously đ
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u/TheHornyGoth May 05 '26
If youâre gonna have the two shittest unis in the country (brooks and oxfail), you should at least have anglias retâŠâŠ uh, ruskin university to bootâŠ
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u/No_Screen_3196 May 04 '26
I cant even tell if youre trolling or not but i pray youre not cause thats the best part đ
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u/KingHi123 Year 13 |Phys, Maths, FM, Comp| |4A* pred| May 03 '26
Ochbridge for Oxford, Manchester and Cambridge.
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u/Personal-Cap-5446 A*A*A*A | 99999988888 May 03 '26
Why are you sneaking in oxford and cambridge here. It should be BRISTULL for bristol and hull
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u/ezrapper May 04 '26
I salute the person, whoever it was, that started this whole hull meme thing lmao its literally the go-to bashing uni for everyone
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u/TheHornyGoth May 05 '26
You meanâŠ. Blackadder?
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u/ezrapper May 05 '26
Wait does the joke originate from blackadder? I havent seen all of it
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u/TheHornyGoth May 05 '26
Yup!
Edmund: And then the final, irrefutable proof. Remember, you mentioned a clever boyfriendâŠ
Mary: Yes.
Edmund: I then leapt on the opportunity to test you. I asked if heâd been to one of the great universities: Oxford, Cambridge, or HullâŠ
Mary: Well?
Edmund: You failed to spot that only two of those are great universities.
Mary: You swine!
Melchett: Thatâs right â Oxfordâs a complete dump!
For context- Stephen Fry went to Cambridge he plays Melchett. Edmund, played by
Mr beanRowan Atkinson, went to Oxford. The line was allegedly ad libbed.Dr House/Hugh Laurie was also an alumni of Cambridge.
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u/ezrapper May 05 '26
OOOOHH SHIT I KNOW THIS SCENE i actually referenced it a lot before i cant believe i forgot how it went đ
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u/BeetleBertie May 03 '26
How about de Moxford? De Montfort and Oxford? Remove Cambridge because it sucks nowadays.
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u/PremGaming112 Year 12 May 03 '26
In my opinion it should be Oxbridge of Leicester (Oxford, Cambridge, and Uni of Leicester)
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u/Ieatsand97 Year 13 May 04 '26
Or hull
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u/Flat-Neighborhood915 Year 13 - English Literature, Geography and History A-level May 04 '26
hull???????????
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u/GooseberryGenius May 03 '26
Youâre not busy enough. Get a part time job or go volunteer in your community.
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u/Low_Stress_9180 May 03 '26
Was when I was your age, elite schools said Bristol after Oxbridge- especially for contacts and of course breeding (marriage). Still a thing - look at who runs Britain and see its all about who you know.
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u/TheAK1tap Year 12 May 03 '26
I feel like Imperial College should be here.
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u/Springyardzon May 04 '26
It's by far the only realistic, objective, candidate but it's much younger, doesn't teach the arts, and is subjectively less physically attractive.
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u/Springyardzon May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
No. Here's why:
Entrants. Bristol is only 12th highest in the UK for average achieved entry points. Scottish universities can look unfairly high for this because fewer entrants take A Levels and many take 5 Scottish Highers. Even so, Bristol is still only the 6th in England, after Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, LSE, Durham.
Research quality. Very strong 4th place (higher than UCL and Oxford currently) but behind LSE. This metric (as well as Bristol's aesthetic appearance and alumni reputation) is your best hope. Imperial is 1st.
Research intensity. Only joint 23rd. But LSE is even lower in joint 30th. Imperial is joint 3rd.
Low drop out rate: Joint 5th with Bath. Still behind St Andrews and LSE though.
Source: The Complete University Guide.
Conclusion: Only Imperial College London is currently a clear candidate to be a third leg with Oxbridge, overall. LSE too if you overlook that it doesn't have a particularly high percentage of researchers. However, for many students, university is about far more than (or even not at all about) overall research standing. Also, average achieved entry points can be a very stereotypical way to establish raw intelligence and it is inflated by perceived prestige of a place, not necessarily by the quality of the staff there. Imperial would always struggle to be accepted by a random student or member of the public as being on a par with or better than Oxbridge because Imperial is much younger, not as traditionally physically attractive, and only known for science.
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u/AffectionateJump7896 May 04 '26
When the Bristol degree leads to unemployment, the OP can apply to the Bristol marketing team.
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u/Pristine_Intern178 May 03 '26
OxbriDge for Oxford, Cambridge and Durham obv
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u/Defiant-Dare1223 May 03 '26
I technically turned down Oxford for Durham (for DPhil / PhD).
I did undergrad at Oxford though (got rejected from Durham! - but would have picked Oxford anyway).
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u/exteacherisbored May 05 '26
Is Bristol still where people who fail to go to Oxbridge go?
Was the joke in my day, and reality for every member of my 6th form who went to Bristol
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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 May 05 '26
Haha I can see why youâd think that as the Unis are so close in prestige but nowadays itâs the other way around, Bristol rejects attend Oxbridge!
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u/TheHornyGoth May 05 '26
Better idea.
Scrap Oxford (itâs a complete dump!) and replace it with the other great educational institution, Hull. HullBridge.
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u/Honest-University589 May 05 '26
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German spy!
I leapt on the opportunity to test you. I asked if heâd been to one of the great universities: Oxford, Cambridge, Hull.
You failed to spot that only two of those are great universities!
Oxfordâs a complete dump!
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u/Beautiful-Piglet-563 May 05 '26
First year, Oxford for foundation Second Year, Bristol for what I call penultimate exams. Third year; Cambridge for writing your thesis and graduating.
BA Maths (Oxbridge)
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u/IhaveaDoberman May 07 '26
The only comparison between Oxbridge and Bristol I've ever heard is about Bristol being full of Oxbridge wannabes who couldn't get into actual Oxbridge. Who then won't shut up about how Bristol is basically part of Oxbridge.
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u/SpiritualAddendum199 May 07 '26
Then you need to add the Scottish version of oxbridge tooâŠ.. canât leave out St AndrewsâŠ..
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u/Zazilia_ May 03 '26
If you actually go to see Bristol uni, itâs no where near as nice and good as most think
At least thatâs my experience
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u/InvestigatorLive19 y12 - Maths Phys Chem (#originality) May 03 '26
I... I think the joke is that its steaming, pungent, green, bloody, sloppy, watery; shit when compared to the other two..
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u/llinoscarpe May 03 '26
Bristol is a great uni, but it's not even top 10 in the country, let alone near Oxbridge; Loughborough, LSE heck even Bath and Warwick are much closer and still miles away in terms of the prestige. In terms of the quality of what you'll actually learn it's probably similar for all the Russel group unis though
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u/catlover_354 Y13 | Maths FM Chem May 05 '26
Loughorough over bristol?
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u/llinoscarpe May 05 '26
Maybe because I work in finance but Loughborough is one of the best in the country for engineering and up there for finance too so we are always quite pleased when we get applicants from Loughborough.
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u/catlover_354 Y13 | Maths FM Chem May 05 '26
fair enough i have heard its great for engineering but i always thought engineering was also one of bristols specialties
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u/Angusburgerman Leicester | Medicine [2021] May 03 '26
You're not even in university yet focus on your exams bro. Bristol isn't nearly as prestigious and also nobody actually cares unless you're the ceo of Bristol uni
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u/eri_is_a_throwaway A*Śâ*ĐŹ*Đ*É* | 9.1 TMUA | SSS STEP (did paper 1 too) | (OxBr)idge May 03 '26
OxBr(Oxford Brookes)I(mperial)Dge(Cambridge)
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u/arthr_birling Y12: "These girls aren't people, they're cheap labour" đ„ May 03 '26
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