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Discusses the initiatives of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, a partnership between the Rhodes Trust and the Nelson Mandela Foundation that will based in both Johannesburg, South Africa, and Oxford, England. Enhancement of human dignity and human rights; Preservation of fundamental freedoms; Foundation's aim to address the legacies of discrimination, inequality, poverty and lack of educational opportunity; Rhodes Trust's commitment to the Foundation; Several funds being administered by the Trust; Background on Rhodes Scholarship and its extension to other Commonwealth countries.

Investigates how the University of Oxford, Great Britain, manages the link between academia and industry. Issue on Oxford becoming a profit-driven technological facility; Oxford as the epicenter of science enterprise explosion; Concerns regarding commercial pressures imposed on universities to exploit their research; Raymond Dwek, Head of Biochemistry at Oxford, as supporter of industrial collaboration.

Discusses the community initiatives carried out by departments, staff and students of the University of Oxford, England. University's awareness about the importance of its link with the locality; Aspects of mentoring scheme Reach Up! which pairs student volunteers with local children in care; Learning Together, a scheme that places student helpers in local schools; Higher Education Active Community Fund's support for student union projects.