Editing University of Oxford (section)

==== Funding criticisms ====
The university has faced criticism for some of its sources of donations and funding. In 2017, attention was drawn to historical donations including All Souls College receiving £10,000 from slave trader [[Christopher Codrington]] in 1710,<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 November 2017|title=Oxford college to launch scholarship in attempt to address slavery legacy|url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/10/oxford-all-souls-college-scholarship-slavery-legacy-caribbean-christopher-codrington|access-date=8 November 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109043043/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/10/oxford-all-souls-college-scholarship-slavery-legacy-caribbean-christopher-codrington|url-status=live}}</ref> and Oriel College having receiving taken £100,000 from the will of the imperialist [[Cecil Rhodes]] in 1902.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2017 |title=Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902) |url=https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/cecil-john-rhodes-1853-1902 |access-date=2 November 2021 |website=Oriel College |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101225215/https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/cecil-john-rhodes-1853-1902 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Peltier |first=Elian |date=10 June 2021 |title=Scholars at Oxford University Refuse to Teach Under Statue of Colonialist |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/europe/cecil-rhodes-statue-oxford.html  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/world/europe/cecil-rhodes-statue-oxford.html |archive-date=28 December 2021 |url-access=limited|access-date=2 November 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1996 a donation of £20 million was received from [[Wafic Saïd]] who was involved in the [[Al-Yamamah arms deal|Al-Yammah arms deal]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Demonstration mars opening of Said school |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6606632.demonstration-mars-opening-said-school/ |access-date=8 November 2021 |website=Oxford Mail |date=5 November 2001 |language=en |archive-date=8 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108234021/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6606632.demonstration-mars-opening-said-school/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 December 2001 |title=When worlds collide |first1=Jonathan |last1=Glancey |url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/dec/10/highereducation.mbas |access-date=8 November 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109162949/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/dec/10/highereducation.mbas |url-status=live }}</ref> and taking £150 million from the US billionaire businessman [[Stephen A. Schwarzman]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Alayna|last2=Horowitch|first2=Rose|last3=Tucker|first3=Olivia |title=Schwarzman donation to Oxford draws criticism|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/10/01/schwarzman-donation-to-oxford-draws-criticism/|access-date=26 January 2021|website=Yale Daily News |date=1 October 2019|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121214045/https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/10/01/schwarzman-donation-to-oxford-draws-criticism/|url-status=live}}</ref> The university has defended its decisions saying it "takes legal, ethical and reputational issues into consideration".

The university has also faced criticism, as noted above, over its decision to accept donations from fossil fuel companies having received £21.8 million from the fossil fuel industry between 2010 and 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 October 2015|title=Top universities including Oxford and Cambridge take millions from BP and Shell, fossil fuel giants|url=https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2015/10/23/data-top-universities-take-134m-from-fossil-fuel-giants-despite-divestment-drive/ |first1=Maeve |last1=McClenaghan |access-date=2 November 2021|website=Unearthed|language=en-GB|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102221732/https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2015/10/23/data-top-universities-take-134m-from-fossil-fuel-giants-despite-divestment-drive/|url-status=live}}</ref> £18.8 million between 2015 and 2020<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Tett|first1=Gillian|last2=Nauman|first2=Billy|last3=Temple-West|first3=Patrick|last4=Talman|first4=Kristen|date=28 July 2021|title=TPG and Brookfield haul in $12bn for climate funds|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/904d4f91-172d-428c-94ee-bcc6f36c83c0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/904d4f91-172d-428c-94ee-bcc6f36c83c0 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Shocking' findings about Oxford University's ties with 'big oil'|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19475235.shocking-findings-oxford-universitys-ties-big-oil/|access-date=2 November 2021|website=Oxford Mail|date=29 July 2021 |language=en|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102221733/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19475235.shocking-findings-oxford-universitys-ties-big-oil/|url-status=live}}</ref> and £1.6 million between 2020 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grostern |first=Joey |date=2022-02-21 |title=Oxford University took at least £1.6m last year from fossil fuel firms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/feb/21/oxford-university-took-at-least-pounds-16m-last-year-from-fossil-fuel-firms |access-date=2024-08-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

The university accepted £6 million from The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust in 2021. Former racing driver [[Max Mosley]] said he set up the trust "to house the fortune he inherited" from his father,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-59232955|title=Oxford Mosley donation needs explanation, say Jewish students|date=10 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021|website=[[BBC News]]|last=Shearing|first=Hazel|url-status=live|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110153956/https://www.bbc.com/news/education-59232955}}</ref> [[Oswald Mosley]], who was founder of two far right groups: [[Union Movement]] and the [[British Union of Fascists]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/nov/07/oxford-university-alexander-mosley-charitable-trust|title=Universities have lost moral compass over Mosley donations, says Oxford don|date=10 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]|last=Brown|first=Mark|url-status=live|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110191840/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/nov/07/oxford-university-alexander-mosley-charitable-trust}}</ref>