Editing Jeffrey Archer (section)

===Oxford===
In 1963 Archer was offered a place at the [[University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education|University of Oxford Delegacy of Extra-Mural Studies]] to study for a [[Diploma of Education]]. The course was based in the department, and Archer became a member of [[Brasenose College]]. There have been claims that Archer provided false evidence of his academic qualifications to Brasenose, the apparent citing of an American institution which was actually a bodybuilding club, for instance, in gaining admission to the course.<ref name=Davies/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/feature_stories/article_890.asp?s=1 |title=Author of his own Demise |newspaper=[[ninemsn]] |author=Jim Waley |date=22 July 2001 |access-date=20 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110724/http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/feature_stories/article_890.asp?s=1 |archive-date= 6 July 2011 }}</ref> It has also been alleged Archer provided false statements about three non-existent [[A-Level]] passes and a U.S. [[university degree]].<ref name=Jeffrey/> Although the diploma course only lasted a year, Archer spent a total of three years at Oxford.<ref name=Davies/> At Oxford, Archer was successful in athletics, competing in sprinting and hurdling, and became president of the Oxford University Athletic Club in 1965/6. His opposite number at [[Cambridge University]], [[Wendell Mottley]] became a lifelong friend.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76930 | title=Olympedia – Wendell Mottley | access-date=17 April 2024 | archive-date=29 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429114023/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76930 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Davies/> Television coverage survives of him making [[false start]]s in a 1964 sprint race, but he was not disqualified. He gained a [[Blue (university sport)|blue]] in athletics and went on to run for England, and once competed for Great Britain.<ref name=Jeffrey/> His time of 10.6 seconds for 100 metres is the joint second fastest time by an Oxford University student.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ouac.org/all-time-list#tab-1882246 | title=All Time List | access-date=25 March 2024 | archive-date=25 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325175702/https://www.ouac.org/all-time-list#tab-1882246 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Archer raised money for the charity [[Oxfam]], obtaining the support of [[The Beatles]] in a fundraising drive. The band accepted his invitation to visit the Principal's lodge at Brasenose College, where they were photographed with Archer and dons of the college,<ref name=Brasenose>{{cite web|title=Beatles at Brasenose|url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/news/1222-beatles-at-brasenose|website=www.bnc.ox.ac.uk|publisher=Brasenose College|access-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223114123/https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/news/1222-beatles-at-brasenose|archive-date=23 December 2015}}</ref> although they did not play there. The critic [[Sheridan Morley]], then a student at [[Merton College, Oxford|Merton]], was present and recalled the occasion:

{{block quote|At the interval I went to the toilet, and there beside me was [[Ringo Starr]]. He asked if I knew this Jeffrey Archer bloke. I said everyone in Oxford was trying to work out who he was. Ringo said: "He strikes me as a nice enough fella, but he's the kind of bloke who would bottle your piss and sell it."<ref name="Kelso"/>}}