Editing University College, Oxford (section)

== Student life ==

=== Univ Alternative Prospectus ===
The Alternative Prospectus is written and produced by current students for prospective applicants. The publication was awarded a [[HELOA]] Innovation and Best Practice Award in 2011.<ref>[https://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/110217_1.html Oxford admissions teams win innovation awards - University of Oxford] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426214426/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/110217_1.html|date=26 April 2013}}. Ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-12.</ref> The Univ Alternative Prospectus offers student written advice and guidance to potential Oxford applicants. The award recognises the engagement of the college community, unique newspaper format, forward-thinking use of social media and the collaborative working between staff and students.{{fact|date=March 2021}}

=== Grace ===
University has the longest [[Grace (prayer)|grace]] of any Oxford (and perhaps Cambridge) college.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Food - University College Oxford (Univ) - Food at Univ|url=https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/live-at-univ/food/|access-date=2022-09-17|website=University College Oxford|language=en-GB}}</ref> It is read before every [[Formal Hall]], which is held on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. The reading is performed by a [[University of Oxford#Scholarships and financial support|Scholar]] of the college and whoever is sitting at the head of [[High Table]] (typically the Master, or the most senior [[Fellow]] at the table if the Master is not dining). 

==== Original version ====
'''SCHOLAR''' – ''Benedictus sit Deus in donis suis.''<br>'''[[Response (liturgy)|RESPONSE]]''' – ''Et sanctus in omnibus operibus suis.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' – ''Adiutorium nostrum in Nomine Domini.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' – ''Qui fecit coelum et terram.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' – ''Sit Nomen Domini benedictum.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' – ''Ab hoc tempore usque in saecula.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' – ''Domine Deus, Resurrectio et Vita credentium, Qui semper es laudandus tam in viventibus quam in defunctis, gratias Tibi agimus pro omnibus Fundatoribus caeterisque Benefactoribus nostris, quorum beneficiis hic ad pietatem et ad studia literarum alimur: Te rogantes ut nos, hisce Tuis donis ad Tuam gloriam recte utentes, una cum iis ad vitam immortalem perducamur. Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' - ''Amen.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' — ''Deus det vivis gratiam, defunctis requiem: Ecclesiae, Regi, Regnoque nostro, pacem et concordiam: et nobis peccatoribus vitam aeternam.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' - ''Amen.''

==== English translation ====
'''SCHOLAR''' — ''Let God be blessed in his gifts.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' — ''And holy in all his works.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' — ''Our help is in the Name of the Lord.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' — ''Who has made heaven and earth.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' — '' May the Name of the Lord be blessed.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' — ''From this time for evermore.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' — ''Lord God, the resurrection and the life of them that believe, who are always to be praised both among the living and among the dead, we give You thanks for all our founders and other benefactors, by whose gifts we are nourished here for piety and the study of letters; asking You that we, using these Your gifts rightly to Your glory, may be led together with them into eternal life. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' — ''Amen.''<br>'''SCHOLAR''' — ''May God grant to the living grace, and to the dead rest; to the Church, the King, and our realm, peace and concord; and to us sinners everlasting life.''<br>'''RESPONSE''' — ''Amen.''