Lord Patten of Barnes announces his retirement as Chancellor of the University of Oxford

Published on February 5, 2024

Christopher Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes, has announced that he will retire as Chancellor of the University of Oxford at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. He has been Chancellor since March 2003.
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