Democratic deficit
BBC News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
Lord Patten
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'China is a threat to democracy'
BBC News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
Lord Patten tells the BBC more should be done to tackle the democratic deficit in China and Asia.
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Chris Patten
Thomas Crampton (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
China’s nicknames for Chris Patten included “whore” and they declared him “guilty for a thousand generations”. His current title is The Lord Patten of Barnes. He was also called the last British Governor of Hong Kong, when he handed the former Crown Colony over to China on July 1, 1997. In a throwback to the Empire, he [...]
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Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Lord Patten, last governor of Hong Kong and university Chancellor
The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Chris Patten, 64, was the Tory Cabinet minister recently described in 'The Independent' as "the best foreign secretary we never had". Losing his seat in 1992, he was appointed governor of Hong Kong until it was handed over to China in 1997. He is now Chancellor of Newcastle and Oxford universities, and his books include 'East and West', 'Not Quite the Diplomat', and 'What Next? Surviving the Twenty-First...
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Minister accuses Oxford chancellor of elitism
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
John Denham, secretary of state for universities, describes Lord Patten's views as 'outmoded' and 'profoundly wrong'
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Business News: Climate change ‘most pressing problem’, Lord Patten tells business leaders at Liverpool Summit
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Home (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
CLIMATE change remains the most pressing problem the world faces – that was the stark message from politician Chris Patten at a major business conference in Liverpool yesterday.
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Oxford chancellor says cap on student tuition fees must go
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Lord Patten accuses government of treating universities like 'social security offices'
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Leading Article: Elite should not be a dirty word
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The Chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Patten, laid it on the line yesterday, warning that the university would not be able to meet government targets for admissions from state schools unless the gap in performance between the state and private sectors narrowed. Universities should not be treated as social security offices, he said, to widen participation of disadvantaged groups.
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Oxford can't turn away bright pupils in favour of those from state schools, says Lord Patten
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
State pupils should not be favoured over those from private schools, the Chancellor of Oxford University insisted yesterday.
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Middleclass parents should pay more to send children to university says Lord Patten
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Middleclass students should be prepared to pay higher university tuition fees according to the chancellor of Oxford.
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DCS in bi-lateral discussions on roll-out of advanced leadership programme with Oxford University Chancellor
ziomal.biz (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
United Arab Emirates: Improving performance of Abu Dhabi's public sector was the main focus of discussions between a senior Government delegation led by Department of Civil Service (DCS) Undersecretary, Ali Al Ketbi, and the Chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Patten of Barnes. [AMEInfo.com]
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2000 Leading British Catholics Call on Church to Allow Women and Married Men into Priesthood
Voice from the Desert (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
From the Telegraph in the U.K., 6.11.2008. * * * Lord Patten: Let women and married men become Roman Catholic priests By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent Last Updated: 2:42PM BST 12/06/2008 Thousands of leading Roman Catholics including Lord Patten and Baroness Williams are calling on the Church to allow women and married men into the [...]
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UK - Clergy Sign Petition - Ordination
Threshing Grain (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Lord Patten: Let women and married men become Roman Catholic priests "We believe that the Holy Spirit may be telling us that we are not sufficiently open to the emergence of new forms of relevant ministries."
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Lord Patten: Let women and married men become Roman Catholic priests
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Thousands of leading Roman Catholics including Lord Patten and Baroness Williams are calling on the Church to allow women and married men into the priesthood.
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Attack by Lord Patten as Oxford University launches £1.25bn appeal
Times Online (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
The Government was attacked yesterday over its attempts to push deprived teenagers into higher education when the Chancellor of Oxford University said that universities could not solve failures by secondary schools.
