A University of Oxford college is to change its name to
The £155m donation was offered by Vietnam’s richest woman to
The graduate college, founded in 1962, is named after the Renaissance humanist,
“We have long been one of the least well-endowed colleges at the university, so we are delighted that a significant part of the donation will be for our general endowment fund, to help support the daily running of college,” said
“Sovico Group has also committed to all their subsidiaries reaching net zero carbon by the end of 2050 with the input from leading Oxford academics.”
According to the Tab, Thao made much of her fortune from the budget airline
Some have questioned whether the names of colleges should be made simply because of hefty donations.
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