The contest for the title of Britain’s most pleasant job started recently with Chris Patten’s retirement as Chancellor of Oxford University.
Patten, a Tory deputy prime minister and former governor of Hong Kong, held the position for more than twenty years. It is important to note that the chancellorship of Oxford University is a highly esteemed position that is primarily ceremonial in nature.
It is granted to a former politician and is up for election among Oxford alumni. The institution said that the elections will be conducted online for the first time.
It used to be mandatory for Oxford graduates to show up for the vote dressed in full academic regalia.
Imran Khan, a former prime minister of Pakistan, is one of the contenders for the famous university’s next chancellorship.
It should be mentioned that in 1972, Khan attended Keble College in Oxford to study politics and economics. In 1974, he captained Oxford’s cricket squad as well.
The politician, who was once a cricket player, was Bradford University’s chancellor for eight years. November 2014 saw him leave his position.
Boris Johnson, Sir Tony Blair, and Theresa May—all former British prime ministers—are all contenders for chancellor of Oxford. The institution released a statement saying, “The procedure and schedule for the election of the Chancellor by members of the university’s convocation will be announced in due course.”
