The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096,[5] making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation.[5][15][16] It grew rapidly from 1167, when Henry II prohibited English students from attending the University of Paris.[5] After escalating conflict between students and the Oxford townspeople, some Oxford academics fled northeast to Cambridge, where they established the University of Cambridge in 1209.[17] The two universities share many common features and are jointly referred to as Oxbridge
