By Tim Shipman PUBLISHED: 11:29 EST, 13 June 2013 | UPDATED: 17:23 EST, 13 June 2013 The Chancellor of Oxford University has rejected calls to endow a college in honour of Margaret Thatcher - suggesting she cannot compete with Jesus The Chancellor of Oxford University has rejected calls to endow a college in honour of Margaret Thatcher – suggesting she cannot compete with Jesus. Lord Patten dismissed demands for the university to make good its snub to Lady Thatcher three decades after it refused her an honorary degree. He backed plans to set up a Thatcher scholarship at Somerville College, where Lady Thatcher earned her degree.
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Boris Johnson said a Thatcher college would make amends for not giving ex-PM an honorary doctorate
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But Lord Patten, Chancellor of Oxford, said the idea was 'pushing it'
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Instead Lady Thatcher's former college is to offer scholarships
'At present the most important issue in Oxford about Margaret Thatcher’s legacy is a campaign starting at her old college @placeholder to start Thatcher scholarships.