OXFORD THINKING HOW YOU CAN HELP

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September 2011 Dear Name Surname, I am inviting you to make a gift today to help Oxford search for solutions to some of the worlds most complex, ever-changing challenges, such as ageing populations, water security, threats to biodiversity and conflict resolution. You can help support our academics as they strive for answers to improve the world we live in, and teach our students the skills that they will need to adapt to the new challenges which will emerge. The Oxford Book of Puzzles enclosed with this letter shows you how, in the University and in the colleges, our people are working to find solutions to even the most seemingly intractable problems. They employ an agile, lateral, intensive form of thinking: Oxford Thinking. And it is Oxford Thinking the Campaign that unites our University that will help fund their endeavours. Your gift will power new thinking, but can also do much more: the world-leading research pioneered at Oxford will shape our society. It will help transform the lives of millions of people around the world for the better. You can help support research that will enable our academics to pursue their thinking into fields of intellectual enquiry both ancient and modern, and then apply that thinking to our world today. You can help support bursaries and scholarships that will enable our students with the talent they bring and the potential we seek out to come to Oxford, no matter what their means or where they come from. You can help support the Oxford tutorial system by securing teaching posts to enable our academics to continue to stretch the abilities of our students, opening up new opportunities they had never previously thought possible. Whatever you choose to support, whatever you can afford to give, you will help Oxford Thinking find world-changing answers. Yours sincerely,

Professor Andrew Hamilton

Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford

PS: Please turn the page to see how your gift can help Oxford Thinking search for solutions.
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How can your regular GIFT make a difference?

We appreciate all gifts, of course. A regular gift, however, provides a much more secure footing for us to plan ahead. If you pay UK tax, a regular gift with Gift Aid is especially welcome, as we can reclaim 25p for every 1 donated at no extra cost to you. Wherever you live, the enclosed donation form will show you how to make a gift in the most tax-efficient way. Here are examples of what various regular gifts, with a 25% a year top-up from Gift Aid, can achieve over 5 years. www.giving.ox.ac.uk

1200 a year Total over 5 years including Gift Aid: 7500 Securing a bursary and fee waiver for an undergraduate for 1 year

200 a quarter Total over 5 years including Gift Aid: 5000 Opening the Radcliffe Camera on Sundays to students for a term

50 a month Total over 5 years including Gift Aid: 3750 Contribution to securing a teaching post to safeguard the Oxford tutorial

20 a month Total over 5 years including Gift Aid: 1500 Twenty donors will fund a postgraduate scholarship in the arts and sciences 10 a month Total over 5 years including Gift Aid: 750 Funding for a 4th-year student to collect samples as part of a project on volcanic hazards