After accepting a donation of multimillions from the Mosley Family, Oxford University was labeled an institution of “vast hypocrisy” by a former senior researcher fellow.  

The university and two Oxford colleges received charitable gifts totalling more than £12 million from a charitable fund up by the recently deceased Max Mosley which drew upon the vast fortune of his father Sir Oswald – the leader of the British Union of Fascists. 

Ex-professors have reacted furiously to the University’s accepting charitable donations from a family that is well-known for supporting fascism, antisemitism, and other forms of racism. 

Former director of the Institute of Historical Research, Dr Lawrence Goldman was also the senior dean of St Peter’s College. He accused the university of hypocrisy and moral failure for accepting donations.

He stated that the university had “gone off the scale of wakingry,” referring to its efforts to “decolonise the curriculum.”

They take the money of a known fund that has been established by proven fascists. 

“There was a complete moral failure.”

Oxford university and two Oxford colleges have been chastised for accepting donations totalling more than £12 million from a charitable trust set up by former world motorsport boss Max Mosely (pictured in 2011). The Mosley family are notorious for their links to fascism and anti-Semitism.

Oxford university and two Oxford colleges have been chastised for accepting donations totalling more than £12 million from a charitable trust set up by former world motorsport boss Max Mosely (pictured in 2011). Mosley and his family have a reputation for being anti-Semitic and fascist.

The establishment's acceptance of the charitable donations from a family renowned for its links to fascism has drawn ire from former professors

Ex-university professors have reacted furiously to the institution’s accepting charitable donations from a Fascist family.

Dr Lawrence Goldman (pictured in 2015), the former director of the Institute of Historical Research and senior dean of St Peter's college, accused the university of 'vast hypocrisy' and 'moral failure' for accepting the donations.

In 2015, Dr Lawrence Goldman, the former director of The Institute of Historical Research (pictured here), was senior dean of St Peter’s college and accused the university of hypocrisy and moral failure for accepting donations.

Goldman said that many of his family members were murdered in Holocaust. Goldman spent months campaigning against St Peter’s college’s receipt of any donations. 

“[St Peter’s college]He wrote that he was taking money from the Mosley family, the most notorious fascist dynasty of the English-speaking globe, to finance his research.

The university took in a £6 million donation from the fund, while two Oxford colleges – St Peter’s and Lady Margaret Hall –  accepted £6.3 million between them. 

Max Mosley set up The Alexander Mosley Trust in the name of his son (pictured) who died from an drug overdose in 2009.

Max Mosley established The Alexander Mosley Trust to honor his son, Alexander Mosley (pictured), who was killed by a drug overdose in 2009.

Max Mosley, who passed away from cancer earlier this year aged 81, set up The Alexander Mosley Trust in the name of his son who died from an drug overdose in 2009.

The majority of funds that were funneled into the foundation came from Sir Oswald Mosley’s estate. He married Diana Mitford, the Nazi minister of propaganda, in Berlin in 1936. 

Oswald’s guest-of-honour? It was Herr Adolf Hitler. 

Although Max did not attend his nuptials to one of the most hated and infamous dictators in the world, it is clear that Max supported the British Union of Fascists as well as its successor, The Union Movement.  

The former boss of motorsport was arrested in 1961 for attacking anti-fascist marchers and supporting a fascist candidate for local office. 

Max Mosley with his mother Lady Mosley and father Sir Oswald Mosley - leader of the British Union of Fascists - pictured in London in August 1962.

Max Mosley, his mother Lady Mosley, and Sir Oswald Mosley (leader of the British Union of Fascists) are pictured together in London in August 1962. 

Chairman of the education select committee Robert Halfon said: 'I find it distressing that Oxford University is so keen to go on about diversity and inclusion, but is prepared to take the shilling from such sources.'

Robert Halfon, chairman of the education select panel said that he found it disturbing that Oxford University was so eager to talk about diversity and inclusion but would rather take the money from these sources.

The university however seemed happy to turn a blind eye to the Mosley family's chequered past. The £6 million donation to Oxford University will be used to set up the Alexander Mosley Professor of Biophysics Fund, while the £5 million given to St Peter's is being put towards the construction of a new block of student accommodation in the city (pictured: Oxford University/St Mary's church)

However, they seemed to be happy to overlook the Mosley’s rocky past. The £6 million donation to Oxford University will be used to set up the Alexander Mosley Professor of Biophysics Fund, while the £5 million given to St Peter’s is being put towards the construction of a new block of student accommodation in the city (pictured: Oxford University/St Mary’s church)

Lord Mann is the Government’s antisemitism advisor. He said that if Oxford tries to restore the Mosley name in any manner, they should expect a hostile response. 

“I can’t see people being happy to own a Mussolini-designed building or an Hitler scholarship. In relation to Mosley, people in this nation will feel the exact same.

Robert Halfon, chairman of the education select panel, said that while Oxford University was keen to promote diversity and inclusion, it is willing to accept a shilling in return. 

But the university appeared to be content to overlook the Mosleys’ sad past.

The £6 million donation to Oxford University will be used to set up the Alexander Mosley Professor of Biophysics Fund, while the £5 million given to St Peter’s is being put towards the construction of a new block of student accommodation in the city.  

According to the college and university, the money was cleared by an independent panel that considered legal, ethical, and reputational concerns. 

It comes just days after Oxford University’s Linacre College, named after humanist and physician Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), announced its name would be changed to ‘Thao college’ in honour of Vietnamese billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao who donated a whopping £155 million. 

Thao is the founder and CEO of VietJet, an affordable airline. She was fined multiple times for using semi-naked flight attendantesses to increase her prices. 

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao (pictured), known as Madam Thao, is having an Oxford college named after her after she donated a whopping £155 million

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao (pictured), known as Madam Thao, is having an Oxford college named after her after she donated a whopping £155 million

Oxford University's Linacre College's name is to be changed to Thao College in honour of a Vietnamese billionaire who founded the budget airline VietJet Air

The name of Oxford University’s Linacre College will be changed to Thao College to honor a Vietnamese billionaire, VietJet Air.

Oxford University was involved in numerous rows regarding free speech, ‘wokeness’ and other issues.

Oxford students recently removing a portrait of the Queen from Magdalen’s Middle Common Room due to the monarchy’s links to colonialism, while Theresa May’s portrait was taken down from the geography department so as not to antagonise EU students.

150 academic rebels threatened to stop teaching and doing outreach work last year after Oxford’s Oriel College failed to remove a Cecil Rhodes statue.