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Westminster Institute of Education, a school of Oxford Brookes University, thus continuing the use of the Westminster name. In addition to housing the Westminster Institute of Education, other subjects such as theology, philosophy, and
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degree, a postgraduate certificate in education, and some supplementary certificates. Oxford
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