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The '''Oxford University Scout and Guide Group''' ('''OUSGG''') is the oldest student Scout and Guide club in the [[United Kingdom]], having been founded in 1919. When [[Rover Scouts]] were part of Scouting in the UK, the Group included a Rover Crew, the 13th Oxford. The stated aim of the group is to enable members of the [[University of Oxford]] to “maintain, acquire, or renew an interest in the [[Scouting|Scout]] and [[Girl Guide and Girl Scout|Guide]] Movements”.

== History ==

The group was founded in 1919 under the name of "O.U.B.P. Scout Club", with the first formal meeting held on 24 November that year. Women were first admitted to OUSGG the following year. For a number of years, the Club ran in parallel with Oxford University Rover Crew and Oxford University Girl Guide Club, until 1939, when these merged into the Scout group. In 1940 the O.U. Guide Club was reformed, though it turned out it had never officially disbanded.

Missing records make the exact tracking of various mergers and separations between the Rover, Scout, and Guide groups difficult, but the name Oxford University Scout and Guide Group was officially accepted when the group constitution was rewritten in 1962.

For 50 years the Group camped in the Easter vacation, and the late summer vacation, at the [[Ennerdale Water|Ennerdale]] Scout Camp of the [[Scouting in North West England#Ennerdale Scout Centre|Cumbria Scout Country]].<ref>[http://www.ousgg.org.uk/about/history Oxford University Scout and Guide Group history]</ref>

The Group was responsible for organising the first two international Scout and Guide camps at [[Gilwell Park]] in 1959 and 1961.<ref>[http://ousgg.org.uk/about/history#1955 History of OUSGG, 1955 - 1963]</ref> These events are called Witans, named after the [[History of Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon]] gathering of the wise called a [[Witenagemot|Witan]].

== Membership ==

Its membership mainly comprises members of the University of Oxford; however, within certain limits other people may join. It is affiliated to the Student Scout and Guide Organisation ([[SSAGO]]). During the University's term the group meets on Monday nights, with a lunchtime meeting (‘NnN’) held on Thursdays. During University vacations the group goes on trips, the most notable being “Winter Walking” held over the New Year.

== Publication ==

''PostScript'' is the thrice-termly publication of the Group. It is not only a [[newsletter]] informing members, ex-members and old members of upcoming events and activities, but also serves as a permanent record of the group's history. A copy of each new issue is stored in the [[Bodleian Library]] at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>[http://ousgg.org.uk/postscript ''Postscript'' magazine]</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Student Scout and Guide Organisation]]
*[[Delftsche Zwervers]] probably the oldest ''student'' Scout group in the world

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ousgg.org.uk/ Oxford University Scout and Guide Group]
*[http://www.ssago.org.uk/ Student Scout And Guide Organisation]

[[Category:Youth organizations established in 1919]]
[[Category:Clubs and societies of the University of Oxford|Scout and Guide Group]]
[[Category:Scouting and Guiding in the United Kingdom]]