University Rag societies are student-run charitable fundraising organisations that are widespread in the United Kingdom and Ireland . Most universities in the UK and Ireland, as well as some in South Africa and the Netherlands have a Rag. In some universities Rags are known as Charities Campaigns, Charity Appeals, Charity Committees, or Karnivals, but they all share many attributes. In the UK, the National Student Fundraising Association (NaSFA) , set up in December 2011, exists as a support and resource sharing organisation run by those managing rags for others managing RAGs. Origins The Oxford English Dictionary states that the origin of the word "Rag" is from "An act of ragging; esp. an extensive display of noisy disorderly conduct, carried on in defiance of authority or discipline", and provides a citation from 1864, noting that the word was known in Oxford before this date. [1] Early Rag collectors may have ragged passers-by until they made a...
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