Colleges of the University of Durham

This is a list of the colleges within the University of Durham. These colleges are the primary source of accommodation for undergraduates and graduates at the University, also providing bursaries and scholarships to students. They also provide funding and/or accommodation for some of the research posts in the University.

The University of Durham has 16 colleges, of which University College is the oldest, founded in 1832. The newest college of Durham University is Josephine Butler, founded in 2006. The last single sex college, St Mary's, became mixed in 2005 with the admittance of male undergraduates. One college, Ustinov, admits only postgraduates.

Colleges

University college, the oldest of the 16 Durham Colleges

Durham operates a collegiate structure similar to that of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, in that all the colleges at Durham are "listed bodies"^[1] under the Education Reform Act, 1988, "recognised by the UK authorities as being able to offer courses leading to a degree of a recognised body" (the "recognised body" being, in this case, the federal University). Though most of the Durham colleges are governed and owned directly by the University itself, and so do not enjoy the independence of colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, the status of the Durham colleges is similar to those in Oxford and Cambridge and the constituent institutions of the University of Wales, setting Durham colleges apart from those at the universities of Kent, Lancaster, and York. However, unlike at Oxford, Cambridge, Wales, and London, there is no formal teaching at most Durham colleges (although St John's, St Chad's and Ushaw College have their own academic and research staff and offer college-based programmes in conjunction with the University). The colleges dominate the residential, social, sporting, and pastoral functions within the university, and there is heavy student involvement in their operation.

Formal dinners (known as "formals") are held at many colleges; gowns are often worn to these events. There is a great deal of intercollegiate rivalry, particularly in rowing and other sporting activities. There is also rivalry between the older colleges of the Bailey and the newer colleges of the Hill.

Types of college

St Chad's College, one of the two independent colleges

The University is collegiate in structure. There are four different sorts of college: Maintained Colleges and Societies, Recognised Colleges, Licensed Halls of Residence, and Affiliated Colleges.

• Maintained Colleges are governed directly by, and are financially dependent on, the University. Their principals and staff are appointed by University Council. The colleges are represented on Council by the Dean of Colleges, chosen from among the principals.

• The Recognised Colleges (St John's and St Chad's) and Licensed Halls (Ushaw) are 'recognised' as constituent colleges of the University, but they are separately incorporated and are governed, financed and managed independently of the University, being educational charities in their own right. However, as a condition of their recognition, University Council must approve the appointment of their principal and be notified of changes to their constitutions.

• Affiliated Colleges Codrington College, Barbados (and, until 1967, Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone) is an overseas institute that presents its students for University of Durham examinations.^[2] It not generally considered part of the collegiate structure of the University and is listed as an "Affiliated College" in the University Statutes rather than as one of the "Colleges and Societies". The Royal Academy of Dance also used to teach courses leading to degrees validated by Durham.

List of colleges

Most of the colleges located in Durham itself can be grouped into two areas of the city. Bailey colleges are those located on the peninsula formed by a meander of the River Wear, and Hill colleges are on Elvet Hill on the other side of the river. Queen's Campus, Stockton, is 23 miles (37 km) south of Durham, in the town of Stockton-on-Tees.

The student numbers in the table below are up to date for the 2010/11 year.

U = Undergraduates, P = Postgraduates, F = Female, M = Male

Shield	College	Campus	Founded	U [3]	P [3]	P/U Ratio	% F [3]	% M [3]	Total [3]	Website	Notes
	Collingwood	Durham (Hill)	1972	1006	40	0.04	47%	53%	1046	[1]
	Grey	Durham (Hill)	1959	762	49	0.06	50%	50%	811	[2]
	Hatfield	Durham (Bailey)	1846	679	134	0.20	50%	50%	813	[3]
	Josephine Butler	Durham (Hill)	2006	728	137	0.19	55%	45%	865	[4]
	St Aidan's	Durham (Hill)	1947	784	204	0.26	43%	57%	988	[5]
	St Chad's	Durham (Bailey)	1904	351	107	0.30	55%	45%	458	[6]	Recognised College
	St Cuthbert's Society	Durham (Bailey)	1888	1046	89	0.09	51%	49%	1135	[7]
	St Hild & St Bede	Durham	1975	1027	206	0.20	52%	48%	1233	[8]
	St John's	Durham (Bailey)	1909	347	72	0.21	53%	47%	419	[9]	Recognised College
	St Mary's	Durham (Hill)	1899	677	68	0.10	55%	45%	745	[10]
	Trevelyan	Durham (Hill)	1966	610	54	0.09	53%	47%	664	[11]
	University	Durham (Bailey)	1832	611	115	0.19	52%	48%	726	[12]
	Ustinov	Durham (Hill)	1965	0	1582	–	51%	49%	1582	[13]	Postgraduate-only, Founded as the Graduate Society
	Van Mildert	Durham (Hill)	1965	879	81	0.09	50%	50%	960	[14]
	Stephenson	Queen's	2001	927	6	0.01	54%	46%	933	[15]
	John Snow	Queen's	2001	800	16	0.02	60%	40%	816	[16]
	Ushaw	Ushaw Moor	1568	–	–	–	–	–	–	[17]	Licensed Hall, Roman Catholic Seminary
Durham University				11234	2963	0.26	52%	48%	14197	[18]

Heads of Houses

The senior member of each college is an officer known generically as the Head of House. His or her specific title varies from college to college as indicated in the list below. The Head of House will usually be a senior academic.

• Principal: Collingwood College, John Snow College, Josephine Butler College, St Aidan's College, St Chad's College^†, St Cuthbert's Society, College of St Hild and St Bede, St John's College, St Mary's College, Stephenson College, Trevelyan College, Ustinov College
• Master: Grey College, Hatfield College, University College, Van Mildert College

• President: Ushaw College

^†The Principal of St Chad's is also officially known as 'President', though this title is not generally used in the College itself

Former Colleges

A number of colleges that that have been part of the University of Durham, Durham, England, but have since folded or cancelled their association with the university.

Durham University currently consists of sixteen constituent colleges and one licensed hall of residence. However, since its foundation in 1832, a number of other colleges have been part of the university. Only one of these has become completely defunct; others have ended their association with the university, or left to become independent institutions of their own.

Bishop Cosin's Hall

Cosin's Hall on Palace Green was opened as the university's third college in 1851. However, the university was unable to sustain three colleges at the time, and it was merged into University College in 1864.^[4] University College maintained offices and rooms in the Hall until 2006. It is still owned by the university and has been used by the Institute of Advanced Study since January 2007.^[5]

Former Principals

• 1851-1854 John Pedder ^[6]
• 1854-1864 James John Hornby^[6]

Neville's Cross College

Neville's Cross College was opened in 1921. It was primarily a teacher-training college; but from 1924 it was also a recognised college of the University and admitted students to read for both undergraduate courses and postgraduate degrees. The College merged with Durham Technical College in 1977 to form New College Durham, whereupon it ceased to be associated with the University.

Colleges in Newcastle

Armstrong College Shield

College of Medicine Shield

In 1852, the School of Medicine and Surgery (founded in 1834) in Newcastle upon Tyne was absorbed into the University of Durham as the College of Medicine, allowing students to study for the Licence in Medicine in Durham, after which students could practise Medicine and take the degrees of Bachelor and Doctor in Medicine.^[7] In 1871, this was joined by the College of Physical Science, later renamed Armstrong College.^[8]

Relations between the two campuses were often strained. They became two autonomous parts of the same university, with the Newcastle colleges merging to become "King's College" in 1937.^[7] In 1947 a proposal to rename the university as the "University of Durham and Newcastle" was approved by all the governing bodies, but was defeated at convocation by 135 votes to 129 in the spring of 1952.^[9][10] This defeat led to King's College eventually leaving the university, to create the new University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963.^[8]

Development of the Newcastle Colleges of Durham University
	School of Medicine and Surgery 1834	Newcastle-upon-Tyne College of Medicine, in connection with the University of Durham 1852	Durham University College of Medicine 1870	King's College 1937 - 1963
	College of Physical Science 1871	Durham College of Science 1883	Armstrong College 1904

Presidents of the College of Medicine 1851-1864 Thomas Emerson Headlam[6] 1864-1872 Charles Thomas Whitley[6] 1872-1874 Edward Charlton[6] 1874-1892 George Yeoman Heath[6] 1892 George Hare Philipson[6]

Principals of the College of Science 1871-1879 William Steadman Aldis (acting) [6] 1879-1884 William Steadman Aldis (actual)[6] 1884-1893 William Garnett [6] 1893-1894 Vacancy[6] 1894-1904 Henry Palin Gurney[6]

Colleges abroad

Durham University has had two affiliated colleges outside of England. Of these, Fourah Bay College is a former part of the university, having ended its affiliation in 1967. It became a constituent college of the University of Sierra Leone on that date.^[11] The other affiliate, Codrington College, retains its links to the University.

Renamed and merged colleges

The College of St Hild and St Bede was formed from the merger of two separate colleges in 1975. The College of the Venerable Bede (usually known as Bede College) had been an all male college formed in 1838, with St Hild's College formed as an all female college in 1858. Prior to this merger and their full integration into the university, the two colleges had previously specialised in the teaching of education.^[12]

A few other groupings have undergone renaming during their time at Durham. The Graduate Society became a full college in 2003 and was subsequently renamed Ustinov College.

George Stephenson (now simply Stephenson College) and John Snow College became separate colleges in 2001. They are located at Stockton-on-Tees and originally founded as the "Joint University College on Teesside of the Universities of Durham and Teesside (JUCOT)". When the University of Teesside pulled out of the campus in 1996 they became a full college of Durham University known as "University College, Stockton" before they later split and gained their new names.^[13]

Fictional colleges

Jesus College and Coverdale Hall are the settings for the events in Angels and Men, Catherine Fox's first novel (published by Hamish Hamilton in 1996). The location is nowhere stated explicitly, but it is obvious to anyone familiar with the City and the University that it takes place in Durham; Jesus and Coverdale are modelled (very closely) on St John's College and Cranmer Hall.

That Hideous Strength (1943) by C. S. Lewis is set in a fictional university town, whose resemblance to Durham is close enough to require Lewis to insist in the book's preface that it is not so.^[14]

See also

• Colleges of the University of Cambridge
• Colleges of the University of Oxford

References

1. ^ Recognised UK Degrees
2. ^ University Calendar Part I, General Regulation XII, Affiliation of Codrington College, Barbados, to the University.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "College Statistics". Durham University. http://www.dur.ac.uk/spa/statistics/college/. 
4. ^ Whiting, C.E. (1932). The University of Durham. London: Sheldon Press.
5. ^ The Institute of Advanced Study Durham University, Accessed December 2006
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} "Durham University: Earlier Foundations and Present Colleges, Fowler, Joseph Thomas (1904)". Kessinger Publishing. http://www.archive.org/download/durhamuniversity00fowluoft/durhamuniversity00fowluoft.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Foundation of the University Durham University, Accessed December 2006
8. ^ ^{a b} History Newcastle University, Accessed December 2006
9. ^ Durham University Society History; see University's name not changed; Accessed December 2006
10. ^ Bettenson, E.M. (1971). The University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1834-1971. Newcastle: Hindson & Andrew Reid Ltd.
11. ^ University Calendar Part I, General Regulation XII, Affiliation of Codrington College, Barbados, to the University.PDF (11.2 KiB). Retrieved 7 October 2007
12. ^ History of College College of St Hild and St Bede, Accessed December 2006
13. ^ "Dialogue: Stephenson College". Durham University. 2008-10-20. http://www.dur.ac.uk/dialogue/autumn08/spotlight/stephenson/. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
14. ^ "That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, Book 3)". http://www.amazon.com/That-Hideous-Strength-Space-Trilogy/product-reviews/0743234928. Retrieved 2009-02-15. 

External links

• Durham University: Colleges
• Residential Colleges of the University of Durham
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