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Colleges at the University of York

The University of York was built with a collegial system in a similar way to Cambridge, Oxford and Durham. At York, the colleges are principally for accommodation and social reasons rather than for academic teaching (although the colleges are commonly used for splitting teaching into smaller groups within departments). The first college was Derwent College (named after the nearby river) in 1965, quickly followed by Langwith College (named after the nearby common) and in 1968-9 by Vanbrugh College (after John Vanbrugh the architect), Goodricke College (after John Goodricke the astronomer) and Alcuin College (after Alcuin of York). Wentworth College (after Thomas Wentworth), the post graduate only college, was formed in 1972 and completed the originally envisaged colleges. In 1990 James college (after Lord James of Rusholme) was added, initially post-graduate only, it allowed undergraduate entry from 1993. Halifax College only came into being as a college in 2001, although the buildings had existed as overflow accommodation (known as Halifax Court) for several years previous. With university expansion onto Heslington East campus several colleges are departing from their original locations with Goodricke College relocating in 2009 and Langwith College in 2012. The buildings on Heslington West vacated by the departing colleges were acquired by other neighbouring colleges (where other shared descriptions for the specific colleges exist, these reflect the college at the time of the photograph). A ninth college was added to the university in 2014, named Constantine College after the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great was constructed on Heslington East. In 2020 construction began on two further colleges to be located at the western side of Heslington East. College 11 is named Anne Lister College and College 12 David Kato College.
by DS Pugh

Created: Sun, 15 Nov 2009, Updated: Sun, 20 Jun 2021


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SE6250 : Lake near Derwent by DS Pugh
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SE6250 : Lake and Heslington Hall by DS Pugh
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SE6150 : Wentworth Nucleus by DS Pugh
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SE6250 : Derwent Lawns by DS Pugh
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SE6250 : Alcuin quad by DS Pugh
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SE6250 : Across Vanbrugh Paradise in the snow by DS Pugh
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SE6250 : Vanbrugh College from across the lake by DS Pugh
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SE6250 : Sunrise over the Quiet Place by DS Pugh
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