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New College, Durham, or Durham College, was a university institution set up by Oliver Cromwell, to provide an alternative to (and break the effective monopoly of) the older University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. It also had the aim of bringing university education to Northern England.
New College Durham was formed by the merger of Neville's Cross College in Neville's Cross and Durham Technical College in Framwellgate Moor in 1977. [1] Neville's Cross College was a teacher training college established in 1921 by Durham County Council. It initially only admitted women but became mixed in 1963.
New College, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University , Phoenix, Arizona Before it was named in 1639, Harvard College was often referred to as "the New College"; it is debatable whether or not this was ever a name in the usual sense of the word
Previously a community school administered by Durham County Council, [3] in June 2023 Wellfield School converted to academy status. [4] The school is now sponsored by the New College Durham Academies Trust. [5]
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It is situated to the north of Durham, and is adjacent to Pity Me and Newton Hall. It had a population of 5,404 in the 2011 Census. [1] With a slight increase to 6,112 in a 2018 local report. [2] It is the location of New College Durham, the major further education establishment of the city.
The temporary name "South College" was assigned pending selection of a final name, and was used in advertisements for the new college's first principal. In June 2019, Durham Students' Union assembly voted to lobby for the college to be named after the late politician and Durham graduate Mo Mowlam. [12]
Durham Sixth Form Centre is a mixed sixth form college located in Durham, County Durham, England. [2] It is an academy administered by the Providence Learning Partnership multi-academy trust. The centre is located in Durham city centre, but enrols students from across County Durham, Sunderland and into Northumberland. [3]