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Durham College is a public college in Ontario, Canada, with two main campuses in Oshawa and Whitby. Durham College offers over 145+ [ clarification needed ] academic programs, including six bachelor degrees and eleven apprenticeship programs, to around 13,700 full-time students.
In Durham, the early statutes require the wearing of a Convocation Habit 'under the gown' [4] (though later statutes say 'with the gown' rather than under it). Pre-World War II graduation photographs frequently show Durham doctors who are members of Convocation wearing the habit beneath their full-dress doctoral gown and hood.
University College, the oldest of the 17 Durham Colleges. Durham operates a collegiate structure similar to that of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, in that all colleges at Durham, being constituent colleges of a "recognised body", are "listed bodies" [1] in the Education (Listed Bodies) (England) Order 2013 made under the Education Reform Act 1988.
Novice Cup [2] This was known as the Hatfield cup until 2003 when Durham College Rowing took over the organising of the event. [3] Senate Cup [4] Pennant Series [5] Admirals Regatta [6] Durham College Rowing is a joint organiser of Durham Regatta together with Durham Amateur Rowing Club, Durham University Boat Club and Durham School Boat Club.
The Venerable Charles Thorp, in robes as Warden of the University of Durham at the Great Hall of University College, Durham The chancellor is the ceremonial head of Durham University, with the formal duties of conferring degrees at congregations and of being an ambassador for the university. They are nominated by the council and senate in joint session and appointed by convocation, determined ...
Ustinov College, Durham's postgraduate college, is located in Sheraton Park, beyond Elvet Hill. [128] Rushford Court, owned by Unite Students, is the temporary home of Hild Bede College as of 2024 and was also used by John Snow College in 2019–20. In the longer term, it is planned to become Durham's 18th college. [129] [130]
A college convocation banner in India Interior of Convocation House, Oxford, the meeting place of the university's convocation. At universities, "convocation" can refer (particularly in North America) to a university's graduation ceremony [10] [11] or, more generally, to any formal assembly of the university (similar to congregation in some British universities).
University College was formed upon the creation of University of Durham in 1832. It was the first college of the university, and is therefore known as the "foundation college", but the university was founded explicitly on the Oxbridge model; the intention was already for the university to develop along collegiate lines in the manner of Oxford and Cambridge, as it has.