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The University of York [7] (abbreviated as Ebor or York for post-nominals) is a public collegiate research university in York, England.Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects.
The Borthwick Institute for Archives is the specialist archive service of the University of York, York, England. It is one of the biggest archive repositories outside London. [1] The Borthwick was founded in 1953 as The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. [2]
Amongst archaeology departments, York ranked 2nd for Impact, 2nd equal for Environment, and 4th overall in the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise. [11] In the 2015 University Subject Tables, the department was ranked 6th out of 40 with a score of 92.6%. [ 12 ]
On the departure of the Blind School in 1958, the manor was acquired by York City Council, who leased it to the university in 1963. [1] The main university later moved to the Heslington Campus. From 1966, the principal academic department to use the manor was the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies (IoAAS). [7]
The Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of York, established in 2006.The institute works as an outward-facing body to create a sustainable network of partnerships between the academic environment and those working in museums and galleries, other heritage practitioners, and media professionals.
This category is for academics who have taught or currently teach history at the University of York. Pages in category "Historians of the University of York" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The University of York was launched on sites at Heslington and the King's Manor and took its first students in 1963. In 1975 the National Railway Museum was opened, near the centre of York. In October and November 2000 the River Ouse rose and York experienced very severe flooding; over 300 houses were flooded though no-one was seriously hurt.
Langwith, alongside Derwent is one of the founding colleges at the University of York, and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 22 October 1965. [2] After having hosted Jimi Hendrix in 1967 [ 3 ] however, the day to day history of Langwith College is largely undocumented, with much of the documentation from the early years being lost.