Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025 placed Durham 172nd. In subject area rankings for 2024, Durham was placed 39th in arts and humanities, 201–250 for life sciences, 126–150 for physical sciences, 81st for social sciences, and 101–125 for business and economics.
This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 00:26 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
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.
On 16 March 2022, South College received their first collegiate silverware, with South College LFC winning the 2021/22 Durham University Women’s Floodlit Cup as part of a joint team with Trevelyan College WAFC. The side beat Josephine Butler WFC 3-1 in the Final at Maiden Castle, with the match streamed on the Palatinate YouTube Channel. [23]
The university property in Durham was passed to the newly formed Council of Durham Colleges – representing only University College, Hatfield Hall, and the Women's Hostel. [21] The first president of the Council of Durham Colleges was George Nickson, then suffragan Bishop of Jarrow and later Bishop of Bristol, who served 1910–1911. [113]
The college was built to provide a place of learning for Benedictine monks from the monastery in Durham. [1] Until the 1280s, there had been no Benedictine establishment in Oxford itself, and, while in 1291 the southern abbeys decided to combine their efforts at Gloucester College, Durham had already begun to make its own arrangements.