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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.
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.
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).
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]
At Cambridge and Durham, policy regarding the wearing of academic dress varies amongst the colleges. Separate matriculation ceremonies are held by some of the colleges in Durham. Also at Durham, not all students are entered into the register, but one person from each college is selected to sign their own name for the whole college.
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 had its accreditation revoked in August 1979. [12] Classes were suspended in the Fall of 1979, but a funding drive in early 1980 attempted to raise $100,000 to reopen the campus. [13] In March 1980, foreclosure was threatened on the two dormitories on campus. [14]
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.