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New College Durham is a further and higher education college and a sixth form college in County Durham, England. It was founded in 1977 as a result of a merger between Neville's Cross College of Education and Durham Technical College. It holds foundation degree awarding powers.
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.
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.
It is situated on the A167 trunk road to the west of the centre of Durham. The area is primarily residential, although there is a newsagent, a church, some public houses and two primary schools located there. The suburb was also home to part of New College Durham until the college consolidated onto its site at Framwellgate Moor in 2005. [2]
East Durham College, Houghall campus. New College Durham is the city's largest college of further education. It was founded in 1977 as a result of a merger between Neville's Cross College of Education and Durham Technical College. The college operated on two main sites near the city of Durham: Neville's Cross and Framwellgate Moor. The site at ...
Former colleges of Durham University (5 P) ... New College, Durham (17th century) ... (England) Stockwell College of Education;
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.
Comprised Armstrong College (est. 1871 as the Durham College of Physical Science) and the University of Durham College of Medicine (est. 1831 as the Newcastle School of Medicine and Surgery). These two institutions merged in 1934 to form King's College, Durham. Swansea University: 1920 [227] University College of Swansea Wales 1920 [227] 2007