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64-524: Eliot College is the oldest college of the University of Kent . It was established in 1965, the same year the university opened. Prior to the start of the 2020-21 academic year, the post of College Master was abolished at Eliot and all the other University of Kent colleges. The college is named after T. S. Eliot , the poet who died on 4 January 1965, the same day the university was formally established. The name "Caxton College", after William Caxton ,

128-552: A 10-minute walk from Wellington Square. The existing Victorian buildings have been renovated to provide a dining hall, residential accommodation, offices, study facilities, and research space. The college offices moved to the Banbury Road site in April 2006. The Hub opened on 2 May 2017 and was shortlisted for an RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) South Regional Award. It is the first Passivhaus -certified project at

192-483: A college (as fellow or tutor ), though some may have only a college or university post. Nearly all colleges cater to students studying a range of subjects. At many colleges, the uniquely British custom of comensality is followed, meaning faculty usually eat together with students within their college, sharing ("co-") a table ("mensa"). Almost all of the Oxbridge colleges are fully independent legal entities within

256-523: A college" or "the status of a university"; as of September 2020 all 17 member institutions remain colleges. For most practical purposes, ranging from admissions to funding, the member institutions operate on a semi-independent basis, with many having awarded their own degrees whilst remaining in the federal university since 2008. For historical reasons the two founding colleges, University College and King's College , have names resembling those of Oxbridge colleges. As originally established in 1836, London

320-535: A cricket team, "The Cougars", which plays in the Cuppers intercollegiate competition. The club was established in 2022. In its second year The Cougars progressed past 27 teams to reach the final of the intercollegiate Twenty20 league. Kellogg's football club was founded in Michaelmas 2012 and has been competing in the third division of the university's Middle Common Room Football League since. The chevron on

384-410: A distinctive interior space with study bedrooms along all four walls. The Bryn Mawr residential block has three squares in a row, but faced with the need for an additional square for each college, it was decided to arrange the squares in a cruciform layout. The college is to a large extent a mirror of Rutherford College , as the same basic design was used for both and time constraints meant that there

448-725: A few miles west of Durham, remains a licensed hall of residence but has not taken students since closing as a seminary in 2011. The 17th college, South College opened in September 2020. The University of Lancaster is defined by its royal charter to be a collegiate university. It has nine colleges, eight of which are for undergraduate students and one – Graduate College – which is for postgraduate students. The undergraduate colleges consist of: Bowland ; Cartmel ; County ; Furness ; Fylde ; Grizedale ; Lonsdale and Pendle , all of which have their own bars with different themes. The undergraduate colleges were founded between 1964 (when

512-530: A happy family – we come With thanks anew, For from thy hand we receive each day Our sustenance and our joy. The Kellogg College tartan was designed by Robert Collins for the Burns Supper 2013. It is registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans and may only be worn by fellows, students and alumni of Kellogg College and those invited to do so by the president of the college. The tartan

576-615: A master or principal in charge of the everyday running of the college. The colleges have a role in the admissions of students, although not as large as those at Oxbridge, and normally confined to identifying students that suit the college ethos and atmosphere – departments are responsible for admissions to the university, each college for admissions to that college. Applicants can indicate their college preference through UCAS , as with Oxford and Cambridge. As of 2020/21, there are 17 colleges in Durham City (one, Ustinov , postgraduate only):

640-410: A small central university body, rather than universities in the common sense. While many of the student affairs functions are housed in the colleges, each college is more than a residence hall , but they are far from being universities. While college life and membership is an important part of the Oxbridge experience and education, only the central university body has degree-awarding power. Historically

704-487: Is Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange. Michie succeeded the founder of the college, Geoffrey Thomas , as president. Kellogg College was the first home for part-time students at the University of Oxford and many of the students who join the college continue to work in their professions while they study. The college continues to promote ideals of access, openness, and inclusivity. As of Michaelmas Term 2017

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768-410: Is a federal university comprising 17 member institutions. Following the passing of the University of London Act 2018, constituent colleges can apply to become universities in their own right while remaining members of the federal university; twelve of the colleges applied for university status in 2019. The university's statutes under the 2018 act allow for member institutions to have either "the status of

832-539: Is in the hands of its colleges, and therefore just 1/3 belongs to the central university. Typically a student or fellow of an Oxbridge college is said to be "living in college" if their accommodation is inside the college buildings. Most colleges also accommodate students, especially graduate students, in houses or other buildings away from the college site. Graduate students do not receive education from their college. Graduate students at Cambridge and Oxford have to name two college choices on their application, which goes to

896-515: Is sometimes credited with taking "Oxford to the masses". Lectures were given in town halls, public libraries and village school rooms across the country. The aim of the extension movement was twofold: social and political. It aimed at educating the larger community to achieve a better informed democracy. Kellogg College celebrated its "coming of age" in 2011 and celebrated its 25th anniversary in March 2015. In November 2019 Charles, Prince of Wales

960-617: Is the university's 36th college and the largest by number of students both full and part-time. Named after the Kellogg Foundation , as benefactor, the college hosts research centres including the Institute of Population Ageing and the Centre for Creative Writing. It is closely identified with lifelong learning at Oxford. Kellogg is lodged in a group of formal Victorian era buildings in residential Norham Manor . As with most of

1024-505: The School of Advanced Study , the University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP), and the University of London Worldwide , which are under the direct control of the central University and are not considered colleges. In the University of Wales , colleges were the lower tier of institutional membership in the federal structure, below constituent institutions, following the reorganisation of

1088-483: The post-1992 universities ). Colleges that had (or have) courses validated by a university are not normally considered to be colleges of that university; similarly the redbrick universities that, as university colleges , prepared students for University of London external degrees were not considered colleges of that university. Some universities (e.g. Cardiff University ) refer to their academic faculties as "colleges"; such purely academic subdivisions are not within

1152-513: The residential colleges of US universities: the colleges at Durham were (starting with the original University College ) owned by the university rather than being independent like Oxbridge colleges; and the teaching was done centrally rather than in the colleges, with the colleges being residential and responsible for student discipline, as had originally been the case at Oxford and Cambridge. The Durham model has been described as "a far better model for people at other institutions to look to, than are

1216-415: The 1970s and Ushaw College was a Catholic seminary until 2011. Although the colleges do not have any teaching duties as part of the university, they do provide meals, common rooms , libraries, sporting, scholarships and social facilities for their members. The colleges also play a large role in the pastoral care of students, with each college having a personal tutorial system, JCR, MCR and SCR and either

1280-856: The 5 Bailey colleges located on the historic peninsula , which are usually thought of as being more traditional; the 10 Hill colleges on Elvet Hill, near the Mountjoy site on the south side of Durham; Ustinov College in Neville's Cross ; and the College of St Hild and St Bede on the Leazes Road site on the north bank of the Wear. Two colleges previously based at the Queen's Campus in Stockton-on-Tees relocated to Durham over 2017–2018. Ushaw College ,

1344-517: The Canterbury campus, with Woolf being "mainly postgraduate", and Medway College on the Medway campus. The initial four colleges (Elliot, Rutherford, Keynes and Darwin) were established between 1965 and 1970, after which no new college was established at the Canterbury campus until Woolf in 2008. This has since been followed by Turing (2014) and Park Wood (2020). Chaucer College (1992), located on

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1408-524: The Graduate college, whereas staff members may choose any college. Students must pay a college membership fee. There is a programme of inter-college sports, with the winner being awarded the Carter Shield . The University of York is collegiate and as of December 2022 there are eleven colleges. The colleges are more centralised than at Oxbridge and although they are not listed bodies they perform

1472-682: The University Sports Centre on Iffley Road. Additionally, as Kellogg College is a postgraduate-only college, all of its members are eligible to join The Oxford University Club free of charge. For an additional fee, members may utilise the onsite gym. Kellogg College has its own punt, currently moored at the Cherwell Boathouse on Bardwell Road. The punt is free to use by members of the college, but must be booked in advance. Kellogg College has

1536-520: The University of Oxford. The Hub Café is cashless, requiring all payments to be made by card. Geoffrey Thomas House is located at 60 Banbury Road and is named after the first college president Geoffrey Thomas . The building was designed by William Wilkinson and constructed in 1865–1866. A rear extension was constructed in 1902. Geoffrey Thomas House houses the college library on the ground and first floor. Facilities include six reading-rooms, all with wireless connectivity and three with power points for

1600-634: The University of the Highlands and Islands. The University of South Wales encompasses the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama . Like the university colleges associated with Queen's University Belfast, this is a listed body under part two of the listed bodies order. Kellogg College Kellogg College is a graduate-only constituent college of the University of Oxford in England . Founded in 1990 as Rewley House , Kellogg

1664-547: The college, the college is also able to offer university-owned accommodation. Together with Reuben and St Cross , Kellogg is one of only three Oxford colleges without a royal charter . It is officially a society of the university rather than an independent college. The main difference from an independent college is that the Director of the Department for Continuing Education is ex officio President; in other colleges,

1728-403: The colleges is managed by administrative staff from the university's Student Life and Wellbeing unit, with all the colleges coordinated by an administrative Senior Colleges Manager. In 2023, the university substituted the academic role of College Principal for the unrenumerated post of Senior College Fellow. Most colleges have a Junior Common Room for undergraduate students, which is managed by

1792-597: The colleges were created as a way of ensuring discipline among the notoriously unruly students. While most colleges at the two universities are independent corporations, three Oxford colleges ( Kellogg College , St Cross College , and Reuben College ) are "societies" established and maintained by the central university; the newest, Reuben College, was formally established in 2019 and admitted its first students in 2021. In addition to accommodation , meals , common rooms , libraries, sporting and social facilities for its students, most colleges admit undergraduate students to

1856-437: The colleges. Currently there are 21 leagues with weekly fixtures, in addition a number of one day events are organised as well. In 2014 the "College Varsity" tournament was created, with sporting competitions held between York's colleges and the colleges of Durham University . York hosted the first tournament which was won by Durham's colleges; the second tournament was hosted by Durham in 2015, who won again. The third tournament

1920-433: The department/faculty, and if the university accepts them, it guarantees that the applicant will have a college membership, although not necessarily at the favoured college(s). Durham University is also collegiate in nature, and its colleges hold the same legal status of 'listed bodies' as the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Durham's colleges are (with two exceptions) owned by the university. They are explicitly defined in

1984-428: The desk-based use of laptops, and a computer room with printing/copying facilities. The Mawby Room is located between 60 and 62 Banbury Road, and was named after Russell Mawby . It is located to the immediate left of the main reception area, and provides movable furniture, a lectern and a projector. Kellogg College provides accommodation for both full-time and part-time students. In addition to accommodation owned by

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2048-416: The elected Junior Common Room Committee. Some colleges retain a Graduate Common Room for postgraduate students, as well as a Senior Common Room , which is managed by elected representatives of the college's academic and administrative members. Other colleges however combine undergraduate and postgraduate representation together into student associations. Intercollegiate sport is one of the main activities of

2112-742: The federation. The nine largest colleges of the university are King's College London ; University College London ; Birkbeck ; Goldsmiths ; the London Business School ; Queen Mary ; Royal Holloway ; SOAS ; and the London School of Economics and Political Science . The specialist colleges of the university include the Royal Veterinary College , the Courtauld Institute of Art and St George's , specialising in medicine. Imperial College London

2176-429: The freehold or leasehold interest of the college's property. The university holds long-term leases and management agreements with the providing bodies for three of the colleges, and a rolling seven-year licensed and management agreement for Whitelands. While the colleges were all originally independent, they have now merged into the university, with the last college (Whitelands) merging in 2012. The University of London

2240-481: The head of house is elected and appointed by the governing body directly. For accounting purposes, the societies are considered departments of the university. Kellogg maintains a strong presence: former Heineken Cup winner Dom Waldouck was elected as the university's Rugby Captain for 2018 while Johanna Dombrowski was a recent President of Oxford University RFC women's team. Kellogg students row for Christ Church Boat Club in college competitions and also row in

2304-569: The independent colleges of Oxford and Cambridge". This model was challenged by the admission to the university as teaching colleges of the College of Medicine and Armstrong College in Newcastle (now Newcastle University ) in the latter half of the 19th century, and more recently of University College, Stockton (since divided into two non-teaching colleges with teaching organised separately). Hild Bede also surrendered its teacher training duties to

2368-464: The late 19th century, the university became a federal body in 1900. The Constitution evolved during the 20th century, with power shifting towards the central University and then back towards the colleges. In the mid-1990s the colleges gained direct access to government funding and the right to confer University of London degrees themselves, and from 2008 those colleges that held their own degree awarding powers were allowed to use them while remaining part of

2432-476: The left hand side is a stylised depiction of a Gothic arch from Rewley Abbey which gave its name to the original home of the College in Wellington Square. Passing through the arch is the open book of learning symbolising the access to knowledge which is at the heart of Kellogg’s mission. On the right is an ear of wheat in recognition of the original benefactor of the College. The jagged line that divides

2496-456: The mid-1990s, UHI colleges are Listed Bodies. A few universities, while operating as unitary institutions, have associated colleges in federal relationships. Queen's University Belfast has a federal relationship with two associated university colleges, Stranmillis University College and St Mary's University College . These are listed bodies under part two of the listed bodies order, the same status as colleges of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and

2560-401: The preceding decade. The college has close connections with the university's departments for continuing education, medicine, education, computer science, and law, and other departments active in areas of professional and part-time study. Until 2021, the Director of the Department for Continuing Education was ex officio President of Kellogg College. The college can trace its origins back to

2624-418: The same campus, enjoys some common life with the University of Kent, but remains independent, and is not a constituent college of the university. The University of Roehampton, London has its roots in the traditions of its four constituent colleges – Digby Stuart, Froebel, Southlands and Whitelands – which were all formed in the 19th century. Each college has a "providing body", an independent charity that owns

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2688-428: The same roles as colleges at Durham, and they play an important role in the pastoral care of the student body. One college, Wentworth , is postgraduate only. All colleges have equal status, and each has its own constitution. Each college is governed by its own College Council, which contains a combination of university staff and elected student members and is chaired by a Senior College Fellow . The day-to-day running of

2752-461: The scope of this article. The two ancient universities of England, Oxford and Cambridge (collectively termed Oxbridge ), both started without colleges (in the late eleventh and early thirteenth century respectively). The first college at Oxford, University College , was founded in 1249, and the first at Cambridge, Peterhouse , followed in 1284. Over the following centuries, the universities evolved into federations of autonomous colleges, with

2816-445: The start of the university extension movement in the 1870s. In 1878, Arthur Johnson was the first to deliver an "Oxford Extension Lecture". The movement grew out of a drive to liberalise Oxford which gained momentum in the 1850s. As a consequence, the university slowly began to open itself to religious nonconformists, poorer men, and women. It is this movement that forms the historical background of Kellogg. The Oxford Extension movement

2880-412: The student body numbers 1139 students, of whom 268 are attending full-time and 871 part-time. The college has accepted both women and men as students since its foundation. The college came into being on 1 March 1990 (as Rewley House ) and was renamed in honour of Will Keith Kellogg on 1 October 1994, in recognition of the financial support given by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to the university over

2944-598: The two halves represents the marriage between benefaction and learning and the points add up to the number of the 11 Founding Fellows. Kellogg's College grace has the distinction of being the only grace in the Welsh language at any Oxbridge college. It was chosen to commemorate the foundation of the college on St David's Day in 1990. The Welsh text, written by W.D. Williams, and its translation read: O Dad, yn deulu dedwydd – y deuwn A diolch o newydd, Cans o'th law y daw bob dydd Ein lluniaeth a'n llawenydd. O Father, as

3008-538: The two institutions have been functionality merged. The University of the Arts London (UAL) comprises six specialist art and design colleges, dating from the mid-1850s, that were brought together for administrative purposes. The colleges are not Listed Bodies and do not have separate legal status, but maintain their separate identity and teach their own courses within the university. As a consortium of teaching colleges, each teaching their own courses, joined under

3072-407: The umbrella of the central University, UAL is essentially federal, but differs from UHI and London in that its colleges are not independent bodies. The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is a federal collegiate university consisting of 13 independent "academic partner" colleges and a central executive office. Like the colleges of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham, and those of London prior to

3136-417: The universities, owning their own buildings, employing their own staff, and managing their own endowments. The colleges vary widely in wealth; the richer colleges often provide financial support to the poorer ones. It is entirely possible for some colleges to be in better financial health than the universities of which they are a part. Currently about 2/3 of the £4.3 billion endowment of Cambridge University

3200-544: The university Boat Races against Cambridge. In 2013, Kellogg students rowed in the victorious men's, women's, women's lightweight and reserve boats. Later in 2016, alumnus Paul Bennett won a gold medal for Great Britain in the Rio Olympics as did current student Grace Clough in the Paralympics . Whilst Kellogg College does not have its own dedicated gym, members of the college are provided with free access to

3264-446: The university and, through tutorials or supervisions (but not necessarily classes), contribute to the work of educating them, together with the university's departments/faculties. The faculties at each university provide lectures and central facilities such as libraries and laboratories, as well as examining for and awarding degrees. Academic staff are commonly employed both by the university (typically as lecturer or professor) and by

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3328-457: The university in 1996. Prior to this, the member institutions were all called colleges. After 2007 the colleges and constituent institutions all became independent universities, with the University of Wales shifting to a confederal structure where it validated degrees from these and other institutions. This arrangement ended in 2011 and it was announced that the university would merge with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David . From August 2017

3392-513: The university on becoming a maintained college in 1979. Generally, Durham colleges are not now financially independent, exceptions being the recognised colleges of St Chad's and St John's , and Ushaw College , a licensed hall of residence. While university teaching is not carried out in the colleges, St John's College has teaching in Cranmer Hall , a Church of England theological college ; St Chad's College also trained Anglican priests until

3456-463: The university was established) and 1974, with Graduate College being added in 1992. All students and staff at Lancaster are college members. Colleges are independent of university education, instead providing on-campus accommodation, social events and sporting teams. Undergraduate students must choose from one of the eight undergraduate colleges; on-campus accommodation is usually a key factor in this choice. Postgraduate students are always assigned to

3520-411: The university's graduate colleges, the college has an egalitarian spirit which is reflected by a lack of formal separation between fellows and students. The college has no high table and, uniquely among Oxford's colleges, its grace is in Welsh (in commemoration of its official founding on St. David's Day ). It is also unique in having its own tartan. The president of the college is Jonathan Michie who

3584-550: The university's statutes, meaning that permission of the Privy Council is needed to create (or abolish) colleges. At the time of Durham's foundation, Oxford and Cambridge were the only two universities in England, thus Durham, following their example, pursued a collegiate model from the start. Two important innovations were, however, made that were later taken up for the colleges of the plate glass universities (below) and

3648-419: The university. Since the mid-1990s, all University of London colleges have been Recognised Bodies with the right to confer University of London degrees. From 2005 onwards, the Privy Council has granted independent degree awarding powers to most of the colleges, many of which have, since 2008, awarded their own degrees rather than London degrees. The University of London also has three Central Academic Bodies:

3712-485: Was also considered. The basic design of the college was inspired by Louis Kahn 's design for a residential block at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania . The need to have three hundred study-bedrooms and several large areas for distinctive use, such as teaching, a common room and a dining hall plus kitchens, led to the adoption of a section design with the college divided into several square blocks, each containing

3776-490: Was an examining board and degree awarding body for affiliated colleges. Starting with UCL and King's, which were named in the original charter, the list of affiliated colleges grew to include everything from grammar schools to the universities of the British Empire by 1858, when the affiliated college system was abandoned and London's degree examinations thrown open to anyone. Following a campaign led by UCL and King's in

3840-551: Was announced as Honorary Fellow to celebrate Kellogg's 30th anniversary in 2020. He visited the college in March 2020 to receive his award. Until 2009 the college shared Rewley House in Wellington Square with the Department for Continuing Education. In May 2004, the college acquired a site for a new permanent home, located between Banbury Road and Bradmore Road , in the Norham Manor area of North Oxford ,

3904-522: Was formerly a member before it left the University of London in 2007 on becoming a university in its own right. Heythrop College was a former college specialising in philosophy and theology that closed in 2018. Later the expansion of the university saw the growth of the small specialist colleges such as the Royal Academy of Music and Institute of Education, University of London (now part of UCL) either by being established within or merging into

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3968-587: Was held in York in 2016, with York winning for the first time, and the fourth in Durham in 2017, with the hosts reclaiming the title. All students at the University of Kent are part of one of the eight colleges. Each college has a Master, who is responsible for enforcing University regulations and ensuring safe student conduct. Each college also has an elected student committee. There are seven colleges (Eliot, Rutherford, Keynes, Darwin, Turing, Park Wood, and Woolf) on

4032-452: Was no opportunity for the latter to be adapted to meet problems encountered in the use of the former. However due to the contours of the hill on which the campus is built, the two colleges are not exactly alike and in later years annexe extensions and alterations were to further the differences. In addition to the college's main accommodation, it also includes the adjacent Becket Court residential building, named after Thomas Becket . ("Becket"

4096-522: Was one of several names originally considered for what became Darwin College .) Becket Court was opened in 1990 and contains en suite accommodation. Colleges within UK Universities In the past, many of what are now British universities with their own degree-awarding powers were colleges which had their degrees awarded by either a federal university (such as Cardiff University ) or validated by another university (for example many of

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