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112-618: The Durham University Library is the centrally administered library of Durham University in England and is part of the university's Library and Collections department. Its two main libraries are Palace Green Library and the Bill Bryson Library . It was founded in January 1833 at Palace Green by a 160 volume donation by the then Bishop of Durham, William Van Mildert , and now holds over 1.6 million printed items. Since 1937,

224-653: A SCONUL Library Design Award in 1988 and the online cataloguing of the library's stock beginning in 1990. In 1996 the Durham University Library joined Research Libraries UK . The university library was expanded further with an extension of the Main Library in 1997, and in 1998 it became the first library to incorporate non-Roman scripts into its electronic catalogue system. In 2004, the Durham Cathedral Library became part of

336-692: A 257 ha (640-acre) estate of which 251 ha (620 acres) is in Durham. This contains part of the Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site and multiple other heritage assets including three ancient monuments (the Maiden Castle Iron Age promontory fort , Cosin's Library and Divinity House ), four grade I listed buildings (including Kingsgate Bridge , the Exchequer Building on Palace Green ,

448-658: A book about his father's works. George Pace was also a writer and lecturer, and was concerned about conservation issues, being a member of the York Civic Trust and the York Georgian Society. He died in York in 1975, and his practice was continued by his assistant, Ronald Sims . His ashes are interred in the Retro-choir of Southwark Cathedral . In respect of his influences, Pace's son, Peter, in

560-725: A café was constructed in a courtyard between the George Pace Building and the Music Library. During this work, 28 sets of human remains were discovered in a mass grave. These were identified as Scottish soldiers captured by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 and subsequently imprisoned in Durham Cathedral. With estimates that as many as 1,700 prisoners may have died in Durham, and other skeletons having been unearthed during building works nearby in

672-544: A coach house from before the university took occupation, and infill extensions from the 20th and 21st centuries. From 1833 to 1983, Palace Green Library was the main university library, with the last 'ordinary' books having been moved to the Bill Bryson library in 2011. Since then, Palace Green Library has been dedicated to archives and special collections. The Exchequer Building houses the Bamburgh Library and

784-589: A fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects . Also in 1949 he was appointed as consulting architect to Lichfield and Llandaff Cathedrals , succeeding Sir Charles Nicholson . Much of his career was spent in restoring and repairing churches, and in designing new fittings, but he also designed new churches. Pace created a design for a cathedral in Ibadan , Nigeria, but it was not built. His works were almost completely ecclesiastical, but he did design

896-581: A fundamental statute was passed by the Dean and Chapter, as governors of the university, setting up Convocation and laying down that Durham degrees would only be open to members of the Church of England. Regulations for degrees were finalised in 1836 and the university was incorporated by royal charter granted by William IV on 1 June 1837 as the "Warden, Masters and Scholars of the University of Durham", with

1008-573: A library for Durham University , and carried out repairs at Castle Howard . Pace was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1971, in recognition of his work with Paul Paget and Peter Philips on the design for the King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle . With his wife, Pace had five children. His son, Peter, also trained as an architect, and wrote

1120-486: A new two-storey perpendicular Tudor building by Sir Arthur Blomfield with two large lecture rooms – now the University Library building. In 1929 the continued expansion of the library meant that even with the Exchequer Building there was insufficient room, and the ground floor lecture theatre was taken over by the library. The space between the lecture block and Cosin's Library, which had provided access to

1232-676: A reading room and new storage space for the university library; this is now known as the Pace Building. In 1978 the Diocesan Registry building was taken over by the library, becoming the Music Library. With no possibility of further expansion on the peninsula, the decision was taken to extend the library building on the university's science site, which became the Main Library in 1983. The university library introduced its first online circulation system in 1983. The Main Library won

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1344-615: A refurbishment of the Palace Green Library, including the construction of two galleries in the University Library building, designed in consultation with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to meet the standards required under the National Heritage Act 1980 and thus able to host major national exhibitions as well as displaying rare treasures from the library's own collection. The refurbishment also saw

1456-703: A second REC-linked project to assess how records and collections are cared for and curated. In 2023, the library joined the SafePod Network, giving secure data access from a 'pod' installed in the Bill Bryson Library to sensitive datasets from the Office for National Statistics , the UK Data Service , the Health and Care Research Wales -funded Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank,

1568-505: A second hall along similar lines, Bishop Cosin's Hall , being founded in 1851, although this only survived until 1864. Elsewhere, the university expanded from Durham into Newcastle in 1852 when the medical school there (established in 1834) became a college of the university. This was joined in 1871 by the College of Physical Sciences (renamed the College of Science in 1884 and again renamed Armstrong College in 1904). St Cuthbert's Society

1680-528: A university in 1992, had difficulties in taking on its responsibilities for the college and withdrew in 1994, Durham taking over full responsibility for UCS and the degrees to be awarded there. A programme of integration with Durham began, with the Privy Council approving changes in Durham's statutes to make UCS a college of the University of Durham. Further integration of the Stockton development with

1792-714: Is Modernist in style. Modernist and traditional styles are combined in St Mark , Broomhill , Sheffield , South Yorkshire (1955–67), a church that had been badly damaged in the Second World War. Here Pace restored the spire and the porch in Gothic Revival style, but rebuilt the body of the church in Modernist style. In the Holy Redeemer Church, York (1959–65), he re-used material from

1904-601: Is a former Catholic seminary that is a licensed hall of residence of the university. It hosts parts of the Business School and of the Centre for Catholic Studies, with the university having committed to leasing the East Wing until 2027 and to establishing a residential research library at Ushaw. Queen's Campus in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees ( Thornaby , North Yorkshire ) 30 miles from Durham City. Until 2017–18,

2016-664: Is also affiliated with the regional N8 Research Partnership and international university groups including the Matariki Network of Universities and the Coimbra Group . The university estate includes 83 listed buildings , ranging from the 11th-century Durham Castle to the 1960s brutalist students' union . The university also owns and manages the Durham World Heritage Site in partnership with Durham Cathedral . The university's ownership of

2128-803: Is located on the Queen's Campus in Stockton-upon-Tees , and is primarily used by students and staff at the International Study Centre. As well as the libraries, there are 450 study spaces in the Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre , as well as a study hub in Durham University Business School (only accessible by students at the business school) that includes a reference collection of core texts. Other resources include

2240-420: Is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, during the academic year, with staffed services available 8am to 10pm on weekdays and 9am to 10pm at weekends. There are 1,800 individual and group study spaces in the library as of February 2023. Palace Green Library, on Palace Green , consists of four main buildings: the 15th century, grade I listed Exchequer Building, the 17th century, grade II* listed Cosin's Library,

2352-535: Is planned to become Durham's 18th college. The Waterside Building, home of the business school 's Department of Management and Marketing from 2024, is on the east bank of the River Wear north (downstream) of the city centre. Boldon House in Pity Me will house some professional services from 2025. The university published a strategy document in 2017 setting out (among other things) a roadmap for development of

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2464-549: Is thus the third-oldest university in England . As a collegiate university, its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and its 17 colleges . In general, the departments perform research and provide teaching to students, while the colleges are responsible for their domestic arrangements and welfare. The university is a member of the Russell Group of British research universities and

2576-645: The Bill Bryson Library (named after the writer Bill Bryson , chancellor of the university 2005–2012), Development in the 21st century has included the Arthur Holmes Building (2003; earth sciences; named after Arthur Holmes , Professor of Geology), the Calman Learning Centre (2007; named after Kenneth Calman , vice-chancellor and warden 1998–2006), the Palatine Centre (2012; law and the university's administration),

2688-744: The British Library to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel , the oldest intact book in Europe. Under the partnership agreement, this is displayed equally at the British Library and in the north east of England. The St Cuthbert Gospel was displayed alongside the Lindisfarne Gospels and other treasures of St Cuthbert at Palace Green Library in 2013. In the final stages of the Palace Green Library refurbishment in 2013,

2800-645: The Daniel Libeskind -designed Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics (2016), and the Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre (2019), the only part of the site west of South Road. In October 2013, a geological sculpture of the British Isles titled What Lies Beneath Us – a map with the geology of each location shown by a sample of the rock found at that location (and, for most areas, from that location) – by artist John de Pauley

2912-737: The Durham University Museum of Archaeology and the Durham Light Infantry gallery. The George Pace Building houses the Barker Research Library, containing the university archives and special collections, as well as the Palace Green Library study spaces. Palace Green Library also hosts the World Heritage Site Visitor Centre. Plans to establish the first residential research library at a UK university, taking in

3024-439: The Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) together with Dartmouth College (US), Queen's University (Canada), University of Otago (New Zealand), University of Tübingen (Germany), University of Western Australia and Uppsala University (Sweden). In 2012, Durham (along with York , Exeter and Queen Mary, University of London ) joined the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities. Between 2010 and 2012

3136-644: The Orient and Levant to the Far East and the Indian Sub-continent , with over a third of the collection relating to China. The Chinese collection and the Egyptian collection were granted Designated Status as collections of national importance by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in 2008. George Pace George Gaze Pace , CVO (31 December 1915 – 23 August 1975)

3248-402: The Queen granted the title "Queen's Campus" to the Stockton site. By 2005, Queen's Campus, Stockton, accounted for around 18 per cent of the total university student population. In 2005, the university unveiled a re-branded logotype and introduced the trading name of Durham University, although the legal name of the institution remained the University of Durham and the official coat of arms

3360-608: The Queen's Campus in Stockton-on-Tees . One of the major public attractions in Durham City is the 10 ha (25-acre) Botanic Gardens , established (on the current site) in 1970, with over 80,000 visitors annually. As of 2021, the university estate contains over 380 buildings with a floor area of 424,600 square metres (4,570,000 sq ft), including 189,400 square metres (2,039,000 sq ft) of residential area in 170 residential buildings (not including

3472-731: The Royal Academy of Engineering and 2 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences . Durham graduates have long used the Latin post-nominal letters Dunelm after their degree, from Dunelmensis (of, belonging to, or from Durham). Between around 1286 and 1291 the Benedictine monks of Durham established a hall at Oxford University to provide them with a seat of learning. In 1381 this received an endowment from Thomas Hatfield , Bishop of Durham, becoming Durham College . Durham College

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3584-699: The Scottish Government , and Health and Social Care Northern Ireland's Honest Broker Service. The same year, the School of Education relocated from Leazes Road to Lower Mountjoy, leading to the closure of the Leazes Road Study Space. As part of its collection, the library contains a wealth of printed and manuscript material with a particular wealth of material from the medieval period and the Middle East along with materials from

3696-685: The St Cuthbert Gospel , for the nation for £9 million. It is displayed equally in London and Durham, being shown at the university's Palace Green Library for the first time as part of the Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition in 2013. In addition to the central library system, many colleges maintain their own libraries, such as the Bettenson, Brewis, Williams and Fenton Libraries of St Chad's College, which contain over 38,000 volumes. Durham staff and students can also access

3808-618: The University of Newcastle upon Tyne , leaving Durham University based solely in its home city. By the time of the separation from Newcastle the Elvet Hill site was well established; with the first of the new colleges being founded in 1959, Grey College , named after the second Earl Grey who was the prime minister when the university was founded. Expansion up Elvet Hill continued, with Van Mildert College , Trevelyan College (1966), and Collingwood College (1972) all being added to

3920-775: The University of Sierra Leone while Codrington College became affiliated to the University of the West Indies in 1965. The first debating society in Durham was founded in 1835, but may have closed by 1839. The Durham University Union was established in 1842, and revived and moved to Palace Green in 1872–3 as the Durham Union Society . Notable past presidents of the Durham Union have included Richard Dannatt , Sir Edward Leigh , and Crispin Blunt . The Durham Colleges Students Representative Council (SRC)

4032-476: The William Temple Memorial Church in Wythenshawe , Greater Manchester (1963–65). Although Pace's works were mainly Modernist in style, he also respected traditional styles, and sometimes combined elements of both. Pace was a member of The New Churches Research Group (NCRG), a group of Catholic and Anglican church architects and craftspeople who promoted liturgical reform of churches though publications such as The Tablet and Architects' Journal . The group

4144-408: The "Billy B"), on the university's Lower Mountjoy campus, was built in three stages between the 1960s and 1990s, when the west wing was added. The original science library, opened in 1965, was designed by William Whitfield while the 1983 extension, which saw it become the university's main library, was by Harry Faulkner-Brown . It was further extended in 2012 with the addition of a new east wing and

4256-443: The 1940s, it is likely that many further bodies lie under the library buildings. In 2014, the university's Museum of Archaeology (originally established in 1833) moved into a new gallery in Palace Green Library, open for free to the public. Refurbishment of the 15th century Exchequer Building allowed out to be opened to public tours for the first time in 2017. Cosin's Library was also refurbished between 2020 and 2022. In late 2022,

4368-435: The 19th century, grade II listed University Library, and the 20th century George Pace Building. All but the last of these face onto Palace Green, with the Pace Building being located at the top of the river bank behind the adjacent Music Library (the southern part of which is now the Music Technology Suite, part of the Department of Music). The library also occupies various other buildings on the site, including former stables and

4480-401: The 32.4 ha (80 acres) of Great High Wood, Hollingside Wood and Blaid's Wood additionally designated as Ancient Semi-Natural Woodlands , Sites of Nature Conservation Importance and Sites of Ecological Value ), 53 ha (130 acres) of farming and grazing land, and 27 ha (67 acres) of amenity grassland, alongside 51.4 ha (127 acres) of built environment. The estate also includes

4592-437: The Chemistry Building (chemistry), the Maths building (temporary home of the school of education), the West Building (geography), the Rochester Building (physics, named after George Rochester , Professor of Physics), the Christopherson Building (engineering, named after Derman Christopherson , vice-chancellor and warden 1960–1979), the Higginson Building (engineering, named after Gordon Higginson , Professor of Engineering), and

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4704-420: The Chinese collection and the Egyptian collection, are also designated. The library is a member of the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL), Research Libraries UK and the Association of European Research Libraries . It partners with Durham Cathedral Library , Ushaw College Library and other Durham University collections in the Durham Residential Research Library. Cosin's Library

4816-439: The Church of England until the Universities Tests Act 1871 . However, "dissenters" were able to attend Durham and then sit the examinations for degrees of the University of London , which were not subject to any religious test. Following the grant of a supplemental charter in 1895 allowing women to receive degrees of the university, the Women's Hostel ( St Mary's College from 1919) was founded in 1899. The Newcastle division of

4928-444: The Durham Cathedral archive at 5, The College, college libraries at twelve of the colleges, Durham Cathedral Library and Ushaw College Library. There are also additional study spaces (not considered library locations) in Elvet Riverside, the Mathematical Sciences and Computer Sciences Building (Upper Mountjoy), Dunelm House (students' union) and the Calman Learning Centre (Lower Mountjoy). The Bill Bryson Library (known informally as

5040-578: The Mountjoy site include Applebey (West Building; capacity 275; named after Malcolm Applebey, chair of the Durham Colleges Council 1937–1955); Scarbrough (Chemistry Building; capacity 264; named after Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough , chancellor of the university 1958–1969); Dawson (Dawson Building; capacity 228); the Calman Learning Centre lecture theatres: Arnold Wolfendate (capacity 400, named after Sir Arnold Wolfendale , Astronomer Royal and Professor of Physics), Rosemary Cramp (capacity 260, named after Dame Rosemary Cramp , first female professor at

5152-423: The North East. These include: Other important historical items include two copies of the first issue of the first edition of Isaac Newton 's Principia , one signed by John Dalton . The library has two major libraries – the Bill Bryson Library, which is the main university library, and Palace Green Library, which houses the special collections and archives. A third library, the International Study Centre Library,

5264-454: The Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics, designed by Daniel Libeskind . The new building, named after alumnus Peter Ogden , provides extra laboratories and office space for 140 staff. In May 2017 the university announced a new ten-year strategy that proposed investing £700m in improving the campus, creating 300 new academic posts, increasing the size of the university to 21,500 students while attracting more international students, and expanding

5376-411: The Routh Library, as well as digitisers and other equipment for heritage science in the former dungeon. Cosin's Library houses Bishop Cosin's collection, with additions by his successors, along with books donated to the university in the 19th century by Bishop Maltby and Thomas Masterman Winterbottom . The University Library, originally built as lecture rooms by Sir Arthur Blomfield in 1882, now houses

5488-408: The Senate to choose to move to Newcastle after this. This was blocked by John Taylor , MP for Chester-le-Street , with the support of graduates of the Durham colleges, until the bill was modified to establish a federal university with its seat fixed in Durham, as well as greater representation for the graduates (including that the chancellor would be appointed by convocation, as remains the case) and

5600-423: The Universities of Durham and Teesside (JUCOT) established at Thornaby-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, 30 miles (48 km) to the south of Durham. It opened under the name of University College Stockton (UCS) in 1992. UCS was initially intended to grant joint degrees validated by both institutions (BAs and BScs). However, Teesside, which had only become

5712-439: The Warden of the Durham Division and the Rector of the Newcastle Division, the chief academic and administrative officers of the two divisions under the 1937 statutes. The executive head of Durham University continues to use the title of "Vice-Chancellor and Warden". After World War II, the Durham division expanded rapidly. St Aidan's Society ( St Aidan's College from 1961) was founded in 1947 to cater for non-resident women and

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5824-424: The William Temple Memorial Church, and St Saviour, Fairweather Green, Bradford , West Yorkshire (1966). Also Modernist are the chapels at St. Michael's College , Llandaff (1957–59), Scargill House , Wharfedale , North Yorkshire (1958–61), and Keele University , Staffordshire (1964–65). The Addleshaw Tower , a free-standing bell tower for Chester Cathedral , Cheshire (1973–75), Pace's last major work, again

5936-474: The abolition of ad eundem degrees. This reform also removed the university from the authority of the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral , who had been the governors of the university since its foundation. Thirty years after this, the Royal Commission of 1937 recommended changes in the constitution of the federal university, resulting in the merger of the two colleges in the Newcastle Division to form King's College. The vice-chancellorship alternated between

6048-509: The area around Howlands Farm (Josephine Butler and Stephenson colleges), the Leazes Road site (Hild Bede College), and the Business School site on Mill Hill as possible locations for new accommodation development (i.e., new colleges). A 'strategy refresh' was approved in 2023, which included establishing a new cultural quarter on the old swimming baths site in Elvet and developing interdisciplinary science research and laboratory facilities at Upper Mountjoy. Ushaw College , 5 miles west of Durham,

6160-401: The biography of his father, states that Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an early influence. He also quoted a fellow student who said "whilst most of the students enthused about Lloyd Wright or Gropius , George was more concerned with the ideas of William Morris , Lethaby and Burges ". The authors of the Buildings of England series note the influence of Le Corbusier in his design of

6272-413: The biological sciences building in 1993 (now biosciences). The mathematical sciences and computer sciences building opened in 2021 and also includes the Hazan Venture Lab, intended to equip students for entrepreneurship and to encourage student start-ups. The local NHS administrative offices are also located in John Snow House in Upper Mountjoy. Large lecture theatres with a capacity of over 200 on

6384-402: The bookshelves were painted by Jan Baptist van Eerssell in 1668–1669. Further portraits hang in the library, including half portraits of English statesmen . Nearly three hundred years later, a former university librarian, David Ramage, completed Cosin's original plan for the library by painting further portrait panels for the smaller room added in 1670–1671. The university library initially used

6496-414: The business school and the departments of law, politics, English and history to reach "critical research mass". In 2018 the university announced that a consortium led by Interserve would design, build and operate two colleges at Mount Oswald (new buildings for John Snow College and one new college ) for £105 million. The project company (in which the university has a 15 per cent stake) financed

6608-427: The campus was home to around 2,000 full-time students in two colleges ( John Snow and Stephenson Colleges ) and the Wolfson Research Institute , with a bus connecting Queen's Campus to Durham City. The colleges and academic departments were relocated between 2017 and 2018, and Queen's Campus became an International Study Centre (ISC) run by Study Group , preparing non-EU foreign students to enter degree courses at

6720-504: The collection of the Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland. Durham University Library is a member of several organisation, including: Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham ) is a collegiate public research university in Durham , England , founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years, after Oxford and Cambridge , and

6832-431: The college to confer degrees met with opposition from Oxford and Cambridge universities, and the whole scheme was abandoned at the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Consequently, it was not until 1832 when Parliament , at the instigation of Archdeacon Charles Thorp and with the support of the Bishop of Durham, William van Mildert , passed "an Act to enable the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral to appropriate part of

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6944-458: The complete refurbishment of the rest of the library. This enabled the transfer of the music and law collections out of the Palace Green Library, allowing it to be dedicated to archives and special collections, and also provided additional study spaces for students. Following the extension and refurbishment, the Bill Bryson library has 11,500 m (124,000 sq ft) of floor space and 23,000 m (75,000 ft) of open shelving. The library

7056-524: The construction via a £90 million 46-year bond issue. The two colleges opened in 2020. Separately, the university announced that it had raised £225 million to fund its estate masterplan through the private sale of long-term bonds to British and US investors. In 2021 it was reported that there was a culture of sexism and bullying at Durham, and that the university had been reluctant to address structural problems, thereby enabling this culture to develop relatively unchallenged. Durham University owns

7168-482: The decision was made to expand further on Elvet Hill (where the science site had been established in the 1920s), relocating St Mary's College, building new men's colleges, vastly expanding the existing pure science provision in Durham, and adding applied science (1960) and engineering (1965). In 1947, the foundation stones for the new St Mary's College building on Elvet Hill were laid by Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II ). The new building opened in 1952. In

7280-410: The department of Government and International Affairs, as well as the Teikyo University of Japan in Durham and the Oriental Museum . Ustinov College, Durham's postgraduate college, is located in Sheraton Park, beyond Elvet Hill. 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

7392-455: The departments in the faculty of social science and health. Development of what is now Lower Mountjoy began in 1923 with the Dawson Building (originally the Science Building until 1952, when it was named after Sir Arthur James Dawson, a northeast educator). This building is now home to the departments of archaeology and anthropology, but has also housed chemistry, geology, physics, biology, botany and zoology. Later 20th century development included

7504-557: The establishment of Durham University Library in 1833, a new gallery was constructed inside Cosin's Library to house them. Cosin's Library, and its collection of medieval manuscripts and early printed books came under the trusteeship of the university library in 1937. Cosin's Library is a Grade II* listed building and an ancient monument, and is located inside the Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site . The internal architecture and decoration are also of international importance. The original portrait panels located above

7616-417: The estate over the period to 2027, including the development of a new home for the business school at Elvet Waterside (Old Elvet), to open in 2021, the redevelopment of the arts and humanities facilities at Elvet Riverside (New Elvet), opening from 2022, the construction of four to six new colleges, and the continued development of the Mountjoy site. The university's Estate Masterplan for 2017–2027 identified

7728-415: The first students graduating a week later. At the opening of the university, accommodation was provided in the Archdeacon's Inn (now Cosin's Hall ); in 1837 an order of the Queen-in-Council was issued granting the university use of Durham Castle , which had previously been a palace of the Bishop of Durham, for further accommodation. In 1846, Bishop Hatfield 's Hall (later to become Hatfield College )

7840-490: The gatehouse, keep, north range and west range of Durham Castle , and multiple listings covering surviving sections of the castle walls around the north of the castle and along the top of the river bank behind Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society ) and 79 grade II or II* listed buildings. As of 2023, the estate in Durham includes 112 ha (280 acres) of woodland scrub (with 46 ha (110 acres) of woodland designated as Areas of High Landscape Value, including

7952-417: The independent St Chad's and St John's colleges, which are not owned by the university). The insurance reinstatement value was estimated as close to £850 million in 2014. Durham City is the main location of the university and contains all of the colleges and academic departments. The Durham City estate is spread across several different sites. The Bailey and Palace Green form the historic centre of

8064-488: The last men's college, became mixed; followed by the women's college of Trevelyan in 1992, leaving the original women's college of St Mary's as the last single-sex college. In 1989 the university opened a fund-raising and alumni office, with a virtual community for alumni. In 1991, a joint venture between the university and the University of Teesside saw the Joint University College on Teesside of

8176-502: The libraries of Durham Cathedral and Ushaw College . Some departments, such as classics and ancient history, also have their own libraries. In February 2017, the university announced a £2 million investment to establish the first residential research library at a UK university in collaboration with Ushaw College and Durham Cathedral and offering access to the collections of all three institutions. The university's Museums, Galleries and Exhibitions manages three museums open to

8288-605: The library launched the Legacies of Enslavement and Colonialism at Durham University research project as part of Durham's action plan under the Race Equality Charter (REC). This project, led by the University Archivist, is looking at potential historical links between Durham University and colonialism and slavery and whether the university derived any income from slavery. The library is also part of

8400-492: The mid 19th century, University of Durham degrees were subject to a religion test and could only be taken by members of the established church. Medical degrees in Newcastle were exempt from this requirement from the start of the affiliation of the medical school, but in Durham it lasted until the revision of the statutes in 1865. Despite the opening of degrees, staff and members of Convocation were still required to be members of

8512-419: The music and law books, the last 'ordinary' books in Palace Green Library, relocated to the Bill Bryson Library. An alumni appeal raised £4.7 million towards this refurbishment. A further major extension of the Main Library was opened by former Chancellor Bill Bryson in 2012, and the building was renamed the Bill Bryson Library. In 2012, the library was part of a formal partnership with Durham Cathedral and

8624-548: The new gallery installed in Cosin's Library. However, after it received Martin Routh 's library in 1855 this space proved insufficient and it expanded into the upper floor of the Exchequer Building next door. Additional donations came from Bishop Edward Maltby in 1856 and Thomas Masterman Winterbottom in 1859. At this time the area south of Cosin's Library on Palace Green was a stab!e yard. An 1857 Ordnance Survey map shows two of

8736-552: The north bank of the Wear, opposite the Racecourse playing fields and Old Elvet, was home to the School of Education and Hild Bede College. As of 2024, this site is being redeveloped and refurbished with the aim that a 19th college will be established adjacent to Hild Bede. In preparation for redevelopment, departments and facilities were relocated from Leazes Road in 2022, and Hild Bede college moved temporarily to Rushford Court in

8848-451: The polytechnic, but in 1941 he was called up for army service. In that year he married Ina Florence Catherine Jones. During his army service he was commissioned and worked as a supervising architect, based in York . When in 1949 Pace was appointed as surveyor to the diocese of Sheffield , he resigned his commission and established a private practice in York. During that year he was elected

8960-420: The property of their church to the establishment of a University in connection therewith" ( 2 & 3 Will. 4 . c. 19 ) that the university came into being. The act received royal assent from King William IV on 4 July 1832. The university opened on 28 October 1833. In 1834 all but two of the bishops of the Church of England confirmed that they would accept holders of Durham degrees for ordination. In 1835

9072-593: The public, all accredited by Arts Council England through the UK Museum Accreditation Scheme, as well as two non-public collections. Total holdings are over 100,000 pieces. Built in the 1960s, the Durham University Oriental Museum grew predominantly from the acquisitions of the university's former School of Oriental Studies. The collection contains over 30,000 objects from Asian art to antiquities, covering

9184-743: The residential research library: the Barker fellowship, covering research on any of the collections, the Lendrum fellowship for research specifically on the medieval Durham Priory library, and the Holland fellowship for PhD students. There are also Spanish Gallery Collection Research Fellowships, funded by the Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica , which are offered jointly with the university's Zurbarán Centre in Bishop Auckland and are for research into

9296-544: The same year, tensions surfaced again over the Durham–Newcastle divide, with the university court putting forward a proposal to change the name of the university to the "University of Durham and Newcastle". This motion was defeated in convocation (the assembly of members of the university) by 135 votes to 129. Eleven years later, with the Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne Act 1963, King's College became

9408-695: The school of modern languages and cultures and parts of the department of English studies. Durham Students' Union is based in Dunelm House, just north of Elvet Riverside, linked to the peninsula area by Kingsgate Bridge. The Racecourse has university playing fields, including the main cricket ground. While no colleges are based in the Elvet area, it does contain the Parson's Field accommodation for St Cuthbert's Society and Hatfield College's James Barber House and Palmer's Garth accommodation. The Leazes Road site on

9520-525: The special and heritage collections. In 2005, designated status was granted by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to two of the special collections: Bishop Cosin's Library on Palace Green (founded in 1669 and including medieval manuscripts and early printed books) and the Sudan Archive, held in Palace Green Library. In 2012 the university, together with the British Library and Durham Cathedral , purchased Europe's oldest intact book,

9632-423: The stable yard, was filled in between 1935 and 1937, with the arch to the stable yard being replaced by the main entrance to the library. A further infill extension in 1950 covered the remaining area of the stable yard, linking a remaining stable block at the rear (west) of the site with the University Library building. A major extension to the Palace Green Library in 1968 designed by architect George Pace provided

9744-416: The stables – one on Palace Green and one behind the Diocesan Registry (built 1822; now the Music Library building) had been converted into lecture rooms. Cosin's Library was used at the time for examinations and convocations , but by 1880 the university had outgrown this space. In 1882, the stable block fronting onto Palace Green between Cosin's Library and the diocesan registry was demolished and replaced with

9856-673: The university and Professor of Archaeology) and Ken Wade (capacity 260, named after Kenneth Wade , Professor of Chemistry); and the 250 and 500 capacity Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre lecture theatres. Elvet Hill, south of the Mountjoy site, has ten of the colleges as well as the Botanic Garden and the vice-chancellor's residence in Hollingside House. It is also home to the Business School and

9968-616: The university and contain five colleges as well as the departments of music, history, classics and ancient history, and theology and religion, the Institute of Advanced Study, Palace Green Library (housing the university's special collections), the archaeological museum , the Durham Union Society , and the Assembly Rooms Theatre . The Bailey is linked to Dunelm House , home of Durham Students' Union in New Elvet, by

10080-427: The university and graduates of St Hild's were the first female graduates from Durham in 1898. During its expansion phase the university also became the first English university to establish relationships with overseas institutions; firstly in 1875 with Codrington College , Barbados, and secondly in early 1876 with Fourah Bay College , Sierra Leone. Under the arrangements the two colleges became affiliated colleges of

10192-473: The university led to the formation of the University of Durham, Stockton Campus (UDSC) in 1998 and the separation of teaching responsibilities from UCS. In 2001, two new colleges, John Snow and George Stephenson (after the physician and the engineer ) were established at Stockton, replacing UCS, and the new medical school (operating in association with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne ) accepted its first students. In 2002, her golden jubilee year,

10304-407: The university library has incorporated the historic Cosin's Library , founded by Bishop Cosin in 1669. Cosin's Library and the Sudan Archive held at Palace Green Library are designated collections under Arts Council England 's Designation Scheme for collections of national and international significance; two collections at Durham University Oriental Museum (also part of Library and Collections),

10416-475: The university library's management system for circulation and lending. In October 2005, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council designated the collections in Cosin's Library, along with the Sudan Archive in the Palace Green Library, as having "outstanding national and international significance" in the first round of the Designation Scheme to cover libraries. In 2010, the university launched

10528-743: The university was criticised for accepting funds from controversial sources, including the government of Iran, the US State Department , the prime minister of Kuwait, and British American Tobacco . The university announced in 2016 that it would relocate the colleges and academic activities currently at the Queen's Campus to Durham City from 2017; with the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health being transferred to Newcastle University . The Queen's Campus became an International Study Centre to prepare overseas students to study at Durham, run by Study Group . In March 2017 Lord Rees opened

10640-538: The university with their students sitting examinations for and receiving Durham degrees. The landmark event was not met with universal applause, with the London Times stating "it would not be much longer before the University of Durham was affiliated to the Zoo". After nearly a century of affiliation and with the prevailing winds of decolonisation, Fourah Bay became independent of the university in 1968 to form part of

10752-466: The university's Kingsgate Bridge . The Elvet area contains the departments of English studies and philosophy along with the school of modern languages and cultures in the faculty of arts as well as departments of sociology and sport and exercise sciences of the faculty of social sciences and health. While many of the departments are in converted houses, the Elvet Riverside complex is home to

10864-691: The university's library and collections along with those of Ushaw College and Durham Cathedral , were announced in 2017. In 2019 a visiting fellow at the residential research library from the University of Bristol found a royal charter of King John from 1200 in the archives of Ushaw College. The discovery made the national and international news. The residential research library takes in numerous collections and archives across Durham, including: These collections include over 400 manuscripts, 40,000 early and rare printed books, 5,300 m (17,400 ft) of archives, over 50,000 objects and 200 paintings. There are three endowed visiting fellowship schemes at

10976-523: The university, along with the relocation of the botanic garden (1970) and the business school (1977). These were not the only developments in the university, however. The Graduate Society, catering for postgraduate students, was founded in 1965 (renamed Ustinov College in 2003) and the Roman Catholic seminary of Ushaw College , which had been in Durham since 1808, was licensed as a hall of residence in 1968 (closed 2011). In 1988 Hatfield,

11088-689: The university, from September 2017. The former John Snow College buildings were sold in 2020 and, from 2022, only the Ebsworth building has been used by the ISC. Durham University Library was founded in January 1833 at Palace Green with a 160-volume donation by the Bishop of Durham, William Van Mildert, and now holds over 1.5 million printed items across four branches: Bill Bryson Library (the main library), Queen's Campus Library, Durham University Business School Library and Palace Green Library, which holds

11200-417: The university, which comprised both Armstrong College (named after Lord Armstrong) and Durham University College of Medicine, quickly grew to outnumber the Durham colleges, despite the addition of two independent Anglican foundations: St Chad's College (1904) and St John's College (1909). A parliamentary bill proposed in 1907 would have fixed the seat of the university in Durham for only ten years, allowing

11312-513: The viaduct area in summer 2024. UPP were announced in May 2024 as the preferred bidders to deliver the refurbishment of Hild Bede and the building of the new 19th college under a design, build, fund and operate model. The Mountjoy site (formerly the Science site) south of New Elvet contains many of the university's departments, including all of the departments in the faculty of science and most of

11424-537: The world heritage site includes Durham Castle, Palace Green and the surrounding buildings including the historic Cosin's Library . Current and emeritus academics as of 2018 included 15 Fellows of the Royal Society , 18 Fellows of the British Academy , 16 Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences , 5 Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , 3 Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts , 2 Fellows of

11536-406: Was an English architect who specialised in ecclesiastical works. He was trained in London, and served in the army, before being appointed as surveyor to a number of cathedrals. Most of his work was carried out on churches, although he did some secular work. His architectural style was Modernist , but he respected traditional styles, and on occasions combined both styles in his works. George Pace

11648-563: Was born in Croydon , Surrey, the son of a ship owner's clerk. He was educated at Addiscombe New College, and then became articled to James Ransome and Cootes in London. He studied in the evenings at Regent Street Polytechnic . Then went on to work with Darcy Braddell and Humphrey Deane, and then with Pite, Son, and Fairweather. During this time he won prizes, including the Pugin scholarship. After qualifying as an architect in 1939, he taught at

11760-509: Was co-founded by Peter Hammond and included architects Peter Gilbey, Robert Maguire , Keith Murray (an ecclesiastical designer), John Newton (Burles, Newton & Partners), Patrick Nuttgens , Patrick Reyntiens (stained glass artist), Austin Winkley , Lance Wright, as well as Catholic priest and theologian Charles Davis . New churches designed by Pace that are entirely Modernist include St Mark, Chadderton , Greater Manchester (1962–63),

11872-486: Was established in 1669 by Bishop John Cosin . The building was built in 1667–69 by the Quaker architect John Langstaffe specifically to house Cosin's collection of over 5,000 books. It was one of the first public libraries in the north of England and also one of the first libraries in England to adopt the new European style of having bookcases against the walls, leaving the central area of the library free for other uses. After

11984-755: Was founded around 1900 after the model of the College of Medicine SRC (in Newcastle). The Durham University SRC was formed in 1907 with representatives from the Durham Colleges, the College of Medicine, and Armstrong College (also in Newcastle). In 1963, after the creation of Newcastle University , the Durham Colleges SRC became the Durham University SRC, and was renamed as the Durham Students' Union in 1970. Until

12096-475: Was founded in 1888 for non-collegiate, mostly mature, male students as a non-residential society run by the students themselves. Two teacher-training colleges – St Hild's for women, established in 1858, and The College of the Venerable Bede for men, established in 1839, also existed in the city and these merged to form the mixed College of St Hild and St Bede in 1975. From 1896 these were associated with

12208-411: Was founded, providing the opportunity for students to obtain affordable lodgings with fully catered communal eating, a revolutionary idea at the time, endorsed by a Royal Commission in 1862 and later spread to other universities. Those attending University College were expected to bring a servant with them to deal with cooking, cleaning and so on. The level of applications to Bishop Hatfield's Hall led to

12320-511: Was surrendered to the Crown in 1545 following the Reformation. The strong tradition of theological teaching in Durham gave rise to various attempts to form a university within the city itself, notably under King Henry VIII and then under Oliver Cromwell , who issued letters patent and nominated a proctor and fellows for the establishment of a college in 1657 . However, a proposal to allow

12432-404: Was unchanged. The same year, St Mary's College had its first mixed undergraduate intake. In October 2006, Josephine Butler College opened its doors to students as Durham's newest college – the first purpose-built self-catering college for students within Durham. This was the first new college to open in Durham itself since the creation of Collingwood in the 1970s. In May 2010, Durham joined

12544-710: Was unveiled by Iain Stewart at the pedestrian entrance to Lower Mountjoy at the junction of South Road and Stockton Road, near the Bill Bryson Library. Development of the Upper Mountjoy site started with construction of the psychology building in 1970, followed by the Mountjoy Research Centre, built in 1984 for the University of Durham Industrial Research Laboratories (now the Mountjoy Centre, housing university service departments), and

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