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38-706: Vanbrugh College is one of the eleven colleges of the University of York . It was opened in 1967 and is named after Sir John Vanbrugh , designer of Castle Howard . In 2013 'Green Vanbrugh' was established. This group was created to increase awareness of the environmental issues within the college and to promote involvement from college members. The College is home to the History and History of Art departments, Language and Linguistics and Music together with some 2100 undergraduates and 180 graduate students. The main college building, three storeys high and constructed in

76-452: A Chair/President, Vice Chair/Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer who have signatory powers. Below the executive committee are the rest of the members of the committees who have responsibilities for welfare, activities, events and the general running of the committee. The colleges are responsible for many of the social activities of their members, and each JCRC/CSAC organises the 'Fresher's Week' activities for its college. Another central role

114-462: A Graduate Common Room and a Senior Common Room and therefore it's CSA plays the same role as the JCRC in the other colleges. A University of York Students' Union (YUSU) referendum proposing the formation of College Student Associations passed in 2013. This did not change the structure of student representation in the colleges however, as the colleges are independent of YUSU and therefore any change in

152-584: A deal that allowed Principal Hayley to continue managing the hotels for 25 years. Principal Hayley repurchased the six hotels in 2012, in the aftermath of the 2007–2008 financial crisis , for £200 million, £75 million less than they had sold them for. The following year, in 2013, the Principal Hayley Group was sold to Starwood Capital . The hotel was renovated and renamed The Principal York on 1 November 2016. Starwood Capital sold Principal Hayley to Fonciere des Regions in 2018, and

190-570: Is in the village of Heslington on the edge of York. A year later, work began on purpose-built structures on the Heslington West campus, including the construction of the Colleges, which now form the main part of the university. Baron James of Rusholme , the university's first Vice-Chancellor, set out to create a modern university which retained and updated the collegiate system of the traditional collegiate universities of Oxbridge , It

228-430: Is managed by elected representatives of the college's academic and administrative members. The colleges are deliberately assigned undergraduates, postgraduate students and staff from a wide mixture of disciplines. In 1963 the University of York opened. At the time, the university consisted of three buildings, principally the historic King's Manor in the city centre and Heslington Hall , which has Tudor foundations and

266-532: Is managed by elected representatives of the college's academic and administrative members. The only exceptions to this are Wentworth which as a post-graduate only college does not have a Junior Common Room, and Halifax, Constantine, Anne Lister , David Kato , and Goodricke which are run by a College Student Association that represents both undergraduates and postgraduates together. Vanbrugh and Langwith's Junior Common Room Committees are branded as College Student Associations, however both Vanbrugh and Langwith retains

304-426: Is the appointment of STYCs (an abbreviation for Second and Third Year Contacts) who are returning students who are responsible for looking after new first years. Intercollegiate sport is one of the main activities of the colleges. Currently there are 21 leagues with weekly fixtures, in addition a number of one day events are organised as well. The results of the leagues and the one-day events are combined to determine

342-550: The Junior Common Room , and continue to remain members throughout their time at the university. In 2021, the JCRC was rebranded as a College Student Association (CSA) via a referendum. The Vanbrugh College Student Association (VSA) consists of around 40 members and is headed by the President. There is additionally a Senior Common Room for the use of postgraduate students. The 2024 VCSA Executive Committee is: Volume

380-639: The North Eastern Railway , the hotel was an integral part of the new station. As the North Eastern Railway Company's flagship hotel, it was managed directly by the railway. It featured elegant, high-ceilinged banqueting rooms and 100 large bedrooms costing 14 shillings a night. It was built by Lucas Brothers . A 27-room west wing was added in 1896, nicknamed the "Klondyke" for the Klondike Gold Rush of

418-575: The United Kingdom , which broadcasts online and on 88.3 FM. The Head of College is the Principal , a university academic who shares teaching duties with college responsibilities. Initially the head of Vanbrugh College was titled Provost, but from 2013 this was changed to Principal. The incumbent principal is Professor Andy Parsons. There have been five Principals of Vanbrugh College: All undergraduate members of Vanbrugh College are members of

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456-506: The 1960s in the CLASP system, consists of four blocks arranged within a square. The western, northern and eastern blocks are known, respectively, as A, B and C blocks, all of which were residential blocks when the college opened in 1968. The southern side, often known as the teaching block, contains offices for the History and History of Art departments plus two lecture theatres. It was also

494-500: The City of York planners approved the design for the new campus. It was decided that rather than create a new college that an existing College should be moved. Goodricke College was selected for this and moved onto the new campus in 2009 with James taking over its building on Heslington West. In 2012 the same process took place with Langwith moving to Heslington East and Derwent taking over its previous buildings. In 2014 Heslington East saw

532-497: The College Constitution was suitably updated. The day-to-day running of the colleges is managed by an elected committee of staff and student members chaired by the college's Senior College Fellow . Colleges have a Junior Common Room for undergraduate students, which is managed by the elected Junior Common Room Committee, and a Graduate Common Room for post-graduate students, as well as a Senior Common Room , which

570-816: The Colleges Governance Review, in April 2023 the Student Life Committee agreed to discontinue the role of College Principal. College Council would be chaired by the Senior College Fellow, with all colleges who did not already have one now appointing one. College Managers will continue to have operational responsibility for the college, and will serve as the Executive Officer of the Council. In November 2023,

608-458: The accommodation for undergraduates and postgraduates at the university. While lectures, examinations, laboratories and facilities such as the central library are run by the university, the colleges play an important role in the pastoral care of the student body. Every student is a member of a college, staff may choose to join a college if they wish. All the colleges are of equal status, but each has its own constitution. The day-to-day running of

646-556: The base for the Mathematics department until the early 2000s. C Block also houses a Computing Service computer room, V058, previously known in abbreviated form as "vuft" when it belonged to the Computer Science department. In addition, social space located in an extension off the teaching block includes a dining hall, V-bar, JCR , SCR , a Porter's Lodge and a corridor known as Vanbrugh Stalls, which takes its name from

684-406: The colleges is managed by an elected committee of staff and student members chaired by the college's 'Senior College Fellow', alongside the administrative College Manager. Each college has a Junior Common Room or College Student Association for students, which is managed by the elected Junior Common Room/College Student Association Committee. The older colleges also have a Senior Common Room , which

722-405: The construction of Colleges ceased until 1990 with the foundation of James College, York . Initially James was intended to be a postgraduate only college, however the university began to rapidly expand in size almost doubling in size from 4,300 to 8,500 students, in 1993 therefore it was decided that the college should become open to undergraduates. The expansion of student numbers also resulted in

760-429: The creation of more accommodation by the university which was named 'Halifax Court'; the members of Halifax Court were members of other colleges however soon formed their own Junior Common Room . In 2002 Halifax Court was made a full College of the university and was renamed as Halifax College, York . In 2003, the university set out plans to create a campus for 5,000 additional students, Heslington East . In May 2008

798-716: The establishment of the ninth college and was named Constantine after the Roman emperor Constantine the Great , who was proclaimed Augustus in York in 306 AD. Due to increasing demands for accommodation, two new colleges have been built on the University's East Campus. The first, opened in 2021 is named after Anne Lister and the second is named after David Kato . Like other plate glass universities , such as Lancaster , colleges are primarily residence halls as opposed to having

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836-673: The frequent society and ticket-selling stalls that are set up there. A further building to the west contains offices for the Students Union as well as Your:Books, the Students' Union second hand book store. Now called Grimston House, it was originally known as X Block. University buildings are named by their college or building name initial and then a block letter. As the fourth block in Vanbrugh, this would have been known as VD block. The University decided to call it VX instead. This

874-477: The hall of residence on Fulford Road, Fulford House. In 2005 it was decided that half of Block B and all of Block C would be converted into offices. In January 2006, 86 students moved into P and Q blocks of Alcuin College while retaining their membership of Vanbrugh College. These accommodation arrangements were only for the year 2005–2006 while the old Bleachfield site to the north-west of Heslington campus

912-644: The legal status of 'listed bodies' as seen at Oxford and Cambridge . However, the colleges do still have considerable autonomy. Every college is governed by its own constitution, which designates a college council as its governing body. This is chaired by the Senior College Fellow, and consists of the College Manager, the Deputy College Manager, and representatives of the student membership. Often other non-voting members are included such as college fellows, and college tutors . Changes to

950-600: The new owners contracted with IHG Hotels & Resorts to manage the properties. In October 2022, Glasgow-based RBH Management took over operations of the hotel. In March 2024, RBH announced their intention to rename the hotel The Milner York, for local war hero William Milner, the Second World War-era foreman of York station, killed on 29 April 1942 during German air raids known as the Baedeker Raids , while attempting to retrieve first aid supplies in

988-621: The present station opened. The Station Hotel opened on 22 February 1853 as an addition to York old railway station , designed by architect was G. T. Andrews . Queen Victoria visited the hotel a year later, in 1854, and the hotel was renamed the Royal Station Hotel as a result. The first hotel became redundant after the opening of the new station in June 1877 and was converted into offices. The second Royal Station Hotel opened on 20 May 1878. Designed by architect William Peachey of

1026-559: The railways were privatised. This included British Transport Hotels . The sale was held by public tender. The sale inventory dated October 1982 is held by the National Railway Museum at York . In 1983, the hotel was sold to Batchshire Limited , a subsidiary of Sea Containers , and renamed The Royal York Hotel. In 2006, the Principal Hayley Group sold The Royal York Hotel, along with five other hotels, to Active Asset Investment Management for £275 million, under

1064-600: The structure of the colleges starting in September 2015 meant that the previous role of Head of College became part-time, and the full-time role of Assistant Head of College was introduced. In September 2019, this role was renamed to College Manager, with the role of Head of College becoming titled the College Principal. Before it was discontinued, the last colleges with a College Principal were Derwent College , Langwith College , and Vanburgh College . Following

1102-626: The time. In 1923, ownership and management of the hotel transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). In 1948, Britain's railways were nationalised and with them York's railway hotel. Initially this was as part of the 'Hotels Executive' of the British Transport Commission. The British Transport Hotels brand came about in 1953. In 1981, an annexe to the hotel, called the Friars Garden Hotel ,

1140-487: The way representation is organised would require a college referendum. No college has changed its status (Halifax having already had a CSA, and Constantine only being founded after the referendum), with Wentworth and Vanbrugh being the only colleges to have held a referendum on changing to a Student Association which resulted in a no vote. Junior Common Rooms and Student Associations are each different in composition, but are broadly headed by an 'Executive Committee' made up of

1178-461: The winner of the 'College Cup', in the 2013/14 standings James College won, with Derwent College coming second, and Alcuin College coming third. In 2014 a new tournament was created "College Varsity" which was held between York's colleges and the colleges of Durham University . York hosted the first tournament which was won by Durham's colleges, as was the second held in Durham. The third tournament

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1216-404: Was a disco-type event run by Vanbrugh VSA. The event took place in the college bar, JCR and Vanbrugh Hall simultaneously, with each of which playing a different style of music. All areas have a late licence, usually until 1:00 am. Occasionally this is extended until 1:30 am. With a capacity of 600, it is the largest college venue on campus. Volume is the rebranded version of Planet V, which

1254-442: Was completed. Vanbrugh is made up of four main accommodation areas: The paved area between Vanbrugh College and the lake, previously known as Vanbrugh Paradise, was renamed as Greg's Place in 2016 in honour of Greg Dyke who had been university chancellor till 2015. Between Vanbrugh A Block and Grimston House a shed, once used as a cleaners' cupboard, is used by University Radio York : the first legal independent radio station in

1292-408: Was held in 2016 and was hosted and won by York. The Principal York 53°57′33″N 1°05′29″W  /  53.9591°N 1.0914°W  / 53.9591; -1.0914 The Milner York is an historic Grade II listed building on Station Road , adjacent to York railway station , England. It is a five-storey building of yellow Scarborough brick and was completed in 1878, a year after

1330-442: Was in part as the building, when viewed from above, was X-shaped. The building underwent major alterations in 1999, changing the shape of the east frontage, and was then renamed. Vanbrugh students also can apply for off-campus accommodation at Fairfax House which is situated on Heslington Road, approximately 10 minutes walk from the main college building, housing approximately 90 students, in addition to around 30 Vanbrugh residents in

1368-596: Was opened in a building that formerly served as the North Eastern Railway catering department. This was the last investment under nationalised ownership. A typical turnover at this time was 1981s £1,225,000. This source stated that there were then 135 bedrooms and 23 in Friar's Garden. At this time 24 rooms were not en-suite. The Ebor Restaurant had 52 covers. In 2013, this was The Tempus Restaurant. Under Margaret Thatcher's government, ancillary activities of

1406-813: Was planned that "Each college will be a unit of 300 students, 150 of whom will be resident, the remainder being in lodgings or in student flats, but using the college as their social centre. This organisation is unlike that of Oxford and Cambridge on one hand or the halls of residence at civic universities on the other. The college will differ from 'Oxbridge' in that they will not be autonomous financially, nor will they be responsible for admission of students or appointment of staff. They will differ from halls of residence in that teaching will be carried on in them." York's first two Colleges, Derwent and Langwith were founded in 1965, and were followed by Alcuin and Vanbrugh in 1967. Goodricke and Wentworth were founded shortly afterwards, in 1968 and 1972 respectively. After 1972

1444-608: Was scrapped at the end of 2007. In 2013, the decision to drop Volume. However, as of the start of the 2016 Fresher's Week, the VSA brought back Planet V to huge success, exceeding capacity of over 500. The event has now been set up a termly event and has become a key characteristic of the central college. The 2022 Summer Ball was held at the Principal Hotel . Colleges of the University of York The University of York has eleven colleges . These colleges provide most of

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