Wrath

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: University College, Durham, St Chad's College, Hatfield College, Trevelyan College, College of St Hild and St Bede, St Cuthbert's Society, St John's College, Durham, Van Mildert College, Josephine Butler College, Grey College, Durham, St Mary's College, Durham, Ushaw College, St Aidan's College, Collingwood College, Durham, Ustinov College, Stephenson College, John Snow College, Bailey College, Hill College. Excerpt: University College, commonly known as Castle, is a college of the University of Durham in England. Centred around Durham Castle on Palace Green, it was founded in 1832 and is the oldest of Durham's colleges. As with all of Durham's colleges, it is, independently of the University, a listed body under section 216 of the Education Reform Act 1988. Almost all academic activities, such as research and tutoring, occur at a university level. University College moved into its current location in 1837. Around 150 students are accommodated within Durham Castle itself. Other halls of residence, dating from the 1950s and 1970s, are within five minutes' walk of the Castle. It has 600 undergraduates and is currently the most over-subscribed college of the University. In 1987 it was changed from an all male college to a mixed gender college. Since 1998 its Master has been geologist Professor Maurice Tucker. University College was formed upon the creation of University of Durham in 1832. At that time the university had just one college, though it was intended to be a collegiate in the manner of Oxford and Cambridge. Durham Castle had been the home of the Prince Bishops of Durham, and Bishop van Mildert, one of the founders of the university, had intended for the castle to be given to the college. Temporary accommodation for students was provi... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=160892