Keynes College, Kent

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Keynes College, University of Kent
The front of Keynes College
College name Keynes College
Named after John Maynard Keynes
Established 1968
Master David Reason
JCC President
Students

Keynes College is the third oldest college of the University of Kent. It was established in 1968.[1]

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[edit] Namesake

It was named, after much debate, after the economist John Maynard Keynes. Other names considered included Richborough, a town in Kent, and Anselm, a former Archbishop of Canterbury. [2] Appropriately the University's department of Economics is located in the building.

[edit] College architecture

The college was designed by different architects from Eliot and Rutherford and consequently has a very different design. With limited funds, the initial study bedrooms lacked individual wash-basins, instead having communal facilities, though common areas for groups of study bedrooms were included, a change from the Eliot and Rutherford corridors.[3]

Keynes is notable for having a much clearer separation between the residential and non-residential areas than the other three colleges, with the teaching rooms and old dining hall concentrated at the front and east of the college.

[edit] College traditions

The Junior College Committee runs annual welfare and education campaigns and works closely with the Students' Union to provide service for the students in Keynes.

Every year the college holds "Keynestock", a music festival, which attracts over 1200 students and raises a lot of money for charity.

[edit] References

  1. ^ About Kent - History - 1959-1969. University of Kent (2007-01-11). Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
  2. ^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 124 ISBN 0-904938-03-4
  3. ^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 128 ISBN 0-904938-03-4
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The Templeman Library on the Canterbury campus. The Senate is in the foreground.
The Templeman Library on the Canterbury campus. The Senate is in the foreground.

University: People • Students' Union • Academic dress

Individuals: Chancellor: Sir Robert Worcester • Vice Chancellor: Julia Goodfellow

Colleges: Eliot • Rutherford • Keynes • Darwin • Virginia Woolf (under construction)

Departments: Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology • Medway School of Pharmacy

Campuses: Canterbury • Medway • Tonbridge • Brussels

Associated colleges: Chaucer College • University Centre Hastings • Wye College

Miscellaneous: UKC Radio • 1970 Chancellor election

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