University College Plymouth St Mark & St John

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University College Plymouth St Mark & St John (Marjon)


Motto:	Abeunt studia in mores "out of studies comes character".
Established:	1973
Type:	Independent Church of England voluntary
Principal:	Professor David Baker
Students:	5,000 full and part-time
Location:	Plymouth, United Kingdom
Website:	http://www.marjon.ac.uk/

The University College Plymouth St Mark & St John which is more commonly referred to as Marjon is a higher education campus based college on the edge of Plymouth, England.

1 The history of the University College Plymouth St Mark & St John (Marjon)
2 About Marjon
3 About the area
4 Alumni
5 External links

[edit] The history of the University College Plymouth St Mark & St John (Marjon)

Marjon has a distinguished history in higher education going back more than 160 years to the foundation by the National Society (now National Society (Church of England) for Promoting Religious Education) of the constituent colleges of St John’s Battersea (1840) and St Mark’s College, Chelsea (1841). The two colleges combined on the Chelsea site in 1923 and the College of St Mark & St John moved from London to Plymouth in 1973. It has prepared people for degrees since 1862. Since 2007 when it gained University College status it has been able to award its own degrees rather than having to do so under the auspices of the University of Exeter.

[edit] About Marjon

Marjon Campus

Marjon has one campus, one community with everything required to study and socialise all on the same site in Plymouth, South West England.

Marjon has an academic community of around 5,000 people and attracts students from all over the UK and overseas. The College has much to offer academically and socially and has a reputation for providing an environment where study and socialising go hand in hand.

In the 2005 Sunday Times University Guide, Marjon was ranked as the third best higher education college in the UK, and in terms of teaching excellence it was the best in the South West and ranked 10th overall in the UK. In the first national student survey Marjon appeared in the top ten.

International Students at Marjon

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are taught both on campus and overseas, with Marjon lecturers delivering learning in countries such as Mexico and Ethiopia.

A £4 million purpose-built health studies centre on the campus enables 1000 students from Devon and Cornwall to study a range of health therapies, providing opportunities for shared learning across health professions.