Collingwood College, Durham

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Collingwood College
                             
University Durham University
Location Durham City
Coordinates 54°45′46″N 1°34′34″W / 54.762778°N 1.576111°W / 54.762778; -1.576111Coordinates: 54°45′46″N 1°34′34″W / 54.762778°N 1.576111°W / 54.762778; -1.576111
Motto Aime le meilleur
Motto in English Love the best
Established 1972
Named for Sir Edward Collingwood
Principal Professor Joe Elliott
Undergraduates ~1050
Postgraduates ~60
Senior tutor Dr Kevin Miller
Website
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Location within Durham

Collingwood College is a college of Durham University in England. It is the second largest of Durham's undergraduate colleges. Founded in 1972 as the first purpose-built, mixed-sex college in Durham, it is named after the mathematician Sir Edward Collingwood (1900–70), who was also for a time Chair of the Council of Durham University.

Campus

Collingwood College showing the new entrance added in 1994

The college is located to the south of Durham city centre, on South Road. The steep incline of this road leads to Collingwood and the surrounding colleges being commonly referred to as 'Hill' colleges. Extended in 1994, Collingwood now has over a thousand students allocated to it, and approximately 550 bed spaces within the college. Not all students live in college during their time at the university, but all students in their first year and the majority of those in their final year are allocated a place.

Facilities

Although most Durham colleges are not used for teaching purposes, the college is equipped with a moderate library, music practice rooms and public computing facilities. Other welfare and entertainment facilities exist, including a bar, student-run shop, coffee shop, gym, television room, several common rooms and various provisions for sports. During the summer of 2006, the music rooms were converted into a fully equipped recording studio, with a new JCR officer position being created to run it.

The college is also a popular venue for academic conferences and other commercial events, often arranged and marketed by Event Durham. The income from these is used by the Colleges' Division to maintain and enhance college bedrooms and other facilities.

In June 2011 contractors began building work on a new gymnasium on the college campus, known as the Mark Hillary Gym it opened in October 2012.

Student organization

As with all colleges in Durham, the students organise and democratise themselves by creating and running a body known as the Junior Common Room, or more commonly JCR. All students of the college are JCR members unless they specifically request otherwise. The JCR is a constituent member of the Durham Students' Union which in turn is a constituent member of the National Union of Students. Thus, all student members of Collingwood are NUS members as well. Each year the JCR is managed by a democratically elected President; the current President for 2013-2014 is James Proudfoot.

The college has a number of sports clubs, for example:

  • Collingwood College Boat Club
  • Collingwood College Rugby Football Club
  • Collingwood College Cricket Club
  • Collingwood College Association Football Club (President: Jeremy Talbot)

Notable alumni

Principals

Gallery

  • Collingwood College in the winter of 1979-80 from the south, and showing the college's two main wings. This view is no longer accessible as landscaping and tree growth have obscured it.

  • A series of views taken from Jarrow block across the college grounds between Autumn 1979 and Summer 1980

  • Collingwood College in c. 1979 showing the original entrance behind a gathering of students setting off for a charity event

  • Collingwood College in June 1991 showing the original entrance

  • shot taken from the meadow on 26 June 1991, showing the Lilburn and Barnard wings

  • Collingwood College in 1994 during the major building work that greatly increased the college's size

See also

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References

  1. ↑ ‘SALISBURY, Bishop of’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U20625, accessed 5 April 2013]
  2. ↑ ‘McFARLANE, Rt Hon. Sir Andrew (Ewart)’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U25622, accessed 5 April 2013]
  3. ↑ ‘BAYLEY, Peter Charles’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6863, accessed 5 April 2013]
  4. ↑ ‘TUCK, Prof. (John) Anthony’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U38123, accessed 5 April 2013]
  5. ↑ ‘CORRIGAN, Prof. (Francis) Edward’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U11944, accessed 5 April 2013]

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