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New College, Durham, or Durham College, was a university institution set up by Oliver Cromwell, to provide an alternative to (and break the effective monopoly of) the older University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. It also had the aim of bringing university education to Northern England.
New College Durham was formed by the merger of Neville's Cross College in Neville's Cross and Durham Technical College in Framwellgate Moor in 1977. [1] Neville's Cross College was a teacher training college established in 1921 by Durham County Council. It initially only admitted women but became mixed in 1963.
It is situated on the A167 trunk road to the west of the centre of Durham. The area is primarily residential, although there is a newsagent, a church, some public houses and two primary schools located there. The suburb was also home to part of New College Durham until the college consolidated onto its site at Framwellgate Moor in 2005. [2]
It is situated to the north of Durham, and is adjacent to Pity Me and Newton Hall. It had a population of 5,404 in the 2011 Census. [1] With a slight increase to 6,112 in a 2018 local report. [2] It is the location of New College Durham, the major further education establishment of the city.
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Of Duke University’s undergraduate and graduate students, less than 20% live off campus — roughly 3,350 undergraduate and graduate students live across Durham and the surrounding areas. Hyman ...
South College has a carved wooden owl named Oswald, which is moved around the college to attend various events. He is present at the college matriculation of students, in which students pledge their allegiance to the college motto. [26] At college formals, a toast is made to the owl, in which students shout 'to Oswald' and repeat the college motto.
Students at Hillside High School in Durham “step into college” with new staircase featuring names of colleges and universities.