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===Colleges=== {{main|Colleges of the University of York}} [[File:Physics Block, University of York.jpg|thumb|268x268px|Physics Block, University of York.]] York is a [[collegiate university]] and has eleven [[Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom|colleges]].<ref name="colleges"/> All colleges have equal status, and each has its own constitution. Each college is governed by its own College Council, which contains a combination of university staff and elected student members and is chaired by a Senior College [[Fellow]]. The day-to-day running of the colleges is managed by administrative staff from the university's Student Life and Wellbeing unit, with all the colleges coordinated by an administrative Senior Colleges Manager. In 2023, the university substituted the academic role of [[Head of College|College Principal]] for the unrenumerated post of Senior College Fellow. Most colleges have a [[Common Room (university)|Junior Common Room]] for undergraduate students, which is managed by the elected Junior Common Room Committee. Some colleges retain a Graduate Common Room for postgraduate students, as well as a [[Senior Common Room]], which is managed by elected representatives of the college's academic and administrative members. Other colleges however combine undergraduate and postgraduate representation together into student associations. The colleges are deliberately assigned undergraduates, postgraduate students and staff from a wide mixture of disciplines.<ref name="colleges" /> ''The Sunday Times'' noted, "The colleges are tight-knit communities within the university and enjoy a healthy rivalry." The colleges share practical features of the halls of residence of other UK universities, as well as the traditional [[Oxbridge]] and [[University of Durham|Durham]] colleges. In recent years, the university has built three new colleges on Campus East. The ninth college was founded in 2014 and was named [[Constantine College, York|Constantine]] after the Roman emperor [[Constantine I]], who was proclaimed [[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]] in York in 306 AD.<ref name="constantine" /> The tenth was founded in 2021 and named after [[Anne Lister]]. The eleventh was founded in 2022 and named after [[David Kato]].<ref name=":0" /> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- ! Name ! Foundation ! Named after |- |'''[[Derwent College, York|Derwent College]]'''||1965||[[River Derwent, Yorkshire|River Derwent]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/derwent/about/history/|title=History of the College|publisher=[[Derwent College]]|access-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122002619/http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/derwent/about/history/|archive-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> |- |'''[[Langwith College, York|Langwith College]]'''||1965{{efn|group=colleges|Langwith moved to the Campus East in 2012}}||Langwith Common<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/langwith/about/history/|title=History and Mission|publisher=[[Langwith College]]|access-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122003603/http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/langwith/about/history/|archive-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> |- |'''[[Alcuin College, York|Alcuin College]]'''||1967||[[Alcuin|Alcuin of York]], scholar and advisor to [[Charlemagne]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/alcuin/about/history/|title=History of Alcuin|publisher=[[Alcuin College]]|access-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122001326/http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/alcuin/about/history/|archive-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> |- |'''[[Vanbrugh College, York|Vanbrugh College]]'''||1967||[[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]], designer of [[Castle Howard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/vanbrugh/about/history/sirjohn/|title=Sir John Vanbrugh|publisher=[[Vanbrugh College]]|access-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122003111/http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/vanbrugh/about/history/sirjohn/|archive-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> |- |'''[[Goodricke College, York|Goodricke College]]'''||1968{{efn|group=colleges|Goodricke moved to the Campus East in 2009}}||[[John Goodricke]], astronomer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/goodricke/about/history/|title=College History|publisher=[[Goodricke College]]|access-date=21 January 2015|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005202327/https://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/goodricke/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |'''[[Wentworth College, York|Wentworth College]]'''||1972{{efn|group=colleges|Wentworth was refounded in 2001 and became a postgraduate only college.<ref name="wentworth history"/>}}||[[Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford]]<ref name="wentworth history">{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/wentworth/about/historyofthecollege/|title=College history|publisher=[[Wentworth College]]|access-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122000726/http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/wentworth/about/historyofthecollege/|archive-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> |- |'''[[James College, York|James College]]'''||1990{{efn|group=colleges|James College was originally postgraduate only, but changed to accept undergraduates in 1993.}}||[[Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme|Lord James of Rusholme]]<ref name="james history">{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/james/about/history/|title=History of the College|publisher=[[James College]]|access-date=21 January 2015|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012600/https://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/james/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |'''[[Halifax College, York|Halifax College]]'''||2002{{efn|group=colleges|Halifax College was originally Halifax Court, but received college status in 2002.<ref name="halifax history"/>}}||[[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax]]<ref name="halifax history">{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/halifax/about/history/|title=History of Halifax College|publisher=[[Halifax College]]|access-date=21 January 2015|archive-date=24 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824051941/https://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/halifax/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |'''[[Constantine College, York|Constantine College]]'''||2014||Emperor [[Constantine the Great]]<ref name="constantine">{{cite news |url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2013/08/22/new-college-will-be-called-constantine/ |title=New college will be called 'Constantine' |newspaper=Nouse |date=22 August 2013 |access-date=23 August 2013 |last=Parker |first=Fiona |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923212627/http://www.nouse.co.uk/2013/08/22/new-college-will-be-called-constantine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |'''[[Anne Lister College, York|Anne Lister College]]'''||2021||[[Anne Lister]], Yorkshire landowner and diarist<ref name="Anne Lister College Announcement">{{cite news |url=https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/campus/lister-college-naming/ |title=New University of York college to be named after Yorkshire diarist Anne Lister |date=24 January 2021 |access-date=28 January 2021 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125220902/https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/campus/lister-college-naming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |'''[[David Kato College, York|David Kato College]]''' |2022 |[[David Kato]], Ugandan human rights defender<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=New University of York college named after human rights defender, David Kato|url=https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/campus/college-david-kato-human-rights/|access-date=16 June 2021|website=University of York|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616021121/https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/campus/college-david-kato-human-rights/|url-status=live}}</ref> |} <gallery> File:Arms of Halifax College.svg|Halifax College </gallery>{{notelist|group=colleges}}
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