University of York

This article describes the University of York in England, for the University in Canada see York University .

University of York
motto	In limine sapientiae
founding	1963
Sponsorship	state
place	Heslington , UK
Acting Vice-Chancellor & President	Saul Tendler
Students	17,155
Employee	3,090
Networks	Russell group
Website	www.york.ac.uk

The University of York (English: University of York ) is a public campus university in the historic city of York in England . The main campus is south of the city, near the village of Heslington , but individual buildings can also be found in the city. Since 2012, the University of York has been a member of the Russell Group , an elite association of the most research-intensive British universities.

History and campus

The university opened in 1963 with 200 students. It was initially located in King's Manor, a former monastery building and seat of Thomas Wentworth (built 15th century) in what is now downtown York (now the Archaeological Institute) and the former mansion Heslington Hall (built 1568).

In 1964, the university built today's university campus on farmland and moorland around Heslington Hall south of old York (about 10 minutes' drive away). It was laid out with all colleges and faculties as well as a few shops and a supermarket around a large artificial lake, which dominates today's image with bridges and covered connecting paths. The old college buildings were mostly prefabricated. The humanities are largely spread over the buildings of the old colleges, while the natural and technical sciences and the musicology faculty (with its own concert hall) have their own buildings for research and teaching.

Heslington Hall. One of the historic buildings of the university, located on the eastern edge of the campus

View from Central Hall , the center of the university campus, across the campus lake towards Vanbrugh College

Characteristic for the appearance of the campus is the centrally located Central Hall , a large, futuristic building in a UFO-shaped design (nicknamed "Mothership"), which is used for meetings, first-semester greetings and concerts. There is also a sports hall and sports fields on campus.

Because of the lake, at the time the largest artificial lake in Europe was built, the campus has one of the highest densities of ducks, geese and other birds in northern England.

Currently, the university is continuing to expand with the planning of a second Heslington East campus . The extensive university library, a swimming pool that is shared by the university and a number of newly built research facilities have already been located above the actual university campus. The expansion now planned is intended to enable the introduction of a number of additional subjects such as law, pharmacy, dentistry, theater, film and television. Expansion has so far been limited due to urban green belt restrictions and local residents' concerns. The second campus is to have a large artificial lake in the style of the first.

Colleges

The university consists of nine colleges, which are mainly intended to provide a framework for living space and the social life of the students. Each college is run by a provost . The structure of the colleges cannot be compared with that in Oxford or Cambridge, the actual university life takes place in the faculties, the colleges' own libraries are small compared to the university library. Most of the colleges have their own bar and rooms for social events, TV rooms , billiards, etc. In some colleges at least weekly events are part of student life and the regular, committed election of student representatives ensures the representation and organization of student activities. The colleges are divided into hallways, each of which generally shares a kitchen. Depending on the construction date and the state of renovation, the colleges differ in terms of living comfort, a large part of the college buildings still date from the first phase of construction around 1960 and the student rooms are gradually being renovated, expanded and equipped with modern information technology. Each college has a number of modern computer rooms.

The colleges in the order of construction:

• Derwent
• Langwith
• Alcuin
• Vanbrugh
• Goodricke
• Wentworth (for postgraduates)
• James
• Halifax (2001/02)
• Constantine (2014)

In addition, there are some university-owned housing options outside the campus. The living spaces within the campus are primarily reserved for first-year students.

Study and life

For leisure activities, a large number of student groups, societies ( socs for short ) have been formed at the university , which are organized by the students themselves. They span many sports from cricket, football, tennis to sailing and rowing to archery, but also arts, music, astronomy at the small observatory of the university, various hobbies and politics. The societies are supported financially by the university and through infrastructure such as halls, sports fields, cinemas and vehicle fleets. Students can become members at the beginning of a term, usually for a small fee.

The university has around 9,000 students and a drop-out rate of only 4%. There are an average of nine applicants for each study place.

Personalities and alumni

• Phil Lester (* 1987), YouTuber, radio presenter
• Daron Acemoğlu (* 1967), MIT professor of applied economics, recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal
• Rollo Armstrong (* 1966), British musician ( Faithless )
• Tony Banks (1943-2006), British Sports Secretary
• Alan Baddeley (* 1934), British psychologist
• Alex Callinicos (* 1950), British intellectual
• Aníbal Cavaco Silva (* 1939), Portuguese President
• Jung Chang (* 1952), British writer
• Helen Dunmore (1952-2017), British writer
• Graham Hitch , British psychologist
• George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923–2011), British opera director and former university chancellor
• Peter Lord (* 1953), British director
• Rozena Maart (* 1962), South African lecturer in English literature, philosophy and psychoanalysis and feminist writer
• Geoffrey Pullum (* 1945), American linguist
• Jonathan Stroud (born 1970), British writer
• Graham Swift (born 1949), British writer

Web links

Commons : University of York  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the University of York

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.york.ac.uk/about/organisation/management/meeting-the-board/saul-tendler/
2. ^ Four universities join elite Russell Group . BBC. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
3. ↑ Teaching and research quality . Retrieved March 20, 2012.

Coordinates: 53 ° 56 '47.2 "  N , 1 ° 3' 9.5"  W.