Colleges of the University of York
While lectures, examinations, laboratories and facilities such as the central library are run by the university, the colleges play an important role in the pastoral care of the student body.
The colleges are deliberately assigned undergraduates, postgraduate students and staff from a wide mixture of disciplines.
A year later, work began on purpose-built structures on the Heslington West campus, including the construction of the Colleges, which now form the main part of the university.
This organisation is unlike that of Oxford and Cambridge on one hand or the halls of residence at civic universities on the other.
The college will differ from 'Oxbridge' in that they will not be autonomous financially, nor will they be responsible for admission of students or appointment of staff.
In 2003, the university set out plans to create a campus for 5,000 additional students, Heslington East.
Goodricke College was selected for this and moved onto the new campus in 2009 with James taking over its building on Heslington West.
In 2012 the same process took place with Langwith moving to Heslington East and Derwent taking over its previous buildings.
[12] Due to increasing demands for accommodation, two new colleges have been built on the University's East Campus.
[14][15] Like other plate glass universities, such as Lancaster, colleges are primarily residence halls as opposed to having the legal status of 'listed bodies' as seen at Oxford and Cambridge.
The only exceptions to this are Wentworth which as a postgraduate only college does not have a Junior Common Room, and Halifax,[24] Constantine,[25] Anne Lister, David Kato, and Goodricke[26] which are run by a College Student Association that represents both undergraduates and postgraduates together.
[29] Junior Common Rooms and Student Associations are each different in composition, but are broadly headed by an 'Executive Committee' made up of a Chair/President, Vice Chair/Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer who have signatory powers.
