93-422: Bantam Cock is the third studio album by Jake Thackray . It was produced by Norman Newell and released on LP by EMI in 1972. Musical direction was by Geoff Love . The album is currently out of print, but its songs, digitally remastered, are included in the 4-CD retrospective Jake in a Box . Bantam Cock features Thackray’s voice and acoustic guitar accompanied by double bass and electric guitar. The album
186-445: A Royal Commission in 1862 and later spread to other universities. Those attending University College were expected to bring a servant with them to deal with cooking, cleaning and so on. The level of applications to Bishop Hatfield's Hall led to a second hall along similar lines, Bishop Cosin's Hall , being founded in 1851, although this only survived until 1864. Elsewhere, the university expanded from Durham into Newcastle in 1852 when
279-466: A consortium led by Interserve would design, build and operate two colleges at Mount Oswald (new buildings for John Snow College and one new college ) for £105 million. The project company (in which the university has a 15 per cent stake) financed the construction via a £90 million 46-year bond issue. The two colleges opened in 2020. Separately, the university announced that it had raised £225 million to fund its estate masterplan through
372-515: A double CD of 42 songs not on any then-available release, limited to 200 copies, which was released in November 2002 with cover art by Bill Tidy . After Thackray's death the following month, EMI consented to a further edition of 100 copies. This revival of interest led to the release of two mass market CDs the following year: The Very Best of Jake Thackray on EMI, and The Jake Thackray Collection on HMV. The Jake Thackray Project went on to release
465-777: A live recording of 14 songs from his 1970 performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London (an expanded, 29-song double CD of the same performance would be released in 2006). A third studio album, Bantam Cock , followed in 1972. Its title track became a folk standard and was covered by folk singer Fred Wedlock , folk group the Corries and comedian Jasper Carrott among others. Other songs included "Isabel Makes Love upon National Monuments", "Sister Josephine", and "Brother Gorilla", an English adaptation of Georges Brassens' " Le Gorille ". In 1973 he opened for Brassens when he performed at
558-476: A party, and then forget him. The album also included "Lah-Di-Dah", in which a prospective bridegroom assures his bride he loves her so much that he will try to be nice to her dreadful family. This in turn led to a BBC television slot, composing a weekly topical song for Bernard Braden 's consumer magazine programme Braden's Week . He was not immediately popular — his first appearance in late 1968 provoked letters demanding his dismissal — but he eventually won over
651-982: A point on it, Jake Thackray is a genius...there are some tremendous songs on this", while the Reading Evening Post agreed, saying "yet another brilliant record from the Yorkshire tyke". Retrospectively, Allmusic awarded the album four stars, citing the title track and "Sister Josephine" as "drop dead classics" and calling "Old Molly Metcalfe" the "most magical" of the album's highlights. The song "Bantam Cock" has been covered by Fred Wedlock , The Corries , Alex Beaton and Jasper Carrott . "Sister Josephine" has been covered by The Clancy Brothers , The Barron Knights , Colcannon and Robbie O'Connell . "Old Molly Metcalfe" has been covered by Tony Capstick and The Witches of Elswick . All tracks are written by Jake Thackray, except where noted Jake Thackray John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002)
744-678: A remastered live recording (the CD Live in Germany ), and two DVDs: the privately recorded Live at the Unicorn (2009) and the BBC-licensed Jake Thackray and Songs (2014). A musical written by Barnsley -born poet Ian McMillan based on Thackray's songs and their characters, Sister Josephine Kicks the Habit , premiered in 2005 and toured the north of England. A rewrite by Alan Plater was due to tour
837-487: A style that was part classical, part jazz. His witty lyrics and clipped delivery, combined with his strong Yorkshire accent and the northern setting of many of his songs, led to his being described as the "North Country Noël Coward ", a comparison Thackray resisted, although he acknowledged his lyrics were in the English tradition of Coward and Flanders and Swann , "who are wordy, funny writers". However, his tunes derived from
930-509: Is a Student? published in the BBC's The Listener magazine. In 1963 Thackray returned to his native Yorkshire, teaching at Intake School in Rodley , Leeds. Teaching himself to play the guitar, he found that one way to get unruly pupils to take an interest in their studies was through his songs. This and performing in folk clubs led to appearances on local BBC radio programmes, which brought him to
1023-585: Is a former Catholic seminary that is a licensed hall of residence of the university. It hosts parts of the Business School and of the Centre for Catholic Studies, with the university having committed to leasing the East Wing until 2027 and to establishing a residential research library at Ushaw. Queen's Campus in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees ( Thornaby , North Yorkshire ) 30 miles from Durham City. Until 2017–18,
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#17331057377721116-459: Is notable among Thackray’s catalogue for its jazz influence and inclusion of electric guitar solos; Thackray’s output had thus far been entirely acoustic. "Brother Gorilla" is Thackray's English-language adaptation of the French song " Le Gorille " by Georges Brassens . Upon release, the album was met with critical acclaim from music press. Record Mirror said "quite simply, and not to put too fine
1209-524: Is planned to become Durham's 18th college. The Waterside Building, home of the business school 's Department of Management and Marketing from 2024, is on the east bank of the River Wear north (downstream) of the city centre. Boldon House in Pity Me will house some professional services from 2025. The university published a strategy document in 2017 setting out (among other things) a roadmap for development of
1302-514: The Yorkshire Post . In the 1990s, Thackray withdrew to his home in Monmouth , South Wales, where he had settled with his family in the late 1960s. Beset by health and financial problems: he had become an alcoholic and was declared bankrupt in 2000. He had always been an observant Roman Catholic and became increasingly religious in his later years, limiting his musical activities to performing
1395-570: The Angelus at his local church. He died of heart failure on 24 December 2002, at the age of 64, leaving his widow, Sheila, from whom he was separated, and three sons: Bill, Sam and Tom. In May 2002, a group of fans formed the Jake Thackray Project with the intention of making more of Thackray's work available to the public. With Thackray's cooperation, the project team, led by record producer David Harris, received permission from EMI to produce
1488-679: The Bill Bryson Library (named after the writer Bill Bryson , chancellor of the university 2005–2012), Development in the 21st century has included the Arthur Holmes Building (2003; earth sciences; named after Arthur Holmes , Professor of Geology), the Calman Learning Centre (2007; named after Kenneth Calman , vice-chancellor and warden 1998–2006), the Palatine Centre (2012; law and the university's administration),
1581-620: The Daniel Libeskind -designed Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics (2016), and the Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre (2019), the only part of the site west of South Road. In October 2013, a geological sculpture of the British Isles titled What Lies Beneath Us – a map with the geology of each location shown by a sample of the rock found at that location (and, for most areas, from that location) – by artist John de Pauley
1674-500: The Last Will and Testament sessions in 1967, eleven songs recorded for the abandoned album in 1970 and a handful of other rarities. Comedian and writer Victor Lewis-Smith produced a television documentary, Jake on the Box , for the BBC. In 2014, The Jake Thackray Project released a DVD of Jake Thackray and Songs , by arrangement with BBC music, featuring all of Thackray's performances from
1767-590: The London Palladium (although he appeared there in a Royal Variety Performance ). He became disillusioned with stage life. He is recorded as saying "I'd never liked the stage much and I was turning into a performing man, a real Archie Rice [the hack music hall comic in John Osborne 's The Entertainer ], so I cancelled gigs and pulled out". He was plagued by a self-doubt and a breakdown in confidence that Ralph McTell describes as "catastrophic". His style of work
1860-596: The Matariki Network of Universities and the Coimbra Group . The university estate includes 83 listed buildings , ranging from the 11th-century Durham Castle to the 1960s brutalist students' union . The university also owns and manages the Durham World Heritage Site in partnership with Durham Cathedral . The university's ownership of the world heritage site includes Durham Castle, Palace Green and
1953-564: The Pyrenees – but also including six months in Algeria at the height of the war for independence in 1961–1962. During his time in France he had some of his poetry published and discovered the chansonnier tradition and in particular the work of Georges Brassens . "I missed out on rock and all my influences were French," he would later say. In 1966, he had two brief columns – What is a Prof? and What
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#17331057377722046-641: The Queen's Campus in Stockton-on-Tees . One of the major public attractions in Durham City is the 10 ha (25-acre) Botanic Gardens , established (on the current site) in 1970, with over 80,000 visitors annually. As of 2021, the university estate contains over 380 buildings with a floor area of 424,600 square metres (4,570,000 sq ft), including 189,400 square metres (2,039,000 sq ft) of residential area in 170 residential buildings (not including
2139-514: The Queen-in-Council was issued granting the university use of Durham Castle , which had previously been a palace of the Bishop of Durham, for further accommodation. In 1846, Bishop Hatfield 's Hall (later to become Hatfield College ) was founded, providing the opportunity for students to obtain affordable lodgings with fully catered communal eating, a revolutionary idea at the time, endorsed by
2232-517: The Russell Group of research-intensive British universities. Between 2010 and 2012 the university was criticised for accepting funds from controversial sources, including the government of Iran, the US State Department , the prime minister of Kuwait, and British American Tobacco . The university announced in 2016 that it would relocate the colleges and academic activities currently at
2325-676: The St Cuthbert Gospel , for the nation for £9 million. It is displayed equally in London and Durham, being shown at the university's Palace Green Library for the first time as part of the Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition in 2013. In addition to the central library system, many colleges maintain their own libraries, such as the Bettenson, Brewis, Williams and Fenton Libraries of St Chad's College, which contain over 38,000 volumes. Durham staff and students can also access
2418-575: The University of Durham ) is a collegiate public research university in Durham , England , founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years, after Oxford and Cambridge , and is thus the third-oldest university in England . As a collegiate university, its main functions are divided between
2511-471: The engineer ) were established at Stockton, replacing UCS, and the new medical school (operating in association with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne ) accepted its first students. In 2002, her golden jubilee year, the Queen granted the title "Queen's Campus" to the Stockton site. By 2005, Queen's Campus, Stockton, accounted for around 18 per cent of the total university student population. In 2005,
2604-463: The second Earl Grey who was the prime minister when the university was founded. Expansion up Elvet Hill continued, with Van Mildert College , Trevelyan College (1966), and Collingwood College (1972) all being added to the university, along with the relocation of the botanic garden (1970) and the business school (1977). These were not the only developments in the university, however. The Graduate Society, catering for postgraduate students,
2697-790: The Chemistry Building (chemistry), the Maths building (temporary home of the school of education), the West Building (geography), the Rochester Building (physics, named after George Rochester , Professor of Physics), the Christopherson Building (engineering, named after Derman Christopherson , vice-chancellor and warden 1960–1979), the Higginson Building (engineering, named after Gordon Higginson , Professor of Engineering), and
2790-561: The Church of England. Regulations for degrees were finalised in 1836 and the university was incorporated by royal charter granted by William IV on 1 June 1837 as the "Warden, Masters and Scholars of the University of Durham", with the first students graduating a week later. At the opening of the university, accommodation was provided in the Archdeacon's Inn (now Cosin's Hall ); in 1837 an order of
2883-625: The Crown in 1545 following the Reformation. The strong tradition of theological teaching in Durham gave rise to various attempts to form a university within the city itself, notably under King Henry VIII and then under Oliver Cromwell , who issued letters patent and nominated a proctor and fellows for the establishment of a college in 1657 . However, a proposal to allow the college to confer degrees met with opposition from Oxford and Cambridge universities, and
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2976-638: The Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site and multiple other heritage assets including three ancient monuments (the Maiden Castle Iron Age promontory fort , Cosin's Library and Divinity House ), four grade I listed buildings (including Kingsgate Bridge , the Exchequer Building on Palace Green , the gatehouse, keep, north range and west range of Durham Castle , and multiple listings covering surviving sections of
3069-678: The Durham Union have included Richard Dannatt , Sir Edward Leigh , and Crispin Blunt . The Durham Colleges Students Representative Council (SRC) was founded around 1900 after the model of the College of Medicine SRC (in Newcastle). The Durham University SRC was formed in 1907 with representatives from the Durham Colleges, the College of Medicine, and Armstrong College (also in Newcastle). In 1963, after
3162-452: The Durham division expanded rapidly. St Aidan's Society ( St Aidan's College from 1961) was founded in 1947 to cater for non-resident women and the decision was made to expand further on Elvet Hill (where the science site had been established in the 1920s), relocating St Mary's College, building new men's colleges, vastly expanding the existing pure science provision in Durham, and adding applied science (1960) and engineering (1965). In 1947,
3255-477: The French chansonnier tradition: he claimed Georges Brassens as his greatest inspiration and he was also influenced by Jacques Brel and Charles Trenet . He also admired Randy Newman . He was admired by, and has influenced, many performers including Jarvis Cocker , Alex Turner , Benjamin Clementine , Mike Harding , Momus , Ralph McTell , Morrissey , and Jasper Carrott . John Philip Thackray
3348-504: The Latin post-nominal letters Dunelm after their degree, from Dunelmensis (of, belonging to, or from Durham). Between around 1286 and 1291 the Benedictine monks of Durham established a hall at Oxford University to provide them with a seat of learning. In 1381 this received an endowment from Thomas Hatfield , Bishop of Durham, becoming Durham College . Durham College was surrendered to
3441-695: The Mountjoy site include Applebey (West Building; capacity 275; named after Malcolm Applebey, chair of the Durham Colleges Council 1937–1955); Scarbrough (Chemistry Building; capacity 264; named after Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough , chancellor of the university 1958–1969); Dawson (Dawson Building; capacity 228); the Calman Learning Centre lecture theatres: Arnold Wolfendate (capacity 400, named after Sir Arnold Wolfendale , Astronomer Royal and Professor of Physics), Rosemary Cramp (capacity 260, named after Dame Rosemary Cramp , first female professor at
3534-463: The Privy Council approving changes in Durham's statutes to make UCS a college of the University of Durham. Further integration of the Stockton development with the university led to the formation of the University of Durham, Stockton Campus (UDSC) in 1998 and the separation of teaching responsibilities from UCS. In 2001, two new colleges, John Snow and George Stephenson (after the physician and
3627-661: The Queen's Campus to Durham City from 2017; with the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health being transferred to Newcastle University . The Queen's Campus became an International Study Centre to prepare overseas students to study at Durham, run by Study Group . In March 2017 Lord Rees opened the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics, designed by Daniel Libeskind . The new building, named after alumnus Peter Ogden , provides extra laboratories and office space for 140 staff. In May 2017
3720-532: The UK in 2007, but was put on hold following the death of executive producer Ian Watson. In 2014 Jake Thackray was featured on the BBC Radio Four 'Great Lives' Series. 2006 saw a major retrospective. EMI released an expanded, 29-song double CD edition of Live Performance , and Jake in a Box , a 4-CD box set containing Thackray's four studio albums and six singles in their entirety, plus 25 unused tracks recorded in
3813-609: The Venerable Bede for men, established in 1839, also existed in the city and these merged to form the mixed College of St Hild and St Bede in 1975. From 1896 these were associated with the university and graduates of St Hild's were the first female graduates from Durham in 1898. During its expansion phase the university also became the first English university to establish relationships with overseas institutions; firstly in 1875 with Codrington College , Barbados, and secondly in early 1876 with Fourah Bay College , Sierra Leone. Under
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3906-423: The academic departments of the university and its 17 colleges . In general, the departments perform research and provide teaching to students, while the colleges are responsible for their domestic arrangements and welfare. The university is a member of the Russell Group of British research universities and is also affiliated with the regional N8 Research Partnership and international university groups including
3999-486: The album also included "The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington", a song of female self-determination in the face of social disapproval. It also featured two more Brassens adaptations, "Isabella" (based on Brassens' " Marinette ") and "Over to Isobel" (based on " Je rejoindrai ma belle "). The same year he published a book of lyrics, Jake's Progress , illustrated by Bill Tidy . From the late 1970s, he had made most of his living on
4092-611: The area around Howlands Farm (Josephine Butler and Stephenson colleges), the Leazes Road site (Hild Bede College), and the Business School site on Mill Hill as possible locations for new accommodation development (i.e., new colleges). A 'strategy refresh' was approved in 2023, which included establishing a new cultural quarter on the old swimming baths site in Elvet and developing interdisciplinary science research and laboratory facilities at Upper Mountjoy. Ushaw College , 5 miles west of Durham,
4185-554: The arrangements the two colleges became affiliated colleges of the university with their students sitting examinations for and receiving Durham degrees. The landmark event was not met with universal applause, with the London Times stating "it would not be much longer before the University of Durham was affiliated to the Zoo". After nearly a century of affiliation and with the prevailing winds of decolonisation, Fourah Bay became independent of
4278-422: The attention of producer Norman Newell . Thackray recorded thirty demos with Newell, eleven of which were soon to be re-recorded and released as his debut album, The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray , in 1967. Many of the songs were given Newell’s trademark orchestral accompaniment in an attempt to broaden the album’s appeal beyond folk audiences. Its title track exhorted his friends to mark his death with
4371-453: The audience. After Braden's Week was cancelled in 1972, Thackray took up the same role on its successor show, That's Life! . In nearly thirty years of performing he would make over a thousand radio and TV appearances, including slots on The David Frost Show and Frost Over America , and his own show, Jake's Scene , on ITV . In 1968, he married Sheila Marian Clarke-Irons, a 21-year-old student. His second album, Jake's Progress ,
4464-588: The biological sciences building in 1993 (now biosciences). The mathematical sciences and computer sciences building opened in 2021 and also includes the Hazan Venture Lab, intended to equip students for entrepreneurship and to encourage student start-ups. The local NHS administrative offices are also located in John Snow House in Upper Mountjoy. Large lecture theatres with a capacity of over 200 on
4557-495: The campus was home to around 2,000 full-time students in two colleges ( John Snow and Stephenson Colleges ) and the Wolfson Research Institute , with a bus connecting Queen's Campus to Durham City. The colleges and academic departments were relocated between 2017 and 2018, and Queen's Campus became an International Study Centre (ISC) run by Study Group , preparing non-EU foreign students to enter degree courses at
4650-767: The castle walls around the north of the castle and along the top of the river bank behind Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society ) and 79 grade II or II* listed buildings. As of 2023, the estate in Durham includes 112 ha (280 acres) of woodland scrub (with 46 ha (110 acres) of woodland designated as Areas of High Landscape Value, including the 32.4 ha (80 acres) of Great High Wood, Hollingside Wood and Blaid's Wood additionally designated as Ancient Semi-Natural Woodlands , Sites of Nature Conservation Importance and Sites of Ecological Value ), 53 ha (130 acres) of farming and grazing land, and 27 ha (67 acres) of amenity grassland, alongside 51.4 ha (127 acres) of built environment. The estate also includes
4743-530: The chancellor would be appointed by convocation, as remains the case) and the abolition of ad eundem degrees. This reform also removed the university from the authority of the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral , who had been the governors of the university since its foundation. Thirty years after this, the Royal Commission of 1937 recommended changes in the constitution of the federal university, resulting in
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#17331057377724836-643: The creation of Newcastle University , the Durham Colleges SRC became the Durham University SRC, and was renamed as the Durham Students' Union in 1970. Until the mid 19th century, University of Durham degrees were subject to a religion test and could only be taken by members of the established church. Medical degrees in Newcastle were exempt from this requirement from the start of the affiliation of
4929-410: The department of Government and International Affairs, as well as the Teikyo University of Japan in Durham and the Oriental Museum . Ustinov College, Durham's postgraduate college, is located in Sheraton Park, beyond Elvet Hill. Rushford Court , owned by Unite Students , is the temporary home of Hild Bede College as of 2024 and was also used by John Snow College in 2019–20. In the longer term, it
5022-455: The departments in the faculty of social science and health. Development of what is now Lower Mountjoy began in 1923 with the Dawson Building (originally the Science Building until 1952, when it was named after Sir Arthur James Dawson, a northeast educator). This building is now home to the departments of archaeology and anthropology, but has also housed chemistry, geology, physics, biology, botany and zoology. Later 20th century development included
5115-417: The estate over the period to 2027, including the development of a new home for the business school at Elvet Waterside (Old Elvet), to open in 2021, the redevelopment of the arts and humanities facilities at Elvet Riverside (New Elvet), opening from 2022, the construction of four to six new colleges, and the continued development of the Mountjoy site. The university's Estate Masterplan for 2017–2027 identified
5208-558: The first purpose-built self-catering college for students within Durham. This was the first new college to open in Durham itself since the creation of Collingwood in the 1970s. In May 2010, Durham joined the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) together with Dartmouth College (US), Queen's University (Canada), University of Otago (New Zealand), University of Tübingen (Germany), University of Western Australia and Uppsala University (Sweden). In 2012, Durham (along with York , Exeter and Queen Mary, University of London ) joined
5301-454: The foundation stones for the new St Mary's College building on Elvet Hill were laid by Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II ). The new building opened in 1952. In the same year, tensions surfaced again over the Durham–Newcastle divide, with the university court putting forward a proposal to change the name of the university to the "University of Durham and Newcastle". This motion was defeated in convocation (the assembly of members of
5394-549: The grant of a supplemental charter in 1895 allowing women to receive degrees of the university, the Women's Hostel ( St Mary's College from 1919) was founded in 1899. The Newcastle division of the university, which comprised both Armstrong College (named after Lord Armstrong) and Durham University College of Medicine, quickly grew to outnumber the Durham colleges, despite the addition of two independent Anglican foundations: St Chad's College (1904) and St John's College (1909). A parliamentary bill proposed in 1907 would have fixed
5487-482: The inauguration of the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff , which he would describe as the high spot of his career. After Bantam Cock Thackray's television appearances continued, but his recording career stalled. A compilation album, The Very Best of Jake Thackray , was released in 1975. His final studio album, On Again! On Again! , appeared in 1977. Its title track, a comedic, long-winded tirade about women who talk too much, would see Thackray accused of misogyny, but
5580-417: The independent St Chad's and St John's colleges, which are not owned by the university). The insurance reinstatement value was estimated as close to £850 million in 2014. Durham City is the main location of the university and contains all of the colleges and academic departments. The Durham City estate is spread across several different sites. The Bailey and Palace Green form the historic centre of
5673-502: The libraries of Durham Cathedral and Ushaw College . Some departments, such as classics and ancient history, also have their own libraries. In February 2017, the university announced a £2 million investment to establish the first residential research library at a UK university in collaboration with Ushaw College and Durham Cathedral and offering access to the collections of all three institutions. The university's Museums, Galleries and Exhibitions manages three museums open to
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#17331057377725766-402: The live circuit, touring in Europe, North America and the Far East, but in 1981 he returned to television with Jake Thackray and Songs , a six-part series on BBC2 featuring Thackray and guests, including Richard and Linda Thompson and Ralph McTell , performing in a variety of venues. An album of the same name, recorded live at the Stables Theatre , Wavendon , Milton Keynes , as part of
5859-476: The medical school there (established in 1834) became a college of the university. This was joined in 1871 by the College of Physical Sciences (renamed the College of Science in 1884 and again renamed Armstrong College in 1904). St Cuthbert's Society was founded in 1888 for non-collegiate, mostly mature, male students as a non-residential society run by the students themselves. Two teacher-training colleges – St Hild's for women, established in 1858, and The College of
5952-432: The medical school, but in Durham it lasted until the revision of the statutes in 1865. Despite the opening of degrees, staff and members of Convocation were still required to be members of the Church of England until the Universities Tests Act 1871 . However, "dissenters" were able to attend Durham and then sit the examinations for degrees of the University of London , which were not subject to any religious test. Following
6045-417: The merger of the two colleges in the Newcastle Division to form King's College. The vice-chancellorship alternated between the Warden of the Durham Division and the Rector of the Newcastle Division, the chief academic and administrative officers of the two divisions under the 1937 statutes. The executive head of Durham University continues to use the title of "Vice-Chancellor and Warden". After World War II,
6138-442: The north bank of the Wear, opposite the Racecourse playing fields and Old Elvet, was home to the School of Education and Hild Bede College. As of 2024, this site is being redeveloped and refurbished with the aim that a 19th college will be established adjacent to Hild Bede. In preparation for redevelopment, departments and facilities were relocated from Leazes Road in 2022, and Hild Bede college moved temporarily to Rushford Court in
6231-419: The private sale of long-term bonds to British and US investors. In 2021 it was reported that there was a culture of sexism and bullying at Durham, and that the university had been reluctant to address structural problems, thereby enabling this culture to develop relatively unchallenged. Durham University owns a 257 ha (640-acre) estate of which 251 ha (620 acres) is in Durham. This contains part of
6324-420: The public, all accredited by Arts Council England through the UK Museum Accreditation Scheme, as well as two non-public collections. Total holdings are over 100,000 pieces. Built in the 1960s, the Durham University Oriental Museum grew predominantly from the acquisitions of the university's former School of Oriental Studies. The collection contains over 30,000 objects from Asian art to antiquities, covering
6417-466: The recordings for the TV show, followed. A BBC-licensed DVD of Jake Thackray and Songs was released in 2014. Thackray's last release during his life was a compilation, Lah-Di-Dah , released in 1991. Although he gave up teaching for show business, Thackray did not really like being what he called "a performing dick". He was uncomfortable with big audiences, and favoured pubs and community halls as performance venues in preference to grander ones such as
6510-529: The school of modern languages and cultures and parts of the department of English studies. Durham Students' Union is based in Dunelm House, just north of Elvet Riverside, linked to the peninsula area by Kingsgate Bridge. The Racecourse has university playing fields, including the main cricket ground. While no colleges are based in the Elvet area, it does contain the Parson's Field accommodation for St Cuthbert's Society and Hatfield College's James Barber House and Palmer's Garth accommodation. The Leazes Road site on
6603-399: The seat of the university in Durham for only ten years, allowing the Senate to choose to move to Newcastle after this. This was blocked by John Taylor , MP for Chester-le-Street , with the support of graduates of the Durham colleges, until the bill was modified to establish a federal university with its seat fixed in Durham, as well as greater representation for the graduates (including that
6696-481: The south of Durham. It opened under the name of University College Stockton (UCS) in 1992. UCS was initially intended to grant joint degrees validated by both institutions (BAs and BScs). However, Teesside, which had only become a university in 1992, had difficulties in taking on its responsibilities for the college and withdrew in 1994, Durham taking over full responsibility for UCS and the degrees to be awarded there. A programme of integration with Durham began, with
6789-687: The special and heritage collections. In 2005, designated status was granted by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to two of the special collections: Bishop Cosin's Library on Palace Green (founded in 1669 and including medieval manuscripts and early printed books) and the Sudan Archive, held in Palace Green Library. In 2012 the university, together with the British Library and Durham Cathedral , purchased Europe's oldest intact book,
6882-680: The surrounding buildings including the historic Cosin's Library . Current and emeritus academics as of 2018 included 15 Fellows of the Royal Society , 18 Fellows of the British Academy , 16 Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences , 5 Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , 3 Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts , 2 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 2 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences . Durham graduates have long used
6975-491: The television series, along with songs by three of the guest artists, Alex Glasgow, Pete Scott and Ralph McTell. In 2020, attempts to create a one-man show celebrating his life and work — accompanied by excerpts of his performances — formed a subplot in the mockumentary " Meet the Richardsons " in which Jon Richardson expresses his admiration for Thackray's life and works. Durham University Durham University (legally
7068-595: The university and Professor of Archaeology) and Ken Wade (capacity 260, named after Kenneth Wade , Professor of Chemistry); and the 250 and 500 capacity Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre lecture theatres. Elvet Hill, south of the Mountjoy site, has ten of the colleges as well as the Botanic Garden and the vice-chancellor's residence in Hollingside House. It is also home to the Business School and
7161-658: The university and contain five colleges as well as the departments of music, history, classics and ancient history, and theology and religion, the Institute of Advanced Study, Palace Green Library (housing the university's special collections), the archaeological museum , the Durham Union Society , and the Assembly Rooms Theatre . The Bailey is linked to Dunelm House , home of Durham Students' Union in New Elvet, by
7254-408: The university announced a new ten-year strategy that proposed investing £700m in improving the campus, creating 300 new academic posts, increasing the size of the university to 21,500 students while attracting more international students, and expanding the business school and the departments of law, politics, English and history to reach "critical research mass". In 2018 the university announced that
7347-477: The university came into being. The act received royal assent from King William IV on 4 July 1832. The university opened on 28 October 1833. In 1834 all but two of the bishops of the Church of England confirmed that they would accept holders of Durham degrees for ordination. In 1835 a fundamental statute was passed by the Dean and Chapter, as governors of the university, setting up Convocation and laying down that Durham degrees would only be open to members of
7440-470: The university in 1968 to form part of the University of Sierra Leone while Codrington College became affiliated to the University of the West Indies in 1965. The first debating society in Durham was founded in 1835, but may have closed by 1839. The Durham University Union was established in 1842, and revived and moved to Palace Green in 1872–3 as the Durham Union Society . Notable past presidents of
7533-539: The university opened a fund-raising and alumni office, with a virtual community for alumni. In 1991, a joint venture between the university and the University of Teesside saw the Joint University College on Teesside of the Universities of Durham and Teesside (JUCOT) established at Thornaby-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, 30 miles (48 km) to
7626-405: The university unveiled a re-branded logotype and introduced the trading name of Durham University, although the legal name of the institution remained the University of Durham and the official coat of arms was unchanged. The same year, St Mary's College had its first mixed undergraduate intake. In October 2006, Josephine Butler College opened its doors to students as Durham's newest college –
7719-459: The university's Kingsgate Bridge . The Elvet area contains the departments of English studies and philosophy along with the school of modern languages and cultures in the faculty of arts as well as departments of sociology and sport and exercise sciences of the faculty of social sciences and health. While many of the departments are in converted houses, the Elvet Riverside complex is home to
7812-472: The university) by 135 votes to 129. Eleven years later, with the Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne Act 1963, King's College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne , leaving Durham University based solely in its home city. By the time of the separation from Newcastle the Elvet Hill site was well established; with the first of the new colleges being founded in 1959, Grey College , named after
7905-678: The university, from September 2017. The former John Snow College buildings were sold in 2020 and, from 2022, only the Ebsworth building has been used by the ISC. Durham University Library was founded in January 1833 at Palace Green with a 160-volume donation by the Bishop of Durham, William Van Mildert, and now holds over 1.5 million printed items across four branches: Bill Bryson Library (the main library), Queen's Campus Library, Durham University Business School Library and Palace Green Library, which holds
7998-505: The viaduct area in summer 2024. UPP were announced in May 2024 as the preferred bidders to deliver the refurbishment of Hild Bede and the building of the new 19th college under a design, build, fund and operate model. The Mountjoy site (formerly the Science site) south of New Elvet contains many of the university's departments, including all of the departments in the faculty of science and most of
8091-464: The whole scheme was abandoned at the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Consequently, it was not until 1832 when Parliament , at the instigation of Archdeacon Charles Thorp and with the support of the Bishop of Durham, William van Mildert , passed "an Act to enable the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral to appropriate part of the property of their church to the establishment of a University in connection therewith" ( 2 & 3 Will. 4 . c. 19 ) that
8184-414: Was also falling out of fashion: his literate, witty lyrics and tales of rural Yorkshire had little resonance in the punk and Thatcher years, folk audiences had lost interest in contemporary song and, in the days of alternative comedy , his bawdy humour was deemed sexist and outdated. He ultimately gave up performing in the early 1990s and turned to journalism: for four years he wrote a weekly column for
8277-424: Was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from satirical to bawdy to sentimental to pastoral, with a strong emphasis on storytelling, making him difficult to categorise. Thackray sang in a lugubrious baritone voice, accompanying himself on a nylon-strung guitar in
8370-811: Was born in Leeds , West Riding of Yorkshire , the son of Ernest Thackray, a policeman, and Ivy May Thackray, née Armitage. He was educated at the Jesuit St. Michael's College in Leeds and St David's College, a Catholic boarding seminary in Dolgellau , north-west Wales. He considered joining the priesthood but instead chose to study English Literature and Language at Durham University . After graduation he spent three years abroad teaching English, mainly in France – in Lille , in Brittany and in
8463-465: Was founded in 1965 (renamed Ustinov College in 2003) and the Roman Catholic seminary of Ushaw College , which had been in Durham since 1808, was licensed as a hall of residence in 1968 (closed 2011). In 1988 Hatfield, the last men's college, became mixed; followed by the women's college of Trevelyan in 1992, leaving the original women's college of St Mary's as the last single-sex college. In 1989
8556-642: Was recorded at Abbey Road Studios while the Beatles put the finishing touches to their Abbey Road album next door. Released in 1969, it abandoned the orchestral arrangements of its predecessor for a small acoustic band. It included the song "The Blacksmith and the Toffee Maker", which Thackray adapted from a story in Laurie Lee 's Cider with Rosie . He began recording a new album in 1970, but these recordings were scrapped. In 1971 he released Live Performance ,
8649-686: Was unveiled by Iain Stewart at the pedestrian entrance to Lower Mountjoy at the junction of South Road and Stockton Road, near the Bill Bryson Library. Development of the Upper Mountjoy site started with construction of the psychology building in 1970, followed by the Mountjoy Research Centre, built in 1984 for the University of Durham Industrial Research Laboratories (now the Mountjoy Centre, housing university service departments), and
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