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61-518: The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford , by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855. Notable Stanhope Prize winners: In Max Beerbohm 's satirical tragedy of undergraduate life at Oxford, Zuleika Dobson (1911), the hero Duke of Dorset was awarded, amongst others, the Stanhope: At Eton he had been called "Peacock", and this nick-name had followed him up to Oxford. It

122-544: A Lord Peter Wimsey novel by Somerville alumna Dorothy L. Sayers , Lord Peter (a Balliol man) is asked whether he remembers a certain contemporary from Trinity. " 'I never knew any Trinity men,' said Wimsey. 'The Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. ' " Sayers also alludes to the rivalry in Murder Must Advertise (1933): Mr Ingleby, a Trinity man, comments, "If there is one thing more repulsive than another it

183-561: A sub-division of a university (usually a group of departments). In contrast, in North America "faculty" refers to the people who teach and research, and is distinguished from "staff", who are hired in administrative, operations, and support roles. For example the Faculty Handbook at Boston University defines faculty as Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors, those with professorial titles modified by “Research,” “Clinical,” and “of

244-462: A Victorian structure. This completely hides a formal gateway similar to that at the Broad Street main entrance, this can be viewed outside from Little Magdalen Street, through the gap marked XIX one finds the small function room "Massey Room". At north side, of Stc XX is the "Back Gate" which is part of the 1906 Warren building, west and north side, Stc XXI. 1 St Giles' is its neighbour which is part of

305-573: A claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and around 80 fellows, the college's main buildings are located on Broad Street with additional buildings to the east in Jowett Walk and Holywell Manor. As one of the larger colleges of Oxford University, Balliol typically has around 400 of both undergraduates and graduates. The college pioneered

366-534: A lease dating to 1263 to them being the traditional "foundation" date. The oldest parts of the college are the north and west ranges of the front quadrangle, dated to 1431, respectively the medieval hall, west side, now the "new library" and the "old library" first floor north side. The ground floor is the Old Senior Common Room. Balliol's second library pre-dates the publication of printed books in Europe. There

427-489: A rendition of "The Gordouli" (see Balliol–Trinity rivalry below) on Broad Street, outside the gates of Trinity College , although in recent years the song has been sung from within the college walls. A college society which no longer survives is the Hysteron Proteron Club , which aimed to live one day of each term backwards. Balliol also takes pride in its college tortoises. The original tortoise, who lived at

488-585: A special case in that they are educators like faculty who belong to degree granting departments, not necessarily administrators who have management responsibilities like Deans, Presidents, and Vice Presidents. Most university faculty members hold a Ph.D. or equivalent highest-level degree in their field. Some professionals or instructors from other institutions who are associated with a particular university (e.g., by teaching some courses or supervising graduate students ) but do not hold professorships may be appointed as adjunct faculty. In North America, faculty

549-565: A student every year. For many years, there has been a traditional and fierce rivalry shown between the students of Balliol and those of its immediate neighbour to the east, Trinity College . It has manifested itself on the sports field and the river; in the form of songs (of varying degrees of offensiveness) sung over the dividing walls; and in the form of "raids" on the other college. The rivalry reflects that which also exists between Trinity College, Cambridge and Balliol's sister college, St John's College, Cambridge . In college folklore ,

610-403: A woman in hall since that of the co-founder, Dervorguilla of Galloway , was unveiled in 2012, depicting benefactor and Oxford Internet Institute founder Dame Stephanie Shirley . This portrait has since been joined by portraits of Carol Clark and the mathematician Dame Frances Kirwan . In 2018, Dame Helen Ghosh succeeded Sir Drummond Bone to become the college's first female master. In

671-549: Is Balliolity." One of the wittier raids from Balliol, in 1962 or 1963, involved the turfing of the whole of Trinity JCR (complete with daffodils). The last incident suspected to relate to the feud was the vandalism of Trinity's Senior Common Room pond, which led to the death of all but one of the fish. The Garden Quad at Balliol is the scene of the well-known limerick that parodies the immaterialist philosophy of Bishop Berkeley : Academic staff In British and Australian/New Zealand English, "faculty" usually refers to

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732-449: Is a Grade I listed building . This is the third time an Oxford college has incorporated a redundant church as a Library (see Lincoln College and St. Edmund Hall ). In 2017, the college entered into a specialised financial arrangement which enabled it to project a new 200 plus 'study-bedsits' accommodation range at the Master's Field/ Jowett Walk/ St Cross Road site which would also replace

793-486: Is a possibility that the original Master's Chamber, south west side, adorned with a fine oriel window, is earlier than these; it is now the Master's Dining Room. William Grey , Bishop of Ely, was a benefactor of the college in the 15th century. Grey devoted much care to the collection of manuscripts, and wherever he lived constantly employed scribes to make copies of books he could not otherwise obtain. Many of these he had adorned with costly miniatures and initial letters by

854-724: Is displayed on two windows of the Old Library, and in the panels below the window of the Master 's dining room. The chapel is the third (perhaps fourth) on the site and was designed by William Butterfield in 1857. Alfred Waterhouse designed the main Broad Street frontage of the college (1867–68), along with gateway and tower, known as the Brackenbury Buildings after philanthropist and donor Hannah Brackenbury , replacing earlier structures (Staircases I–VII). The first staircase next to

915-464: Is from the three-year period 2021-2023. The same source gives the socio-demographic profile of the students is as follows: male 54.5%; state educated 69.6%; white 73.4%. The proportion of male students decreased from 60.6% between the years of 2015 and 2017. The college provides its students with facilities including accommodation, the Hall (refectory), a library , two bars, and separate common rooms for

976-489: Is held in memory of John Snell , whose benefaction established exhibitions for students from the University of Glasgow to study at Balliol (the first exhibitioners were matriculated in 1699) one of whom was Adam Smith . The feast is attended by fellows of Balliol College, the current Snell Exhibitioners, and representatives from Glasgow University and St John's College, Cambridge . The MCR has one black-tie dinner each term:

1037-462: Is not primarily involved with teaching or research. The higher education regulatory body of India , University Grants Commission , defines academic staff as teachers , librarians , and physical education personnel. In countries like the Philippines, faculty is used more broadly to refer to teaching staff of either a basic or higher education institution. In many universities, the members of

1098-582: Is run by the master and fellows of the college. The master of the college must be "the person who is, in their [the Fellows] judgement, most fit for the government of the College as a place of religion, learning, and education". The current master is Dame Helen Ghosh , former Director-General of the National Trust and Home Office Permanent Secretary , and an alumna of St Hugh's and Hertford colleges. Although

1159-570: Is the front part of the Master's Lodgings on Broad Street from the Waterhouse improvements of the 1860s of the front quad. The neighbour to this is the Fisher Building of 1759 (Stc X) The undistinguished looking Stc XI, south west side, is in fact the oldest structure in this quadrangle, 1720, originally intended as accommodation for scholars from Bristol, hence its name. Continuing the west-side Stc XII–XIV dates from 1826, by George Basevi , and marks

1220-610: The Oxford Internet Institute . This was the first multidisciplinary research and policy centre in a European university devoted to examining the impact of the Internet on society. It is a department within the Social Sciences Division of Oxford University , but is physically located within the grounds of Balliol, and its previous Director ( William H. Dutton ) was a Professorial Fellow of Balliol. Along with many of

1281-504: The PPE degree in the 1920s. Balliol has notable alumni from a wide range of disciplines. These include 13 Nobel Prize winners and four British prime ministers . Balliol College was founded in about 1263 by John I de Balliol under the guidance of Walter of Kirkham , the Bishop of Durham . According to legend, the founder had abducted the bishop as part of a land dispute and as a penance he

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1342-590: The Balliol–St Anne's Graduate Institution with St Anne's in 1967 led to the coeducation of men and women on the Holywell Manor site. Following the arrival of women at Balliol and men at St Anne's in 1979, the joint Graduate Institution was terminated in 1984 by the consent of both colleges. Holywell Manor is now solely a part of Balliol College. In 1979, along with many other previously all-male colleges, Balliol accepted its first cohort of female students. One of

1403-544: The Chapel contains the Organ Scholar's lodgings. Under a statute of 1881, New Inn Hall , one of the remaining medieval halls , was merged into Balliol College in 1887. Balliol acquired New Inn Hall's admissions and other records for 1831–1887 as well as the library of New Inn Hall, which largely contained 18th-century law books. The New Inn Hall site was later sold and is now part of St Peter's College, Oxford . South-side

1464-718: The Christmas Dinner in Michaelmas, Burns Night in Hilary, and the May Dinner in Trinity Term. By far the most eccentric event is The Nepotists carol-singing event organised by the college's Arnold and Brackenbury Society. This event happens on the last Friday of Michaelmas term each year. On this occasion, Balliol students congregate in the college hall to enjoy mulled wine and the singing of carols. The evening historically ended with

1525-520: The Dellal Building (1986) for graduates on Manor Road. Many undergraduates and some graduates live in buildings on Jowett Walk a phased development 1996–2004 (Phase 1 completed September 1996, Phase 2 completed July 2004), containing a small theatre facility, the Michael Pilch Studio , five minutes' walking distance from the main college site; these two developments are on the outskirts of

1586-477: The Eastman Professor's House, Martin and Dellal buildings there. This would mean a net increase of approximately 140 rooms fulfilling the college's long-term intention of providing accommodation to all its undergraduates for all their degree terms and also some rooms for dons. The project includes ten new buildings and a new sports pavilion, including a space for dining, events, spectators and squash courts in

1647-498: The Master's Field or, in the summer term, in the garden quadrangle. The majority of undergraduates are housed within the main college or in the modern annexes (Jowett Walk buildings) around the sports ground. The graduates are housed mainly within Holywell Manor which has its own bar, gardens, common room, gym and computing facilities. For over 700 years, Balliol College admitted men only. New College had in 1964 resolved to admit women, but had been prevented from doing so without

1708-458: The Master's Field, the sports ground and pavilion facilities of the college. Jowett Walk has also provided accommodation for some non-Balliol undergraduates, as part of an arrangement with Wadham College, Oxford . From 2010, St Cross Church , next to the Manor, has been the college's Historic Collections Centre, an extension to the library's services. The church dates from the 11th or 12th century and

1769-600: The Practice, Lecturers of all ranks, and Instructors. In the United States and parts of Canada, universities, community colleges and even some secondary and primary schools use the term faculty . Other institutions (e.g., teaching hospitals or not-for-profit research institutes) may likewise use the term faculty . In parts of the US, the term academic staff can be synonymous with just staff , which instead refers to staff that

1830-422: The administration (e.g., department chairs, deans , vice presidents, presidents, and librarians ) are also faculty members; many of them begin (and remain) as professors. At some universities, the distinction between "academic faculty" and "administrative faculty" is made explicit by the former being contracted for nine months per year, meaning that they can devote their time to research (and possibly be absent from

1891-516: The ancient colleges, Balliol has evolved its own traditions and customs over the centuries, many of which occupy a regular calendar slot. The patron saint of the college is Saint Catherine of Alexandria . On her feast day (25 November), a formal dinner is held for all final year students within Balliol. This festival was well established by 1550. Another important feast is the Snell Dinner. This dinner

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1952-483: The appointment of Carol Clark to a Tutorial Fellowship in Modern Languages in 1973, Balliol became the first ancient all-male college to appoint a female fellow. Before the full admission of women as undergraduates, the college had decided to establish a co-educational graduate institution. The decision was made on 16 March 1964, and the senior tutor approached St Anne's College shortly after this. The creation of

2013-472: The approval of the university, which argued that this would be detrimental to the existing women's colleges. On 2 June 1971, a consilium at Balliol voted 26–2 to admit women, and at the next college meeting on 6 December 1971 it was resolved 30–8 to admit women "as soon as the change in its Statutes permitting this was approved by the Privy Council". Permission was granted by the university on 8 March 1977. With

2074-405: The basement. The first building opened in spring 2019 and the completion and occupation of the rest is due by January 2021. In the first phase, work began on the south of the site, at the corner of Jowett Walk and St Cross Road, to provide the accommodation for undergraduates and the new pavilion. Balliol College, and its previous Master Andrew Graham , played a major role in 2000–01 in setting up

2135-456: The beginnings of the college's academic renaissance being required for the increasing number of Commoners applying for places. Stc XV by Warren of 1912 filled in the last gap of the quadrangle; the ground floor and basement is the principal Junior Common Room. This unfortunately obscures the lines of the Salvin designed Stc XVI–XIX with Tower of 1853. As does the 1968 building by Beard Stc XX, replacing

2196-409: The campus) during the summer months, while the latter are contracted for twelve months per year. These two types of faculty members are sometimes known as "nine-month faculty" and "twelve-month faculty". Faculty who are paid a nine-month salary are typically allowed to seek external funds from grant agencies to partially or fully support their research activities during the summer months. Librarians are

2257-621: The college and declared it "the People's Republic of Balliol". The contrast between the radical tendencies of many Balliol students and the traditional conservatism and social exclusivity of Trinity gave the rivalry an extra edge. The fact that Balliol (in contrast to Trinity) had admitted a number of Indian and Asiatic students also gave many of the taunts from the Trinity side a distinctly racist tone: Balliol students, for example, were sometime referred to as " Basutos ". In Five Red Herrings (1931),

2318-571: The college and houses the Oxford Internet Institute . Beard's Stc XXII replaces Victorian rooms, which were provided from the Vivian Bulkeley-Johnson benefaction. Beard's Stc XX and XXII are connected by the Snell Bridge accommodation at third-floor level, which was provided from Glasgow University's Snell Benefaction. The college's dining hall was built in 1877, replacing an older hall in the front quadrangle, which had become too small for

2379-520: The college for at least 43 years, was known as Rosa, named after the Marxist Rosa Luxemburg . Each June, pet tortoises from various Oxford colleges are brought to Corpus Christi College where they participate in a very slow race; Balliol's own Rosa competed and won many times. Rosa disappeared in the Spring of 2004, and while numerous conspiracy theories abounded, none is officially recognised by

2440-510: The college's founding, and hosts a biennial Holywell Manor Festival, Garden Party, and Garden Play. Balliol hosts more graduate students than any other ancient college, and the Manor forms the centre of this community, providing facilities such as the Middle Common Room (MCR) itself, an extensive garden, TV and computer rooms, music practice rooms, a 'Cockpit' leisure room, and the graduate-student-run 'Megaron' bar. The Manor from 1967 until

2501-616: The college's population. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the hall is built in geometric style, using Bath stone and Tisbury stone, with roof and woodwork made of oak. The hall features a Willis organ, again instituted by Benjamin Jowett. The old hall became part of the library. The ground floor contains the college bar and shop, known as "The Buttery" (west side) and the Senior Common Room lunch room (east side). The 1966 new Senior Common Room range (Stc XXIII) (northern and eastern sides)

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2562-550: The college. However, on 29 April 2007, Chris Skidmore , a graduate of Christ Church working at the House of Commons, donated a pair of tortoises - one to his own college, and one to Balliol, where he had attended an open day in 1999. The new tortoise, Matilda, died in April 2009. Taking care of the resident tortoise is one of the many tasks assigned to Balliol students each year. This position, known as "Comrade Tortoise", has been filled by

2623-499: The college. There are also senior and junior research fellows. The college can also elect "distinguished persons" to honorary fellowships. The fellows are supplemented by academics on short-term contracts. In addition, there are visiting international academics who come to Oxford for periods of up to a year, an example of this is the George Eastman Visiting Professorial Fellowship. Balliol College

2684-414: The construction of the university Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory on South Parks Road . The majority of research and post-graduate students are housed in the Holywell Manor complex, a Grade II listed building acquired by Balliol in 1932 under the direction of Kenneth Norman Bell . It hosts a collection of artworks by alumni of the college, including a mural by Gilbert Spencer depicting

2745-613: The corner between the "Old Hall" and "Old Library" is also by Salvin, of 1853 and balances that at Stc XVI–XIX. Underneath part of the Garden Quad and extending into Trinity were the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories , the most prominent Oxford physical and chemical laboratories in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in which physical chemist Henry Moseley (originator of the atomic number ) and Nobel Laureate Cyril Hinshelwood worked. These are now disused, following

2806-584: The fellows, the graduates and undergraduates . The JCR provides many services from laundry facilities, one of the few entirely student-run bars left in Oxford (the Manager, Lord/Lady Lindsay, is elected each year by students in the JCR) to a student-run cafeteria known as Pantry. There is a garden quadrangle and a nearby sports ground (the Master's Field) and boathouse . The sports ground is mainly used for cricket , tennis , hockey and football . Croquet may be played in

2867-414: The first woman undergraduates to live at Balliol was Elena Ceva-Valla, who arrived on 16 September 1979. Other female undergraduates who arrived that term were Cressida Dick , Katy Koralek and Penny Phillips. In 2010, the college unveiled a sundial in the Garden Quad commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the admission of women to the college, inscribed with the phrase "About Time". The first portrait of

2928-525: The full admission of women at Balliol in 1979 was host to the Balliol-St Anne's Graduate Institution, including students from St Anne's College, Oxford . Former residents include Bill Clinton and Masako, Empress of Japan . The 20th century saw several further additions to the college's accommodation, the Martin Building of 1966 ('Holywell Minor , a reference to Holywell Manor, across the road) and

2989-449: The oldest Oxford college, though this is disputed by both University College and Merton . Balliol's claim is that a house of scholars was established by the founder in Oxford in around 1263, in contrast to Merton, which was the first college to be granted an official statute in 1274, and University College, which, while provisionally founded by will in 1249, was only officially established around 1280. However, Balliol also acknowledges that

3050-408: The other two have legitimate claims on their respective bases, depending on what criteria are used to define the oldest. As with all colleges, Balliol has a more or less permanent teaching staff, known as fellows. The college statutes provide for various categories of fellows and these include both tutorial fellows and professorial fellows. Professorial fellows are those professors and readers of

3111-417: The reign of Edward VI and during the great rebellion, and by Wood's time few of the miniatures in the remaining volumes had escaped mutilation. But by 1890, no less than 152 of Grey's codices were still in the possession of the college, and form a large part of Roger Mynors 's 1963 catalogue of the college's manuscripts. The bishop's coat of arms ( gules , a lion rampant , within a bordure engrailed argent)

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3172-457: The rivalry goes back to the late 17th century, when Ralph Bathurst , President of Trinity, was supposedly observed throwing stones at Balliol's windows. In fact, in its modern form, the rivalry appears to date from the late 1890s, when the chant or song known as a "Gordouli" began to be sung from the Balliol side. The traditional words run: Gordouli Face like a ham, Bobby Johnson says so And he should know. The shouting of chants over

3233-447: The rules in no way suggest there is a preference for an alumnus or fellow of the college to be chosen, there have been few who were not. Only one in the twentieth century had no previous connection. A former student of the college, Baruch Blumberg , was the first American master and the first Nobel Laureate , receiving his prize in medicine for the identification of the hepatitis B virus. The former Master of Balliol, Sir Drummond Bone ,

3294-453: The same year, Dame Frances Kirwan became the twentieth Savilian Professor of Geometry and the first woman to hold that post. In 2021, students sent an open letter to the college and protested regarding their welfare following an alleged incident of sexual assault on a female graduate student that was covered by Al Jazeera English . The college has been on its present site since its inception by Balliol's scholars as their residence with

3355-447: The skill of an artist who worked for him at Florence. It was his desire to make his collection the nucleus of a library for Balliol College, to the building of which, as well as to that of the master's lodgings and of the old buttery and hall, he contributed largely. The work was finished about 1477 by Robert Abdy , then master of the college, and enriched with some two hundred manuscripts, the bishop's gift. Of these, many were destroyed in

3416-671: The university who are allocated to the college by the university. One of these professorships is the Beit Professor of Commonwealth History , which is currently held by James Belich . The Professorship of Internet Studies is currently held by political scientist Philip N. Howard . Other professorships include the Boden Professor of Sanskrit and the Montague Burton Professor of International Relations . Official fellows are those who hold tutorial or administrative appointments in

3477-492: The wall is still known as "a Gordouli", and the tradition continues as the students gather to sing following boat club dinners and other events. The traditional Gordouli is said to have been sung by Balliol and Trinity men in the trenches of Mesopotamia in the First World War . Balliol became known for its radicalism and political activism in the 20th century, and saw an abortive coup in the 1960s in which students took over

3538-534: Was a benefaction of the Bernard Sunley Foundation and contains some smaller rooms and the principal SCR lounge, replacing Victorian facilities. Below this is a Lecture Room ("LR XXIII"). The east side of the quad is a neighbouring wall with Trinity College, at the southern end is the Master's Garden, in front of the chapel, and the Fellows' Garden in front of the "Old" (Senior) Common Room. The Tower forming

3599-453: Was a post-graduate student there (Snell Exhibitioner from Glasgow University) and a scholar of the Romantic poet Lord Byron , and held the post from October 2011 to April 2018, following his retirement as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008. Each year the college matriculates approximately 260 undergraduates and postgraduates combined according to the most recent data which

3660-750: Was not wholly apposite, however. For, whereas the peacock is a fool even among birds, the Duke had already taken (besides a particularly brilliant First in Mods ) the Stanhope, the Newdigate , the Lothian, and the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse. Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College ( / ˈ b eɪ l i əl / ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford . Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol , it has

3721-416: Was publicly beaten by the bishop and had to support a group of scholars at Oxford. After de Balliol's death in 1268, his widow, Dervorguilla of Galloway (their son and grandson each became Kings of Scotland ), made arrangements to ensure the permanence of the college in that she provided capital and in 1282 formulated the college statutes, documents that survive to the present. Balliol lays claim to being

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