Philip Baxter College
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Philip Baxter College, University Of New South Wales is a residential college
at the University of New South Wales
in Kensington
, Sydney
, Australia
.
and Goldstein College
s, Philip Baxter College forms part of The Kensington Colleges, the only residential colleges owned and operated by the University of New South Wales. It houses 208 residents, making it the largest residential college associated with the university. The college was named after Sir Philip Baxter
, a former Vice-Chancellor at UNSW http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/About/vice-chancellor.html#baxter and Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust. It was opened in 1966.
Baxter College participates in many on-campus and inter-college activities including the inter-college sports competition, The Ruth Wheen Cup (a culturally focused competition within The Kensington Colleges) and also many off-campus activities that take place in the local areas of Sydney such as Coogee and Randwick and also the inner city. The current Dean of College is Tim Anderson.
Residential college
A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall...
at the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Kensington
Kensington, New South Wales
Kensington is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kensington is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Randwick, in the Eastern Suburbs region...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The college
Along with BasserBasser College
Basser College, University of New South Wales is a residential college at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Basser College and its two neighbouring Colleges, Goldstein and Phillip Baxter, are collectively known as the Kensington Colleges...
and Goldstein College
Goldstein College
Goldstein College, University of New South Wales is one of the residential colleges of the University of New South Wales, Australia, and is one of the three Kensington Colleges...
s, Philip Baxter College forms part of The Kensington Colleges, the only residential colleges owned and operated by the University of New South Wales. It houses 208 residents, making it the largest residential college associated with the university. The college was named after Sir Philip Baxter
Philip Baxter
Sir John Philip Baxter, KBE , better known as Philip Baxter, was a British chemical engineer. He was the second director of the University of New South Wales from 1953, continuing as vice-chancellor when this position's title was changed in 1955...
, a former Vice-Chancellor at UNSW http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/About/vice-chancellor.html#baxter and Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust. It was opened in 1966.
Baxter College participates in many on-campus and inter-college activities including the inter-college sports competition, The Ruth Wheen Cup (a culturally focused competition within The Kensington Colleges) and also many off-campus activities that take place in the local areas of Sydney such as Coogee and Randwick and also the inner city. The current Dean of College is Tim Anderson.