Trevelyan College
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Trevelyan College, often abbreviated to Trevs, is a college
of the University of Durham in North Eastern England
. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan, Chancellor of the University from 1950 to 1957. Originally an all-female college (the last to open in England), the college became fully mixed in 1992. Trevelyan College is noted in Durham for its friendly atmosphere and degree results; it currently heads the collegiate academic league with 87.2% of those who graduated in 2006 doing so with first or upper second class degrees and has topped the collegiate academic league tables for 6 of the past 7 years (as of 2010). It is also known for the display of daffodils that surrounds it every year.
Although Trevelyan is a separately registered higher educational institution (HEI),
it is different from Oxbridge
colleges in that it is owned (and for the most part run) by the University. Again, unlike Oxbridge, all academic tutoring takes place in the University's departments, though every student has a college tutor who acts in a pastoral
capacity.
, to look into the future of higher education
in the UK. When published, the report recommended the expansion of universities and the student population. This was accepted as Government policy
. In 1963, the University of Newcastle was officially established as a separate entity from the University of Durham, which meant that new colleges within Durham were required to meet the new university places that the Government wished to create. As a result, the University planned for three new colleges on Elvet Hill, these went on to become Collingwood
, Trevelyan and Van Mildert
.
and St. Aidan's
, so as to increase the female population of the student body. The college was built on farmland south of St. Mary's off Elvet Hill Road, which was owned by a local family; the Carpenters. Originally, this land was designed to not only accommodate the new college, but also a 1,500 person capacity University Assembly Hall, however, the site was too small to accommodate both buildings.
After much delay the college was opened in October 1966 with 78 students. The official opening took place on Tuesday 12 March 1968 by Lord Butler
, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was invited in view of the connection G.M. Trevelyan also held with Trinity
. During the opening, a serenade in three movements composed by Sir Malcolm Arnold
, whose daughter was in the first intake of students, called "The Trevelyan Suite" was played. Other people at the opening include the Chancellor
, the Vice-Chancellor, two Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Bishops of Durham and Ripon (whose wife, Mary Moorman was a relative of Trevelyan and also present) and the Mayor and Mayoress of Durham.
. The purpose of the hall was to provide more facilities for Trevelyan students, such as a badminton
court and extra music rooms, as well as to create a conference facility for the purpose of wealth creation for the college. In 1988 an extension to the hall; "The Dowrick Suite" was added, named after a Professor of the Law Department, Frank Dowrick, who was a longtime member of the Senior Common Room. Inside the Dowrick suite sits a bust of Mo Mowlam
, arguably Trevs most famous alumna.
In 1981, the bar, which had previously been located within the small area now hosting the buttery
was moved to its present location in the former cloisters of the college. In order to make this a practical bar environment, the cloisters were roofed over. The area above this new roof is nicknamed "The Goldfish Bowl" by students, due to the proximity of the windows looking into other rooms. It is not unknown for students to hang washing across this space, use it as a sunning spot, or to catch glimpses of fellow students in rooms opposite.
In 1991 a new accommodation block was added to the main building, this block, the K block is entirely en-suite and now reserved for finalists.
The college became fully mixed in 1992. In 1993 the bar underwent refurbishment and was reopened by Rolf Harris
. In 2000, a tennis court was added to the grounds at the back of the college.
At the opening of the college the architect, John Eastwick-Field, said of the design of the college:
The original blocks are labelled A-J, though there is no "I Block" to be found and there is also a modern block of ensuite bedrooms, K Block, also called the Macaulay Suite, named after Lord Macaulay, G.M. Trevelyan's great-uncle.
The layout features rooms based around staircases, landings and courtyards. The entrance hall is referred to as "the Cobbles", although said cobbles are no longer there having been removed during a recent modern refit. A third of the college was fully refurbished in 2005.
Approximately 320 fully catered students can be housed in the building, and around 600 are members of the college, making Trevelyan the third smallest of Durham's seventeen colleges
, and the smallest of those maintained by the university council.
The building's unique design has won it a Civic Design Award
.
, which is open 24 hours a day, music practice room, recording studio
, cinema room
, computer rooms, bar, buttery
and fitness suite; it also possesses a chapel
, the Barn, which is used for prayer, talks and musical/dramatic rehearsals.
The Undercroft, a relaxing seating area, links the bar with the rear of the college. The college also has a central quad, although it is actually an irregular icosagon
, a setting for the college's musical events and formal ball
. To the rear of the college there are landscaped lawns and a tennis court.
The Sir James Knott Hall, catering for sports, theatrical and conference events is situated just across the college main entrance.
. Undergratuates are members of the Junior Common Room (JCR), although they may opt out of the common room if they wish, although if they do so they are not allowed to attend JCR events, such as the informal and formal ball, or Formal Hall. The JCR annually elects an Executive Committee consisting of eleven members as well as an impartial Chair. The Executive Committee ensures the successful running of the JCR, in conjunction with the College Officers. Full lists of members can be found on their website. Postgraduate students are members of the Middle Common Room (MCR), which hosts its own event. Administrative, academic and other members of college are members of the Senior Common Room (SCR).
paintings which hang in the dining hall. The college hosts an annual musical, with recent years productions being Guys and Dolls, Funny Girl, Return to the Forbidden Planet
and High Society
. The college has an orchestral society, a choir
, a flute choir
, and a jazz band
; Trevs Jazz, who are regular performers at jazz evenings at the DSU
. The college also has a theatre company, the Hill College Theatre Company, who put on productions several times a year, recently performing the Canterbury Tales and Translations
, The Vagina Monologues
and A Midsummer Night's Dream
to much critical acclaim.
is one of the few college rowing teams to qualify for Henley Royal Regatta
. Their Mens A football team also went unbeaten through last years season, getting promoted to the Premier league as champions.
Trevelyan College has more 8-ball pool teams than any other college (which is surprising since it is one of the smaller colleges). There are six teams. The teams are ranked A-F. The 'F' team used to be solely represented by females up until the 2010/2011 season. Further details can be found on on the Trevelyan College Pool Wiki page
societies. Trevski organises a college ski trip each year.
The college monthly magazine is called Hex magazine, named in tribute to the college's interesting hexagonal shape.
. The formal is signalled over when the JCR president bows out formally to the Principal and student body.
JCR events are held every year, with an informal ball and sportman's ball being held at the end of michaelmas term
, and a summer ball being held after exams in easter term
.
Academic gowns are also worn at university matriculation
and college matriculation and also at graduation
.
The annual Trevs Day takes place after exams in easter term
and is a focus of much celebration and revelry for students. Each year it receives a different theme, with the theme for 2010 being American fraternity
.
The college also hosts TrevStock, an annual music festival for college and university bands which takes place in the quad.
The college regulations state that "any student found picking the daffodils shall be hanged, drawn and quartered at dawn on Palace Green."
to the mainland of Cornwall
for a wager, the other knights of Arthur's
court having drowned.
The arms of Trevelyan College are blazoned as follows:
Shield:
Gules
issuant from water in base barry wavy of four Argent
and Azure
a demi horse forcene Or
, in chief three Saint Cuthbert's crosses
Argent
Crest:
Out of a coronet
composed of sixteen fleurs de lis set upon a rim alternately large and small a lyre
Or
, mantled Gules
doubled Argent
In the early eighties, a competition was held to name the horse. Its eventual name, Vera, stems from a student innocently assuming that the college motto "Vera Fictis Libentius" was referring to the horse.
The College motto "Vera Fictis Libentius" was taken from the inscription of the 1875 statue of Lord Macaulay in the antechamber of the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Mary Moorman, daughter of G.M. Trevelyan was a member of the Senior Common Room and was awarded an honorary doctor of letters from Durham
Lord Trevelyan, Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron of St Veep, a member of the Trevelyan Governing Body from 1970 until 1977. Lord Trevelyan arranged the grant from the Sir James Knott Trust that provided funding for the Sir James Knott Hall.
The artists Julian Trevelyan
and Mary Fedden
OBE (his second wife), some of whose work is owned by the college. Mrs Fedden provided significant donations for prizes for original works of art by college members.
Jon and Karen Trevelyan, who are both college tutors.
is the current Principal of Trevelyan College, having previously been principal of John Snow College
. He is Professor of Humanities in Medicine and co-Director of the Centre for Medical Humanities. He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Sydney
. He is currently a visiting Professor at the University of Otago
and joint editor of the Medical Humanities journal. He is an Honorary Fellow of Royal College of General Practitioners.
and Exeter
, as well as the international Universities of Brown
, Harvard
, Khartoum
, Tehran
and Sultan Qaboos University
in Oman
The Trevelyan Trust is a charitable fund aimed at providing prizes and bursaries for Trevelyan students.
In addition to this the Boat Club
also award the Dyfrig Williams Trophy to a member of college who has significantly contributed to college sport.
Colleges of the University of Durham
This is a list of the colleges within the University of Durham. These colleges are the primary source of accommodation for undergraduates and graduates at the University, also providing bursaries and scholarships to students...
of the University of Durham in North Eastern England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan, Chancellor of the University from 1950 to 1957. Originally an all-female college (the last to open in England), the college became fully mixed in 1992. Trevelyan College is noted in Durham for its friendly atmosphere and degree results; it currently heads the collegiate academic league with 87.2% of those who graduated in 2006 doing so with first or upper second class degrees and has topped the collegiate academic league tables for 6 of the past 7 years (as of 2010). It is also known for the display of daffodils that surrounds it every year.
Although Trevelyan is a separately registered higher educational institution (HEI),
it is different from Oxbridge
Oxbridge
Oxbridge is a portmanteau of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in England, and the term is now used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior social status...
colleges in that it is owned (and for the most part run) by the University. Again, unlike Oxbridge, all academic tutoring takes place in the University's departments, though every student has a college tutor who acts in a pastoral
Pastoral
The adjective pastoral refers to the lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage. It also refers to a genre in literature, art or music that depicts such shepherd life in an...
capacity.
Prelude
During the early 1960s, the British Government commissioned the Robbins ReportRobbins Report
The Robbins Report was commissioned by the British government and published in 1963. The Committee met from 1961 to 1963...
, to look into the future of higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
in the UK. When published, the report recommended the expansion of universities and the student population. This was accepted as Government policy
Policy
A policy is typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome. The term is not normally used to denote what is actually done, this is normally referred to as either procedure or protocol...
. In 1963, the University of Newcastle was officially established as a separate entity from the University of Durham, which meant that new colleges within Durham were required to meet the new university places that the Government wished to create. As a result, the University planned for three new colleges on Elvet Hill, these went on to become Collingwood
Collingwood College, Durham
Collingwood College is a college of Durham University in England. It is the second largest of Durham's undergraduate colleges. Founded in 1972 as the first purpose-built, mixed-sex college in Durham, it is named after the mathematician Sir Edward Collingwood , who was also for a time Chair of the...
, Trevelyan and Van Mildert
Van Mildert College
Van Mildert College, commonly known as Mildert, is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1965, it takes its name from William Van Mildert, Prince-Bishop of Durham from 1826 to 1836 and a leading figure in the University's 1832 foundation.Van Mildert College occupies grounds...
.
A new women's college
Trevelyan was planned to become an all women's college, similar to St. Mary'sSt Mary's College, Durham
St Mary's College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Following the grant of a supplemental charter in 1895 allowing women to receive degrees of the university, St Mary's was founded as the Women's Hostel in 1899, adopting its present name in May 1920...
and St. Aidan's
St Aidan's College
St Aidan's College is a college of the University of Durham in England. Founded in 1947 as St Aidan's Society, but able to trace its roots back to the end of the 19th century, the college is named for St Aidan of Lindisfarne.-History:...
, so as to increase the female population of the student body. The college was built on farmland south of St. Mary's off Elvet Hill Road, which was owned by a local family; the Carpenters. Originally, this land was designed to not only accommodate the new college, but also a 1,500 person capacity University Assembly Hall, however, the site was too small to accommodate both buildings.
After much delay the college was opened in October 1966 with 78 students. The official opening took place on Tuesday 12 March 1968 by Lord Butler
Rab Butler
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...
, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was invited in view of the connection G.M. Trevelyan also held with Trinity
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. During the opening, a serenade in three movements composed by Sir Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold
Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE was an English composer and symphonist.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was ranked with Benjamin Britten as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain...
, whose daughter was in the first intake of students, called "The Trevelyan Suite" was played. Other people at the opening include the Chancellor
Chancellor
Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...
, the Vice-Chancellor, two Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Bishops of Durham and Ripon (whose wife, Mary Moorman was a relative of Trevelyan and also present) and the Mayor and Mayoress of Durham.
Since opening
In 1973, a 300 person capacity hall, the Sir James Knott Hall, was opened in the presence of the Duke of NorthumberlandHenry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland
Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland FRS was the son of Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland. He was a godchild of Queen Elizabeth II.He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford...
. The purpose of the hall was to provide more facilities for Trevelyan students, such as a badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
court and extra music rooms, as well as to create a conference facility for the purpose of wealth creation for the college. In 1988 an extension to the hall; "The Dowrick Suite" was added, named after a Professor of the Law Department, Frank Dowrick, who was a longtime member of the Senior Common Room. Inside the Dowrick suite sits a bust of Mo Mowlam
Mo Mowlam
Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.Mowlam's time as Northern...
, arguably Trevs most famous alumna.
In 1981, the bar, which had previously been located within the small area now hosting the buttery
Buttery (shop)
In the Middle Ages, a buttery was a storeroom for liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for bottle or, to put the word into its simpler form, a butt, that is, a cask. A butler, before he became able to take charge of the ewery, pantry, cellar, and the staff, would be in...
was moved to its present location in the former cloisters of the college. In order to make this a practical bar environment, the cloisters were roofed over. The area above this new roof is nicknamed "The Goldfish Bowl" by students, due to the proximity of the windows looking into other rooms. It is not unknown for students to hang washing across this space, use it as a sunning spot, or to catch glimpses of fellow students in rooms opposite.
In 1991 a new accommodation block was added to the main building, this block, the K block is entirely en-suite and now reserved for finalists.
The college became fully mixed in 1992. In 1993 the bar underwent refurbishment and was reopened by Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris, CBE, AM is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, painter and television personality.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Harris was a champion swimmer before studying art. He moved to England in 1952, where he started to appear on television programmes on which he drew the...
. In 2000, a tennis court was added to the grounds at the back of the college.
Building design
The internal construction of Trevelyan is very unusual, comprising a string of hexagon-shaped blocks resulting in most rooms containing somewhat unusual angles.At the opening of the college the architect, John Eastwick-Field, said of the design of the college:
"the building had been irregularly planned in outline but close together in complex. The aim had been to create study bedrooms with individuality, a sense of light and space and overall the effort to foster community sense by grouping the rooms into small units of hexagonal shape onto individual landings."
The original blocks are labelled A-J, though there is no "I Block" to be found and there is also a modern block of ensuite bedrooms, K Block, also called the Macaulay Suite, named after Lord Macaulay, G.M. Trevelyan's great-uncle.
The layout features rooms based around staircases, landings and courtyards. The entrance hall is referred to as "the Cobbles", although said cobbles are no longer there having been removed during a recent modern refit. A third of the college was fully refurbished in 2005.
Approximately 320 fully catered students can be housed in the building, and around 600 are members of the college, making Trevelyan the third smallest of Durham's seventeen colleges
Colleges of the University of Durham
This is a list of the colleges within the University of Durham. These colleges are the primary source of accommodation for undergraduates and graduates at the University, also providing bursaries and scholarships to students...
, and the smallest of those maintained by the university council.
The building's unique design has won it a Civic Design Award
Civic Trust
The Civic Trust of England was a charitable organisation founded in 1957. It ceased operations in 2009 and went into administration due to lack of funds/...
.
Facilities
Trevs has its own comprehensive libraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, which is open 24 hours a day, music practice room, recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
, cinema room
Home cinema
Home cinema, also commonly called home theater, are home entertainment set-ups that seek to reproduce a movie theater experience and mood with the help of video and audio equipment in a private home....
, computer rooms, bar, buttery
Buttery (shop)
In the Middle Ages, a buttery was a storeroom for liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for bottle or, to put the word into its simpler form, a butt, that is, a cask. A butler, before he became able to take charge of the ewery, pantry, cellar, and the staff, would be in...
and fitness suite; it also possesses a chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
, the Barn, which is used for prayer, talks and musical/dramatic rehearsals.
The Undercroft, a relaxing seating area, links the bar with the rear of the college. The college also has a central quad, although it is actually an irregular icosagon
Icosagon
In geometry, an icosagon is a twenty-sided polygon. The sum of any icosagon's interior angles is 3240 degrees.One interior angle in a regular icosagon is 162° meaning that one exterior angle would be 18°...
, a setting for the college's musical events and formal ball
Ball (dance)
A ball is a formal dance. The word 'ball' is derived from the Latin word "ballare", meaning 'to dance'; the term also derived into "bailar", which is the Spanish and Portuguese word for dance . In Catalan it is the same word, 'ball', for the dance event.Attendees wear evening attire, which is...
. To the rear of the college there are landscaped lawns and a tennis court.
The Sir James Knott Hall, catering for sports, theatrical and conference events is situated just across the college main entrance.
Common rooms
All members of college are members of a common roomCommon Room (university)
In some universities in the United Kingdom — particularly collegiate universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Durham — students and the academic body are organised into common rooms...
. Undergratuates are members of the Junior Common Room (JCR), although they may opt out of the common room if they wish, although if they do so they are not allowed to attend JCR events, such as the informal and formal ball, or Formal Hall. The JCR annually elects an Executive Committee consisting of eleven members as well as an impartial Chair. The Executive Committee ensures the successful running of the JCR, in conjunction with the College Officers. Full lists of members can be found on their website. Postgraduate students are members of the Middle Common Room (MCR), which hosts its own event. Administrative, academic and other members of college are members of the Senior Common Room (SCR).
Arts
The college has a strong history of music, art, and the performing arts. The college has hosted, and continues to host art viewings, both of local and international artists, as well as boasting a large art collection of its own, including six specially commissioned John WalkerJohn Walker (painter)
John Walker is an English painter and printmaker.Walker studied in Birmingham. Some of his early work was inspired by abstract expressionism and post-painterly abstraction, and often combined apparently three-dimensional shapes with "flatter" elements...
paintings which hang in the dining hall. The college hosts an annual musical, with recent years productions being Guys and Dolls, Funny Girl, Return to the Forbidden Planet
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Return to the Forbidden Planet is a Jukebox musical by playwright Bob Carlton based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and the 1950s science fiction film Forbidden Planet ....
and High Society
High Society (musical)
High Society is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Cole Porter.Based on the Philip Barry play The Philadelphia Story and the 1956 musical screen adaptation with Porter's songs, High Society, the plot centers on pretentious Long Island socialite Tracy Lord, who is planning...
. The college has an orchestral society, a choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, a flute choir
Flute choir
A flute choir is a chamber instrumental ensemble consisting mainly of range extensions of the flute family. The standard instrumentation being:1 Piccolo in c’4 Flutes in c1 Alto Flute in G1 Bass Flute in C...
, and a jazz band
Jazz band
A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.-Eras:SwingDuring the swing era in the mid-twentieth...
; Trevs Jazz, who are regular performers at jazz evenings at the DSU
Durham Students' Union
The Durham Students' Union is a body, set up as the Durham Colleges Students’ Representative Council in 1899 and renamed in 1969, with the intention of representing and providing welfare and services for the students of the University of Durham in England.-Location:DSU occupies and manages Dunelm...
. The college also has a theatre company, the Hill College Theatre Company, who put on productions several times a year, recently performing the Canterbury Tales and Translations
Translations
Translations is a three-act play by Irish playwright Brian Friel written in 1980. It is set in Baile Beag , a small village at the heart of 19th century agricultural Ireland...
, The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at AFRICA in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production which was produced by David Stone, Nina Essman, Dan Markley, The Araca Group, Willa Shalit, Mike Skipper...
and A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
to much critical acclaim.
Sport
The college also has a strong sporting profile, finishing 5th in the college league table in 2008/9. The college has also in recent years been college champions of women's hockey, Women's astro football and basketball (both men's and women's). Trevelyan College Boat ClubTrevelyan College Boat Club
Trevelyan College Boat Club is the boat club of Trevelyan College, at Durham University.An active north eastern rowing club, it competes on a national level, for example at Henley Royal Regatta and the Head of the River Race. It is recognised as one of the more prominent Durham College Rowing Clubs...
is one of the few college rowing teams to qualify for Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...
. Their Mens A football team also went unbeaten through last years season, getting promoted to the Premier league as champions.
Trevelyan College has more 8-ball pool teams than any other college (which is surprising since it is one of the smaller colleges). There are six teams. The teams are ranked A-F. The 'F' team used to be solely represented by females up until the 2010/2011 season. Further details can be found on on the Trevelyan College Pool Wiki page
Other
Student societies play an important role in college life, with active film and LGBTLGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
societies. Trevski organises a college ski trip each year.
The college monthly magazine is called Hex magazine, named in tribute to the college's interesting hexagonal shape.
Traditions
The college holds Formal Hall once a fortnight, in which students enter the dining hall in their academic gowns, which must remain worn until the end of silent graceGrace (prayer)
Grace is a name for any of a number of short prayers said or an unvoiced intention held prior to or after eating, thanking God and/or the entities that have given of themselves to furnish nutrients to those partaking in the meal. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing...
. The formal is signalled over when the JCR president bows out formally to the Principal and student body.
JCR events are held every year, with an informal ball and sportman's ball being held at the end of michaelmas term
Michaelmas term
Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities:*University of Cambridge*University of Oxford*University of St...
, and a summer ball being held after exams in easter term
Easter term
Easter term is the name of the summer term at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wales, Lampeter, University of Durham, and formerly University of Newcastle upon Tyne , in the United Kingdom...
.
Academic gowns are also worn at university matriculation
Matriculation
Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry, for instance, a matriculation is a registration of armorial bearings...
and college matriculation and also at graduation
Graduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...
.
The annual Trevs Day takes place after exams in easter term
Easter term
Easter term is the name of the summer term at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wales, Lampeter, University of Durham, and formerly University of Newcastle upon Tyne , in the United Kingdom...
and is a focus of much celebration and revelry for students. Each year it receives a different theme, with the theme for 2010 being American fraternity
Fraternity
A fraternity is a brotherhood, though the term usually connotes a distinct or formal organization. An organization referred to as a fraternity may be a:*Secret society*Chivalric order*Benefit society*Friendly society*Social club*Trade union...
.
The college also hosts TrevStock, an annual music festival for college and university bands which takes place in the quad.
The college regulations state that "any student found picking the daffodils shall be hanged, drawn and quartered at dawn on Palace Green."
Coat of arms
The college arms are modelled closely on the arms of the Trevelyan family, whose crest features a swimming horse, commemorating the legend of the first Trevelyan, who swum his horse from St Michael's MountSt Michael's Mount
St Michael's Mount is a tidal island located off the Mount's Bay coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish and is united with the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water....
to the mainland of Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
for a wager, the other knights of Arthur's
King Arthur
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...
court having drowned.
The arms of Trevelyan College are blazoned as follows:
Shield:
Gules
Gules
In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation....
issuant from water in base barry wavy of four Argent
Argent
In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it...
and Azure
Azure
In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation....
a demi horse forcene Or
Or (heraldry)
In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent , belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots...
, in chief three Saint Cuthbert's crosses
Pectoral cross
A pectoral cross or pectorale is a cross, usually relatively large, suspended from the neck by a cord or chain that reaches well down the chest. It is worn by the clergy as an indication of their position, and is different from the small crosses worn on necklaces by many Christians, which have no...
Argent
Argent
In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it...
Crest:
Out of a coronet
Coronet
A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. Unlike a crown, a coronet never has arches.The word stems from the Old French coronete, a diminutive of coronne , itself from the Latin corona .Traditionally, such headgear is – as indicated by the German equivalent...
composed of sixteen fleurs de lis set upon a rim alternately large and small a lyre
Lyre
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later. The word comes from the Greek "λύρα" and the earliest reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek ru-ra-ta-e, meaning "lyrists", written in Linear B syllabic script...
Or
Or (heraldry)
In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent , belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots...
, mantled Gules
Gules
In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation....
doubled Argent
Argent
In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it...
In the early eighties, a competition was held to name the horse. Its eventual name, Vera, stems from a student innocently assuming that the college motto "Vera Fictis Libentius" was referring to the horse.
The College motto "Vera Fictis Libentius" was taken from the inscription of the 1875 statue of Lord Macaulay in the antechamber of the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Connections with the Trevelyan family
Trevelyan College boasts a number of connections with the greater Trevelyan family, some of these include:Mary Moorman, daughter of G.M. Trevelyan was a member of the Senior Common Room and was awarded an honorary doctor of letters from Durham
Lord Trevelyan, Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron of St Veep, a member of the Trevelyan Governing Body from 1970 until 1977. Lord Trevelyan arranged the grant from the Sir James Knott Trust that provided funding for the Sir James Knott Hall.
The artists Julian Trevelyan
Julian Trevelyan
Julian Otto Trevelyan, RA was a British artist and poet.Trevelyan was the only child of Robert Calverley Trevelyan and his wife Elizabeth van der Hoeven...
and Mary Fedden
Mary Fedden
Mary Fedden OBE, is a British artist. Fedden is represented by Portland Gallery, London.-Early years:Sometimes mistakenly described as the daughter of Roy Fedden , Mary Fedden studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts, London from 1932 to 1936...
OBE (his second wife), some of whose work is owned by the college. Mrs Fedden provided significant donations for prizes for original works of art by college members.
Jon and Karen Trevelyan, who are both college tutors.
The principal
Professor H. Martyn EvansMartyn Evans (academic)
Professor H. Martyn Evans is a Welsh academic and Professor in Humanities in Medicine at the University of Durham.Professor Evans started his career at the University of Wales, Swansea, where he became Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Philosophy and Helthcare...
is the current Principal of Trevelyan College, having previously been principal of John Snow College
John Snow College
John Snow College is a college of the University of Durham in England, and one of two located at Queen's Campus in Thornaby-on-Tees, south of the city of Durham itself...
. He is Professor of Humanities in Medicine and co-Director of the Centre for Medical Humanities. He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. He is currently a visiting Professor at the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
and joint editor of the Medical Humanities journal. He is an Honorary Fellow of Royal College of General Practitioners.
Former principals
- Miss J.C. Bernard 1965-1979
- Miss D.M. LavinDeborah Lavin (academic)Deborah Margaret Lavin FRSA is a South African academic and historian, resident in the United Kingdom for most of her career. She attended Rhodes University, South Africa and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating in 1961...
1979-1995 - Dr G. Marshal 1995-1996
- Professor M. ToddMalcolm ToddMalcolm Todd FSA is a British historian and archaeologist with an interest in the interaction between the Roman Empire and Western Europe....
1996-2000 - Dr N. MartinNigel MartinDr Nigel Martin is a British politician and mathematician. He is currently a member of Durham County Council, representing Neville's Cross since 1985. He is a Liberal Democrat, and leader of said party in the council. He has run for Parliament three times, in 1987 for Newcastle Central, 1992 and...
2000-2008
Fellowships
The college has a tradition of visiting fellows, who typically stay for a term, giving a Trevelyan Lecture based upon their research areas. Trevs also hosts the Sir William Luce Fellowship, in a joint project with the Institute of Islamic and Middle-Eastern Studies. Past fellows have included academics from the UK based Universities of ReadingUniversity of Reading
The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
and Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
, as well as the international Universities of Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Khartoum
University of Khartoum
The University of Khartoum ia a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Khartoum. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. UofK was founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 1956 when Sudan gained independence...
, Tehran
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...
and Sultan Qaboos University
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultan Qaboos University, located in the city of Al Khoudh, in the Capital Region of Muscat, Oman, is the only public university in the Sultanate of Oman. Named after Qaboos bin Sa’id Al ‘Bu Sa’id, the Sultan of Oman, the university opened in 1986. At the time, it comprised five colleges:...
in Oman
Oman
Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...
Honorary fellows
Honorary fellowships were awarded between 1996-98 to those people who have greatly aided or have a close association with the college. Normally such people are made members of the SCR.- Mary FeddenMary FeddenMary Fedden OBE, is a British artist. Fedden is represented by Portland Gallery, London.-Early years:Sometimes mistakenly described as the daughter of Roy Fedden , Mary Fedden studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts, London from 1932 to 1936...
, RA - Sir John JamesJohn JamesJohn James was an architect particularly associated with Twickenham in west London, where he rebuilt St. Mary's Church and built the house for Hon. James Johnson, Secretary for Scotland, later Orleans House...
, CBECBECBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering... - Deborah LavinDeborah Lavin (academic)Deborah Margaret Lavin FRSA is a South African academic and historian, resident in the United Kingdom for most of her career. She attended Rhodes University, South Africa and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating in 1961...
, MAMaster of Arts (postgraduate)A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees... - Sir Jack Zunz, KtKnight BachelorThe rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
, BScBSCBSC is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:Science and technology* Bachelor of Science , an undergraduate degree* Base Station Controller, part of a mobile phone network; see: Base Station subsystem...
, HonDSc, HonDEng, FEngFengFeng is a Chinese surname. It is reported as the 31st most common Chinese last name in 2006. The character itself, is made up of the character for "Horse" with an ice radical consisting of two strokes to the left that is meant to suggest speed or galloping.- Historical roots :The surname descended...
, FICEInstitution of Civil EngineersFounded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150...
, FIStructE, HonFRIBA, FCGI - The late Sir Donald Hawley KCMG MBEMBEMBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
- The late Mo MowlamMo MowlamMarjorie "Mo" Mowlam was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.Mowlam's time as Northern...
Trevelyan Society and Trust
The Trevelyan Society is the alumni organisation of the college, whose aims are to inform alumni of goings on in college as well as to keep alumni in touch with each other. It produces an annual magazine: "Hippocampus", a play on the arms of the college.The Trevelyan Trust is a charitable fund aimed at providing prizes and bursaries for Trevelyan students.
Scholarships and prizes
Trevs has several scholarships and prizes that are awards to members of the college, some founded by the Trevelyan Trust, others from private donors. A partial list of scholarships and bursaries is included below:- The Helena Margaret Biss Scholarship
- The Greenwood Merit Scholarship
- The Deborah Lavin Scholarship
- The Ove Arup Scholarship for the Built Environment
- The Bruhl Scholarship for Modern Languages
- The G.M. Trevelyan Scholarship
- The Marion Zunz Travel Bursary
In addition to this the Boat Club
Trevelyan College Boat Club
Trevelyan College Boat Club is the boat club of Trevelyan College, at Durham University.An active north eastern rowing club, it competes on a national level, for example at Henley Royal Regatta and the Head of the River Race. It is recognised as one of the more prominent Durham College Rowing Clubs...
also award the Dyfrig Williams Trophy to a member of college who has significantly contributed to college sport.
Notable alumni
- Mo MowlamMo MowlamMarjorie "Mo" Mowlam was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.Mowlam's time as Northern...
(former cabinet ministerCabinet of the United KingdomThe Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers....
) - Rachel SquireRachel SquireRachel Anne Squire was a British Labour Party politician in Scotland. She was the Member of Parliament for Dunfermline West from 1992 to 2005, and then for Dunfermline and West Fife from 2005 until her death after a long series of illnesses.-Background:Squire was born in Carshalton, Surrey, England...
(former Labour MP) - Minette WaltersMinette WaltersMinette Walters is an English crime writer.- Life and work :After her birth in Bishop’s Stortford to a serving army officer, Capt Samuel Jebb and his wife Colleen, the first 10 years of Minette’s life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England...
(thriller writer) - Pippa GreenwoodPippa GreenwoodPippa Greenwood is a British plant pathologist. She appears frequently on the BBC's long running Gardeners World television programme and has been a regular panelist on Gardeners' Question Time on BBC Radio 4 since 1994....
(garden expert) - David J. BodycombeDavid J. BodycombeDavid J. Bodycombe is a puzzle author and games consultant. He is based in London, and his work is read by over 2 million people a day in the UK, and is syndicated to over 300 newspapers internationally...
(puzzle writer) - Lucy BeresfordLucy BeresfordLucy Beresford is a British writer, psychotherapist and media commentator.An alumna of Trevelyan College, University of Durham, she has an M.A. in Psychotherapy awarded by The City University, London, and an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, having studied for both at Regent's College...
(writer, psychotherapist and media commentator) - Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (former General secretary of the Fabian SocietyFabian SocietyThe Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
and current chair of Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
National Executive CommitteeNational Executive CommitteeThe National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party, Constituency Labour Parties,...
) - Dame Jill BlackJill BlackDame Jill Margaret Black DBE, PC, QC is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.Black was educated at the University of Durham, and was called to the Bar in 1976 . She became a Queen's Counsel in 1994 and was appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 1996 and a Recorder in 1998...
QC - (Lord Justice of AppealLord Justice of AppealA Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales-Appointment:...
) - Professor Joy Carter, (Vice-Chancellor, University of WinchesterUniversity of WinchesterThe University of Winchester is a British public university primarily based in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Winchester is a historic cathedral city and the ancient capital of Wessex and the Kingdom of England.-History:...
)
External links
- Trevelyan College official university website
- Trevelyan College JCR undergraduate student body's website
- Trevelyan College MCR postgraduate student body's website
- Trevelyan College SCR academic and pastoral body attached to the college
- http://collegiateway.org/colleges/durham/trevelyan/ a website with a gallery of the college.