Durham University | Wikipedia audio article

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00:02:41 1 History
00:02:50 1.1 Origins
00:03:50 1.2 The church university, 1832–1909
00:09:13 1.3 The federal university, 1909–1963
00:11:55 1.4 The modern university, 1963–1999
00:13:28 1.4.1 Development in Stockton, 1992–1999
00:14:53 1.5 21st century
00:18:25 2 Campus
00:19:33 2.1 Durham City
00:20:45 2.1.1 Mountjoy
00:21:24 2.1.2 Elvet Hill
00:22:21 2.1.3 Mount Oswald
00:23:30 2.1.4 Development plans
00:24:52 2.1.5 Ushaw College
00:25:38 2.2 Queen's Campus
00:27:21 2.3 Libraries
00:29:59 2.4 Museums
00:31:20 3 Organisation and administration
00:31:30 3.1 Academic year
00:32:37 3.2 Colleges
00:34:24 3.3 Governance
00:38:11 3.4 Schools and faculties
00:39:14 4 Academic profile
00:39:23 4.1 Admissions
00:41:46 4.2 Widening access
00:45:04 4.3 Research
00:47:02 4.3.1 Centre for Iranian Studies
00:47:40 4.4 Rankings and reputation
00:56:58 5 Student life
00:57:06 5.1 Residential life
00:59:05 5.2 Student organisations
00:59:42 5.3 Civic engagement
01:00:53 5.4 Town and gown relations
01:01:13 5.5 Student media
01:02:07 5.6 Sport
01:05:14 5.7 Music and drama
01:07:41 6 Notable alumni
01:13:41 7 See also



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Durham University (legally 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 one of the institutions to be described as the third-oldest university in England. As a collegiate university its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and its 16 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 after previously being a member of the 1994 Group. Durham is also affiliated with the regional N8 Research Partnership and international university groups including the Matariki Network of Universities and the Coimbra Group. The university estate includes 63 listed buildings, ranging from the 11th-century Durham Castle to a 1930s Art Deco chapel. 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 the surrounding buildings including the historic Cosin's Library.Among British universities, it had the eighth highest average UCAS Tariff for new entrants in 2016 and the third lowest proportion of state-school educated students starting courses in 2016, at 62.9 per cent (fifth lowest compared to its benchmark). The university is currently ranked 5th to 7th by recent national league tables of the British universities, 74th to 114th in three of the four major global tables and in the 201–300 range in the fourth (see below). It was Sunday Times University of the Year for 2005, and the Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year for 2015, and was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2018.The chancellor of the university is Sir Thomas Allen, who succeeded Bill Bryson in 2012. Current and emeritus academics include 14 Fellows of the Royal Society, 17 Fellows of the British Academy, 14 Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences, 5 Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2 Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts and 2 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Durham graduates have long used the Latin post-nominal letters Dunelm after their degree, from Dunelmensis (of, belonging to, or from Durham).