Trevelyan College

Trevelyan College, also known colloquially as 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 its hexagon-featuring architecture and for the display of daffodils that surrounds it every spring.

As a constituent college of Durham University, Trevelyan is listed as a higher education institution under section 216 of the Education Reform Act 1988. Unlike Oxbridge colleges, 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.

Read more about Trevelyan College:  Traditions, Connections With The Trevelyan Family, Trevelyan Society and Trust, Notable Alumni

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