HC Deb 28 April 2003 vol 404 cc251-2W
Mr. Swire

To ask the President of the Council which establishments have had university charters conferred on them since 1973. [109644]

Dr. John Reid

Only two universities have been incorporated by charter in the relevant period, but charters have also been granted to a number of other higher education institutions. Full details are given in the following table:

Institution Date
Universities (two)
University of Buckingham 11 February 1983
University of Ulster 31 July 1984
Cambridge (six)
Darwin College, Cambridge 9 June 1976
Wolfson College, Cambridge 27 October 1976
Clare Hall, Cambridge 12 September 1984
Robinson College, Cambridge 30 October 1984
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge 22 July 1997
St. Edmunds College, Cambridge 22 April 1998
Oxford (five)
Wolfson College, Oxford 18 February 1981
Linacre College, Oxford 5 June 1986
Mansfield College, Oxford 11 April 1995
Templeton College, Oxford 11 April 1995
Manchester College, Oxford 23 November 1995
University of London (four)
Queen Mary and Westfield College 2 August 1989
Goldsmith's College, University of London 1 November 1989
University of London Institute of Education 10 June 1987
King's College, London1 13 February 1980
Others (seven)
College of Law 12 November 1975
London Graduate School of Business Studies 8 July 1986
College of Ophthalmologists 23 March 1988
The Henley Management College 21 May 1991
Royal College of Anaesthetists 11 February 1992
The College of Optometrists 28 June 1995
College Paediatrics and Child Health 23 July 1996
1 First awarded charter in 1829 then a new charter in 1980.

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