§ Mr. SwireTo ask the President of the Council which establishments have had university charters conferred on them since 1973. [109644]
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§ Dr. John ReidOnly 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.