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College of St Mark and St John (1923–2007) , established = University status (2012)
Joint College (1923)
St John's (1840)
St Marks (1841) , type = Independent Church of England voluntary , chancellor = , vice_chancellor = Rob Warner , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city =

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University of Exeter , mottoeng = "We Follow the Light" , established = 1838 - St Luke's College1855 - Exeter School of Art1863 - Exeter School of Science 1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter) , type = Public , ...

(1991-2013) , website = Plymouth Marjon University, commonly referred to as Marjon, is the

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of the University of St Mark and St John, a university based primarily on a single campus on the northern edge of

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, United Kingdom. Formerly named University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, the institution was awarded full university status in 2013. The Vice-Chancellor of the university is Rob Warner who joined in March 2017.

History

Former college building on Fulham Road (geograph 4219951)

The university's history dates back to the foundation by the National Society (now

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) of the constituent London colleges of St John's College in

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, London (1840) and St Mark's College in

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(1841). The former chapel of St Mark's College, designed by

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is on the Fulham Road, Chelsea, and is now a private residence. St Mark's College was founded upon the beliefs of The Reverend

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, son of the poet

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, its first principal: that its primary purpose was to widen the educational horizons of its students. During the

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, St Mark's College was requisitioned by the

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to create the 2nd London General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties. St John's College was established by Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, together with

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, as a teacher training institution. These colleges merged in 1923, establishing a single institution in Chelsea as the College of St Mark & St John. In 1973 came the move to Plymouth due to the college outgrowing the Chelsea campus. In 1991 the college became affiliated to the

, which accredited it to run undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to degree awards of the University of Exeter, and in 2007, gained University College status, as the University College Plymouth St Mark & St John. It was awarded full university status as Plymouth Marjon University in 2013.

Campus

The university campus is located several miles north of Plymouth city centre, next to

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. Residential accommodation is provided, with all first-year students guaranteed a place. In 2013 a major investment programme in campus facilities was completed, with new sport and exercise science laboratories, extensive indoor and outdoor sports provision, a theatre, a media centre and a music studio.

Academic profile

Notable alumni

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'' * Sir

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, established the Actors' Association which became the British

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. *

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, former Bishop of Winchester * Helen Glover, London 2012 Olympic gold medal-winning rower and 2013 World Championship Gold Medal winner *

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, former

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MP for

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* Philip Kingsford, in 1912 held the best-ever triple jump record by an English-born athlete *

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MP for Chelmsford 1945–50, and was the last surviving member of the House of Commons elected during the

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(he died in 2009). *

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, English tenor. Winner of ITV's ''

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'' 2007 *

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, Nigerian educationalist and administrator. * Andrew Salkey, author, activist, poet, film and documentary maker * Sir

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, secretary of the Football Association, responsible for the purchase of the first

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, children's author. * Anthony Willis, Paralympic games silver high jump and gold pentathlon winner.

References

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History

Campus

Academic profile

Notable alumni

See also

References