Templeton College was one of the

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of the

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. It was an all-graduate college, concentrating on the recruitment of students in business and management studies. In 2008, the college merged with Green College to form

Green Templeton College Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the previous Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and ...

, based on the existing Green College site.

History

The college was founded in 1965 as the Oxford Centre for Management Studies. The College was based at Egrove Park in Kennington, south of Oxford. Its buildings were opened in 1969, and were listed in 1999. It was renamed Templeton College in 1983 as a result of a donation from Sir

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, in honour of his parents, Harvey Maxwell and Vella Handly Templeton. The intention was to raise professional standards in British management. The endowment was one of the largest endowments ever made to a British educational establishment. Initially a "society of entitlement" in the University, Templeton College began admitting graduate students in 1984 and became a full graduate college of the University by

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in 1995. In November 2005, the College transferred its executive education business to the

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. On 26 February 2007, two bombs were found planted at Templeton College. An

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campaigner was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson in February 2009. On 3 July 2007, it was announced that Templeton College would merge with

Green College, Oxford Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the previous Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and ...

with effect from 1 October 2008 to form

Green Templeton College, Oxford Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the previous Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and ...

, based on the existing Green College site. Templeton's former site at Egrove Park remains in use by the

as its Executive Education Centre.Said Business School website

References

External links

Green Templeton College website: History of Templeton College
{{University of Oxford Former colleges and halls of the University of Oxford Templeton College Educational institutions established in 1965 Educational institutions disestablished in 2008 1965 establishments in England

History

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