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George Macaulay Trevelyan George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was a British historian and academic. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1898 to 1903. He then spent more than twenty years as a full-time author. He returned to the ...

, namesake =

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, England. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian

(pronounced "Trevillian"), 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 is noted in Durham for its hexagon-featuring architecture and for the display of

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s that surrounds it every spring. As a constituent college of Durham University, Trevelyan is listed as a higher education institution under the

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. It is owned and for the most part run by the university.

History

During the early 1960s, the

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commissioned the

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to look into the future of

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in the UK. When published, the report recommended the expansion of

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and the student population. This was accepted as government

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. In 1963, the University of Newcastle was officially established as a separate entity from the University of Durham, which meant that new colleges within Durham were required in order to meet the number of new university places that the Government wished to create. As a result, the university planned for three new colleges on Elvet Hill; these went on to become Collingwood, Trevelyan and Van Mildert.Martin, Susan ''Trev: A Celebration of 40 years of Trevelyan College Durham''

New women's college

Trevelyan was planned to become an all-women college, similar to St Mary's and

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, so as to increase the female population of the student body. The college was built on farmland south of St Mary's off Elvet Hill Road, which was owned by a local family, the Carpenters. Originally this land was intended to accommodate not only the new college, but also a University Assembly Hall with a capacity of 1,500 persons; however, the site was too small to accommodate both buildings. After much delay, the college was opened in October 1966 with 78 students. The official opening took place on 12 March 1968 by Lord Butler,

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, who was invited in view of the connection

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also held with

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. During the opening, a serenade in three movements composed by Sir

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(whose daughter was in the first intake of students), called "The Trevelyan Suite", was played. Other people at the opening include the

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, the

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, two Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Bishops of Durham and of Ripon (whose wife, Mary Moorman, was a relative of Trevelyan and also present) and the Mayor and Mayoress of Durham. Trevelyan was the last purpose-built all-female college to be built for a British university.

Since opening

In 1973, a 300-person capacity hall, the Sir James Knott Hall, (known colloquially as the "JKH") was opened in the presence of the

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. The purpose of the hall was to provide more facilities for Trevelyan students, such as a

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court and extra music rooms, as well as to create a conference facility for the purpose of wealth creation for the college. In 1988 an extension to the hall, the Dowrick Suite, was added, named after a professor of the

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, Frank Dowrick, who was a longtime member of the

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. Inside the main college building is the Mowlam Room, a postgraduate common room that houses a bust of

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, a well-known Trevs

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. In 1981, the bar, which had previously been located within the small area now hosting the buttery was moved to its present location in the former

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of the college. In order to make this a practical bar environment the cloisters were roofed over. The area above this new roof is nicknamed "The Goldfish Bowl" by students, due to the proximity of the windows looking into other rooms. In 1987, the Governing Body of the college voted to follow Hatfield and

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in becoming mixed-sex, despite 68% of college members voting against such a change. In 1991 a new accommodation block was added to the main building. This block, the K block, is entirely ensuite and now reserved for final year and postgraduate students. The college became fully mixed in 1992. In 1993, and again in 2010, the bar underwent refurbishment. In 2000, a tennis court was added to the grounds at the back of the college. In 2021 Adekunle Adeyeye (College Principal) was reported to have created a culture of bullying, sexism and intimidation of staff

Buildings

The internal construction of Trevelyan is unusual, comprising a string of

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-shaped blocks, resulting in most rooms containing unusual angles. At the opening of the college, its architect

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said of the design of the college: The original blocks are labelled "A" to "J", though there is no I Block to be found and there is also a modern block of ensuite bedrooms, K Block, also called the Macaulay Suite, named after

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, G. M. Trevelyan's great-uncle. The layout features rooms based around staircases, landings and courtyards. The entrance hall is referred to as "the Cobbles", although said

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are no longer there, having been removed during a recent modern refit. A third of the college was fully refurbished in 2005. Approximately 320 fully catered students can be housed in the building, and around 790 are members of the college, making Trevelyan the third-smallest of Durham's seventeen

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, and the smallest of those maintained by the university council. The building's design has won it a Civic Design Award.

Facilities

Trevs has its own comprehensive library, which is open 24 hours a day, music practice room,

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, cinema room, computer rooms, bar, buttery and fitness suite; it also possesses a

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, the Barn, which is used for prayer, talks and musical and dramatic rehearsals. The Undercroft, a relaxing seating area, links the bar with the rear of the college. The college also has a central

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, although it is actually an irregular

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, a setting for the college's musical events and formal

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. To the rear of the college there are landscaped lawns and a tennis court. The Sir James Knott Hall, catering for sports, theatrical and conference events is situated just across the college main entrance.

Student life

Common rooms

All members of college are members of a

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. Undergraduates are members of the

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(JCR), although they may opt out of the common room if they wish, although if they do so they are not allowed to attend JCR events, such as the informal and formal ball, or

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. The JCR annually elects an Executive Committee consisting of eleven members as well as an impartial Chair. The Executive Committee ensures the successful running of the JCR, in conjunction with the College Officers. The rules of the JCR are stated in the

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, which can only be amended by resolution of the JCR members during general meetings.

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and some senior undergraduate students are members of the

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(MCR), which hosts its own events and operates similarly to the JCR. The MCR has its own constitution and Executive Committee consisting of seven elected members. Administrative, academic and other members of college are members of the

(SCR).

Arts

The college has a strong history of music, art, and the performing arts. The college has hosted, and continues to host art viewings, both of local and international artists, as well as boasting a large art collection of its own, including six specially commissioned John Walker paintings which hang in the dining hall. The college hosts at least one musical per year, with recent productions including ''

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'' (2012), '' Annie Get Your Gun'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015), '' Shout!'' (2015), ''

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'' (2016) and '' Sunshine on Leith'' (2016). The college has an

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society, a

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, a

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, a string group, an ''a cappella'' group, chamber singers and a

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; The Manglers, who are regular performers at jazz evenings across the university. The college also has a theatre company, the Hill College Theatre Company, which puts on productions several times a year, recently performing ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Sport

The college also has a strong sporting profile, finishing 5th in the college league table in 2008/9. The college has also in recent years been college champions of women's hockey, Women's astro football, Basketball (both men's and women's) and Badminton, which saw Men's A finish the session undefeated. The college cheer team has also found success; winning both All Girl Groups Stunt and Co-Ed Level 2, at the 2019 Intercollegiate Comp. They were also crowned Grand Champions in the same year. Trevelyan College Boat Club is one of the few college rowing teams to qualify for

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. The college rugby club made headlines in 2017 after planning to hold a '

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versus Thatcher' social. As a result of the controversy the club was suspended for the remainder of the season.

Other

Student societies play an important role in college life, with active language (Trevs Lingo), film and

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societies. The college monthly magazine is called ''Hex'' magazine, named in tribute to the college's interesting hexagonal shape.

Traditions

The college holds

once a fortnight, in which students enter the dining hall in their academic gowns, which must remain worn until the end of

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. The formal is signalled over when the JCR and MCR presidents bow out formally to the Principal and student body. JCR events are held every year, with an informal ball being held at the end of

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, and a summer ball being held after exams in

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and college matriculation and also at

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. The annual Trevs Day takes place after exams in Easter term, and is a focus of much celebration and revelry for students. Each year it receives a different theme, with recent themes including 'Heroes and Villains' (2014), '

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' (2015), '

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' (2016), 'Tropical Beach Party' (2017) and 'Wild West' (2018). The college also hosts TrevStock, an annual music festival for college and university bands which takes place in the quad. The college regulations once stated that "any student found picking the daffodils shall be hanged, and quartered at dawn on Palace Green."

Coat of arms

The college arms are modelled closely on the arms of the

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, whose crest features a swimming horse, commemorating the legend of the first Trevelyan, who swum his horse from

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to the mainland of

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for a wager, the other knights of

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court having drowned. The arms of Trevelyan College are

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as follows: Shield: ''

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issuant from water in base barry wavy of four

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and Azure a demi horse

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Or, in chief three

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'' Crest: ''Out of a

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composed of sixteen

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set upon a rim alternately large and small a

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Or, mantled

doubled

Motto

The college motto, ''Vera Fictis Libentius'', was taken from the inscription of the 1875 statue of

in the antechamber of the chapel of

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. In the early 1980s, a competition was held to name the horse. Its eventual name, ''Vera'', stems from a student innocently assuming that the college motto, ''Vera Fictis Libentius'', was referring to the horse.

Connections with the Trevelyan family

Trevelyan College still maintains a number of connections with the greater Trevelyan family, some of these include: * Mary Moorman, daughter of G.M. Trevelyan, was a member of the Senior Common Room and was awarded an honorary doctor of letters from Durham *

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, a member of the Trevelyan Governing Body from 1970 until 1977. Lord Trevelyan arranged the grant from the Sir James Knott Trust that provided funding for the Sir James Knott Hall. * The artists

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and

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, some of whose work is owned by the college. Mrs Fedden provided significant donations for prizes for original works of art by college members. * Jon and Karen Trevelyan, who are both college tutors.

College officers and fellows

List of principals

* Joan Bernard 1965–1979 * Deborah Lavin 1979–1995 *

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1995–1996 *

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1996–2000 *

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2000–2008 * H. Martyn Evans 2008–2019 * Adekunle Adeyeye 2019–present

Fellowships

The college has a tradition of visiting fellows, who typically stay for a term, giving a Trevelyan Lecture based upon their research areas. The college also hosts the Sir William Luce Fellowship, in a joint project with the Institute of Islamic and Middle-Eastern Studies. Past fellows have included academics from the UK-based Universities of

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and

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, as well as the international Universities of

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Honorary fellows

Honorary fellowships were awarded between 1996–98 to those people who have greatly aided or have a close association with the college. Normally such people are made members of the SCR. *

* Sir John James * Deborah Lavin * Sir

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MBE *

Trevelyan Society and Trust

The Trevelyan Society is the alumni organisation of the college, whose aims are to inform alumni of goings on in college as well as to keep alumni in touch with each other. It produces an annual magazine: "

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", a play on the arms of the college. The Trevelyan Trust is a charitable fund aimed at providing prizes and bursaries for Trevelyan students.

Scholarships and prizes

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also award the Dyfrig Williams Trophy to a member of college who has significantly contributed to college sport.

Notable alumni

* Lucy Beresford (writer, psychotherapist and media commentator) * Dame Jill Black QC (

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References

Bibliography

* Martin, Susan. (2006)
Trevs: A Celebration of 40 Years.
' Durham: The Trevelyan Trust, Trevelyan College.