Trevelyan College (known colloquially as Trevs) is a

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

George Macaulay Trevelyan George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was an English 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 th ...

(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

G. M. Trevelyan George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was an English 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 th ...

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 Senior Common Room. Inside the main college building is the Mowlam Room, a postgraduate common room which previously housed a bust of

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, a well-known Trevs

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. This bust is currently located in the entrance hall of the college. 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 typically 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 John Eastwick-Field 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 room; 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 Junior Common Room (JCR). 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 ten 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 standing orders, which can only be amended by resolution of the JCR members during general meetings.

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and some senior undergraduate students, including mature students, are members of the Middle Common Room (MCR), which hosts its own events and operates similarly to the JCR. The MCR has its own standing orders and executive committee consisting of eleven elected members. Administrative, academic and other members of college are members of the Senior Common Room (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. This collection includes 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), ''

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'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014), ''

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

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'' (2016), '' Sunshine on Leith'' (2016), Guys and Dolls (2017), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2018), The Addams Family (2019), Footloose (cancelled in 2020), Legally Blonde (2022), Gypsy (2023), Shrek (2024) and Jesus Christ Superstar (2025). The college has an

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society, a chamber

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, a

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, a popular music choir, 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, Sixth Side Theatre, which puts on productions several times a year.

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 Board Games, and

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societies. Previously, the college ran a monthly magazine called ''Hex'' magazine, named in tribute to the college's interesting hexagonal shape. The magazine stopped running in 2013 and was relaunched in 2024.

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 silent grace. The formal is signalled over when the JCR and MCR presidents bow out formally to the Principal and student body. Traditionally, "spoon banging" (in which student attendees loudly bang their spoons on the table) occurs immediately following the departure of

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. 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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, at college matriculation and 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, drawn and quartered at dawn on Palace Green."

Coat of arms

The college arms are modelled closely on the arms of the Trevelyan family, 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 Arthur's 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

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a demi horse forcene Or, in chief three

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's crosses

'' 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 * Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan, 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 former college tutors.

College officers and fellows

List of principals

Joan Bernard Joan Constance Churchill Bernard, FRSA (6 April 1918 – 1 August 2012) was Principal of Trevelyan College, University of Durham from its foundation in 1966 to 1978. During World War II, she was an officer of the Auxiliary Territorial Service and w ...

1965–1979 *

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1979–1995 *

George Marshall George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army under pres ...

1995–1996 *

Malcolm Todd Malcolm Todd (27 November 19396 June 2013) was an English archaeologist. Born in Durham, England, the son of a miner, Todd was educated in classics and classical archaeology at St David's College, Lampeter and Brasenose College, Oxford. He s ...

1996–2000 * Nigel Martin 2000–2008 * H. Martyn Evans 2008–2019 * Adekunle Adeyeye 2019–present

List of vice principals

* Martin Brader 2021–present

List of assistant principals

* Dr Hannah Martin 2021-2025

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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and

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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 *

* Sir

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* 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

Trevelyan has several scholarships and prizes that are awards to members of the college, some founded by the Trevelyan Trust, others from private donors. A partial list of scholarships and bursaries is included below: *The Helena Margaret Biss Scholarship *The Greenwood Merit Scholarship *The Deborah Lavin Scholarship *The Ove Arup Scholarship for the Built Environment *The Bruhl Scholarship for Modern Languages *The G.M. Trevelyan Scholarship *The Marion Zunz Travel Bursary In addition to this the

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

Notable alumni

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(writer, psychotherapist and media commentator) * Lady Black of Derwent, former

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(

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) * Pippa Greenwood (garden expert) * Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (former General secretary of the

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and current chair of Labour Party National Executive Committee) *

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(Olympic gold medal-winning rower) *

(former

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) *

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(former Labour MP) *

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(thriller writer)

References

Bibliography

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