Harris Manchester College, Oxford

Harris Manchester College
Founded:	1786
Head of House:	The Revd Dr Ralph Waller, Warden
Graduates:	28
Undergraduates:	94
Harris Manchester College

Harris Manchester College, formerly Manchester College, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom; it has the emphasis on students who are more advanced in age.

The college started as the Manchester Academy in Manchester in 1786. It was originally run by English Presbyterians. The college was one of the few ramaining dissentinfg academies that provided religious nonconformists with education. At the time, nonconformists were denied admission in Oxford and Cambridge. The Manchester Academy, however, made religious its key principle.

The Manchester Academy goes back to the well-known Warrington Academy. It taught radical theology as well as modern subjects, such as sceince, modern languages, language or history. This did not mean, that the classics were neglected.

The college changed its location five times before settling in Oxford. It was located in Manchester between 1786 and 1803. It then moved to York where it styed until 1840. Then, the college moved back to Manchester until 1853. Between 1853 and 1889 the college was located in London from where it moved to Oxford. In 1840, the college started an association with the University of London and gained the right to present degrees from London.

Harris Manchester College was granted Permanent Private Hall status in 1990. It was only in 1996 that the college became a full college of Oxford University. Today the colleges focuses on mature students, both for undergraduate and graduate studies.

External link

• Harris Manchester College (official website)