Talk:St Chad's College, Durham

Mistake in edit note

I apologise, it was Magdalene College, Cambridge, not Magdalen College, Oxford, which was the joint-last all-male university college in Britain along with Chad's and Hatfield; all of them first admitted women in 1988. (The last all-male Oxford college, Oriel, went mixed in 1984.) TSP 01:07, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Alumni

Hmm, can we go steady on the dubiously "notable" alumni which are rapidly being added to the list? Some of these are fine, say Archbishop Drexel Gomez or Adrian Dannatt, but J. Michael Clarke, "Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the University of Huddersfield"? Gary Ferguson, "a specialist of French Renaissance literature and culture at the University of Delaware in the USA" (which another editor has rightly flagged as lacking substantiation)?? I appreciate Chad's may want to emphasise its place in the world, but this is getting ridiculous. Furthermore, several of the subject pages appear to have been generated shortly afterwards purely to imply some sort of spurious notability. DWaterson 00:28, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comparision with Oxford and Cambridge

I noted that someone removed the bit that said something to the effect that, like the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, St Chad's and St John's are independent. I'm not sure that it's out of order. It's actually a statement of fact: if you read government documents, schedules to acts of parliament, etc., that refer to the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, St Chad's, St John's and Ushaw College are generally included. They all receive public funding (the old 'college fee') and they, uniquely, remain recognised by their respective universities without being governed by those universities. While it's true that the Oxbridge colleges often have more resources and more staff, etc., I'm hard-pressed to understand why this isn't relevant: it's a rather fundamental characteristic, and historically it stems from a time when independent university colleges were the only model going (apart from original constitutive colleges like University College, Durham, and Trinity College Dublin).

Perhaps there is a better way of stating the significance of the independence of these colleges.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.56.116.102 (talk • contribs) 21:25, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, am inclined to agree. I assume it is easily verifiable that Chad's, John's, and Oxbridge colleges etc are the only specified independent colleges - especially WRT the paying of the College Fee - this is undoubtedly notable. DWaterson 23:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Lightfoot House

I do not think that one building is independently notable. Merge. DWaterson 23:31, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]