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AAW - Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
- DOW - Diocese of Westminster
  - PAR - Parishes
    - 203 - Twickenham, St James
      - 3 - Publications

Repository	Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No	AAW/DOW/PAR/203/3/3
Title	St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill
Date	1951-1993
Level	Sub sub series
Description	Publications relating to the Catholic teacher training institution, St Mary's, Strawberry Hill. St Mary's was founded in 1850 by the Catholic Poor Schools Committee to meet the need for teachers to provide an education for the growing number of poor Catholic children. Originally based in Brook Green, Hammersmith, with an intake of just six young men, the growing demand for Catholic teachers meant that by the 1920s, the Brook Green campus was no longer adequate. The Vincentian Fathers (Congregation of the Mission) had been placed in charge of St Mary's College in 1899. They took the decision to sell the building to J Lyons & Co and purchased Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, where they went on to build living accommodation and classroom space for about 250 students. The College at Strawberry Hill was officially opened in 1925. Since then, the campus buildings have been enlarged to accommodate around 6,000 students, including the construction of a new Chapel in 1962-63, based on designs by Sir Albert Richardson. St Mary's admitted women for the first time in 1966. The following year it became possible to stay for a fourth year to convert the Teacher's Certificate into a BEd degree. The first students for the, then new, London University BA, BEd, BH and BSc unit degrees entered in 1975. More changes were to follow, including the introduction of Masters degrees and the expansion of non-teaching degrees. In 1979, St Mary's changed its degree validation from the University of London to the University of Surrey. In 1992, the College was accorded ‘College of the University of Surrey' status, and in the same year a lay Principal was appointed for the first time. From September 1996, taught degree programmes were accredited by the University of Surrey. In September 2006, St Mary's was granted the power to award its own taught degrees by the Privy Council and on 23 January 2014 St Mary's College became St Mary's University College.
Related Material	Vincentians (Congregation of the Mission) AAW/RO/61
Format	Printed document
Language	English

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