Wentworth College

Wentworth College

York_College_Infobox
Name = Wentworth

Motto = "En Dieu est tou"
In God is all
Colours = ?
Named_after = Lord Wentworth
Established = 1972, refounded 2001
Provost = Carl Thompson
Deputy_Provost = Jim Hoggett
Dean = Derek Lavin
Undergraduates = None
Postgraduates = 460
Website = [http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/coll/went/ Wentworth College]

Wentworth College is a college of the University of York. Originally opened in 1972, since 2002 it has had the distinction of being the only college exclusively housing postgraduate students; though postgraduates can be resident in all colleges at the University. Wentworth has about 460 resident graduate students, and serves as the base for the Graduate Students' Association. The current provost of Wentworth is Carl Thompson.

Facilities

Wentworth houses the Department of Sociology, the top Sociology research department in the UK.

[http://www.york.ac.uk/commercialservices/pages/catering/edge.cfm Edge] , (formerly the Kasbah), a cafe by day which turns into a bar at night. Along with the Graduate Common Room, this plays host to many of the events organised by the GSA throughout the year.

In addition, Wentworth has a computer room, a quiet reading room for study and a laundry room.

External links

* [http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/coll/went/ University pages on Wentworth College]


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