Westminster College, Oxford was founded in 1851 in Horseferry Road, London, and originally specialised in the training of teachers for Methodist schools. Its neo-Gothic buildings were requistioned during World War I and used as a station for Australian servicemen, during which time the College ceased to function. The site was severely damaged by an incendiary bomb during the blitz of early World War II, and the buildings were never repaired.
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- Westminster College, Oxford was founded in 1851 in Horseferry Road, London, and originally specialised in the training of teachers for Methodist schools. Its neo-Gothic buildings were requistioned during World War I and used as a station for Australian servicemen, during which time the College ceased to function. The site was severely damaged by an incendiary bomb during the blitz of early World War II, and the buildings were never repaired. They were demolished in the 1960s and the headquarters of the television station Channel 4 now stand on the site. The College moved to a purpose-built campus on Harcourt Hill, Oxford in 1959, which is noted for its fusion of Oxford quads with a 'New England' style of architecture, evident particularly in the large and distinctive chapel. Following the move, the college offered a number of Theology and Education degrees which were validated by the Council for National Academic Awards (the CNAA). When this was scrapped following the 1992 Education Act, degrees at Westminster entered an academic partnership with the University of Oxford allowing Westminster students to read for degrees of the University. Westminster College was not a full college of the University of Oxford. However, those who read for University degrees were entitled to become members of Oxford University Student Union and life members of the Oxford Union, as well as to attend all University lectures. Students received their notification of results from the University, not the College, and all examination papers and dissertations were marked by the University. Degree certificates were those of the University of Oxford in toto and included the coats of arms of both Westminster College and the University of Oxford. Graduation ceremonies were presided over by the vice-Chancellor in the Sheldonian Theatre according to the usual form, with slight modifications to allow for the fact that students had not matriculated. In spite of this, they are nonetheless Oxford graduates. A similar status still devolves onto students reading for University of Oxford degrees at Ripon College Cuddesdon and other Theological colleges in Oxford. The official Westminster College brochure for 1999 describes it as "Westminster College in Oxford", not "Westminster College, University of Oxford", though this was felt by some not to have been done in the interests of correctness, but as part of a gradual running down of the College and its reputation in Education and Theology, so as to facilitate its disposal by the Methodist Church who were no longer able to support it. . However, prospectuses published in the early 1990s also included this wording, so it is not considered to be of any significance. It was reportedly offered a "fast-track" route to becoming firstly a Permanent Private Hall, and then a full College, when it became apparent that it was struggling to maintain its financial independence - however, the eventual deal with Oxford Brookes (see below) was favoured, for reasons which are not entirely clear. All colleges who have a private hall or college relationship with Oxford University have to have a certain level of income and endowments. Westminster College had none of these so the reported offering of a fast track to memebership cannot be proven. In 2000, sudden financial pressures prompted the Methodist Church to lease the Harcourt Hill site to Oxford Brookes University, effectively causing the College to cease to exist. Some of the student body felt that this lease arrangement was not presented to them until it became a fait accompli and that there was a measure of mismanagement and secrecy associated with the negotiations leading to the move. Students were guaranteed throughout that degrees would be safeguarded and continued to be awarded by the University of Oxford, which they were without any problems arising. The Westminster Institute of Education continues the use of the Westminster name, being a school of Brookes University and continuing to teach Theology, Education and other subjects at what is now known as the Harcourt Hill campus. The Harcourt Hill campus is considered to be part of the wider Oxford Brookes University. The campus has since been renovated and upgraded allowing the former Westminster College site to receive the attention it needed.
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