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 Chapel of Westminster College in Oxford | |
Former names | Westminster Training College, Westminster College of Education |
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| Motto | Virtute et Fide |
Motto in English | Through Virtue and Faith |
| Active | 1851–2000 |
| Affiliation | Methodist Church of Great Britain |
| Campus | Horseferry Road, Westminster (1851–1959) / Harcourt Hill, Oxford (1959–2000) |
Westminster College, originally the Westminster Training College, was a teacher training college and college of higher education in England. The college was founded in London in 1851 as a training institute for teachers for Wesleyan Methodist schools, but moved to Oxford in 1959. Before the move, it was part of the London Institute for Education. From 1959 to 1981, its qualifications were awarded by Oxford University. From 1981 to 1992, its qualifications were awarded by the CNAA. After 1992, its courses were validated by Oxford University again. In 2000, financial pressures caused the college to close. The Methodist Church subsequently leased the college's site at Harcourt Hill to Oxford Brookes University and it became the home of that university's Westminster Institute of Education.