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Grey College | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Durham University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°45′54″N 1°34′32″W / 54.764908°N 1.575511°W | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motto | Latin: Gradibus ascendimus | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motto in English | Ascending by degrees | |||||||||||||||||||||
Established | 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Named for | Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey | |||||||||||||||||||||
Principal | Prof Sonia Virdee | |||||||||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 1,200[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 150[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mascot | Felix the Phoenix[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Grey College is a college of Durham University in England, founded in 1959 as part of the university's expansion of its student population. The college was originally planned to be named Oliver Cromwell College, but this proved too controversial.[3][4] Instead, the college is named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of the university's foundation.[4]
The student population of Grey College consists of around 1,351 students, made up of just over 1,200 undergraduate students and a further 150 postgraduate students.[1] The college is fully catered.[1]