RE: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?

["Frost, Dan \(IT\)" <Daniel.Frost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Funny, my first born child was named after Eliot college as it held some
many memories for both my wife and me....

Dan 

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From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Steve Hammond (shammond)
Sent: Thu 15 December 2005 13:58
To: Tim Roll-Pickering; kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?

Only Keynes had a burger bar though....   ;-)

Eliot seemed to be famous for false fire alarms and a 'smokey' JCR  ;-)

I'd agree though - other than for organising accommodation I can't say
there was a huge tie to your individual college - even the accommodation
was not enforce - my wife was also a member of Eliot college but lived
in Rutherford.

Steve
(Eliot 93-96)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tim Roll-Pickering
Sent: 15 December 2005 13:33
To: kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?

Oxford is overhauling its admission system which will result in central
applications and "The university admitted that as a result, colleges
will lose autonomy and individuality."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/15/noxf15.x
ml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/15/ixhome.html

I have to admit that in my time at Kent (1998-2002) I did not especially
feel the college system - other than the location of some accomodation
(which was not used by all and in any case I understand this has since
been
decoupled) and having to vote in your college for SU elections (though
this was increasingly abandoned by my last year) I could have gone
through my entire university career and never once have it matter just
which college I was in. (Okay there were some other things but not all
followed them.)

Was it different in earlier years?

 Tim. 



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