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

["Natalie Norwood" <Natalie.Norwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I have to say that I was a member of Rutherford college but lived in
Keynes. The college system did nothing much really as we attended events
in all colleges and I had friends in every single college. However,
although I was a member of Rutherford college, I felt much more part of
Keynes. I couldn't really understand that when I was moved into Keynes,
I wasn't made part of that college as this would have made more sense.

Natalie (2002-2005)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Stuart Bates
Sent: 15 December 2005 14:57
To: 'Tracy Barnett'; kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?

Did you also go to the ents that were put on in the JCRC common room?

If you lived in college do you remember any JCRC members coming round to
say
hello during the first couple of weeks?

Did you ever use the new Student's Building?

What about the porters? 

I guess a lot of the work we (the JCRC and SU) did went un-noticed by
the
general student populous, but we did try to foster a feeling of
belonging.

Obviously I am in favour of the collegiate system, not for any snobby
reason, but simply because I felt it actually made socialising easy and
encouraged a healthy competition between colleges.

Stuart. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Barnett
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 2:45 PM
> To: kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: FW: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?
> 
> I forgot to add that I did form friendships mainly with 
> fellow Rutherfordians, but only because we lived and ate in 
> the same building, college or no college... 
> Those were the days :-)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Steve Kellett
> Sent: 15 December 2005 15:21
> To: kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?
> 
> That pretty much sums up my experience ('78-'81)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> Behalf Of Tracy Barnett
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:15 PM
> To: kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?
> 
> 
> 
> I agree - at least during my time at Kent (94-98), any Harry 
> Potter-style college loyalty was tongue-in-cheek. One tended 
> to forget that there was a collegiate system at all, and the 
> only distinguishing features of the colleges were the 
> standards of accommodation and quality of the bars and food! 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tim Roll-Pickering
> Sent: 15 December 2005 14:33
> 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/2005/12/1
> 5/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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