Colleges of the University of York Court was made a full College of the University and was renamed as Halifax College, York. In 2003, the university set out plans to create a campus for 5,000 additional students, Heslington East. In May 2008 the City of York planners approved the design for the new campus. It was decided that rather than create a new College that an existing College should be moved. Goodricke College was selected for this and moved onto the new campus in 2009 with James taking over its building on Heslington West. In 2012 the same process took place with Langwith moving to Heslington
John Goodricke named after John Goodricke was established in Armenia by a group of amateur astronomers. In 1984 a planetarium show about John Goodricke was created specifically for deaf students by the HOSS Planetarium. - See also John Burnside's poem, 'Sense Data', a tribute to Goodricke in Burnside's collection, "The Asylum Dance", Cape (2000) John Goodricke John Goodricke FRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known for his observations of the variable star Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782. John Goodricke, named after his great grandfather Sir John Goodricke 1617–1670 (see Goodricke baronets of