Alcuin College, York Alcuin College, York Alcuin College is a college of the University of York located on Siward's Howe. It is one out of 9 colleges at the university, being the nearest to the library on the Heslington West part of the campus. Alcuin College is one of the University of York's first colleges, established in 1967 alongside Vanbrugh College. It was officially opened in 1969 by Lord Clark, the Chancellor of the University. It is located on Siward's Howe, making it the highest elevated college in the University. It is also believed to be the burial site of Eric Bloodaxe, who
Collegiate university Collegiate university A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. The two principal forms are residential college universities, where the central university is responsible for teaching and colleges may deliver some teaching but are primarily residential communities, and federal universities where the central university has an administrative (and sometimes examining) role and the colleges may be residential but are primarily teaching institutions. The larger colleges or campuses of federal universities, such as University College London and University of California, Berkeley, may be effectively universities in their own