Colleges of the University of York After 1972 the construction of Colleges ceased until 1990 with the foundation of James College, York. Initially James was intended to be a postgraduate only college, however the University began to rapidly expand in size almost doubling in size from 4,300 to 8,500 students, in 1993 therefore it was decided that the College should become open to undergraduates. The expansion of student numbers also resulted in the creation of more accommodation by the University which was named 'Halifax Court'; the members of Halifax Court were members of other colleges however soon formed their own Junior Common Room. In 2002 Halifax
Alcuin College, York College community. The 2018 CSAC committee executive are: Alcuin College is notable for hosting many popular student events. The CSAC hosts its regular pub quizzes at The Courtyard, the local campus bar. Over the past years the Alcuin CSAC have branded their events by incorporating 'AL' into the title, examples include 'TropicAL', 'AnimAL' and TerritoriAL'. More recently however, this tradition has been discarded with the coming in of newer CSACs. Popular past events include 'Das Sexy Sexy German Teckno Disko Party' and its subsequent follow ups 'Das Sexy Sexy German Teckno Disko Party' parts zwei, drei, vier and fünf. Continuing