As the second oldest residential college in Dunedin, Knox is also one of the more traditional colleges, having been influenced at various stages of its development by Australian, Scottish and English models of collegiate life. The valuing of tradition is evident in some of the names and titles in the college. For example, the Head of College is known as the Master, and the Deputy Head the Deputy Master; residential assistants are called Sub-Masters; and the college has a ceremonial officer called the Beadle.