PLANS for a new graduate college have been announced by Oxford University.
The new college will occupy the historic Radcliffe Science Library site in Parks Road, whose signature building was constructed in 1901, designed by the renowned architect Sir Thomas Jackson.
Mr Jackson’s other designs include the Examinations Schools and the celebrated Bridge of Sighs.
It is anticipated that a majority of students will be drawn from departments across the Division of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences – but other disciplines will also be represented.
A name has not yet been chosen but it is proposed that the college will start recruiting 200 graduate students in 2019-2020 for admission in September 2020.
The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Prof Louise Richardson, has invited Prof Lionel Tarassenko to become Head of House, to oversee development of the new college.
Prof Tarassenko currently leads the Department of Engineering Science.
Prof Richardson said: “Lionel has supervised more than 60 doctoral students and is superbly qualified to lead Oxford’s 39th college.”
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