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Mr. Swire
To ask the President of the Council which establishments have had university charters conferred on them since 1973. [109644]
Dr. John Reid
Only two universities have been incorporated by charter in the relevant period, but charters have also been granted to a number of other higher education institutions. Full details are given in the following table:
| Institution | Date |
| Universities (two) | |
| University of Buckingham | 11 February 1983 |
| University of Ulster | 31 July 1984 |
| Cambridge (six) | |
| Darwin College, Cambridge | 9 June 1976 |
| Wolfson College, Cambridge | 27 October 1976 |
| Clare Hall, Cambridge | 12 September 1984 |
| Robinson College, Cambridge | 30 October 1984 |
| Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge | 22 July 1997 |
| St. Edmunds College, Cambridge | 22 April 1998 |
| Oxford (five) | |
| Wolfson College, Oxford | 18 February 1981 |
| Linacre College, Oxford | 5 June 1986 |
| Mansfield College, Oxford | 11 April 1995 |
| Templeton College, Oxford | 11 April 1995 |
| Manchester College, Oxford | 23 November 1995 |
| University of London (four) | |
| Queen Mary and Westfield College | 2 August 1989 |
| Goldsmith's College, University of London | 1 November 1989 |
| University of London Institute of Education | 10 June 1987 |
| King's College, London1 | 13 February 1980 |
| Others (seven) | |
| College of Law | 12 November 1975 |
| London Graduate School of Business Studies | 8 July 1986 |
| College of Ophthalmologists | 23 March 1988 |
| The Henley Management College | 21 May 1991 |
| Royal College of Anaesthetists | 11 February 1992 |
| The College of Optometrists | 28 June 1995 |
| College Paediatrics and Child Health | 23 July 1996 |
| 1 First awarded charter in 1829 then a new charter in 1980. | |