College of St Mark & St John

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College of St Mark & St John (Marjon)


Motto	Abeunt studia in mores "out of studies comes character".
Established	1973
Type	Independent Church of England voluntary
Principal	Dr David Baker
Students	5,000 full and part-time
Location	Plymouth, United Kingdom
Website	http://www.marjon.ac.uk/

The College of St Mark & St John which is more commonly refer to as Marjon is a higher education campus based college on the edge of Plymouth, England.

1 The history of the College of St Mark & St John (Marjon)
2 About Marjon
3 About the area
4 External link

[edit] The history of the College of St Mark & St John (Marjon)

Marjon has a distinguished history in higher education going back more than 160 years to the foundation by the National Society (now National Society (Church of England) for Promoting Religious Education) of the constituent colleges of St John’s Battersea (1840) and St Mark’s, Chelsea (1841). The two colleges combined on the Chelsea site in 1923 and the College of St Mark & St John moved from London to Plymouth in 1973. It has prepared people for degrees since 1862.

At present Marjon is affiliated to the University of Exeter who award the College’s degrees, but the Marjon is undergoing assessment to achieve Taught Degree Awarding Powers which means it will be able to award its own degrees.

[edit] About Marjon

Marjon Campus

Marjon has one campus, one community with everything required to study and socialise all on the same site in Plymouth, South West England.

Marjon has an academic community of around 5,000 people and attracts students from all over the UK and overseas. The College has much to offer academically and socially and has a reputation for providing an environment where study and socialising go hand in hand.

In the 2005 Sunday times University Guide, Marjon was ranked as the third best higher education college in the UK, and in terms of teaching excellence it was the best in the South West and ranked 10th overall in the UK. In the first national student survey Marjon appeared in the top ten.

International Students at Marjon

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are taught both on campus and overseas, with Marjon lecturers delivering learning in countries such as Mexico and Ethiopia.

A £4Million purpose-built health studies centre on the campus enables 1000 students from Devon and Cornwall to study a range of health therapies, providing opportunities for shared learning across health professions.