Plymouth Marjon University, commonly referred to asMarjon, is thetrading name of theUniversity of St Mark and St John, a university based primarily on a single campus on the northern edge ofPlymouth,Devon, United Kingdom. Formerly namedUniversity College Plymouth St Mark & St John, the institution was awarded full university status in 2013.[1]
The Vice-Chancellor of the university since 2023 is Professor Claire Taylor.[3]
Original college building in ChelseaA model of the redevelopment of the Chelsea Campus as a housing complex
The university's history dates back to the foundation of its predecessor colleges in London,St John's College andSt Mark's College.[4] The formerchapel of St Mark's College, designed byEdward Blore is on the Fulham Road, Chelsea, and is now a private residence.[5]
Battersea Training College was established inOld Battersea House in 1840 bySir James Kay-Shuttleworth, together withEdward Carleton Tufnell, as a private teacher training institution.[8] Kay-Shuttleworth transferred the college to the National Society in 1843.[9][10] The college was renamed as St John's College, Battersea in around 1879.[11]
These colleges merged in 1923, establishing a single institution in Chelsea as theCollege of St Mark & St John. In 1973, the move to Plymouth came due to the college outgrowing the Chelsea campus.
In 1991 the college became affiliated to theUniversity of Exeter, which accredited it to run undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to degree awards of the University of Exeter, and in 2007, gained University College status, as the University College Plymouth St Mark & St John. It was awarded full university status as Plymouth Marjon University in 2013.[1]
The university campus is located several miles north of Plymouth city centre, next toDerriford Hospital. Residential accommodation is provided, and all first-year students are guaranteed a place. In 2013 a major investment programme in campus facilities was completed, with new sport and exercise science laboratories, extensive indoor and outdoor sports provision, a theatre, a media centre and a music studio.
The main entrance to the campus in Derriford, Plymouth in April 2021
The chapel at Plymouth Marjon University as seen through trees.
^Hartley, David; Whitehead, Maurice, eds. (2006).Teacher Education: Historical aspects of teacher education from 1905 to 1990. Routledge. p. 420.ISBN9780415324243.
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