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Each college has a don for each subject, who is responsible for all students taking that subject within that college
by moopling 9y ago
Each college has a don for each subject, who is responsible for all students taking that subject within that college
- unixhero 9y agoAha! Thanks for that. That may well be in the higher echelons. I never heard about such at universities in Australia, Norway and Denmark.
- Doctor_Fegg 9y agoTo be honest it’s slightly misused in the article, because Beard is from Cambridge, where “don” is less commonly used (or at least was when I was there 20 years ago). It’s more an Oxford word.
- ocfnash 9y agoEven at Oxford I only ever heard it used humorously.
- rusk 9y agoIs that the same as the term "Dean" that's used elsewhere?
- arethuza 9y agoOnly time I've seen "Dean" used was for the head of a faculty within a university (a collection of departments in the same field e.g. engineering).
- dm319 9y agoIn my Cambridge college there is one 'dean' (not the same as the Master or Mistress of the college - who is essentially the figure-head of the college) - who is responsible for the students welfare. Any member of staff formally associated with the college is a 'fellow'. Each speciality have 'tutors' and 'senior tutors' as well as one 'director of studies'. Wikipedia says that a 'don' would apply to a 'fellow' or 'tutor'.