Ceylon University College
Regina Walauwa, later renamed College House | |
Type | Public |
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Active | 24 January 1921 | –1 July 1942
Location | , , 06°53′59.90″N 79°51′31.80″E / 6.8999722°N 79.8588333°E |
Campus | Urban campus |
Affiliations | University of London |
Ceylon University College was a
History
In the nineteenth century the only institutions to offer
The project was resurrected in 1917 and provision was made in the 1917/18 budget for construction of new facilities and purchase of equipment.
Robert Marrs succeeded the director of education as principal at the beginning of the 1921/22 academic year.
The college had always been intended to be a stepping stone to a fully fledged degree-granting university.
The legislative council was replaced by the State Council of Ceylon in 1931, and responsibility for the establishment of the university was entrusted to the State Council's various executive committees. In 1937 the State Council approved a motion by George E. de Silva for the university to be located at Aruppola near Kandy.[20] However, Paul and Andreas Nell argued that the site should be in Peradeniya not Aruppola, and they were now supported by Marrs.[20] Eventually Peradeniya was chosen to be the site and it was decided the university would be residential.[21] The Buchanen-Riddel Commission's recommendations were incorporated into the Ceylon University Ordinance No. 20 of 1942 which established the University of Ceylon on 1 July 1942 by amalgamating Ceylon University College with Ceylon Medical College.[21][22][23]
Noted people
Notes
- ^ "Collection Description: Jennings, Sir (William) Ivor (1903-1965)". CASBAH, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Archived from the original on 2006-10-02.
- ISBN 81-8069-042-3.
- ^ Mills, Lennox A. (1933). Ceylon Under British Rule 1795-1932. Oxford University Press. p. 265.
- ^ Appointment of the Colombo University VC
- ^ ISBN 0521361052.
- ^ a b Sir James Peiris (Public Life: The Ceylon University), by L.J.M. Cooray (Ourcivilisation Web), Retrieved on 28 November 2014
- ^ a b de Silva, Eric J. (1 February 2011). "University Education:The Peradeniya Model and its demise". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ceylon University College 1936, p. 2.
- ^ a b c Ratnapala 1991, p. 89.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ceylon University College 1936, p. 3.
- ^ Samaraweera, Chandrabhanu (30 June 2012). "The Sinhala Marriage which joined the South and Colombo". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Now a showcase of fabulous mansions by Padma Edirisinghe, Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 28 November 2014
- ^ a b c Breckenridge, W. R. (1998). "A bibliography and brief biography of Wifred S. Fernando, Professor of Zoology, University of Ceylon, 1948-1963" (PDF). Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences). 26. University of Peradeniya: 59–65.
- ^ Ceylon University College 1936, p. 49.
- ^ a b c Ratnapala 1991, p. 90.
- ^ Dharmasena, G. T. (22 October 2007). "Who was Jennings and what was his contribution to Peradeniya?". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ a b c d Ceylon University College 1936, p. 4.
- ^ Ceylon University College 1936, p. 5.
- ^ Dewaraja, Lorna (26 March 2006). "From scholarship boy to Vice Chancellor". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ^ a b c d e Ratnapala 1991, p. 91.
- ^ a b Ratnapala 1991, p. 92.
- ^ Abeygunawardene, H. (23 December 2002). "University of Peradeniya - more open than usual". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 27 May 2005.
- ^ Banduwardena, Rupa (9 October 2011). "University of Ceylon, Peradeniya – its glorious past". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
References
- Ceylon University College Prospectus 1936-37. Ceylon University College. 1936.
- Ratnapala, Noeline S. (1991). "Beginnings of University Education in Sri Lanka; in Retrospect" (PDF). Vidyodaya Journal of Social Science. 5 (1&2).[permanent dead link]