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| King's University, also known as King's College Dublin || data-sort-value="Dillon"|[[Eilís Dillon ]] || [[Dublin]] based setting for novels including ''Quadrangle''<ref name="quadrangle">{{cite web |title=Quadrangle |url=http://www.eilisdillon.net/02D3.Quadrangle.html |website=Eilís Dillon: Irish Mystery Stories |publisher=Eilís Dillon Literary Estate |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King's College Dublin: Home of Educational Excellence since 1834 |url=http://www.kingscollegedublin.org/|accessdate=2 March 2020}} </ref>
| King's University, also known as King's College Dublin || data-sort-value="Dillon"|[[Eilís Dillon ]] || [[Dublin]] based setting for novels including ''Quadrangle''<ref name="quadrangle">{{cite web |title=Quadrangle |url=http://www.eilisdillon.net/02D3.Quadrangle.html |website=Eilís Dillon: Irish Mystery Stories |publisher=Eilís Dillon Literary Estate |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King's College Dublin: Home of Educational Excellence since 1834 |url=http://www.kingscollegedublin.org/|accessdate=2 March 2020}} </ref>
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| Kirke University || data-sort-value="Campus"|[[Campus (TV series)|Campus]] script-writers || Setting for the semi-improvised sitcom ''Campus''<ref name="campus">{{cite web|title=Campus|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/campus/|publisher=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>
| Kirke University || data-sort-value="Campus"|[[Campus (TV series)|Campus]] scriptwriters || Setting for the semi-improvised sitcom ''Campus''<ref name="campus">{{cite web|title=Campus|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/campus/|publisher=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Limerick"|University College Limerick|| data-sort-value="Lodge, David"|[[David Lodge (author)|David Lodge]] || Employer of a character in ''[[Small World: An Academic Romance|Small World]]'' ({{ISBN|0-436-25663-0}})<ref name="small">{{cite news|title=Small World by David Lodge|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/06/david-lodge-small-world-book-club|date=6 January 2012|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="Limerick"|University College Limerick|| data-sort-value="Lodge, David"|[[David Lodge (author)|David Lodge]] || Employer of a character in ''[[Small World: An Academic Romance|Small World]]'' ({{ISBN|0-436-25663-0}})<ref name="small">{{cite news|title=Small World by David Lodge|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/06/david-lodge-small-world-book-club|date=6 January 2012|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Saint Sebastian's"|St Sebastian's University || data-sort-value="0"|Anonymous || Setting of ''A Campus Conspiracy'' ({{ISBN|9780954758677}}, published anonymously in 2006 but attributed to [[Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok]].<ref name="lhd-campus">{{cite web |title=Catalogue record for "A Campus Conspiracy" |url=https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=campus%20conspiracy&rn=4 |website=Library Hub Discover |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="dahl">{{cite web |last1=Dahl |first1=Stephan |title=Book: Campus Conspiracy |url=http://dahl.at/wordpress/2012/02/campus-conspiracy/ |accessdate=2 March 2020 |date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="Saint Sebastian's"|St Sebastian's University || data-sort-value="0"|Anonymous || Setting of ''A Campus Conspiracy'' ({{ISBN|9780954758677}}, published anonymously in 2006 but attributed to [[Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok]].<ref name="lhd-campus">{{cite web |title=Catalogue record for "A Campus Conspiracy" |url=https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=campus%20conspiracy&rn=4 |website=Library Hub Discover |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="dahl">{{cite web |last1=Dahl |first1=Stephan |title=Book: Campus Conspiracy |url=http://dahl.at/wordpress/2012/02/campus-conspiracy/ |accessdate=2 March 2020 |date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
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| Scumbag College || data-sort-value="Young Ones"| ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]] scriptwriters || College attended (or not) by the four flat-sharing students in 1908s BBC TV series ''The Young Ones'', written by [[Ben Elton]], [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Lise Mayer]]. A highlight was the four's appearance as the college's team on ''[[University Challenge]]'' confronting Footlights College, [[Oxbridge]].<ref name="bbc-young">{{cite web |title=The Young Ones |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theyoungones/ |website=www.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2 March 2020 |language=en-gb |date=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="curran">{{cite book |last1=Curran |first1=K. |title=Cynicism in British Post-War Culture: Ignorance, Dust and Disease |date=2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-44435-6 |pages=106- |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4dEaBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA107&dq=%22Scumbag%20college%22&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q=%22Scumbag%20college%22&f=false |accessdate=2 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| Skerryvore University || data-sort-value="Bridie, James"|[[James Bridie]] || A Scottish university, the setting of Bridie's 1939 play ''What Say They?'', which was adapted into the 1952 comedy film ''[[You're Only Young Twice]]''.<ref name="stihler">{{cite web |last1=Stihler |first1=Catherine |authorlink1=Catherine Stihler |title=Rectorial Address |url=https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/rector-installation-speeches-rectorial-address-catherine-stihler |publisher=University of St Andrews |accessdate=2 March 2020 |date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="bcg">{{cite web |title=You're Only Young Twice |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/youre_only_young_twice/shop/5472/youre_only_young_twice/ |publisher=British Comedy Guide |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>
| Skerryvore University || data-sort-value="Bridie, James"|[[James Bridie]] || A Scottish university, the setting of Bridie's 1939 play ''What Say They?'', which was adapted into the 1952 comedy film ''[[You're Only Young Twice]]''.<ref name="stihler">{{cite web |last1=Stihler |first1=Catherine |authorlink1=Catherine Stihler |title=Rectorial Address |url=https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/rector-installation-speeches-rectorial-address-catherine-stihler |publisher=University of St Andrews |accessdate=2 March 2020 |date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="bcg">{{cite web |title=You're Only Young Twice |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/youre_only_young_twice/shop/5472/youre_only_young_twice/ |publisher=British Comedy Guide |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>

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Many books and other works of fiction are set in, or refer to, fictional British or Irish universities.[1][2]

University name Creator Comments
University of Bantshire Anonymous Parody website and Twitter feed commenting on UK Higher Education, described as "the Banksy of the education social media world".[3][4][5]
The University of Bums on Seats Cynicalbastards.com "Formerly Peckham Polytechnic". A satirical invention reflecting the changing UK Higher Education system, online since at least 2001.[6][7]
Christminster University Thomas Hardy Jude's destination in Jude the Obscure, base on Oxford[8]
University of Edgestow C. S. Lewis In the novel That Hideous Strength; had four colleges: Bracton College, Northumberland College, Dukes College, St. Elizabeth's College.[9]
Felpersham University The Archers scriptwriters Local university for the inhabitants of Ambridge.[10]
Fibchester University National Union of Students Subject of case studies in NUS training courses[11][12]
University of Gloucester David Lodge Setting of Thinks ... (ISBN 0-436-44502-6)[13] Not to be confused with the real University of Gloucestershire.
University of Hilldene Ruth Rendell Alma mater of Burden's daughter Pat in Inspector Wexford; filmed at Southampton[14]
University of Inverdoon Eric Linklater The protagonist of Linklater's semi-autobiographical White Maa's Saga attends medical school at this Scottish university, variously described as University of Aberdeen or in a town which is "a thinly veiled combination of Aberdeen and Inverness".[15][16]
King's University, also known as King's College Dublin Eilís Dillon Dublin based setting for novels including Quadrangle[17][18]
Kirke University Campus scriptwriters Setting for the semi-improvised sitcom Campus[19]
University College Limerick David Lodge Employer of a character in Small World (ISBN 0-436-25663-0)[20]
Lowlands University Andrew Davies Setting for A Very Peculiar Practice[21] Possibly based on Warwick.[1]
Manchester Medlock University Fresh Meat scriptwriters Setting of TV comedy series Fresh Meat[22] The Medlock is a river in Greater Manchester.
University of North Yorkshire Susan Parry Near Harrogate. Features in the novel Grand Depart (2013, Viridian Publishing, ISBN 978-0956789143) and other books by the same author, as the employer of central character Dr Millie Sanderson.[23]
Poppleton University Laurie Taylor Nether Poppleton and Upper Poppleton are real villages just outside York. Also used by HESA as an example in official documentation[24][25]
Rummidge University David Lodge Setting of the Campus Trilogy: Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work "A thinly-veiled portrait of Birmingham".[26]
St Rule's University Margaret Oliphant Setting of Oliphant's 1896 short story "The Library Window", based on University of St Andrews.[27]
St Sebastian's University Anonymous Setting of A Campus Conspiracy (ISBN 9780954758677, published anonymously in 2006 but attributed to Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok.[28][29]
Scumbag College The Young Ones scriptwriters College attended (or not) by the four flat-sharing students in 1908s BBC TV series The Young Ones, written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer. A highlight was the four's appearance as the college's team on University Challenge confronting Footlights College, Oxbridge.[30][31]
Skerryvore University James Bridie A Scottish university, the setting of Bridie's 1939 play What Say They?, which was adapted into the 1952 comedy film You're Only Young Twice.[32][33]
Unseen University Terry Pratchett Set in Discworld, but with characteristics of a very English institution.[34]
Watermouth University Malcolm Bradbury Setting of The History Man; "bears more than a passing resemblance to the University of East Anglia"[35]
Wetwang University Yorkshire Post columnist? Wetwang is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire[36]

Note that the red brick university in which Kingsley Amis sets Lucky Jim is unnamed.

References

  1. ^ a b Walker, David (21 July 1997). "Sex, drugs and the dons". The Independent. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ Greatrix, Paul (24 November 2015). "An all new ranking of (fictional) universities". Wonkhe. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ Davidson, Eleana (17 September 2019). "The Bantshire Effect". EduRank. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Home page". The University of Bantshire. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Roaring success for the Marjon lion in the World University Mascot Rankings". www.marjon.ac.uk. Plymouth Marjon University. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ "University of Bums on Seats - Welcome". cynicalbastards.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020. and "University of Bums on Seats - Welcome". web.archive.org. 2001. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2020. Several new editions of the university newsletter "Skidmark" were added between these dates.
  7. ^ Baker, Mona (2018). Translation and Conflict: A narrative account. Routledge. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-429-79645-6. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Christminster: symbol analysis". Jude the Obscure. LitCharts. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  9. ^ "That Hideous Strength". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Phoebe Aldridge". The Archers. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  11. ^ Patel, Yasmin (18–19 October 2008). "Behind the stereotype". The New Black Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2017.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  12. ^ "Thursday, 19 August 2010". Where is Vic?. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  13. ^ Mars-Jones, Adam (18 February 2001). "It was cognition at first sight". The Observer. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Filming locations". Inspector Wexford. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  15. ^ Marsh, Rachel (2011). The nature of appropriation: Eric Linklater's 'Juan in America (PDF). University of Dundee. p. 28. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  16. ^ "White-Maa's Saga by Linklater, Eric". www.biblio.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Quadrangle". Eilís Dillon: Irish Mystery Stories. Eilís Dillon Literary Estate. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  18. ^ "King's College Dublin: Home of Educational Excellence since 1834". Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Campus". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Small World by David Lodge". The Guardian. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  21. ^ "A Very Peculiar Practice". Cult. BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  22. ^ Hogan, Michael (29 March 2016). "A gifted cast and sharp humour made Fresh Meat special". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Fiction books". Viridian Publishing. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Unistats 2017/18". HESA. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  25. ^ Taylor, Laurie (21 September 2017). "The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton". THES. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  26. ^ "In conversation: David Lodge and Hans Ulrich Obrist". BBC Arts. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  27. ^ Hughes, William; Heholt, Ruth (2018). Gothic Britain: Dark Places in the Provinces and Margins of the British Isles. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-1-78683-235-1. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Catalogue record for "A Campus Conspiracy"". Library Hub Discover. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  29. ^ Dahl, Stephan (7 March 2012). "Book: Campus Conspiracy". Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  30. ^ "The Young Ones". www.bbc.co.uk. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  31. ^ Curran, K. (2014). Cynicism in British Post-War Culture: Ignorance, Dust and Disease. Springer. pp. 106-. ISBN 978-1-137-44435-6. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  32. ^ Stihler, Catherine (20 February 2015). "Rectorial Address". University of St Andrews. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  33. ^ "You're Only Young Twice". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  34. ^ "Unseen University". Discworld.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  35. ^ Harvey-Wood, Harriet (28 November 2000). "Obituary: Sir Malcolm Bradbury". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  36. ^ "Paying tribute to Richard Whiteley". North Yorkshire. BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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