Yale's main reception - note the signs are in both English and Welsh

Yale College Wrexham is a college in Wrexham, Wales. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 354 KB) Photo taken by me (Pydos) during the last few days of the hot summer 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 354 KB) Photo taken by me (Pydos) during the last few days of the hot summer 2006. ... , Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a large (former industrial) town, conurbation and principal area of Wales lying in north-eastern part of the country. ...

History

The history of Yale College can be summarised in three phases: Yale Grammar School, Yale Sixth Form, and Yale College. Like many local services, it is named after Elihu Yale, best known for being the prime benefactor of Yale University. It was founded in 1950 as a public school before being known as Yale Sixth Form College in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1999, Yale University sued Wrexham County Borough Council over the use of the name Yale College (which had been the name of Yale University's undergraduate college for 225 years before Yale Wrexham was founded). As a result of the settlement of the trademark infringement suit, the Yale College in Wales must always be legally referred to as Yale College of Wrexham, Wales or Yale College Wrexham^[1]. Elihu Yale Elihu Yale, (April 5, 1649 – July 8, 1721), was the first benefactor of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... “Yale” redirects here. ... Wrexham County Borough Council is the governing body for Wrexham (county borough), one of the administrative subdivisions of Wales. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ...

In 1995, work began on Yale's new campus which consisted of a mix of older and very modern, airy buildings in Wrexham town centre. Prior to dereliction, some of the buildings on the campus previously hosted Wrexham & East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital up until the late 1980s, and another dating back to 1902 was previously Grove Park School, which again closed in the 1980s. Out of the many buildings on the site, two of the largest were selected for refurbishment, and along with the newer buildings, the campus finally opened in 1998, known as the Grove Park campus which handles various qualifications including GCSEs and A levels. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13, commonly called the Sixth Form), or at a separate sixth form college or further education college...

Yale also possesses property in Bersham Road, Wrexham, which handles the more vocational subjects such as plumbing and bricklaying. Up until 2006, the college also possessed additional capacity in Roxburgh House, Wrexham, however the majority of the building was handed back to the vendor due to lease expiration. Previously the building handled apprentiships and training courses. A plumber wrench for working on pipes and fittings Plumbing, from the Latin for lead (plumbum), is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures for potable water systems and the drainage of waste. ... Like a brick house. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relates to specific useful skills. ...

Culture

Yale College is, officially, a bilingual college, helping to foster Anglo-Welsh relations, although the predominant language spoken is English. The college magazine, ZED, helps keep students abreast of local opinions, with editorials and news releases, but nobody reads it anyway^[2]. The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... An editorial is a statement or article by a news organization (generally a newspaper) that expresses an opinion rather than attempting to simply report news. ...

In an expression of local patriotism, Yale University is often known as The Other Yale, in reference to the comments made by Yale University about Yale College Wrexham. Many locals are often unaware that there is a university, and many assume that the American Yale is not as old as the Wrexham Yale, despite the world-renowned Yale University being more than two centuries older than Yale Wrexham. “Yale” redirects here. ...

References

1. ^ "Transatlantic Battle over College names" - BBC news online - 18th January 2000 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/609278.stm
2. ^ An example of the Christmas 2006 edition can be seen here with its editorial team; http://www.yale-wrexham.co.uk/news_page.php?pressid=484%20&%20year=2006%20%20&%20month=12

External links

• Official website
• Yale Daily News article about lawsuit