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The University of Bristol Society of Change Ringers (UBSCR) is a change ringing society.^[1]UBSCR is associated with the University of Bristol and is affiliated to Bristol SU. UBSCR was established in 1943^[2] and has rung bells at St Michael on the Mount Without since 1944.^[2]Since 1950 there have been over 700 peals rung for the society.^[3]UBSCR is also affiliated to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers^[4] and sends two representatives to its AGM.

History[edit]

UBSCR was founded in the Autumn Term of 1943 by Monica Richardson. Since then generations of student ringers have come and gone, contributing on the way to the development of the Society and its traditions.

The Society's first practice was held on 6 November 1943 at Long Ashton. In 1944 UBSCR moved to St Michael on the Mount, Without. The Society’s first peal (5040 of GrandsireTriples) was rung on 17 May 1947. Since then UBSCR has grown. Students and former students from the Bristol area are active members.

The society home tower was St Michael on the mount, without from 1944 until 2012 when safety concerns limited the amount of ringing at St Michaels. The home tower is now St Matthews, Kingsdown. Ringing continued, albeit sporadically, at St Michaels until October 2016 when the church suffered a major fire.^[5][6]

Activities[edit]

UBSCR holds and participates in many events throughout the course of each academic year, including the meetings of the Southern Universities Association and the Northern Universities Association, a Summer Tour, Cupid Tour (organised by the current master) and a Christmas Party, as well as a cheese and port evening and pudding party. The Annual Dinner is held on the 4th Saturday of January each year and is celebrated with the ringing of peals.

The University Centenary[edit]

In 2009 the University of Bristol celebrated the centenary of being granted its Royal Charter.^[7]In celebration, Great George was rung for two minutes, and the bells of Bristol 'followed' Great George by ringing quarter peals and general change ringing. The UBSCR played a part in the celebrations^[8] of this event by ringing Great George and by helping with the other ringing.^[9]

Great George[edit]

The hour bell in the Wills Memorial Building is rung, by members and friends of UBSCR to mark events and days of national importance or significance^[10]. Examples of this include Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday ^[11] and VE day.^[12]

Recent Masters[edit]

• Current - Anna Sherwood
• 2019 - 2020 Matthew Jerome
• 2018 - 2019 Eleanor Talbot
• 2017 - 2018 Julian Howes
• 2016 - 2017 Jed Roughley
• 2015 - 2016 Robert Beavis
• 2014 - 2015 Alex Tatlow
• 2013 - 2014 Edward Mack
• 2012 - 2013 Richard Webster
• 2011 - 2012 Richard Barclay
• 2010 - 2011 Jack Aylward
• 2009 - 2010 Edward Marchbank
• 2008 - 2009 Alan Reading
• 2007 - 2008 David Richards
• 2006 - 2007 Edward Colliss
• 2005 - 2006 Katherine Fulcher
• 2004 - 2005 Gaby Cowcill

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'List of University Change Ringing Societies'. cccbr. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
2. ^ ^abBliss, Mary; Andrew Agg; Patrick Bird; John Manley (1999). UBSCR: 1943-1999 - A History of the University of Bristol Society of Change Ringers. Andrew Agg. ISBN0-9537588-0-X.
3. ^'Peals of the UBSCR since 1950'. pealbase. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
4. ^'Ringing Societies Affiliated with the Central Council'. CCCBR. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
5. ^'Bristol church fire 'started deliberately''. BBC news. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
6. ^Webster, Richard F (11 November 2016). 'Fire at St Mike's, Bristol'. The Ringing World (5507): 1137 -- 1138.
7. ^'BBC News Article on the University's Centenary Ringing'. BBC news. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
8. ^'Bristol University News Article on the University's Centenary Ringing'. Bristol University. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
9. ^''This is Bristol' News Article on the University's Centenary Ringing'. 'This is Bristol'. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
10. ^'Great George bell peal marks Bristol University charter'. BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
11. ^'Great George to chime in honour of The Queen's 90th birthday'. Bristol University. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
12. ^'Great George tolls to mark 70th anniversary of VE Day'. Bristol University. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

The academic dress prescribed by the University of Bristol is a mixture of that prescribed by Cambridge and Oxford.^[1] Bristol has chosen, for graduates, to mainly specify Oxford-style gowns and Cambridge-style hoods. Unlike many British universities, the hood itself is to be 'University red', lined with a specified colour. University red is defined to be Pantone 187. Bristol also specifies that undergraduates are to wear gowns 'of the approved pattern' in certain circumstances, although the pattern itself is not specified. This is not too important since, in practice, undergraduates are never required to be gowned except when graduating.

As at most universities, when graduating, graduands wear the dress appropriate to the degree to which they are to be admitted. This appears to be a de facto rather than legislated practice since there is no specific provision in Statute, Ordinance or Regulation for how graduands should dress. Regulations prescribing academic dress refer specifically to 'graduate members of the University' and thus exclude those who are in the process of graduating but have not yet graduated. This is a pedantic point, but in at least two British universities (Cambridge and Oxford), the rules are the other way around for this very reason (i.e. graduands wear their current degree, or undergraduate dress if they are not a graduate, with the hood of the new degree).

Bristol specifies four main types of dress: bachelor's, master's, doctor's undress and doctor's full dress. Within these groups, the dress is identical save for a few specific exceptions. Although academic caps are specified, by tradition they are never worn by graduands, except for honorary graduands. Bristol graduates taking part in Bristol graduation ceremonies as staff can and do wear the prescribed headgear.

Undergraduates[edit]

• A black stuff gown of the approved pattern. Women may also wear a soft square cap of black cloth.

Bachelors[edit]

• A black stuff gown of the Cambridge BA pattern.
• Hood of the Cambridge pattern, in University red stuff or silk, lined with silk of a lighter shade of University red as far as the visible parts are concerned.^[2]
• Square academic cap (mortarboard), covered with black cloth, the tassels of black silk. (Although specified in regulations, headwear is not actually worn, except in the case of honorary graduands.)

Exceptions[edit]

• Gowns of Bachelors of Medicinemay alternatively be made of silk.
• Hoods of Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery lined throughout with the lighter shade of University red, the lining bound at the edge with white silk to a depth of 3/4inch.
• Hoods of Bachelors of Laws as for Medicine and Surgery, but the lining bound with violet silk.^[3]
• Hoods of Bachelors of Music lined throughout with lavender silk, the hood bound at the edge with lavender silk to a depth of 3/4inch.

Masters[edit]

• Black stuff or silk gown of the Oxford M.A. pattern save that the sleeves shall be ended with rounded corners, and a slight concavity in the lower border without any nick in the side.
• Hood of the Cambridge pattern, in University red silk, lined throughout with white silk. [1]
• Square academic cap (mortarboards), covered with black cloth, the tassels of black silk.

Doctors[edit]

Undress[edit]

• Black silk gown of the pattern prescribed for Masters, with a triangular area of scroll work in black braid above each armhole.
• Gowns of Doctors of Philosophy and Education to be a black silk gown of the pattern prescribed for Masters.

Full dress[edit]

• Scarlet cloth gown of the Oxford MD shape. The facings of the gown to be salmon-coloured to a width of three-and-a-half inches.
• Hood of the Cambridge pattern, in University red silk, lined throughout with salmon-coloured silk.
• A Doctor's bonnet of the Cambridge pattern (a flat broad-brimmed bonnet of black velvet with a narrow cord of gold at the junction of the crown and the brim).

Exceptions

• • Gowns of Doctors of Philosophy and Education to have facings in dark violet. In the sleeves, the cloth visible only for six or eight inches from the point of the shoulder downwards, the remainder of the sleeves being finished in or trimmed with dark violet silk.
  • Hood of the Cambridge pattern, in University red silk, lined throughout with dark violet silk.
  • Square academic cap (mortarboards), covered with black velvet, the tassels of black silk.

i.e. PhD and Ed.D. use violet rather than salmon colouring. The possible similarity between the junior Doctors in undress and Masters arises only rarely since undress is practically never used in Bristol (it appears at e.g. inaugural lectures given by new Professors). In fact, of course, the gowns are differentiated by being made of different materials.

Although the University does not refer to M.D., D.D.S. or Eng.D. as higher doctorates they are not included in the list that wears the gowns clearly intended for junior doctorates (those with violet). It is thus appropriate for them to use salmon facings and hood-linings leaving the PhD and Ed.D. as somewhat anomalous exceptions. In practice, M.D., D.D.S. and Eng.D. are not awarded very often and the other, higher, doctorates are reserved largely for honorary degrees so the anomaly is minor.

Officials[edit]

• Chancellor: A gown of black-figured satin of the pattern and with the gold ornaments customary in Chancellors’ robes.
• Pro-Chancellors: A gown of black silk of the same pattern as the undress Doctor's gown, but with the ornaments above the sleeves and the loop and button at the back worked in gold instead of black silk.
• Vice-Chancellor: A full-sleeved gown of black figured satin, with the sleeves lined in University red, parted in front and looped with two loops of gold braid on each side.
• Pro-Vice-Chancellor: A gown of the same shape as the Vice-Chancellor’s, but of black corded silk, looped and buttoned in gold similarly to the Vice-Chancellor's.
• Registrar: A gown of black corded silk of the pattern of the Masters’ gown, but braided on the facings and over the armholes.

All Officers wear academic caps of the customary pattern covered with black velvet; the Chancellor's cap being distinguished by a gold tassel and gold braid binding, and the Vice-Chancellor's by gold braid binding.

Mortarboards[edit]

Students gaining Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Bristol (apart from honorary graduates) do not wear mortarboards at graduation. According to an unverified legend, this is because at an early graduation ceremony the male graduands all threw their headgear either at the female graduands, or off the Clifton Suspension Bridge, by way of 'protest' at coeducation. Subsequently, mortarboards were not worn. This legend is told of a number of other universities and is almost certainly untrue, particularly given that University College Bristol was coeducational before the University proper even existed and that the Clifton suspension bridge is about 1.5 miles away (2.4 km).

References[edit]

1. ^Bristol University – Regulations for Academic and Official CostumeArchived 26 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^'University of Bristol BA'. THE BURGON SOCIETY. Archived from the original on 16 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
3. ^'University of Bristol LLB'. THE BURGON SOCIETY. Archived from the original on 16 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2009.

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