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a BA following a year in residence at Durham and the passing of the required exams). The LTh (as well as other degrees) was also offered at two affiliated colleges of the university in
Barbados and Sierra Leone from the 1870s, and the LTh was extended from 1910 to other associated Anglican theological colleges outside of the UK. From 1918, the LTh was only available to students at these
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for a period from 1864 to 1907 (when the honours course in theology leading to a BA was established). From the 1870s the LTh was opened to students at
Anglican theological colleges in the UK associated with Durham without the need for residence at the university (after passing the LTh they could take
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Professor E.J.R. Eaglesham, professor of Education, which inter alia reveals that in 1946 the University of Durham gave notice to all affiliated theological colleges that it would abolish the Licence in Theology in 1949 and so the affiliation of all these
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171:, previously the London College of Divinity, replaced its Associate of the London College of Divinity diploma with a License in Theology diploma when it relocated to Nottingham in 1971. The college closed in 2019.
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at its opening in 1833 and was first awarded in 1834. The name referred to the qualification being a licence from the university for a candidate for ordination in the
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The diploma of Licentiate in Theology was offered by
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355:, the Durham Licence in Theology was offered by
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