College aims to enrol students in 2016

Benedictus, a Catholic liberal arts college to be based in London, said this week it aims to enrol its first students in autumn 2016, writes Joanna Moorhead.

The plan for the college is the brainchild of Dr Clare Hornsby, former assistant director at the British School in Rome and more recently Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

“What we are planning to offer is unique in the UK,” she said.

This week, the Benedictus Trust announced that its first patron will be the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing.

A Benedictus summer school was held at Heythrop College in London earlier this year.