Editing Codrington College (section)

=== 1900s ===
Around 1912, Codrington, under the direction of Principal Anstey, commenced delivering teacher training. The teacher training institution was called the Rawle Training Institute, 
named after a previous college principal. It initially enrolled men only, accepting women a year or two later. The Rawle provided teacher training not just to Barbadians but to individuals from other parts of the West Indies. Rawle was the forerunner of the [[Erdiston Teachers' Training College]], established in 1948, signalling the end of Codrington's involvement in teacher training and the closure of the Rawle Institute.<ref name="Holder" />

The late 1940s and early 1950s saw several factors lead to a discussion of the affiliation between Codrington College and Durham University. One was the establishment of the University College of the West Indies, the predecessor to the [[University of the West Indies]]. The university was founded in 1948, on the recommendation of the Asquith Commission<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=documentos/10221.1/29331/2/213787.pdf |title=Report of the Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies|website=www.bcn.cl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045338/http://www.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=documentos%2F10221.1%2F29331%2F2%2F213787.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> through its sub-committee on the West Indies chaired by Sir James Irvine.<ref>''Report of the West Indies Committee of the Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies'', Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of His Majesty June 1945. London, His Majesty's Stationery Office</ref> The Asquith Commission had been established in 1943 to review the provision of higher education in the British colonies. Initially in a special relationship with the [[University of London]], the then University College of the West Indies (UCWI) was seated at [[Mona, Jamaica|Mona]], about five miles from [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica. The university was based at the [[Gibraltar Camp]] used by [[Evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War II|evacuated Gibraltarians during the war]].<ref name=brown>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Suzanne Francis|title=Mona Past and Present: The History and Heritage of the Mona Campus, University of the West Indies|pages=10–11|year=2006|publisher=University of the West Indies Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQ63yTgVkaEC|isbn=9789766401597}}</ref><ref name="Tortello">{{Cite news |url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0069.html |title=Pieces of the Past: Out Of Many Cultures: Gibraltar Camp a Refuge from war |last=Tortello |first=Rebecca |date=November 7, 2005 |work=Jamaica Gleaner  |access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>

The fact that the new institution was established in Jamaica and the final report of the commission made no mention of Codrington raised questions of its relevance. Moreover, Durham was concerned about the quality of the education offered at Codrington.<ref name="Simmons" /> One of the reasons for this was the minimal communication between the two institutions. Letters to Codrington were routinely left unanswered. In fact, the Society was still involved in managing and funding Codrington College. When the Society announced, in the press, that the college would be run by the brothers of the [[Community of the Resurrection]], officials at Durham had not been informed and took finding out about the arrangement in the press disconcerting.<ref name="Simmons" /> Eventually, it was decided to alter the affiliation agreement so that only degrees in theology would be granted by Durham, which then mirrored the focus of studies at Codrington. The establishment of the University College of the West Indies meant that non-religious studies in the Caribbean would be focused on the new institution. Codrington, therefore, focussed its studies on theology. It was assumed that Codrington would seek affiliation with the new University College.

Since 1965, Codrington has been affiliated to the [[University of the West Indies, Cave Hill]]. The Licentiate in Theology was first introduced that year, followed by the BA in Theology in 1971, in affiliation with Cave Hill.<ref name="Holder" /> Codrington began to offer a Diploma in Theology on a part-time basis in 1978. This course was designed for lay people who taught religion in day schools and who played important roles in churches. It began to offer post-graduate courses in 1989.<ref name="Student Handbook">{{cite web |title=Student Handbook |url=http://www.codrington.org/site/index.php/student-handbook |website=Codrington College |access-date=24 December 2018}}</ref>

The college currently maintains several archives relating to the churches of the [[West Indies]]. The microfilm collection includes records of the Society, The Church Missionary Society, the Baptist Missionary Society, and the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Grenada.<ref name="Student Handbook"/>

In 1976, changes were made to the governance of both Codrington College and the Codrington Estates. Two boards were established, one for the estates and another for the college. In this way, day-to-day running of both came under the Anglican Church of the West Indies.<ref name="Holder" /> Later, the Codrington Trust Act moved legal control from the Society (now called the [[United Society Partners in the Gospel]]) to a completely West Indian group. This was the outcome of the government having taken over the funding of the grammar school, referred to as the Lodge School, in 1879 and leasing the premises for 100 years. On its expiry, the government decided, with the support of the USPG, that it was time for the Codrington Trust to be fully in the control of local people.<ref name="Holder" />