Introduction to the Academic Scarf Registry

The academic scarf traces its roots to the boat clubs of Victorian Oxford and Cambridge. These scarves were initially knitted with horizontal stripes, however the austerity of the second world war led to cheaper production methods where strips of coloured cloth were sewn together, creating the iconic vertical stripes of the modern-day academic scarf. While brightly coloured scarves are not as common a campus feature at British universities today, many universities and colleges still produce scarves. For a full list of institutions head to the page footer.

Thursday 11 May 2023

The University of Roehampton

The University of Roehampton is the most recently established collegiate university, with its colleges significantly older than the university itself. The colleges each had scarves dating back to the 1940s, which were all revived in 2013 by Roehampton University historian Gilly King. This page implies that they are available from the university's online store, however seems to be the only image of them online. There is no scarf of the University of Roehampton as a whole.

Digby Stuart College Scarf:

Froebel College Scarf:

Southlands College Scarf:

Whitelands College Scarf:



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