The final development came in the early 1960s with the opening of a new East wing, providing additional classrooms and single bedrooms for 75 students.[6] However, in October 2010 it was announced that the college would close in 2011 due to the shortage of vocations in the Roman Catholic Church, and that the site might be sold.[13] The college is also used for numerous musical events and for the Ushaw Lecture Series, organised by the university's Centre for Catholic Studies.[14] In 2018, Durham University's Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) moved into the east wing of the college, previously used by the Business School.[3] The Junior Seminary Chapel of St Aloysius and adjacent common room buildings were badly damaged in a suspected arson attack in July 2023.
Refectory
Early drawing of Ushaw designed (1804–1808) by James Taylor
The Death of
St Bede
; the monastic clergy are wearing surplices over their
cowls
(original painting at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw)