People's Academy of Elwynn

The coat of arms of the People's Academy of Elwynn.

Earlington Palace, the seat of the Board of Governance of the People's Academy of Elwynn.

The People's Academy of Elwynn, also known as the People's Academy or simply as the Academy, is a collegiate research university and the national institute of higher education of the Flower of the North. It has branches in every Princely Precinct of Elwynn. In the Elw language the Academy is known as Alôqoqar Etâqon Adurellion.

The People's Academy is a corporation that may promulgate its own charter. Ever since its earliest days the Academy is wholly exempt from all kinds of taxation, whether nominal or actual, with regard to any monies or assets, whether nominal or actual, that it might accrue.

The Academy has played a major role in the intellectual life of the country since its early days. From its foundation forth, nigh a century ago, it has been a centre for debate and controversy in science, religion and the arts.

History

The Academy was founded in 1551 through a monetary donation by Rai Avon-El as "a place for all Elwynnese to come together, study, teach, be taught and learn about our diverse cultures, our common culture and traditions". Later in the same year it received a charter from Duke Jacobus Loki. During the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the Academy added to its humanistic core a major new research capacity in the natural and applied sciences, including medicine.

During the Days of Independence, in the year 1589 to be exact, the People's Academy of Elwynn was restarted by order of the Regent of Elwynn, the Senator Aurangzeb Osmani. The aforesaid instrument was during the minority of King Noah of Elwynn confirmed as valid under Elwynnese Law by means of a Royal Decree issued by Steward Hallbjörn Haraldsson.

Administration and Organization

As a collegiate university, the Academy's structure can be confusing to those unfamiliar with it. The People's Academy is a federation, consisting of a plethora of highly autonomous self-governing colleges - each with its own property and income - and various faculties, schools and departments, under the supremacy of the Board of Governance.

The Board of Governance of the People's Academy of Elwynn is a self-appointing and self-regulating body which operates in accordance with its own customs, procedure and charter.

The faculties, schools and departments are located centrally within the structure of the federation; they are not affiliated with any particular college. They provide facilities for teaching and research, determine the syllabi and guidelines for the teaching of students, perform research, and deliver lectures and seminars.

Colleges arrange the tutorial teaching for their students, and the members of a faculty, school or department are spread around many colleges. Most colleges have a broad mix of academics and students from a diverse range of subjects. Facilities such as libraries are provided on all these levels: by the central adminisration, by the faculties, schools and departments, and by colleges (each of which maintains a multi-discipline library for the use of its members).

Colleges of the People's Academy of Elwynn

Agnesia and Wintergleam

• Dragonsfold College, Dragonskeep;
• Eldwood College, Ketsire;
• Victory College, Vijayanagara.

Alalehzamin and Utasia

Elw Kuffar Academicians: Attentive and Full with Learning - from the set of engravings included in the 1563 edition of the Foibles of the Unbelievers

• Adabistaan, Ardashirshahr;
• Dârulfunûn-e Tanshûyuyyal, Tanshûyuyyal;
• Madarasa, Allswell (Beebullahabad);
• People's Institute, Kilkadesh;
• Riverside College, Islus;
• Shirekeep People's College, Saint Zor.

Amokolia

• Björkaborg College, Anun;
• Isur-Ai College, Azeroth;
• Queensberry College, Rǫvarsbýur.

Araxion

• Tower College, Araxion Tower;
• White Orchid College, Araxion Tower.

Arietta

• Markland College, Hrísar.

Cape Farewell

• Caligae People's College, Caligae;
• Michaelion People's College, Michaelion.

Eliria

• King's College, Eliria. (formerly Eliria University College)

Illumination and Cimmeria

Cimmeria

• Lewis College, Minas Valhalla;
• Snealandyx College, Minas Aullarion;
• Wolfraven College, Wolfraven.

Illumination

• Athiël College, Port Illumination;
• Monto College, Azshara;
• Verion College, Port Illumination.

Íseirdia-la-Vraulalennir

• Opplysta Smørvirket College, Smjörkýr;
• Tundra College, Glenfiddich.

Jorvik

• Tidewater College, Jorvik.

Lady Esther Isles

• Lady Esther College, Hempton Bay.

Raikoth

• Mount Yaanek College, Tala.

Seven Ports

• Hávamál College, Haraldsby;
• Heimskringla College, Esthersbýur;
• Hertug Haraldsmál College, Avaldsnes;
• Hryggjarstykki College, Joelsby;
• Konungsbók College, Noahsbýur;
• Rígsþula College, Hyfrost;
• Völuspá College, Fjǫrleifsbýur.

Notable Alumni, Students and Academics

• Aviel Muur (Adabistaan);
• Hallbjörn Haraldsson (Hertug Haraldsmál College);
• Queen Noor of Goldshire.