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St Hilda's College, Oxford
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| College name | St Hilda's College | |||||||||
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| Established | 1893 | |||||||||
| Principal | Sheila Forbes | |||||||||
| JCR president | Samantha Gisborne | |||||||||
| Undergraduates | 420 | |||||||||
| MCR president | Sarah-Jane Fenton | |||||||||
| Graduates | 86 | |||||||||
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St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded by Dorothea Beale, who also founded Cheltenham Ladies' College, and is the only remaining college to admit only female students. However, on 7 June 2006 the Governing Body voted to admit men as both fellows and students. This is due to occur for entry in autumn 2008.[1]
The college is in Cowley Place, and is the most easterly of all the university's colleges. It consists of six major buildings containing student accommodation and teaching areas: Hall, South, Milham Ford, Wolfson, Garden, and the Christina Barratt Building (opened in 2001). The Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building is a concert venue named after the famous cellist who was an honorary fellow of the college. The college also owns a number of properties on Iffley Road, and in the Cowley area.
The college is situated alongside the River Cherwell, with many college rooms overlooking the river itself. One benefit of this location is that the college has its own fleet of punts, which students of the college may hire for free. Unfortunately, this has at times led to problems with flooding in Milham Ford building.
The current Principal is Sheila Forbes, CBE, a graduate of the college. She took up the post in 2007.
As with all the colleges of the University of Oxford, St Hilda's has always maintained very high academic standards in all fields. In its history as a women's college, it has also shown continuation at degree level of particular trends demonstrated by girls at GCSE and A-Level, with students at St Hilda's scoring huge numbers of Firsts in English and History. St Hilda's has frequently produced a greater percentage of English Firsts per year than any other constituent college.
As of 2006, the college had an estimated financial endowment of £39 million.[2]
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- St Hilda's students were the subject of the Channel 4 documentary series College Girls, broadcast in 2002.
- Zeinab Badawi, BBC journalist
- Susan Blackmore
- Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, royalty
- D. K. Broster, historical novelist
- Susanna Clarke, author
- Wendy Cope, poet
- Barbara Everett, academic
- Susan Greenfield, academic
- Catherine Heath, novelist
- Meg Hillier, politician
- Bettany Hughes, historian
- Jenny Joseph, poet
- Hermione Lee, critic and biographer
- Val McDermid, novelist
- Rosalind Miles, writer
- Kate Millett, feminist author
- Katherine Parkinson, actress
- Barbara Pym, novelist
- Gillian Rose, philosopher
- Jacqueline Rose, academic and writer
- Sheila Rowbotham
- Baroness Gillian Shephard, politician
- Ann Thwaite, biographer
- Tsuda Umeko, educator
- See also Alumni of St Hilda's College.
- ^ "St Hilda's College to admit men", BBC, 7 June 2006. Retrieved on 9 June 2006.
- ^ Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006 (updated July 2007)
- St Hilda's College (official website)
- Middle Common Room (graduates)
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