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| established = 1886
| sister_college = [[Clare College, Cambridge]]
| sister_college = [[Clare College, Cambridge]]
| head_label = Principal
| head_label = Principal <br>JCR President <br>MCR President
| head = [[Andrew Dilnot]]
| head = [[Andrew Dilnot]] <br>Liam O'Connor <br>Solomon Pomerantz
| undergraduates = 367
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| graduates = 226
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| [[Andrew Dilnot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/fellows/mr-andrew-dilnot|title=Mr A Dilnot|publisher=St Hugh's College, Oxford|accessdate=23 November 2010}}</ref>
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== JCR Presidents ==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! JCR President
! Vice President
! Other Info
|-
|2011 ''(elect)''
| Victor Greenstreet <small>([[Law]])</small>
| Annie MacIver <small>([[History]])</small>
|
|-
| 2010
| Liam O'Connor <small>([[Chemistry]])</small>
| Cameron Dobbs <small>([[Mathematics]])</small>
|
|-
| 2009
| Christopher Blake <small>([[Human Sciences]])</small>
| Joseph Wales <small>([[Mathematics]])</small>
| Joe Wales was elected Chair of [[Oxford University Student Union|OUSU]] Council for [[Hilary term|HT]]10, [[Trinity term|TT]]10 and [[Michaelmas Term|MT]]10. He was also elected [[Oxford University Student Union|OUSU]] Returning Officer for [[Michaelmas Term|MT]]10
|-
| 2008
| Barry Wright <small>([[Mathematics]])</small>
| Nikita Malik <small>([[Economics]] & [[Management]])</small>
|
|-
| 2007
| Alistair Wrench <small>([[English studies|English]])</small>
| Andrew Hearn <small>([[Philosophy, Politics and Economics|PPE]])</small>
|
|-
| 2006
| Martin McCluskey
| Sam Tombs
| Martin McCluskey became President of [[Oxford University Student Union|OUSU]] in 2006-7
|-
| 2005
| Steph Charalambous
| Ingrid Frater
| Ingrid Frater became Vice-President (Graduates) of [[Oxford University Student Union|OUSU]] in 2006-7
|-
| 2004 (Michaelmas)
| Matt Jobber
| Cedric Soule
|
|-
| 2004
| Dom Curran
| Cedric Soule
|
|-
| 2003
| Nicholas Wilson
| Louise Southern
|
|-
| 2002
| Damian Jenkins
| Richard Kenny
|
|-
| 2001
| Piers Varley
| Rebecca Welsford
|
|-
| 2000
| Sarah Tullis
|
|
|}

== MCR Presidents ==

{| class="wikitable" border="2"
|-
! Year
! MCR President
! Vice President
! Other Info
|-
|2010-11
| Solomon Pomerantz
|
|
|-
| 2010 (interim)
| Lisa Moevius <small>([[Theoretical Physics]])</small>
| Joerg Robin <small>([[Atomic and Laser Physics]])</small>
|
|-
| 2009-10
| Therese-Heather Belen <small>([[Oxford Internet Institute]])</small>
| Iain (Kip) Perdue <small>([[Medical Anthropology]])</small>
|
|-
| 2008-09
| Iain (Kip) Perdue
| Sophie Iles
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|-
| 2007-08
| Daniel Fiegenschuh
|
|
|-
| 2006-07
| Daniel Lee
| Luke Glynn
|
|
|}
|}

Revision as of 12:34, 23 November 2010

St Hugh's College
Oxford
File:St Hughs Crest.svg
Latin nameCollegium Sancti Hugonis
Established1886
Named forSaint Hugh, bishop of Lincoln
Colours
Sister collegeClare College, Cambridge
Principal
JCR President
MCR President
Andrew Dilnot
Liam O'Connor
Solomon Pomerantz
Undergraduates367
Postgraduates226
WebsiteHomepage
JCR Homepage
Boat clubBoat Club Website

St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, England, located on St Margaret's Road, North Oxford. It was founded in 1886 as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in 1986. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £27 million.[1] It enjoys a reputation as one of the more attractive colleges because of its extensive, pleasant gardens and as a friendly college, being one of the few where students are permitted to walk on the grass of the grounds.

Location

St Hugh’s occupies a rectangular site in the affluent North Oxford area. It is bordered by Banbury Road on the east, Woodstock Road on the west, St Margaret’s Road on the north and Canterbury Road on the south. The college is equally accessible via the main entrance on St Margaret's Road and the back gate, which opens onto Canterbury Road.

The gardens of the college cover about ten and a half acres and are noteworthy in particular for the numerous flowering trees and shrubs.[2][3]

History of the College

Founded in 1886, St Hugh's was originally a college admitting only women, becoming co-educational a century later. It was founded by Elizabeth Wordsworth, great-niece of the famous poet, William Wordsworth. Using money left to her by her father, who had been Bishop of Lincoln, she established the college at 25 Norham Road in North Oxford.[4] She named the College after one of his thirteenth century predecessors, Hugh of Avalon, who was canonised in 1220, and in whose diocese Oxford had been. Elizabeth Wordsworth was a champion of the cause of women's education, and her foundation was intended to enable poorer women to gain an Oxford education.

There are statues of both St Hugh and Elizabeth Wordsworth, presented to the College as gifts for its Jubilee in 1936, on the Library stairs. St Hugh carries a model of Lincoln Cathedral, which would have been very familiar to Elizabeth Wordsworth, and has his other hand resting on the head of a swan, probably the famous swan of Stow, although the swan is also a symbol of purity. Elizabeth Wordsworth is depicted wearing her doctoral robes.

College life

Undergraduate students at the college and many graduate students are eligible for college accommodation on the main college site. There is a range of rooms and flats available which are decided by the room ballots organised by the student bodies.

The main entrance of the college leads straight to the Main Building, which usually accommodates first year students, but also houses the chapel and the dining hall. Other first year students may be accommodated in the 1960s style Kenyon Building, named for Dame Kathleen Kenyon. Second years either live in the Rachel Trickett Building, named for a past principal of the college, or the Mary Gray Allen Building. Wolfson Building consists of nine staircases. Finalists usually live in the newer Maplethorpe Building, whose rooms have en-suite facilities and clusters of eight rooms sharing a kitchen on each of the three floors, with four staircases altogether. All the rooms have views of gardens.

The college is big enough to accommodate all its undergraduates and a large proportion of its post graduates for the duration of their studies. There are two big lawns which are for the use of students all year round. The gardens are also the venue for croquet, tennis and ultimate frisbee, and St Hugh's is the only Oxford college with its own basketball courts. There are a wide range of clubs and societies, both sporting, academic, and those supporting niche interests. St Hugh's College has the largest College Maths Society in Oxford and a very active English society.

Buildings

The Mordan Hall Suite and the Maplethorpe Building are the main parts used for hosting conferences. The original purpose of the Mordan Hall was as the college library. The Maplethorpe Building commemorates a benefactor, Cyril Maplethorpe, and the Mordan Hall Miss Clara Evelyn Mordan.[5]

Principals

Years Principal Other Info
1886–1915 Charlotte Anne Moberly[6]
1915–1924 Eleanor Jourdain[6]
1924–1946 Barbara Gwyer[6]
1946–1962 Evelyn Procter[7]
1962–1973 Kathleen Kenyon[8]
1973–1991 Rachel Trickett[9]
1991–2002 Derek Wood[10]
2002– Andrew Dilnot[11]

JCR Presidents

Year JCR President Vice President Other Info
2011 (elect) Victor Greenstreet (Law) Annie MacIver (History)
2010 Liam O'Connor (Chemistry) Cameron Dobbs (Mathematics)
2009 Christopher Blake (Human Sciences) Joseph Wales (Mathematics) Joe Wales was elected Chair of OUSU Council for HT10, TT10 and MT10. He was also elected OUSU Returning Officer for MT10
2008 Barry Wright (Mathematics) Nikita Malik (Economics & Management)
2007 Alistair Wrench (English) Andrew Hearn (PPE)
2006 Martin McCluskey Sam Tombs Martin McCluskey became President of OUSU in 2006-7
2005 Steph Charalambous Ingrid Frater Ingrid Frater became Vice-President (Graduates) of OUSU in 2006-7
2004 (Michaelmas) Matt Jobber Cedric Soule
2004 Dom Curran Cedric Soule
2003 Nicholas Wilson Louise Southern
2002 Damian Jenkins Richard Kenny
2001 Piers Varley Rebecca Welsford
2000 Sarah Tullis

MCR Presidents

Year MCR President Vice President Other Info
2010-11 Solomon Pomerantz
2010 (interim) Lisa Moevius (Theoretical Physics) Joerg Robin (Atomic and Laser Physics)
2009-10 Therese-Heather Belen (Oxford Internet Institute) Iain (Kip) Perdue (Medical Anthropology)
2008-09 Iain (Kip) Perdue Sophie Iles
2007-08 Daniel Fiegenschuh
2006-07 Daniel Lee Luke Glynn

Choir

File:StHughs.jpg
Rear view of the Main Building
The gates at the rear of St Hugh's College, on Canterbury Road

Like most other colleges in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, St. Hugh's has a choir which sings weekly evensong on Sundays. The choir draws its members from all three common rooms, and has performed for a wide variety of different guests, ranging from the Jamaican High Commissioner to many (Arch)bishops.[citation needed]

The present organ was constructed by the Italian organ-builder Tamburini in the 1970s. The college offers an organ scholarship along with four choral exhibitions each year, and employs a professional organist to oversee the chapel music.

Notable alumni

See also Former students of St Hugh's College.

St Hugh's students are present in all spheres of public life, from politics, both nationally, where Theresa May is the incumbent Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality and until recently Barbara Castle, former Secretary of State, was the woman MP with the longest continuous service, and internationally, with Aung San Suu Kyi the Nobel Peace Prize winner, to popular music, with Joe Goddard fronting the popular electropop outfit Hot Chip. Furthermore, child prodigy in mathematics, Ruth Lawrence joined the college in 1983 aged just 12.

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G. E. M. Anscombe, philosopher
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Mary Cartwright, mathematician
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Barbara Castle, Labour politician
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Emily Davison, political activist
Theresa May, Conservative politician
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician
Men

References

  1. ^ Oxford College Endowment Incomes, 1973-2006 (updated July 2007)
  2. ^ Alden's Oxford Guide'. Oxford: Alden & Co., 1958; p. 123
  3. ^ "Of the women's colleges S. Hugh's has indisputably the best garden, and for many years now it has been under the loving care of Miss Rogers. It is a well-planned garden, and ... full of interest all the year round."--Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair (1932) Oxford's College Gardens. London: Herbert Jenkins; pp. 173-78
  4. ^ Judy G. Batson, Her Oxford, Vanderbilt University Press, 2008. St. Hugh's: Life on a Shoestring, pages 51–56. ISBN 978-0826516107.
  5. ^ "Conference Facilities Brochure" (PDF). St Hugh's College, Oxford. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Jalland, Beatrice. The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III: The University of Oxford. University of London Institute of Historical Research. pp. 347–348.
  7. ^ Highfield, J. R. L. (September 2010). "Procter, Evelyn Emma Stefanos (1897–1980)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 November 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |format= (help)
  8. ^ Parr, P. J. (2004). "Kenyon, Dame Kathleen Mary (1906–1978)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Trickett, (Mabel) Rachel" ((subscription required)). Who Was Who 1920–2008. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Wood, Derek Alexander". Who's Who 2010. Oxford University Press. November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  11. ^ "Mr A Dilnot". St Hugh's College, Oxford. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  12. ^ Burmese people have no surnames, but filing here under "Suu Kyi" is best

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