St Hilda's College, Oxford

St Hilda's College
Oxford
Blazon: Azure, on a fess or three estoiles gules in chief two unicorns' heads couped, in base a coiled serpent argent.
Location	Cowley Place
Coordinates	51°44′57″N 1°14′43″W / 51.749162°N 1.245334°W / 51.749162; -1.245334Coordinates: 51°44′57″N 1°14′43″W / 51.749162°N 1.245334°W / 51.749162; -1.245334
Motto	non frustra vixi (I lived not in vain)
Established	1893
Named for	Hilda of Whitby
Principal	Sir Gordon Duff
Undergraduates	400[1] (2011/2012)
Postgraduates	175[2]
Major events	St Hilda's College Ball
Website	www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
Map
Location in Oxford city centre

St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon Saint, Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a hall for women; remaining an all-women's college until 2008.^[3] St Hilda’s was the last single-sex college in the university as Somerville College had admitted men in 1994.^[3] The college now has almost equal numbers of men and women at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

The current Principal is Sir Gordon Duff, who took up the post in 2014.

As of 31 July 2015, the college had an endowment of £45.5 million and total assets of £62.4 million.^[4]

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 Women's rowing
    
  
  
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    1.2 Documentary
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Buildings and grounds
  
  
  
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    2.1 The Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building
    
  
  
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    2.2 Grounds
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 People associated with the college
  
  
  
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    3.1 Principals
    
  
  
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    3.2 Former students
    
  
  
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    3.3 Fellows
    
  
  
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    3.4 Honorary fellows
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Gallery
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

History

Founded in 1893, St Hilda's College was originally an Oxford Hall for women. It was founded by Dorothea Beale (who was also a headmistress at Cheltenham Ladies' College) as a women's college, a status it retained until 2008. Whilst other Oxford colleges gradually became co-educational, no serious debate at St Hilda's occurred until 1997, according to a former vice-principal, and then the debate solely applied to the issue of staff appointments.^[5] After a vote on 7 June 2006 by the Governing Body,^[3] men and women can be admitted as fellows and students. This vote was pushed through with a narrow margin and followed previous unsuccessful votes which were protested by students because of the "high-handed" manner in which they were held.^[6] The change was met with some dismay from alumnae.^[7]

In October 2007 a supplemental charter was granted and in 2008 male students were admitted to St Hilda's for the first time. The College now has almost equal numbers of men and women at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In August 2015, the interim Norrington Table showed that 98.2 per cent of St Hilda's finalist undergraduates obtained at least a 2.i in their degree.^{[citation needed]}

Women's rowing

Main article: St Hilda's College Boat Club

St Hilda's was the first
women's college in Oxford and Cambridge to create a women's VIII in 1911. It was St Hilda's student H.G. Wanklyn who formed OUWBC and coxed in the inaugural Women's Boat Race of 1927, with five Hilda's rowers.
In 1969, the St Hilda's Eight made Oxford history when they became the first ever female crew to row in the Summer Eights. They placed 12th.^[8]

Documentary

St Hilda's students were the subject of the Channel 4 documentary series College Girls, broadcast in 2002.^[9]

Buildings and grounds

Milham Ford Building by the River Cherwell

The college is located at the eastern end of the High Street, Oxford, over Magdalen Bridge, in Cowley Place, making it the only University of Oxford college lying east of the River Cherwell. Its grounds include six major buildings, which contain student accommodation, teaching areas, dining hall, the library and administration blocks: Hall, South, Milham Ford, Wolfson, Garden, and the Christina Barratt Building (opened in 2001). The college also owns a number of properties on Iffley Road, and in the Cowley area. It is the most conveniently situated Oxford college for the Iffley Road Sports Complex, a focus for Oxford University Sport.

The Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building

The Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building

The Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building (JdP) is a concert venue named after the famous cellist who was an honorary fellow of the college. The JdP was the first purpose-built concert hall to be built in Oxford since the Holywell Music Room in 1742. Built in 1995 by van Heyningen and Haward Architects, it houses the Steinway-equipped Edward Boyle Auditorium and a number of music practice rooms. In 2000 the architects designed a new, enlarged foyer space; a lean-to glass structure along the front elevation to the existing music building. In addition to frequent recitals presented by the St Hilda's Music Society, the JdP also hosts concerts by a number of world-renowned performers. Musicians who have performed in the JdP in recent years include Steven Isserlis, the Jerusalem Quartet, the Chilingirian Quartet and the Belcea Quartet. The building has also been used for amateur dramatic performances, since 2008 St Hilda's College Drama Society have been producing several plays a year in the Edward Boyle Auditorium.

Grounds

The college grounds stretch along the banks of the River Cherwell, with many college rooms overlooking the river and playing fields beyond. The college has its own fleet of punts, which students of the college may hire for free in summer months. Unfortunately, this location has at times led to problems with flooding in Milham Ford building.

People associated with the college

Principals

Name	Birth	Death	Principal Between	Notes
Esther Elizabeth Burrows	18 October 1847	20 February 1935	1893–1910	[10]
Christine Mary Elizabeth Burrows	4 January 1872	10 September 1959	1910–1919	[10]
Winifred Moberly	1 April 1875	6 April 1928	1919–1928	[11]
Julia de Lacy Mann	22 August 1891	23 May 1985	1928–1955	[12]
Kathleen Major	10 April 1906	19 December 2000	1955–1965	[12]
Mary Bennett	9 January 1913	1 November 2005	1965–1980
Mary Moore	8 April 1930	6 October 2017	1980–1990	[12]
Elizabeth Llewellyn-Smith	17 August 1934		1990–2001	[13]
Judith English	1 March 1940		2001–2007	[13]
Sheila Forbes	31 December 1946		2007–2014
Gordon Duff	27 December 1947		2014–present

Former students

See also: Category:Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford.

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  Susanna Clarke, author
  

  
  

  
  


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  Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
  

  
  

  
  


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  Susan Kramer, Liberal Democrat politician
  

  
  

  
  


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  Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of The Economist
  

  
  

  
  

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  Gaynor Arnold, novelist


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  Elizabeth Aston, author


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  Maudy Ayunda, singer, actress


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  Zeinab Badawi, BBC journalist


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  Sarah Baxter, journalist


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  Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of The Economist
  


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  Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, royalty


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  Susan Blackmore, parapsychologist, writer and broadcaster


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  D. K. Broster, historical novelist


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  Mikita Brottman, author, psychoanalyst


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  Susanna Clarke, author


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  Wendy Cope, poet


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  Serena Cowdy, journalist


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  Miriam Defensor Santiago, Philippine senator, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
  


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  Barbara Everett, academic


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  Helen Gardner, critic


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  Adele Geras, writer


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  Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, academic


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  Susan Gritton, soprano


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  Catherine Heath, novelist


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  Rosalind Hill, historian


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  Meg Hillier, politician


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  Victoria Hislop, writer


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  Bettany Hughes, historian


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  Ruth Hunt, CEO of Stonewall


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  Jenny Joseph, poet


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  Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer, British Liberal Democrat politician


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  Hermione Lee, critic and biographer


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  Elizabeth Levett, historian


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  Sue Lloyd-Roberts, Special Correspondent for the BBC (formerly at ITN)


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  Margaret MacMillan, historian and Warden of St Antony's College
  


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  Anita Mason, novelist


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  Val McDermid, novelist


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  Rosalind Miles, writer


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  Kate Millett, feminist author


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  Anne Mills FRS, health economist
  


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  Brenda Moon, librarian


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  Elizabeth Neville, police officer


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  Katherine Parkinson, actress


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  Barbara Pym, novelist


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  Pooky Quesnel, actor and screenwriter


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  Betty Radice, translator and editor


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  Celine Rattray, film producer^[14]
  


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  Gillian Rose, philosopher


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  Jacqueline Rose, academic and writer


• Sheila Rowbotham


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  Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, politician


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  Helen Simpson, short story writer


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  Ann Thwaite, biographer


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  Tsuda Umeko, educator


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  Cecil Woodham-Smith, historian

Fellows

Further information: Category:Fellows of St Hilda's College, Oxford

• Heather Bell


• Mary Bennett


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  William Boyd, author


• Gordon Duff


• Helen Gardner


• Elspeth Kennedy


• Barbara Levick


• Beryl Smalley


• Helen Waddell


• Kathy Wilkes

Honorary fellows

Further information: List of Honorary Fellows of St Hilda's College, Oxford

• Jacqueline Du Pré


• Doris Odlum


• Rosalyn Tureck

Gallery

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  Garden Building
  

  
  

  
  


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  Hall building and Porters' Lodge
  

  
  

  
  


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  College library
  

  
  

  
  


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  South Building as seen from the croquet lawn
  

  
  

  
  


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  The exterior of the JdP
  

  
  

  
  

References

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   ^ "St Hilda's College Annual Report and Financial Statements: Year Ended 31 July 2015" (PDF).
   


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   ^ Peter Foster (4 December 2003). "St Hilda's college votes to remain women-only". Telegraph.co.uk.
   


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   ^ "Oxford University to admit men to St Hilda's". Mail Online.
   


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   ^ Anthea Milnes "No men please, we're studying" The Guardian, 5 September 2002
   


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    ^ ^ab "College History - Founder and Principals". St Hilda's College. University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
    


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    ^ "Congratulations to our alumna Celine Rattray on the fifth anniversary of Maven Pictures". St Hilda's College, Oxford. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
    

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