St Hilda's College, Oxford

St Hilda's College
Established	1893
Sister College	None
Principal	Lady English
Graduates	86
Undergraduates	420
JCR President	Ailbhe Menton

St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. 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. The date when this will occur is yet to be decided. "St Hilda's College to admit men", BBC, 7 June 2006. Retrieved on 9 June 2006.

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.

Trivia

St Hilda's students were the subject of the Channel 4 documentary series College Girls.
The nickname for an undergraduate at the college is "Hildabeest".

Notable former students

Monica Ali, author
Zeinab Badawi, BBC journalist
Susan Blackmore
D. K. Broster, historical novelist
Susanna Clarke, author
Wendy Cope, poet
Barbara Everett, academic
Susan Greenfield
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
Barbara Pym, novelist
Sheila Rowbotham
Gillian Shephard, politician
Ann Thwaite, biographer
Tsuda Umeko, educator
Cecil Woodham-Smith, historian

Academics/teachers

Honorary fellows

References

External links

St Hilda's College (official website)
Middle Common Room (graduates)