Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a
public
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research university
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and a
constituent college
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of the federal
University of London
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. It has six schools, 21 academic departments and approximately 10,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 100 countries.
The campus is located west of
Egham
Egham ( ) is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna ...
, Surrey, from central London.
The Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist
Thomas Holloway
:
Thomas Holloway (22 September 180026 December 1883) was an English patent medicine vendor and philanthropist.
Early life
Holloway was born in Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, the eldest son of Thomas and Mary Holloway (née Chellew), who at the t ...
. Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previ ...
as an all-women college. It became a member of the University of London in 1900. In 1945, the college admitted male postgraduate students, and in 1965, around 100 of the first male undergraduates.
In 1985, Royal Holloway merged with
Bedford College (another former all-women's college in London). The merged college was named Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (RHBNC), this remaining the official registered name of the college by Act of Parliament. The campus is dominated by the
Founder's Building, a
Grade I listed
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red-brick building modelled on the
Château de Chambord of the
Loire Valley, France. The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £189.9 million of which £18.8 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £179.2 million.
Royal Holloway maintains strong links and exchange programmes with institutions in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong, notably the
University of California
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&
Yale University
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, the
University of Toronto
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, the
University of Melbourne
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and the
University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hon ...
.
Royal Holloway was a member of the
1994 Group
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until 2013, when the group dissolved.
History
Royal Holloway College
Royal Holloway College, originally a women-only college, was founded by the Victorian entrepreneur
Thomas Holloway
:
Thomas Holloway (22 September 180026 December 1883) was an English patent medicine vendor and philanthropist.
Early life
Holloway was born in Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, the eldest son of Thomas and Mary Holloway (née Chellew), who at the t ...
in 1879 on the Mount Lee Estate in Egham.
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Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 2 August 2008. The founding of the college was brought about after Holloway, seeking to fulfil a philanthropic gesture,
[. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 27 August 2008.] began a public debate through ''
The Builder
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''
regarding 'How best to spend a quarter of a million or more', at which point his wife,
Jane Holloway, proposed to build a college especially for women.
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Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 2 August 2008. Holloway later increased his original sum of money to half a million, and today, the campus is still best known for its original 600-bed building, known as the
Founder's Building, designed by
William Henry Crossland and inspired by the
Château de Chambord in the
Loire Valley, France.
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'' The Sunday Times University Guide'', 23 September 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
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called the original college building "the most ebullient Victorian building in the Home Counties", and noted that together with its sister building the
Holloway Sanatorium
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, it represents "the summit of High Victorian design".
The Founder's Building, which is now
Grade I listed
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,
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''The Independent'', 27 July 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008. was officially opened in 1886 by
Queen Victoria
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,
who granted the use of "Royal" in the college's name.
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London External. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 29 August 2008. Founder's has been described by ''
The Times
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'' as "one of Britain’s most remarkable university buildings", largely for its elaborate architecture,
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''The Times
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'', 2008-06-19. Retrieved 26 August 2008. and according to ''
The Sunday Times
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'' it "makes the college instantly recognisable".
The college also has a Chapel, completed in 1886 as one of the last parts of the university to be finished.
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. Royal Holloway, University of London, March 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2008. October 1887 saw the arrival of the first 28 students at Royal Holloway College.
It later became a constituent of the University of London in 1900, as did
Bedford College, which eventually merged with Royal Holloway College.
Merger of Royal Holloway College and Bedford College (1985)
Bedford College was founded by
Elizabeth Jesser Reid
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Biography Early life
Elisabeth Jesser Sturch was b ...
in 1849 as a higher education college for the education of women.
Reid leased a house at 47 Bedford Square in the
Bloomsbury
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Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest ...
area of London, and opened the Ladies College in Bedford Square. The intention was to provide a liberal and non-sectarian education for women, something no other institution in the United Kingdom provided at the time.
The college moved to 8 and 9 York Place (off
Baker Street
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) in 1874, and then to
Regent's Park
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in 1908. In 1900, the college became a constituent school of the University of London.
Like RHC, following its membership of the University of London, in 1965, it allowed male undergraduates to study on its premises for the first time.
RHC and Bedford merged in 1985.
The pressure for the merger was due to a lack of government funding for higher education, and the college was named Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (RHBNC), with an inauguration being held at the College Chapel in 1986 by
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states durin ...
.
The newest title remains the official registered name of the college, though this was changed for day-to-day use to "Royal Holloway, University of London" by the College Council in 1992.
Since the merger with Bedford College, Royal Holloway has entered into collaborative discussions with
Brunel University
Brunel University London is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It was founded in 1966 and named after the Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In Jun ...
and
St George's, University of London
St George's, University of London (legally St George's Hospital Medical School, informally St George's or SGUL), is a University located in Tooting in South London and is a constituent college of the University of London. St George's has its o ...
. The latter project was cancelled in September 2009. Royal Holloway, St George's and
Kingston University
, mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress"
, established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute
, type = Public
, endowment = £2.3 m (2015)
, ...
continue to work together in the field of health and social care teaching and research.
Campus
Location
Royal Holloway's campus is set in of woodland, between
Windsor
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** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area
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and
Heathrow
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.
Around 200 species of shrubs, 150 different types of tree and numerous wild flowering plants can be found in RHC's parkland.
The nearest station is
Egham
Egham ( ) is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna ...
. The campus is about 40–50 minutes
from
Waterloo station
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in central London about away,
and Windsor is .
The campus is from
M25 junction 13 and close to the
M3,
M4 and
M40 and London
Heathrow Airport
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.
Founder's Building
![Egham, UK - panoramio - IIya Kuzhekin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Egham%2C_UK_-_panoramio_-_IIya_Kuzhekin.jpg)
The Founder's Building, which dominates the campus, has striking north and south towers and two large quadrangles and contains a chapel, kitchen and dining hall, lecture theatre and the original reading room along with student rooms and offices. Founder's has often been the centre of media attention and is a popular filming location for TV and film as a grandiose 'university' or 'public school'.
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. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
Campus redevelopment
Between 2002 and 2008, the college underwent a £100 million investment programme and a re-development of its campus,
as a result of the merger with Bedford College and the sale of Bedford's site in
Regent's Park
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.
A number of recent projects undertaken by Royal Holloway have included an extension to the School of Management (2005 and 2011) and the library (which holds half a million books). The biological sciences laboratories have also been renovated and the Windsor Building (opened in 2007) houses seminar rooms and a 400-seat auditorium. In 2013, the Student Services Centre, which is a single point of contact for all non-academic enquiries, was opened in the Windsor Building. The Drama Department expanded its performance space with the opening of the
Caryl Churchill
Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non- naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes. Theatre, which seats almost 200 audience members across two levels and has a third floor for technical operation, in 2013. The department also uses the onsite 19th-century boilerhouse, which was converted into a performance space with a sprung dance floor in 2014.
The International Building, opened in 2000 by
The Princess Royal
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,
houses the Language Centre along with the English, French, German, Italian and Hispanic Studies Departments. The new developments have also been followed by the establishment of formal links with
New York University
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In 1832, th ...
, the
University of Sydney
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, and
Yale University
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,
and connections with the
Royal College of Music
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means that music students at Royal Holloway have the opportunity to take lessons there.
The size of the campus has allowed the college to develop some of the best sports facilities of any university institution in the London area,
and helped build the college's reputation as a sporting institution of excellence.
An aerobics studio, fitness suite, sports Hall, sports fields and tennis courts account for some of the sporting facilities that Royal Holloway offers. The Sports Centre was refurbished in 2013 while a bequest by Margaret Young in 2014 enabled the college to further develop its sports facilities. New for the 2014/15 sporting season were floodlit outdoor pitches and courts, which provide all-weather playing surfaces for a wide range of sports.
![Royal Holloway Library](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Royal_Holloway_Library.jpg)
Situated on the campus are restaurants and cafés, a college shop,a health centre, a Chapel, a careers centre, teaching and social spaces and sports facilities.
As a result of an evaluation by
People & Planet
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Organisation
Pe ...
in 2007, Royal Holloway was ranked 60th out of 120 universities for environmental performance.
The university has put into place initiatives to enhance environmental performance, such as the improvement of
woodland management Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with overall administrative, legal, economic, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as silviculture, protection, and forest regulation. This includes management fo ...
to develop nature conservation and more recycling banks have been introduced to halls of residence.
Starting in 2015, work on constructing a new Library and Student Services Centre began. In January 2017 it was announced that the building would be named after alumna
Emily Wilding Davison.
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royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2017. It was opened by
The Princess Royal
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on 18 October 2017.
Organisation and administration
Governance
The College Council is the governing body of the college with responsibility for "financial integrity and setting the overall strategic direction of Royal Holloway."
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Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 4 December 2014. There are 25 members of the council, many of which are lay members from outside Royal Holloway who are initially appointed for five years.
A total of 16 lay members are appointed; two from local authorities; one selected by the Privy Council; another by the University of London; two more are appointed as alumni from Royal Holloway, Bedford College or Royal Holloway College; and the rest are chosen to offer a range of skills and experience.
The council's Chairman, who is appointed for five years, is also a lay member. One of The Chairman's duties is to chair a number of committees including the Remuneration Committee, which handles the pay and benefits of the senior staff.
The Principal is answerable to the chairman.
The remaining members of the Council comprise three elected by non-academic members of staff, two elected by academics and one member of academic staff elected by the Academic Board. There is also one student member elected by the students.
Coat of arms
Royal Holloway's coat of arms consists of the Royal Holloway shield and its surrounding elements. There are three crescents shown on the coat of arms, which are taken from Thomas Holloway's own coat of arms.
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. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 27 August 2008. Taken from the Bedford coat of arms, the field is coloured black and gold in a chequered design, with the addition of ermine spots (feather-like symbols representing
ermine tails) from the Royal Holloway coat.
Placed between two black
lozenge
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*Throat lozenge, a tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to suppress throat ailments
*Lozenge (heraldry), a diamond-shaped object that can be placed on the field of ...
s, there is a lamp of learning. Traditionally, the lozenge is worn on the arm of unmarried women or widows, which places significance on the coat of arms' lozenges as it acts as a reminder that the colleges were founded for women.
Below, the motto is displayed which is taken from the arms of Bedford College, and reads ''esse quam videri''.
The Royal Holloway shield was created following the merger of Bedford and Royal Holloway Colleges in 1985. The shield appears (in a black and white form) on legal documents and stationery for legal reasons, along with the following: "Incorporated by Act of Parliament. Royal Holloway and Bedford New College."
The use of the university's identifying marks is governed by the Communications and External Relations Department.
Schools and departments
As of 1 August 2019, the university operates using a School structure.
Each school is led by a Head of School, who in turn reports to the university's executive team.
The six new schools replaced the previous three faculties.
The schools are as follows:
;School of Business and Management
* Department of Accounting and Financial Management
* Department of Digital Innovation Management
* Department of Human Resource Management and Organisational Studies
* Department of Marketing
* Department of Strategy, International Business and Entrepreneurship
;School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences (EPMS)
* Department of Computer Science
* Department of Electronic Engineering
* Department of Information Security
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Physics
;School of Humanities
* Department of Classics
* Department of English
* Department of History
* Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
;School of Law and Social Sciences
* Department of Economics
* Department of Law and Criminology
* Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy
* Department of Social Work
;School of Life Sciences and the Environment
* Department of Biological Sciences
* Department of Earth Sciences
* Department of Geography
* Department of Psychology
;School of Performing and Digital Arts
* Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance
* Department of Media Arts
* Department of Music
There is additionally a Doctoral School for the university's PhD students.
Finances
In the financial year ended 31 July 2020, Royal Holloway had a total income £188.9m (2018/19 – £188.7m) and total expenditure of £167.8m (2018/19 – £223.9m).
Key sources of income included £119.9m from tuition fees and education contracts (2018/19 – £114.7m), £18.6m from
Office for Students
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In February 2021, James Wharton, Baron Wharton of Yarm ...
and
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* providing funding to English universities for rese ...
grants (2018/19 – £17.3m), £17.2m from research grants and contracts (2018/19 – £16.4m) and £2.3m from donations and endowment income (2018/19 – £2.6m).
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During the 2019/20 financial year Royal Holloway had a capital expenditure of £10.2m (2018/19 – £21.4m).][ At year end Royal Holloway had endowments of £78.8m (31 July 2019 – £81.2m).][
]
Academics
Royal Holloway employs around 2,300 members of staff, including 534 academic staff and 132 research staff. The total number of undergraduate and postgraduate students is , from 100 countries.
Research
In the Research Excellence Framework
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(REF) 2021, published on 12 May 2022, it was confirmed that Royal Holloway sits within the top 25 per cent of UK universities for 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent' research. In the REF assessment, 88 per cent of Royal Holloway's research is rated as world-leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*), which is an increase of 8.6 per cent from REF 2014, which is the last time an exercise on this scale was conducted. In addition, 42 per cent of Royal Holloway's research is rated as world-leading (4*), which is an increase of 40 per cent on 2014 when 30 per cent of Royal Holloway's research was ranked in this category. In particular, Royal Holloway's 4* research output has increased to 43% in 2021, up from 27% in 2014.
In 1998, Royal Holloway's Information Security Group
Founded in 1990, the Information Security Group (ISG) is an academic department focusing on Information and Cyber Security within the Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics School (EPMS) at Royal Holloway, University of London. It has ar ...
(ISG) was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize
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in recognition of its work in information security
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. The ISG introduced a MSc in Information Security in 1992, making Royal Holloway the first university to offer a postgraduate course on this subject. Currently the ISG hosts one of only two UK Centres for Doctoral Training in cyber security
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.
On 14 March 2014, Queen Elizabeth II
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and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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, were welcomed to Royal Holloway when they attended a ceremony to celebrate the Regius Professorship
A Regius Professor
is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, and ...
being bestowed on the Department of Music: the first of its kind. The Music Department was awarded the Regius Professorship by the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee. The prestigious award acknowledges the university's exceptionally high standards of music teaching and research.
The current research policy chief of the Higher Education Funding Council for England
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, David Sweeney and his predecessor Rama Thirunamachandran were both sourced directly from Royal Holloway.
Courses
Royal Holloway runs a variety of academic degree
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programmes, including Single Honours and Joint Honours, with fees of £9,000 for full-time undergraduate students (2015–2016 entry) and some financial help schemes The study of an undergraduate programme leads to one of five University of London degrees, which include Bachelor of Arts
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, Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
, Bachelor of Science (Economics), Bachelor of Music
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and Master in Science
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. Discounted fees are offered to students who stay on to complete a postgraduate degree. The university also runs e-degrees in history and business management.
On a competitive basis, Principal's Excellence Scholarships worth £3,000 a year are given to students who achieve AAA+ and have applied to study Maths, Physics, Modern Languages or European Studies at Royal Holloway from September 2015. Other bursaries and scholarships are also offered to students, including bursaries of £1,750 per year for undergraduate students with a family income less than £25,000.
In the Research Assessment Exercise
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(RAE) of 2008, Royal Holloway's School of Biological Sciences was ranked joint third achieving a proportion of 4* and 5* rankings.
The School of Management has all three of its MBA
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programmes accredited by AMBA
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Title
* Amba Hor, alternative name for Abhor and Mehraela, Christian martyrs
* Amba Sada, also known as Psote, Christian bishop and martyr in Upper Egypt
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* Amba, the traditional first name given to the fir ...
, and obtained management school status in 1993.["Royal Holloway School of Management"](_blank)
''The Independent'', 11 January 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008. Royal Holloway also runs the University of London MBA distance-learning programme.
An Advanced Skills Programme is also run at the university, featuring information technology, communication skills and foreign languages.
Study-abroad programmes
Royal Holloway has developed a variety of study-abroad programmes, allowing its students to spend a year in institutions including;
*: University of Melbourne
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, University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...
*: University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
, University of Alberta
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*: University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hon ...
*: International Christian University
is a non-denominational private university located in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, commonly known as ICU. With the efforts of Prince Takamatsu, General Douglas MacArthur, and BOJ President Hisato Ichimada, ICU was established in 1949 as the first ...
, Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowment ...
, Ritsumeikan University
is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. With the Kinugasa Campus (KIC) in Kyoto, and Kyoto Prefecture, the university also has a satellite called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) and Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC).
Tod ...
, Waseda University
, mottoeng = Independence of scholarship
, established = 21 October 1882
, type = Private
, endowment =
, president = Aiji Tanaka
, city = Shinjuku
, state = Tokyo
, country = Japan
, students = 47,959
, undergrad = 39,382
, postgrad ...
*: National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in th ...
*: Yonsei University
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*: University of California Los Angeles
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, Boston College
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, Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...
, New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
, Tulane University
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, Tufts University
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, Mount Holyoke College
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, George Washington University
, mottoeng = "God is Our Trust"
, established =
, type = Private federally chartered research university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.8 billion (2022)
, presi ...
*: Victoria University of Wellington
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The university is well kn ...
Royal Holloway collaborates with Queen Mary, University of London
, mottoeng = With united powers
, established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College
, type = Public researc ...
to help run programmes at the University of London Institute in Paris
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(ULIP), a central academic body of the University of London in Paris, France.[London Institute in Paris, University of London](_blank)
''The Independent'', 27 July 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2008. This offers undergraduate and graduate students the chance to study University of London ratified French Studies degrees in France. Students who take a degree in French, German, Italian or Hispanic Studies will all take a year abroad as an integral part of the course.
Reputation and rankings
At one point in time, Royal Holloway was ranked second out of 90 universities in England and Wales for the number of students going into graduate employment. However, according to ''Complete University Guide
Three national rankings of universities in the United Kingdom are published annually – by ''The Complete University Guide'', ''The Guardian'' and jointly by ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''. Rankings have also been produced in the past ...
2016'', the university has seen a drop in graduate employability since 2007/8 with a graduate prospect of only 62.2% ranking it 77th out of 126 universities in the UK. According to ''Complete University Guide
Three national rankings of universities in the United Kingdom are published annually – by ''The Complete University Guide'', ''The Guardian'' and jointly by ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''. Rankings have also been produced in the past ...
2020'', this figure is starting to increase again, with a graduate prospect of 73.5%. Royal Holloway is in the top 25% of universities in the UK for overall satisfaction (89%), according to the National Student Survey 2014.
The university is popular with both state-educated and privately educated students, with the latter group currently accounting for around 18% of all students in 2010. In 2014–15, the ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings''["World University Rankings 2013"](_blank)
''THE''. Retrieved 2 October 2013. ranked the college 47th in Europe and 118th in the world.
Royal Holloway was ranked 20th overall in ''Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2020'' ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance. In 2010, the college benefited from upgraded evaluation methods used by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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. They ranked the college as 88th in the world, and 22nd in Europe.
Collaborations
Royal Holloway has forged successful academic links with other universities in the Greater London area and beyond.
Royal Holloway's Department of Physics is a founding member of SEPnet, the south-east Physics Network, which supports collaboration between seven universities in south-east England on physics research
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, outreach
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and postgraduate teaching. The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Research (JAI) is a major collaboration in the field of particle physics between Royal Holloway and the University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
In the field of health and social care research, the SWan (South West London academic network) between Royal Holloway, St George's and Kingston University based at St George's in Tooting is another of Royal Holloway's major collaborative projects.
In 2011, Pearson Pearson may refer to:
Organizations Education
*Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
*Pearson College (UK), London, owned by Pearson PLC
*Lester B. Pearson High School (disambiguation)
Companies
*Pearson PLC, a UK-based int ...
, the international education company, and RHC set up a partnership. Royal Holloway is responsible for validating Pearson's new business degree. Currently, Royal Holloway awards University of London degrees but has the power to validate its own degrees, which it has not exercised so far.["Royal Holloway to validate new Pearson degree"](_blank)
''Times Higher Education'', 4 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2012.["London's falling"](_blank)
''Times Higher Education'', 13 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
Picture gallery and art collection
Royal Holloway has a collection of important paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and watercolours from the 17th century and later. Artists include Sir John Everett Millais, Edward Burne-Jones
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, Christopher Nevinson
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, John Nash and Dame Laura Knight
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. The gallery is in Founder’s and is open to the public every Wednesday during the autumn and spring terms and some weekends throughout the year. At the heart of the collections are the legacies of two Victorian collectors: founder Thomas Holloway and artist Christiana Herringham (1852–1929). Their collections have been enhanced with additional acquisitions and commissions. Following the death of Herringham part of her eclectic art collection, including paintings by her and other women artists as well as Indian miniatures and Japanese woodblock prints, was given to Bedford College by her husband. Having merged with Royal Holloway, these are now part of Royal Holloway's art collection. Several items are on display on the Victorian corridor including a very personal portrait of her children. Other items can be seen by appointment.
The initial plans for the college did not include a picture gallery but Holloway was inspired to start his own art collection for his students after his brother-in-law visited Vassar College
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, then the world’s leading college for women, which had a superb collection of art. In 1881, at the age of 81, Holloway started to buy paintings to form his collection. He amassed paintings at a fast rate and he had completed his art collection by 1883. In total he purchased 77 paintings. In most cases he bought from Christie’s auction house. In two cases he broke the record for the highest sum ever paid at auction for a contemporary artist in order to buy the pictures he desired. Highlights of the collection include Sir John Everett Millais' ''The Princes in the Tower
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'' (1878), Sir Edwin Landseer
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's '' Man Proposes, God Disposes'' (1864), Edwin Long
Edwin Longsden Long (12 July 1829 – 15 May 1891) was a British genre, history, biblical and portrait painter.
Life and works
Long was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of James Long, a hairdresser, (from Kelston in Somerset), and was edu ...
's ''Babylonian Marriage Market'' (1875) and William Powell Frith
William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting ''The Sleep ...
's ''The Railway Station'' (1862).
The pieces in the Herringham collection reflect her interests in the old masters, Indian art and women’s suffrage. The collections are a teaching resource for the Victorian Studies Centre for teaching and research in Victorian art, architecture and literature, including a taught MA under the Department of English. It is also used to teach students from departments including history, geography, drama and media arts.
Between 1993 and 1995, in order to fund the maintenance of Founder's, three of the most valuable paintings were sold for a total of £21m, a Turner fetching £11m on its own. The principal at the time, Dorothy Wedderburn
Dorothy Enid Wedderburn (née Barnard, formerly Cole; 18 September 1925 – 20 September 2012)[Turner
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''("Van Tromp going about to please his Masters, Ships at Sea, getting a good wetting" c.1844)'';[William Tuohy]
"Getty's Turner Seascape Is Making Waves : Art: The sale by a British college has generated a debate in art circles about the wisdom of allowing such masterpieces to leave the country"
''Los Angeles Times'', 24 February 1993. Retrieved 13 June 2015. a Constable ''("A Sketch for View on the Stour, nr Dedham" c.1821/2)'' and a Gainsborough Gainsborough or Gainsboro may refer to:
Places
* Gainsborough, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
** Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich
* Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England
** Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
* Gainsborough, New South Wales, ...
''("Peasants going to Market: Early Morning" c.1770)''. The remaining paintings had a current value of £16.6 million in 2014. The Turner is now in the J. Paul Getty Museum
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The Getty Center is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and fea ...
in Los Angeles
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. There are no figures available for the Herringham collection.
Student life
Students' union
The Royal Holloway Students' Union (RHSU) actively represents and provides a service for the needs and interests of all students studying at Royal Holloway. It is claimed to have "a reputation as one of the best unions in the London area", in the words of ''The Independent
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''. The students' union provides much of the on-campus entertainment, organising and sponsoring the sport clubs and special-interest societies, on top of providing welfare advice to students through the Student Advice Centre.
The students' union runs general meetings, which provide an opportunity to discuss issues, make student announcements and engage in lively debate. Whilst representatives are elected to sit on and run a General Meeting, any student is eligible to attend, vote and have their say. The direction and development of the students' union is the responsibility of the trustee board, which is made up of two student trustees, one college trustee, three external trustees and four student sabbatical officers, consisting of the president, and vice presidents for education; sports, societies and media; and wellbeing and diversity. The Union runs a number of campaigns throughout the year, including various history months, awareness campaigns, and lobbying actions.
The sabbatical officers are elected for one year in office and work full-time either during or after completing their degree.
The union also employs more than 50 permanent members of staff who oversee the administrative, democratic and commercial activities of the organisation. The main union building on campus includes a large function hall, two bars, the Tommy's Kitchen food outlet and its administrative offices. Elsewhere on campus, the union operates Medicine – a bar and games venue designed by the creators of the Ministry of Sound – and the campus pub ''The Packhorse'' (formerly the privately owned ''The Monkey's Forehead''), just across the A30 from the main campus.
Student media
''The Orbital'' is the Royal Holloway campus magazine and published by the Students' Union, covering subjects from higher education news, opinion, arts, and reviews.[What is The Orbital?](_blank)
surhul.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2008. The original official Royal Holloway student publication was in the format of a newspaper called ''The Egham Sun'', but this was replaced with the magazine edition in the early 1990s. The magazine is regularly published in print and online.
rhubarbTV is Royal Holloway's student television station, which relaunched in March 2013. In June 2014, rhubarbTV was named the Royal Holloway Media Outlet of the Year at the first-ever Student Media Awards.
Insanity Radio 103.2FM
The student and community radio station Insanity Radio 103.2FM
Insanity Radio 103.2FM is a community radio station broadcasting to north Surrey, England from Royal Holloway, University of London on 103.2FM and online. It targets young people in the 15-25 age bracket, broadcasting a varied schedule of loca ...
was established in 1998.[The University of London Union](_blank)
ulu.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2008. Available locally on 103.2 FM, Insanity Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with live presenters in the studio all day in term time and some holiday periods. The station is also available worldwide through the internet.
Royal Holloway, University of London, 17 November 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2008. The station takes its name from the Holloway Sanitorium, founded by Thomas Holloway, along with the college that became Royal Holloway. The station has twice won the Silver Award for Best Student Radio Station at BBC Radio 1
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's Student Radio Awards, and is one of few student radio stations to hold a community/FM radio licence.
''The Founder''
''The Founder'' is the independent student newspaper. Founded in 2006, 4,000 free copies are printed and distributed fortnightly across campus and locally. It gets no financial support from the college or SURHUL and advertising revenue acquired by the students on the editorial board pays for printing.
At the 2007 Guardian Student Media Awards, Christian Anthony was shortlisted for the Student critic of the year Award.[Mickel, Andrew]
The winners , Journalism with a passion
''The Guardian
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''. Retrieved 1 September 2008. At the inaugural 2011 London Student Journalism Awards Kate Brook, the newspaper's Features Editor, was recognised with the Best Feature Writer award. At the 2016 Student Publication Association Awards, Features Editor Zak Derler received Special Mention in the Best Feature category for his story on the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean.
Halls of residence
Most halls are part of the main campus, and initially allocated to first year students who firmly accept a conditional or unconditional offer.[Royal Holloway University of London](_blank)
'' The Times Good University Guide'', 19 June 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008. Accommodation prices at the university can vary, ranging from £85-£163 per week. Halls are either self-catered or catered, with students living in the latter entitled to a 50 per cent discount off the normal price of the majority of food sold in the dining halls. Around 2,900 students live in halls of residence.
The Founder's Building houses 493 students in original Victorian rooms and converted space, which underwent refurbishment in 2012. Meals for catered students are provided in Founder's dining hall.[Halls of Residence](_blank)
Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
Also on campus, Gowar and Wedderburn, a construction of 570 study bedrooms in two new blocks opened in September 2004. These halls were also used as accommodation for rowers at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Similar accommodation blocks, named Butler, Tuke and Williamson, were completed in September 2007 to replace the ageing Athlone, Cameron and Williamson Halls. Of the waste created by the demolition of Athlone, Cameron and Williamson, 98 per cent was recycled.[Sustainability at Royal Holloway 2008](_blank)
. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 28 August 2008. All five of these new halls were named after former principals and have been designed to be environmentally friendly, accomplished by sedum
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-planted roofs that change colour by season, as well as being designed to improve insulation. In a BREEAM
BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), first published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990, is the world's longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of ...
environmental performance assessment, the Butler, Tuke and Williamson halls were rated "Very Good", as their construction was designed to reduce heat loss.
Kingswood I and II are away. These halls hold over 400 students, and a free bus service operates to the campus. Other accommodation includes Highfield Court (125 students), Penrose Court (200 students), Reid Hall (287 students), and Runnymede Hall (441 students) which was opened by The Princess Royal
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in 1992.
The London Economics Symposium
The London Economics Symposium (commonly referred to as "LES") is an international economics and politics conference, organised by students for students, and held annually in London. The London Economics Symposium is independent from any university, and is organised by students throughout Europe. The London Economics Symposium provides a forum for students, academics and prominent leaders to discuss contemporary socioeconomic and political issues.
The LES was founded in 2012 by five undergraduate students at Royal Holloway University of London, and has expanded to include students throughout Europe, creating one of the largest international student conferences in London.[http://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/articles/understanding-market-psychology#.Uw0WuEJ_sSg ] The Founders were Matthäus Fischer, Marie-Elisabeth von Bomhard, Hildevert d'Harcourt, Oliver Harris and Andrei Ivanov.
Notable people
The visitor of the college is Dame Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall DBE QC, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Principals
Since 2000, the college has had four principals:
* 2000 to 2002: Sir Drummond Bone
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* 2002 to 2009: Stephen Hill
* 2010 to 2022: Paul Layzell
Paul John Layzell, (born 23 July 1957) is a British academic, academic administrator, and software engineer. Since August 2010, he has served as Principal of Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Unive ...
DL CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
* 2022 to present: Julie Sanders
Chairs of council
Since 2004, the college has had three chairs of council:
* 2004 to 2011: Sir Andrew Burns KCMG KCMG may refer to
* KC Motorgroup, based in Hong Kong, China
* Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, British honour
* KCMG-LP, radio station in New Mexico, USA
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* 2011 to 2018: Stephen Cox CVO
* 2018 to present: Dame Margaret Hodge DBE MP
Notable alumni
* Kitty Anderson (1903–1979), former Headmistress of North London Collegiate School
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* Dame Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland GCMG
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(born 1956), former High Representative of EU for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy
* Greg Barker
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Previous films include '' Sergio'' (short-listed in 2010 for the Academy Award for B ...
, Baron Barker of Battle (born 1966), politician
* Melanie Bartley, Fellow of the British Academy, sociologist
* Helen Bentwich CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1892–1972), philanthropist and politician
* Daphne Blundell Companion of the Bath, CB (1916–2004), former Director of Women's Royal Naval Service
* Daniel Joseph Bradley, Daniel Bradley (1928–2010), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Emma Bridgewater CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1960), entrepreneur
* John Broome (philosopher), John Broome (born 1947), Fellow of the British Academy, philosopher
* Martin Buck (born 1955), Fellow of the Royal Society, microbiologist
* Susan Bullock CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1958), soprano
* Ida Busbridge (1908–1988) first woman to be appointed to an Oxford fellowship in mathematics
* Helen Cam CBE (1885–1968), Fellow of the British Academy, first female professor at Harvard
* Dame Harriette Chick (1875–1977), microbiologist
* Sophie Christiansen CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1987), Gold medalist at Paralympics
* Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), author
* Rosemary Crompton (1942—2011), Fellow of the British Academy, sociologist
* Stuart Cull-Candy (born 1946), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Dame Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington (1907–1998), politician
* Dame Karen Dunnell (born 1946), medical sociologist
* Dame Ann Ebsworth (1937—2002), high court judge
* George Eliot (1819–1880), author
* Agnes Mary Field, Agnes Field CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1896–1968), film producer
* Janet Finch, Dame Janet Finch DL (born 1946), former Vice-Chancellor of Keele University
* Dame Janet Fookes, Baroness Fookes DL (born 1936), politician
* Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia (born 1961), financial services executive
* John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble, John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble (born 1956), politician
* Jonathan Goodall, (born 1961), bishop
* Sir Robbie Gibb Companion of the Bath, CB (born 1964), political advisor and journalist
* Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire, GBE (1879–1967), botanist
* Jean Hanson (1919–1973), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Dame Caroline Haslett (1895–1957), engineer
* Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 1955), politician
* Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, DL (born 1943), politician
* Sir Lenny Henry CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1958), comedian
* Jackie Hunter CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1956), pharmaceutical executive
* Admiral Sir Ben Key CBE
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(born 1965), First Sea Lord
* Declan Lang (born 1950), bishop
* Frances Lloyd George, Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1888–1972), political secretary
* Kathleen Lonsdale, Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Dame Felicity Lott (born 1947), soprano
* Dame Sally Macintyre (born 1949), medical sociologist
* Louisa Martindale CBE
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(1872–1966), surgeon
* Rachel, Lady MacRobert (1884–1954), geologist
* Angela Mason CBE
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(born 1944), civil servant and activist
* Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff (1926–2012), nurse
* Duncan McCargo, (born 1963) professor and director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
* Dame Margaret Miles (1911–1994), educationist
* Anthea Millett CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1941), educationist
* Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (born 1961), politician
* Marilynne Morgan Companion of the Bath, CB, barrister and civil servant
* Jennie Page CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1944), former Chief Executive of English Heritage
* Sir Andrew Parmley (born 1956), former Lord Mayor of London
* Marie Patterson CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1934), trade unionist
* Mary Pickford (physiologist), Mary Pickford (1902–2002), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (1907–1990), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Helen Porter (1899–1987), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson (born 1948), politician
* Zeina Shaban, Princess Zeina Rashid of Jordan (born 1988)
* Dame Mildred Riddelsdell Companion of the Bath, DCB, CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1913–2006), civil servant
* Dame Miriam Rothschild (1908–2005), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Athene Seyler CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1889–1990), former President of RADA
* Alison Shrubsole CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1925–2002), former Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge
* Dame Mary Smieton (1902–2005), civil servant
* Dame Freya Stark (1893–1993), explorer and travel writer
* Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch (1903–1984), politician
* Ethel Strudwick CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1880–1954), former High Mistress of St Paul's Girls' School
* Jennifer Anne Thomas, Jennifer Thomas CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, Fellow of the Royal Society
* Simon John Thurley, Simon Thurley CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1961), former Chief Executive of English Heritage
* Charles Tomlinson CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1927–2015), poet and academic
* Sarah Tyacke Companion of the Bath, CB (born 1945), former Keeper of Public Records
* Andrew Stephenson MP (born 1981), politician, currently Minister of State for Transport with responsibility for HS2
* Valerie Vaz MP (born 1954), politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
* Katharine Wallas CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1864–1944), politician
* Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 1945), former Chief Executive of Universities UK
* Dame Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist and psychologist
* Alex Wilkie (born 1948), Fellow of the Royal Society
* Emily Wilding Davison (1872–1913), suffragette
* Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilkinson (1909–2001), Fellow of the British Academy, Germanist
* Elizabeth Williams (educationist), Elizabeth Williams CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(1895–1986), mathematician
* Fiona Williams Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 1947), Fellow of the British Academy, academic
* Roger Wright (music administrator), Roger Wright CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 1956), former Director of the BBC Proms
* Andy Young (psychologist), Andy Young (born 1950), Fellow of the British Academy, psychologist
* Frances Young Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 1939), Fellow of the British Academy, theologian
Notable staff
See also
* Armorial of UK universities
* Holloway Sanatorium
Holloway Sanatorium was an institution for the treatment of those suffering temporary mental illness, situated on of aesthetically landscaped grounds near Virginia Water, Surrey, England, about south-west of Charing Cross. Its largest building ...
– the other of Holloway's great philanthropic institutions, opened 1885 in nearby Virginia Water
* Institute of Musical Research
* List of universities in the UK
* University of London Institute in Paris
The University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP; ) is a central academic body of the University of London located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is currently the only British university institute in continental Europe.
History
The in ...
(ULIP)
References
Further reading
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*, a contemporary novel set in a semi-fictionalised Royal Holloway.
External links
*
Students' Union of Royal Holloway, University of London official website
Royal Holloway, University of London student lists
Pathé video of Queen Mary's visit to the college in 1937
The Founder website
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Royal Holloway, University of London,
Educational institutions established in 1985
Educational institutions established in 1886
Educational institutions established in 1849
Former women's universities and colleges in the United Kingdom
Grade I listed educational buildings
1849 establishments in England
Universities UK
Grade I listed buildings in Surrey
University of London