Regent College was a

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, England. The college was formed in 1976 as the ''Wyggeston Collegiate Sixth Form College'' and was renamed ''Regent College'' in 1996. It was merged into the nearby

Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College () is a sixth form college, located in Leicester, England. The college is led by Paul Wilson who was appointed the eighth principal in March 2018. The college merged with the nearby Regent College in 2018 ...

in 2018.

Alumni

Wyggeston Girls' Grammar School

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MBE, creator of ''

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'' (1944–51) * Fiona Chesterton, Editor from 1987 to 1989 of ''

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'', and from 1989 to 1991 of '' BBC Newsroom South East'', Controller of Adult Learning from 1998 to 2003 at the BBC (1963–70) *

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, actress, married since 2004 to

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, and mother of

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and Freddie Fox * Enid Essame, Headmistress from 1943 to 1971 of Queenswood School (1918–23) *

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, poet and novelist (1942–49) *

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, chairman from 2007 to 2013 of the Security Industry Authority (1955–62) *

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, illustrated

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books, designed the

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1978

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s * Helen Koppell, Olympic diver in the 1970s, moved to Canada as an anaesthetist * Dinah Nichols CB, chair from 2012 to 2016 of

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* Dinah Prentice * Cicely Ridley , mathematician * Prof Bhupinder Sandhu OBE FRCP FRCPCH, consultant paediatric

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, Head of the Gastroenterology Unit since 1988 at the

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(-1969) * Mary Scholes (Haggart) OBE, Chief Area Nursing Officer from 1973 to 1983 of Tayside Health Board, chairman from 1980 to 1984 of the Scottish National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (since 2002, part of the

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) (1935–40) *

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, Guardian journalist and feminist (1918–25) * Linda Stratmann, true crime writer (1959–1964)

Former teachers

* Ruth Bird, historian *

Clara Collet Clara Collet (10 September 1860 – 3 August 1948) was a British economist and civil servant. She was one of the first women graduates from the University of London and was pivotal in many reforms which greatly improved working conditions and pay ...

, acquaintance of

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and social reformer for women's working conditions (taught from 1878 to 1885) * Jamie Gambin, mathematics

References

External links

College website

Former school

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