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Royal Holloway, University of London (RH), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a
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and a member institution of the federal
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. It has six schools, 21 academic departments and approximately 10,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students from more than 100 countries. The campus is located west of
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, Surrey, from central London. The Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway. Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by
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as an all-women college. It became a member of the
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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. In 2022, it became a university in its own right within the University of London. The campus is dominated by the Founder's Building, a
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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 2023–24 was £219.8 million of which £16.8 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £156.7 million.


History


Royal Holloway College

Royal Holloway College, originally a women-only college, was founded by the Victorian entrepreneur Thomas Holloway in 1879 on the Mount Lee Estate in Egham.Profile of Royal Holloway
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'' 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.Brief History
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.Royal Holloway
'' The Sunday Times University Guide'', 23 September 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner 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, it represents "the summit of High Victorian design". The Founder's Building, which is now
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,Royal Holloway, University of London
''The Independent'', 27 July 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
was officially opened in 1886 by
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, who granted the use of "Royal" in the college's name.Academic leadership
London External. Retrieved 29 August 2008.

Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
Founder's has been described by ''
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'' as "one of Britain's most remarkable university buildings", largely for its elaborate architecture,The Times Good University Guide profile: Royal Holloway, University of London
''
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'', 2008-06-19. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
and according to ''
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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.Royal Holloway, University of London – Key Facts
. 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 in 1849 as a higher education college for the education of women. Reid leased a house at 47 Bedford Square in the
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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
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) in 1874, and then to
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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
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. 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
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and
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. The latter project was cancelled in September 2009. Royal Holloway, St George's and
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continue to work together in the field of health and social care teaching and research. Royal Holloway applied for university status in its own right following the passing of the University of London Act 2018. Following approval of the application, an Order of Council approving an update to statutes under the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Act 1985, specifying that it is "a higher education institution which holds university title", was made on 30 November 2022.


Campus


Location

Royal Holloway's campus is set in of woodland, between Windsor and Heathrow. 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
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. The campus is about 40–50 minutes from Waterloo station 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
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.


Founder's Building

The Founder's Building, dominating 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".Founder's is TV star
. 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
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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
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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, 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
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, and connections with the
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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. 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 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
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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.It's the Emily Wilding Davison building!
royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
It was opened by The Princess Royal on 18 October 2017.


Organisation and administration


Governance

The University Council is the governing body of the University with responsibility for "financial integrity and setting the overall strategic direction of Royal Holloway."The College Council
Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
There are 25 members of the council, many of whom 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 Vice Chancellor 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.Corporate Manual
. 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 lozenges, there is a lamp of learning. Traditionally, a lozenge is used on the
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of unmarried women or widows; the lozenges on the colleges' coat of arms act as a reminder that they 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 an Executive Dean, 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 Health Studies * 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
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and Research England 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). 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
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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 (ISG) was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of its work in
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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
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. On 14 March 2014, Queen
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and
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, were welcomed to Royal Holloway when they attended a ceremony to celebrate the Regius Professorship 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
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, David Sweeney and his predecessor Rama Thirunamachandran were both sourced directly from Royal Holloway.


Admissions

New students entering the university in 2020 had an average of 128 points (the equivalent of ABB at A Level). According to the 2023 ''Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' Good University Guide, approximately 10% of Royal Holloway's undergraduates come from independent schools.


Courses

Royal Holloway runs a variety of
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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
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, Bachelor of Science (Economics),
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and Master in Science. 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
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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
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programmes accredited by AMBA, and obtained management school status in 1993."Royal Holloway School of Management"
''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; *:
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Royal Holloway collaborates with
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to run programmes at the University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP), a central academic body of the University of London in Paris, France.London Institute in Paris, University of London
''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

According to ''
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2025'', Royal Holloway has graduate prospects of 79%, ranking it 53rd out of 130 universities. Royal Holloway is in the top 25% of universities in the UK for overall satisfaction (89%), according to the National Student Survey 2014. In 2014–15, the ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings''"World University Rankings 2013"
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ranked the college 47th in Europe and 118th in the world. Royal Holloway was ranked 29th overall in ''The Times Good University Guide'' ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance between 1998 and 2007.


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
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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
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. 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, 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"
''Times Higher Education'', 4 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
"London's falling"
''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,
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, Christopher Nevinson, John Nash and Dame Laura Knight. 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
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(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
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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
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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
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'' (1878), Sir Edwin Landseer's '' Man Proposes, God Disposes'' (1864), Edwin Long's ''Babylonian Marriage Market'' (1875) and William Powell Frith'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, began the sale process which was completed by her successor, Norman Gowar. The paintings were a
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''("Van Tromp going about to please his Masters, Ships at Sea, getting a good wetting" c.1844)'';William Tuohy
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''("A Sketch for View on the Stour, nr Dedham" c.1821/2)'' and a Gainsborough ''("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 in
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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 ''
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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
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s, 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?
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 was established in 1998.The University of London Union
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
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, 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
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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
'' 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
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
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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
. 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
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-planted roofs that change colour by season, as well as being designed to improve insulation. In a BREEAM 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 more than 400 students, and a free bus service operates to the campus. It closed in 2023. 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 in 1992.


Notable people

The visitor of the college is Lady Arden of Heswall, former justice of the
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Principals / Vice Chancellors

Since 2000, the college has had four principals: * 2000 to 2002: Sir Drummond Bone * 2002 to 2009: Stephen Hill * 2010 to 2022: Paul Layzell * 2022 to present: Julie Sanders


Chairs of council

Since 2004, the college has had three chairs of council: * 2004 to 2011: Sir Andrew Burns * 2011 to 2018: Stephen Cox * 2018 to present: The Baroness Hodge of Barking


Notable alumni

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, British actor
* Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu’adzam Shah, Prince of Malaysia * Dame Kitty Anderson (1903–1979), former Headmistress of North London Collegiate School * Dame
Catherine Ashton Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 20 March 1956) is a Labour Party (UK), British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of th ...
, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 1956), former High Representative of EU for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy * Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle (born 1966), politician * Melanie Bartley, sociologist * Helen Bentwich (1892–1972), philanthropist and politician * Daphne Blundell (1916–2004), former Director of
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* Daniel Bradley (1928–2010), physicist * Dame Emma Bridgewater (born 1960), entrepreneur * John Broome (born 1947), philosopher * Sophie Bryant (1850–1922), former Headmistress of North London Collegiate School, first woman to be awarded
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degree in England * Martin Buck (born 1955), microbiologist * Susan Bullock (born 1958), soprano * Ida Busbridge (1908–1988) first woman to be appointed to an Oxford fellowship in mathematics * Margaret Busby (born 1944), writer and broadcaster * Helen Cam (1885–1968),
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, first female professor at
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* Dame Harriette Chick (1875–1977), microbiologist * Sophie Christiansen (born 1987), Gold medalist at Paralympics * Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), author * Rosemary Crompton (1942–2011), sociologist * Stuart Cull-Candy (born 1946), neuroscientist * 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 Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrot ...
(1819–1880), author * Agnes Mary Field (1896–1968), film producer * Dame Janet Finch DL (born 1946), former Vice-Chancellor of Keele University * Dame Janet Fookes, Baroness Fookes (born 1936), politician * Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia (born 1961), financial services executive * John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble (born 1956), politician * Jonathan Goodall, (born 1961), bishop * Sir Robbie Gibb (born 1964), political advisor and journalist * Laura Gowing, historian * Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879–1967), botanist * Jean Hanson (1919–1973), biophysicist * Dame
Caroline Haslett Dame Caroline Harriet Haslett Order of the British Empire, DBE, Justice of the peace, JP (17 August 1895 – 4 January 1957) was an English electrical engineer, electricity industry administrator and champion of women's rights. She was the fir ...
(1895–1957), engineer * Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 1955), politician * Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig (born 1943), politician * Sir
Lenny Henry Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is a British Jamaicans, British-Jamaican comedian, actor and writer. He gained success as a Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in ' ...
(born 1958), comedian * Jackie Hunter (born 1956), pharmaceutical executive * John Jacobs (1916–2003), Fellow of the
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, geophysicist * Alison Jaggar (born 1941), Fellow of the
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, philosopher * Admiral Sir Ben Key (born 1965),
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* Declan Lang (born 1950), bishop * Frances Lloyd George, (1888–1972), political secretary * Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971),
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* Dame Felicity Lott (born 1947), soprano * Dame Sally Macintyre (born 1949), medical sociologist * Louisa Martindale (1872–1966), surgeon * Rachel, Lady MacRobert (1884–1954), geologist * Angela Mason (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 (born 1941), educationist * Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (born 1961), politician * Marilynne Morgan, barrister and civil servant * Dinah Nichols (born 1943), civil servant and former Chair of Keep Britain Tidy * K. C. Nicolaou (born 1946),
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,
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, chemist * Jennie Page (born 1944), former Chief Executive of
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* Sir Andrew Parmley (born 1956), former
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* Marie Patterson (born 1934), trade unionist *
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(1902–2002), physiologist * Al Pinkerton, politician * Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (1907–1990), biochemist * Helen Porter (1899–1987), botanist, first female professor at
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* Victoria Prentis, Baroness Prentis KC (born 1971), former Attorney General for England and Wales * Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson (born 1948), politician * Princess Zeina Rashid of Jordan (born 1988) * Dame Mildred Riddelsdell(1913–2006), civil servant * Dame Miriam Rothschild (1908–2005), natural scientist * Ann Saddlemyer (born 1932), Fellow of the
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* Athene Seyler (1889–1990), former President of RADA * Alison Shrubsole (1925–2002), former Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge * Dame Mary Smieton (1902–2005), civil servant, second woman to reach rank of
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* Dame Freya Stark (1893–1993), explorer and travel writer * Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch (1903–1984), politician * Ethel Strudwick (1880–1954), former High Mistress of St Paul's Girls' School * Jennifer Thomas, physicist * Simon Thurley (born 1961), former Chief Executive of
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* Charles Tomlinson (1927–2015), poet and academic * Sarah Tyacke(born 1945), former Keeper of Public Records * Valerie Vaz (born 1954), politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons * Amanda Vickery (born 1962), historian * Katharine Wallas (1864–1944), politician * Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 1945), former Chief Executive of
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* Dame Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist and psychologist * Alex Wilkie (born 1948), mathematician * Emily Wilding Davison (1872–1913), suffragette * Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson (1909–2001), Germanist * Elizabeth Williams (1895–1986), mathematician * Fiona Williams (born 1947),
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, social scientist * Sir Roger Wright (born 1956), former Director of the
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* Andy Young (born 1950), psychologist * Frances Young (born 1939), theologian


Notable staff


See also

* Armorial of UK universities * Holloway Sanatorium – the other of Holloway's great philanthropic institutions, opened 1885 in nearby
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* Institute of Musical Research * List of universities in the UK * University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP)


References


Further reading

* * *, a contemporary novel set in a semi-fictionalised Royal Holloway.


External links

*
Students' Union of Royal Holloway, University of London official websiteRoyal Holloway, University of London student listsPathé video of Queen Mary's visit to the college in 1937The Founder website
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