St Anne's College is a

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of the

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in England. It was founded in 1879 and gained full college status in 1959. Originally a

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, it has admitted men since 1979. It has some 450 undergraduate and 200 graduate students and retains an original aim of allowing women of any financial background to study at Oxford. It still has a student base with a higher than average proportion of female students. The college stands between

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and

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roads, next to the

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. In April 2017, Helen King, a retired Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner, took over as Principal from

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. Former members include

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and

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History

Society of Oxford Home-Students (1879–1942)

What is now St Anne's College began as part of the

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(AEW), the first institution in Oxford with that aim. It then became the Society of Oxford Home-Students. Unlike other women's associations, the society had no fixed site, instead offering lodgings in houses spread across Oxford. This allowed students of various financial backgrounds to study at Oxford, as the cost of accommodation in women's halls was often prohibitive. In the early 20th century, the college housed some students in hostels managed by

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and

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. Springfield, St Mary was managed by Anglican nuns of the

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in houses in

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where they, and other hostels, "had to exercise control over their students according to the rules of the college". Other hostels were run by Catholic nuns: the

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, the Sisters of Notre Dame in Woodstock Road and the

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at Cherwell Edge in St Cross Road. Springfield St Mary was advertised in 1985 in ''Country Life'' Magazine as being for sale. From 1898 till 1906, the Society of Home Students saw some of its members in residence at

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, then situated at 77

. They were supervised by Miss Margaret Lee who in 1913, was appointed

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to the Oxford Home Students, holding this position until she retired in 1936. Early students of the college included the great-great aunt of

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nun and VAD nurse Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942) lived in college accommodation at Banbury Road having commenced her studies at Oxford in 1900. Her sister Margaret Middleton (1880–1900) was due to study at Oxford alongside her but drowned earlier that year. The first woman Hon. Lady Secretary of the

was

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whose husband T.H. Green had also acted as secretary to the association in the 1870s. Her husband having died, Charlotte, a

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, resolved to "do what my Husband wanted me to do — to make friends with working people and help them if I could that way". From 1894 to 1921 Bertha Johnson, a daughter of

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and wife of Reverend Arthur Henry Johnson, historian and chaplain of

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, was the Principal of the Society. An emphasis on

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saw the Society of Home-Students work with the

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Settlement; the Principal of the Society from 1940 to 1953,

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, had previously been Warden of the Mary Ward Settlement (1923-1927). The Women's University Settlement, Blackfriars Road was partly the result of T.H. Green's "inspiring influence". In 1910, the Society of Oxford Home-Students, with the other women's societies, was recognised by the university. In 1912, the society acquired its first tutors, in German, History and English Literature. In the 1920s, the principals of the women's societies became the first women to receive degrees from the university. The society in the early 1930s still had no centralised site, but within a few years the current location was chosen and by 1937 construction of Hartland House was underway.

St Anne's Society (1942–1952)

In 1942, the Society of Oxford Home-Students was renamed the St Anne's Society and given its coat of arms by Eleanor Plumer (Principal, 1940–1953). The name St Anne's was chosen as historically, there was a chapel of

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at the

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where, from the college's earliest days, the whole student body would gather for termly services.

St Anne's College (1952 onwards)

In 1952, the St Anne's Society acquired a royal charter as St Anne's College and in 1959 full college status along with the other women's colleges. The Principal at the time, Mary Ogilvie, pressed for a transition from many disparate dining rooms to a common building. This led to the construction of the dining hall completed in 1959 and visited by

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in 1960. Meanwhile student numbers grew to nearly 300, which called for more accommodation and led to the construction of the Wolfson and Rayne buildings in 1964 and 1968. In 1977, the decision was made to become coeducational, with the first male undergraduates

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in 1979. Since then, St Anne's has continued to use female words and pronouns, such as "alumnae" to refer to current and former students. The college explains this: "On 17 June 1979, in the nervous time when the first male Fellows had been elected, and the first male students admitted though they had not yet arrived, a note from the Dean to Governing Body asks hesitantly 'Would Governing Body wish "he" (or "he/she") to be substituted for "she" throughout the College Regulations?' Eventually the question was answered (or perhaps avoided) by a carefully worded statement that remains in the preamble to our Regulations: 'words importing the feminine gender shall include the masculine and vice versa, where the construction so permits and the Regulations do not otherwise expressly provide.'" In 2023, work began on the full reconstruction of the Bevington Road accommodation blocks, in order to make them more suitable for future generations of students.

''The Ship''

The annual magazine for former college members is called ''The Ship''. When still the Society of Oxford Home-Students, the college had its first

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in Ship Street, central Oxford. ''The Ship'' started up in about 1910; by the college centenary in 1979 there had been 69 issues. It marked its centenary issue of 2010/2011 with anniversary content.

Location and buildings

Grounds

The college grounds are bounded by Woodstock Road to the west,

to the east, and

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to the north. These grounds house all of the college's administrative and academic buildings, undergraduate accommodation, as well as the hall, which is among the largest in Oxford. The College formerly owned a number of houses throughout Oxford used for undergraduate accommodation, some of which used to be boarding houses of the ''Society of Oxford Home-Students.'' Many of these properties were sold off to fund the building of the

Building, completed in 2005.

Accommodation

St Anne's can accommodate undergraduates on the college site for three years of study. Undergraduates at St Anne's are housed in 14

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houses owned by the college and four purpose-built accommodation blocks. The college also supplies accommodation for some of its

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. All undergraduates pay the same amount for their rooms, and every student has access to a communal kitchen in their building.

Victorian houses

The college uses 1–10 Bevington Road (also known colloquially as "the Bevs"), 58/60 Woodstock Road, and 39/41 Banbury Road (also known as "Above the Bar") as undergraduate accommodation, typically for freshers. The junior (undergraduate) post room is located in 10 Bevington Road, the college laundry in 58/60 Woodstock Road, and the college bar, including a pool room, in 39/41 Banbury Road. Five additional Victorian houses (27/29 and 37 Banbury Road and 48/50 Woodstock Road) hold teaching rooms, seminar rooms, music practice rooms, and college offices. In July 2023, the Bevington Road accommodation began a two-year renovation project.

Rayne and Wolfson Buildings

The Rayne and Wolfson Buildings were built in 1964 and are

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virtually identical in design. They house administrative offices on the ground floor and student rooms.

Claire Palley Building

The Claire Palley Building, completed in 1992 and named after

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(Principal 1984–1991), was the first accommodation block to have en-suite rooms. It also houses the Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre.

Trenaman House

Trenaman House, built in 1995, holds student rooms and communal college facilities, including the gym, and since 2008, St Anne's Coffee Shop (STACS). It was named after Nancy Trenaman, sixth Principal of the college (1966–1984).

Ruth Deech Building

The

Building, named after the Principal in 1991–2004, was completed in 2005. The lower ground floor has the Tsuzuki lecture theatre, seminar rooms and dining facilities and a new

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on the upper ground floor with 110 en-suite student rooms. One notable feature is a glass lift, the only part of the building to exceed the roof line. The building was awarded the 2007 David Steel sustainable building award by

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Robert Saunders House

Robert Saunders House, built in 1996, provides 80 rooms for graduate students in Summertown. It was named after a former bursar of the college, who did much to improve its finances.

Eleanor Plumer House

Eleanor Plumer House (known until 2008 as 35 Banbury Road) is named after Eleanor Plumer (Principal 1940–1953). It houses the Middle Common Room; facilities include a study area, computer room and kitchen. It also houses some graduate students. Hartland House Hartland House, designed by

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, was the first purpose-built college building, finished in 1937 with another wing added in 1973. It houses the old library, the junior and senior common rooms and administrative offices. It features the college crest above the main entrance and engravings of beavers, the college mascot.

Dining Hall

The Dining Hall, built in 1959, is among the largest in Oxford with a capacity of 300. Three meals are served daily in hall apart from weekends, when only brunch is served. It is also used for college collections (internal college exams) and on occasion college 'bops' (costume parties).

Library

The college library has over 100,000 volumes, making it one of the largest in Oxford. It is split between the original library in Hartland House and the Tim Gardam building, which opened officially in 2017. St Annes College New Library

The original college library in Hartland House now houses the law, arts, and humanities collections ( Dewey Decimal shelfmarks 340–349 and 700–999). The new library and academic centre was named after

(principal 2004–2016) and completed in 2016. It is on the site of the former Founders' Gatehouse, which was built in 1966 and was the college lodge until 2005. It covers the area previously taken by the 54 Woodstock Road cottage. The centre provides various study and seminar spaces and 1,500 metres of bookshelves for the college's growing book collection. The plans by Fletcher Priest Architects were inspired by Oxford's historic buildings. The Tim Gardam Building also features two gardens; a roof garden overlooking the dining hall, and a sunken courtyard accessible through the basement.

Traditions

The college has relatively few traditions and is rare amongst Oxford colleges in not having a

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, due to its secular outlook. Formal hall is typically held fortnightly. Gowns are not usually worn except for official university occasions such as

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and certain college feasts. The college

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has been a

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since 1913.

College grace

The college grace was composed by former classics tutor and founding fellow Margaret Hubbard. It involves the Principal reciting the

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words ''Quas decet, (Deo) gratias agamus. Amen.'' (''"For what we have received, we give thanks (to God). Amen."'') The inclusion of ''Deo'' (to God) depends on whether the grace is religious or secular in nature.

Room ballot

The college selects accommodation using a room ballot, with the exception of the first years. Those entering their fourth year select their rooms on the first day, followed by third-year rooms on the second day, and second-year rooms on the third and final day. Students are allocated a number within their year denoting their position in the ballot. In first year, this allocation is based on the quality of their previous year's accommodation. In second year, the JCR President, VP and Domestic Affairs Officer pull student numbers from a hat. Students would queue and rooms are allocated one by one. Rooms allocated are crossed off a large board listing all available rooms. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the room ballot now occurs online, with a spreadsheet denoting available rooms shared with students. There is then a period of one week after the ballot where students can mutually agree on swaps. Unlike many colleges, JCR and MCR committee members receive no advantage in the room ballot for their position.

Sport and societies

The college has teams for all major sports and competes in inter-collegiate "Cuppers" tournaments. Fixtures are either played in the neighbouring

, or in the college playing fields on Woodstock Road. St Anne's College Boat Club (SABC) organises the college's involvement in inter-college rowing events, and the college boathouse, situated on the

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in Christ Church Meadow is shared with St Hugh's and Wadham colleges. The college has a joint rugby team with St John's College, which won Cuppers in 2014. The women's football team, which is also joint with St John's, was victorious in Cuppers in 2020. Meanwhile, the St Anne's men's football team (known as the Mint Green Army) won the Hassan's Cup plate tournament in 2018.

Notable people

Former members

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'' and ex-editor of '' Vanity Fair'' and ''

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, journalist and writer As a former women's college, St Anne's still refers to former students, female or male, as ''alumnae'' rather than ''alumni''. * Sir Danny Alexander (born 1972), Liberal Democrat politician * Mary Applebey (1916–2012), mental health campaigner and co-founder of

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(born 1938), Egyptologist *

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awardee *

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Academics

(born 1987),

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and one of the originators of the

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movement * Peter Ady (1914–2004), economics * Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech (born 1943), law * Peter Donnelly (born 1959), mathematics *

Georg Gottlob Georg Gottlob FRS is an Austrian-Italian computer scientist who works in the areas of database theory, logic, and artificial intelligence and is Professor of Informatics at the University of Calabria. He was Professor at the University of Oxford ...

(born 1956), computer science *

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(born 1949), philosophy * P. M. Handover (1923-1974), writer on typography * Jenifer Hart (1914–2005), politics *

Nancy Hubbard Nancy Anne Hubbard (born January 9, 1963) is an American author, public relations consultant. She is the dean of the College of Business at University of Lynchburg. Hubbard was previously the director of the Goucher College Center for Education, ...

(born 1963), business studies *

Tony Judt Tony Robert Judt ( ; 2 January 1948 – 6 August 2010) was an English historian, essayist and university professor who specialised in European history. Judt moved to New York and served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies ...

(1948–2010), historian *

Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch ( ; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her fi ...

(1919–1999), literature *

Merze Tate Vernie Merze Tate (February 6, 1905 – June 27, 1996) was a professor, scholar and expert on United States diplomacy. She was the first African-American graduate of Western Michigan Teachers College, first African-American woman to attend the U ...

(1905–1996), diplomatic historian, first African-American woman student at Oxford University * Gabriele Taylor (born 1927), philosophy

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References

External links

College official websiteSt Anne's MCR (Middle Common Room) WebsiteSt Anne's JCR (Junior Common Room) WebsiteSt Anne's JCR Alternative Prospectus

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