ST ANNE'S COLLEGE, OXFORD

'St Anne's College' is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. What is now ''St Anne's College'' began life as part of the "Association for the Education of Women", the first institution in Oxford to allow for the education of women (''see'': Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford), then later the "Society of Home Students". In 1942 it became the "St Anne's Society", and received a university charter to be founded as a women-only college in 1952. It became coeducational in 1979. Today it is one of the larger colleges in Oxford, with around 450 undergraduate and 150 graduate students, in a roughly equal mix of men and women.

Contents

Location

College buildings

Notable former students

Academics/teachers

External links

Location

St Anne's College is located in North Oxford, on land donated by St John's College. Its grounds are bounded by Woodstock Road and Banbury Road to the west and east respectively, and Bevington Road to the north. They extend as far south as 48 Woodstock Road on the west, and 27 Banbury Road on the east side. The College formerly owned a number of houses throughout Oxford used for undergraduate accommodation; these have been largely sold off to fund the building of the Ruth Deech Building (completed 2005).

College buildings

'Hartland House' was the first purpose-built College building. It houses the Library, the junior and senior common rooms, and some administrative offices. There are six purpose-built student accommodation blocks: the 'Gatehouse', 'Rayne', 'Wolfson', 'Claire Palley', 'Trenaman House', and the 'Ruth Deech Building'.
The 'Gatehouse', built in the 1960s, was the winner of an award for its architecture. It is now considered by many to be unsightly. As well as undergraduate rooms, it used to house the College Lodge, until the completion of the Ruth Deech Building.
'Rayne' and 'Wolfson' are virtually identical in design, and house administrative offices on the ground floor as well as student rooms.
'Claire Palley' is a later building, and was the first accommodation block to have en-suite rooms. It also houses the Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre. It was named after a former Principal of the college.
'Trenaman House' (opened November 18 1995) also contains en-suite student rooms, as well as the middle common room and some communal college facilities on the ground floors. It was named after Nancy Trenaman (1919-2002), the sixth Principal of the college (1966-1984).
'Robert Saunders House' (opened in 1997 by Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford) provides accommodation for graduate students in Summertown, an area in the north of Oxford. It was named after a former bursar of the college, who did much to strengthen its finances.
The 'Ruth Deech Building' (opened June 18 2005) is the most recent College building. It houses extensive conference facilities (a lecture theatre, seminar rooms, and dining facilities) on the lower ground floor, in addition to the new College Lodge on the upper ground floor, and 113 en-suite student rooms.
In addition to the purpose-built accommodation buildings, a number of other houses on site are owned by the college and are used for various purposes.
'1 - 10 Bevington Road', '58/60 Woodstock Road', and '35, 39' and '41 Banbury Road' are used for undergraduate accommodation. 39 and 41 Banbury Road also house the College Bar, 7/8 Bevington Road and 35 Banbury Road also contain teaching rooms, and '58/60 Woodstock Road' also contains student facilities such as a gym and laundrette.
'37 Banbury Road' is used for offices and teaching rooms.
'27 Banbury Road' is used for offices of College support staff such as the College nurse, and for teaching rooms.
'48' and '50 Woodstock Road' contain teaching rooms and seminar rooms. 50 Woodstock Road also contains the College's music practice rooms.
Other College buildings include the Dining Hall (also used for College bops, and collection examinations) and attached kitchens, and various outbuildings attached to some of the houses.

Notable former students

★ Danny Alexander

★ Mary Archer

★ Karen Armstrong

★ Louise Bagshawe

★ Wendy Beckett

★ Professor Dame Gillian Beer

★ Tina Brown

★ Frances Cairncross

★ Edwina Currie

★ Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech

★ Anne Dreydel

★ UA Fanthorpe

★ Helen Fielding

★ Zoe Heller

★ Elizabeth Jennings

★ Martha Kearney

★ Penelope Lively

★ Max More (formerly O'Connor)

★ Melanie Phillips

★ Libby Purves

★ Jill Paton Walsh

★ Sir Simon Rattle CBE

★ Dame Cicely Saunders

★ Susan Sontag

★ Pauline Stainer

★ Polly Toynbee
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Academics/teachers

★ Simon Donaldson

★ A. C. Grayling

★ Nick Middleton

★ Iris Murdoch

★ Graham Nelson

External links

★ Virtual Tour of St. Anne's College

★ St Anne's JCR Website

★ St Anne's Ball Website