Editing St Cross College, Oxford (section)

==History==
St Cross College was formally set up as a society by the University on 5 October 1965; it was to admit its first graduate students (five in number) in the following year. Like the majority of Oxford's newer colleges, St Cross has been co-educational since its foundation.<ref>Communication from Professor [[Emilie Savage-Smith]], college archivist</ref>

The early location of St Cross was on a site in {{nowrap|[[St Cross Road]]}}, immediately south of [[St Cross Church, Oxford|St Cross Church]]. The college took its name from its proximity to these places. In 1976 negotiations began between the college and the members of [[Pusey House, Oxford|Pusey House]] over the possibility of moving the college to the St Giles site. The negotiations were successful, and in 1981 the college moved from St&nbsp;Cross Road into a site owned by Pusey House for a leased period of 999 years. The old site on St Cross Road continued to be used, initially by the [[Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies|Centre for Islamic Studies]] (at that time an Associated Centre of the college), and then subsequently in the early 1990s the site was developed by the college in collaboration with [[Brasenose College, Oxford|Brasenose College]]. The site now houses two residential buildings, which were opened in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/st-cross-road-the-original-site-of-the-college|title=St Cross Road, the original site of the College|access-date=5 February 2022|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205203056/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/st-cross-road-the-original-site-of-the-college|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/stx/Website%20Documentation/Communications/History%20of%20STX%20_%20Pusey%20House%20Site.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=5 February 2022|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918233907/https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/stx/Website%20Documentation/Communications/History%20of%20STX%20_%20Pusey%20House%20Site.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 18 November 2010, it was announced that [[Mark Jones (museum director)|Sir Mark Jones]], previously Director of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], had been elected as the next Master of the college; he took up the post in September 2011.<ref>[http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/101118.html Sir Mark Jones elected Master of St Cross College]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123211818/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/101118.html |date=23 November 2010 }} University of Oxford news 18 November 2010.</ref> Unlike every other college head (except the presidents of [[Kellogg College, Oxford|Kellogg]] and [[Reuben College, Oxford|Reuben]]), the Master of St Cross is appointed not by the college's governing body but by the University Council.<ref>[https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/517-122.shtml University of Oxford. ''Regulations for St Cross College. Council Regulations 11 of 2002''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921105602/https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/517-122.shtml |date=21 September 2019 }}, sec. 5 subsec. 1.</ref> Therefore, the election has only the character of a recommendation to Council, albeit one which is constantly followed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/the-foundation-of-the-college|title=The Foundation of the College|access-date=5 February 2022|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205203010/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/the-foundation-of-the-college|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/stx/Website%20Documentation/Communications/The%20Founding%20of%20St%20Cross%20College.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=5 February 2022|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918233005/https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/stx/Website%20Documentation/Communications/The%20Founding%20of%20St%20Cross%20College.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2016, it was announced that the Fellows of St Cross College had elected [[Carole Souter]], then chief executive of the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] and [[Heritage Lottery Fund]], as the next Master of the college. In September 2016, she succeeded Sir [[Mark Jones (museum director)|Mark Jones]], who had been Master of St Cross since 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/st-cross-college-elects-new-master|title=St Cross College Elects New Master – St Cross College|publisher=University of Oxford|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-date=7 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607150705/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/st-cross-college-elects-new-master|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2022 it was announced that Souter would retire in September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/article/master-of-st-cross-to-retire |website=St Cross College |title=Master of St Cross Carole Souter to Retire |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703192700/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/article/master-of-st-cross-to-retire |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, [[Kate Mavor]] was announced as the new master of the college, with effect from September 2023.<ref name="Mavor 2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/article/kate-mavor-cbe-announced-as-master-of-st-cross-college |title=Kate Mavor CBE Announced as New Master of St Cross College }}</ref>