Editing St Hugh's College, Oxford

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{{Infobox residential college
| name           = St Hugh's College
| university     = [[University of Oxford]]
| photo          = St. Hugh's.jpg
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| named_for      = [[Hugh of Lincoln|Saint Hugh of Lincoln]]
| full_name      = St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford
| latin_name     = Collegium Sancti Hugonis
| established    = 1886
| sister_college = [[Clare College, Cambridge]]
| principal      = [[Elish Angiolini|Lady Elish Angiolini]]
| undergraduates = 420<ref name="numbers">{{cite web|title = St Hugh's College|publisher = University of Oxford|url = https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/colleges/college-listing/st-hughs-college?wssl=1}}</ref> (2017/2018)
| graduates      = 377<ref name="numbers" /> (2017/2018)
| location       = [[St Margaret's Road]], [[Oxford]] OX2 6LE
| coordinates    = {{coord|51.765675|-1.263406|display=inline,title}}
| location_map   = Oxford (central)
| shield         = File:St Hugh's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.jpg
| blazon         = Azure, a saltire ermine, between four fleurs-de-lys or.
| homepage       = {{URL|http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/}}
| boat_club      = St Hugh's Boat Club
|shield_size=160px}}

'''St Hugh's College''' is a [[Colleges of the University of Oxford|constituent college]] of the [[University of Oxford]]. It is located on a {{convert|14.5|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} site on [[St Margaret's Road]], to the north of the city centre.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/senior-members/oucc-at-st-hughs |title=St Hugh's College &#124; University of Oxford China Centre |publisher=St-hughs.ox.ac.uk |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> It was founded in 1886 by [[Elizabeth Wordsworth]] as a [[women's college]], and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986. Prominent alumni include [[Theresa May]], [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], [[Amal Clooney]] and [[Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett]]. It enjoys a reputation as one of the most attractive colleges because of its extensive gardens.<ref>Wintle, Justin (2008) ''Perfect Hostage''. Random House, p. 177.</ref><ref name="altprosp7">{{cite web|url=http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/3979/Alternitive-Prospectus.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818213132/http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/3979/Alternitive-Prospectus.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2011|title=St Hugh's College Alternative Prospectus|publisher=St Hugh's JCR|page=7|access-date=28 November 2010}}</ref>

In its 125th anniversary year, the college became a registered charity under the name "The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford".<ref name="charity-commission.gov.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1139717&SubsidiaryNumber=0 |title=Charity framework |publisher=Charity-commission.gov.uk |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> As of July 2023, the college's [[financial endowment]] was £39.2 million.<ref name="sthughs1718"/> The college's Visitor is [[Ingrid Simler, Lady Simler]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Tessa |date=2024-11-12 |title=St Hugh's College appoints Lady Simler as its Visitor |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/st-hughs-college-appoints-lady-simler-as-its-visitor/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref> and in February 2025 it was announced that [[Michele Acton]] would be the college's next Principal, succeeding [[Lady Elish Angiolini]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Charlie |date=2025-02-26 |title=Royal Society of Medicine CEO Michele Acton elected St Hugh's Principal |url=https://www.cherwell.org/2025/02/26/oxford-michele-acton-elected-hughs-principal/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Cherwell |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Founding and early years ===
St Hugh's was founded in 1886 by [[Elizabeth Wordsworth]] (great-niece of the poet [[William Wordsworth]]) as a women's college. A large percentage of the young women who came to St Hugh's in the early years were the daughters of clergymen; most of the other fathers were professional, middle-class men.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1886 |url=https://www.firstwomenatoxford.ox.ac.uk/1886 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=www.firstwomenatoxford.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> Its purpose was "to make it possible for women of modest means to live and study in Oxford...with religious teachings ([[Church of England]]) on the same lines as [[Lady Margaret Hall]]" of which Elizabeth Wordsworth had been founding principal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Griffen |first1=P. |title=St Hugh's: One Hundred Years of Women's Education in Oxford|date=1986 |publisher=Macmillan |pages=15, 16, 17 |isbn=978-1-349-07725-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vOvCwAAQBAJ&dq=st+Hugh%27s+college+oxford+not+as+expensive&pg=PA15 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref><ref>''St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2010''; p. 2</ref> Using money left to her by her father [[Christopher Wordsworth]], who had been Bishop of Lincoln, Wordsworth established the new college at 25 [[Norham Road]] in North Oxford.<ref>Judy G. Batson, ''Her Oxford'', [[Vanderbilt University Press]], 2008. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_stU5CyTGKEC&pg=PA51 St. Hugh's: Life on a Shoestring, pp. 51–56]. {{ISBN|978-0-8265-1610-7}}.</ref> She named the college after one of her father's 12th-century predecessors, [[Hugh of Lincoln]], who was canonised in 1220, and in whose diocese Oxford had been.<ref>Penny Griffin, ''St Hugh’s: One Hundred Years of Women’s Education in Oxford'' (1986), pp. 17, 105</ref>

The college was initially accommodated in properties in Norham Road, [[Norham Gardens]] and Fyfield Road.<ref name="nl2011p9">''St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2011''; p. 9</ref> The first principal being [[Charlotte Anne Moberly]], its first students were Jessie Annie Emmerson, Charlotte Jourdain, Constance E. Ashburner, Wilhelmina J. de Lorna Mitchell and Grace J. Parsons.<ref name="nl2011p13"/> Students were required to ask the principal before accepting invitations to visit friends, and the college gates were locked at 9pm.<ref name="nl2011p13"/> Records show that rent was between £18 and £21 a term, depending on the size of the room, with fires being charged extra.<ref name="nl2011p14">''St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2011''; p. 14</ref> At first tuition and lectures were arranged by the [[Association for the Education of Women]], the first college tutor being Dora Wylie, appointed around 1898.<ref>Penny Griffin, ''St Hugh's: One Hundred Years of Women's Education in Oxford'', Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1986. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5vOvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 Early History p. 25]. {{ISBN|9781349077250}}.</ref>

The college began to move to its present site in 1913, when it purchased the lease of a house called "The Mount" from the Rev Robert Hartley for £2,500. This house stood on the corner of St Margaret's Road and Banbury Road, and the freehold was owned by University College.<ref name="nl2011p9"/> The house was later demolished to make way for the Main Building of the college, which was constructed between 1914 and 1916 thanks to a gift from [[Clara Mordan|Clara Evelyn Mordan]]; the college's new library was named Mordan Hall in her honour.<ref name="nl2011p13">''St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2011''; p. 13</ref> The first book was a copy of [[George Sale|Sale's]] translation of the [[Koran]], which was given to the college by the then Bishop of Tokyo.<ref name="nl2011p12">St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2011, p. 12</ref> In 1919, [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] began to tutor undergraduates at St Hugh's, given that the women's colleges were in great need of good teachers in their early years, and Tolkien as a married professor (then still not common) was considered suitable, as a bachelor don would not have been.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zettersten |first=A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q_GAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA134 |title=J. R. R. Tolkien's Double Worlds and Creative Process: Language and Life |date=25 April 2011 |publisher=[[Springer (publisher)|Springer]] |isbn=978-0-230-11840-9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123753/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6Q_GAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q=lady%20margaret%20hall |archive-date=17 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The college soon took over other properties nearby. The leasehold of 4 St Margaret's Road was acquired in 1919; it became the first "College house".<ref name="nl2011p9"/> The leasehold of 82 Woodstock Road was donated to the college by [[Joan Evans (art historian)|Joan Evans]] in 1924, and 89 Banbury Road was purchased from Lincoln College for £7,000 in 1927.<ref name="nl2011p9"/> The college obtained the freehold to the main site in 1927, and a year later the first stage of the Mary Gray Allen building was constructed on what had been the tennis courts.<ref name="nl2011p9"/> The freeholds of 1–4 St Margaret's Road and 74–82 Woodstock Road were purchased from St John's College in 1931 and 1932 respectively.<ref name="nl2011p9"/> The college received a royal charter in 1926.<ref>[http://d307gmaoxpdmsg.cloudfront.net/collegeaccounts0910/St_Hughs.pdf at page 2]</ref>

In 1936, to mark 50 years since it was founded, a "Group Portrait" was painted of [[Evelyn Procter]], History Tutor; [[Edith Wardale]], English Language Tutor; [[Elizabeth Francis]], French Tutor; [[Barbara Gwyer]], Principal; and [[Cecilia Ady]], History Tutor by [[Henry Lamb]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Lamb Exhibition catalogue |url=https://messumswiltshire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Henry-Lamb-Exhibition-Catalogue-1.pdf |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=Messums}}</ref> In the same year 1 St Margaret's Road was demolished, and a new library was built in the Mary Gray Allen building; it was named the Moberly Library after the first principal of the college<ref name="nl2011p9"/> (the library was extensively renovated between 1999 and 2000 and renamed the Howard Piper Library after a St Hugh's alumnus, after his parents made a large donation to the college).{{fact|date=March 2021}}

=== Second World War ===
At the outbreak of the Second World War the college site was requisitioned by the military for use as the Hospital for Head Injuries under the directorship of [[Hugh Cairns (surgeon)|Hugh Cairns]], the first Nuffield Professor of Surgery.<ref name="nl2011p20">St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2011 at page 20</ref> Brick huts were constructed in the college grounds with space for 300 beds. Between 1940 and 1945, over 13,000 servicemen and women were treated at the college.<ref name="nl2011p20"/> Advances in medicine discovered at the hospital meant the mortality rate for brain-penetrating injuries fell from 90% to 9%.<ref name="nl2011p20"/> Staff and students were relocated to Holywell Manor, Savile House and St Hilda's College for the duration of the war.<ref name="nl2011p10">St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2011 at page 10</ref>

In 1943 the college acquired the leasehold of 72 Woodstock Road (known as The Shrubbery) from Dame Gertrude Whitehead for £1,500. It was used as a club for American soldiers during the war.<ref name="nl2011p10"/> In 1946, it was leased to the University of Paris as the [[Maison française d'Oxford]], an Anglo-French educational establishment. One of the cottages in the grounds of number 72 was later leased by Barbara Gwyer after her retirement as principal.<ref name="nl2011p10"/>

=== 1945 onwards ===
The college buildings were de-requisitioned in 1945. The hospital huts were initially leased as offices to university departments, including the Bureau of Animal Population, the Department of Zoological Field Studies and the Institute of Statistics, before being demolished in 1952.<ref name="nl2011p10"/> [[Agnes Headlam-Morley]], a fellow of St Hugh's, became the first woman to hold a chair at the University of Oxford in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women at Oxford|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about/oxford-people/women-at-oxford|website=University of Oxford|access-date=9 July 2016}}</ref>

In 1951 the college purchased the freeholds to 85 and 87 Banbury Road and 9 to 13 Canterbury Road from St John's College. In addition, the freehold of The Shrubbery was acquired; this meant the college now owned the freehold of the entire {{frac|14|1|2}}-acre site.<ref name="nl2011p10"/> The college extended the Main Building in 1958.<ref name="nl2011p11">St Hugh's College Spring Newsletter 2011 at page 11</ref>

The 1960s saw an extensive programme of building work at St Hugh's. The Shrubbery was converted into the principal's lodgings in 1963.<ref name="nl2011p11"/> Between 1964 and 1965 the Kenyon Building was constructed to provide accommodation for students<ref name="nl2011p11"/> (designed by modern architect [[David Wyn Roberts|David Roberts]], the building has already been given a [[Listed building|heritage listing]]).<ref>{{NHLE|desc=St Hugh’s College Kenyon Building |num=1392941 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref> This was followed shortly after by the Wolfson Building, which was constructed between 1966 and 1967 and opened by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]] and [[Harold Macmillan]] in his role as chancellor of the university.<ref name="nl2011p11"/>

The chapel was renovated in 1980; a new organ was installed.<ref name="nl2011p11"/> The following year, 78, 80 and 82 Woodstock Road were also renovated. The houses are now named SH Ho House, Ho Tim House and KK Leung House in recognition of the gifts from the three Hong Kong benefactors that funded the renovations.<ref name="nl2011p11"/>

===Arrival of co-education===
In 1964, [[New College, Oxford|New College]] made a proposal for the admission of women to the men's colleges, and by the early 1970s several Oxford colleges had become mixed to a limited degree in this way. In 1979, two women's colleges, [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford|Lady Margaret Hall]] and [[St Anne's College, Oxford|St Anne's]], reciprocated by admitting men as undergraduates, while St Hugh's, which was already employing male college lecturers, decided to admit men as [[Fellow]]s. Resistance to full co-education was led by those who predicted that it would have severely negative effects on women academics and who saw other advantages in women's colleges. Admitting men as undergraduates was first proposed to the governing body in 1980, and there was a majority for it, but it did not secure the required two-thirds majority. The college principal, [[Rachel Trickett]], fought off full co-education at St Hugh's for some years, even taking her case to the national newspapers, and it was not finally agreed until 1986.<ref>Laura Schwartz, ''A Serious Endeavour: Gender, Education and Community at St Hugh's, 1886-2011'' (Profile Books, 2011), [https://books.google.com/books?id=w5jp-ViL-J0C&pg=PT114 pp. 114–118]</ref> When Trickett retired in 1991, she was succeeded by the first male Principal, [[Derek Wood (barrister)|Derek Wood]].<ref>Schwartz (2011), [https://books.google.com/books?id=w5jp-ViL-J0C&pg=PT22 p. 22]</ref>

[[File:Oxford boathouse 1.jpg|thumb|St Hugh's boathouse (far left)]]
A new boathouse was constructed for the St Hugh's Boat Club (jointly with St Anne's and Wadham Colleges) between 1989 and 1990. This was followed by the construction of the Rachel Trickett Building between 1991 and 1992 at a cost of £3.4 million.<ref name="nl2011p12"/>

=== Present day ===
[[File:North side of St Hugh's College, Oxford.JPG|thumb|North side from St Margaret's Road]]
Between 1998 and 2000 the Maplethorpe Building was constructed; the building contains conference facilities on the ground floor and student accommodation on the upper three floors.<ref name="nl2011p12"/> The building missed its planned opening date of summer 2000, meaning students had to be accommodated in B&Bs throughout Michaelmas term. In addition, a new main entrance was constructed at the back of the college on Canterbury Road.<ref name="nl2011p12"/>

Between 1999 and 2000 the library was extensively renovated.<ref name="nl2011p12"/> It was reopened by [[Betty Boothroyd]] and was renamed after Howard Piper, a Maths student of the college who, shortly after graduating, died in a rafting accident. Mordan Hall, an older library, underwent a major refurbishment, reopening in 2007.<ref name="nl2011p12"/>

There are statues of both St Hugh and Elizabeth Wordsworth on the library stairs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint Hugh of Avalon {{!}} Art UK|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/saint-hugh-of-avalon-252831|access-date=2022-01-31|website=artuk.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840–1932) {{!}} Art UK|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/elizabeth-wordsworth-18401932-252834|access-date=2022-01-31|website=artuk.org|language=en}}</ref> These were presented to the college as gifts for its Jubilee in 1936. St Hugh carries a model of Lincoln Cathedral, which would have been very familiar to Elizabeth Wordsworth, and has his other hand resting on the head of a swan, the famous [[Hugh of Lincoln#Iconography|swan of Stow]]. Elizabeth Wordsworth is depicted wearing her doctoral robes.{{fact|date=March 2021}}

St Hugh's College celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2011; a summer garden party was attended by over 1,200 guests.<ref name="autogenerated2">[http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/senior-members/news] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723100154/http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/senior-members/news|date=23 July 2012}}</ref> [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] sent a message to the college, saying "Happy moments are one of the pillars that keep the spirit uplifted during hard times. St Hugh’s and Oxford are inextricable from my happiest memories, those that I could draw on when the beauty of the world seemed dim. I so wish I could be with you at this very moment to relive old joys and to stir up new ones for the future. I would like to thank all my friends for the happiness we shared. To the present students of St Hugh’s I would simply like to say: Make the most of your time in this wonderful place."<ref name="autogenerated2"/>

In 2012 the college was sued for allegedly discriminating against the poor by requiring evidence of funds for living costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9814000/Oxford-college-sued-for-discriminating-against-the-poor.html|title=Oxford college 'sued for discriminating against the poor'|date=20 January 2013|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> St Hugh's, which filed defence papers to the court, accepted barring the student on financial grounds, but claimed the measure was necessary to ensure students can complete their studies. The college eventually settled the claim, with the university promising to conduct a review of the Financial Guarantee policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/mar/23/oxford-university-settles-selection-wealth-case|title=Oxford University settles 'selection by wealth' case|author=Daniel Boffey|work=The Guardian|date=23 March 2013 }}</ref> In September 2013, it was revealed that the university had decided to abolish the Financial Guarantee policy and replace it with a less restrictive 'Financial Declaration'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/08/oxford-university-wealth-tax|title=Oxford University axes 'wealth test' for post-grads|author=Daniel Boffey|work=The Guardian|date=7 September 2013 }}</ref>

=== Recent development ===
In 2008, the college began a fundraising drive for a new building on the college site. In November 2010, it was confirmed that Hong Kong businessman [[Dickson Poon]] had made a £10 million donation to the college for the construction of the Dickson Poon China Centre. The centre houses the university's China Studies department, as well as providing accommodation for St Hugh's postgraduate students and The Wordsworth Tea Room.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> The Dickson Poon building was opened by Prince William in September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/11460207.Oh_baby__Royal_fans_pass_on_best_to_Kate/|title=Oh baby! Royal fans pass on best to Kate|work=Oxford Mail|date=9 September 2014 }}</ref>

== Buildings and location ==
[[File:St Hugh's Front.jpg|The front entrance of the college|thumb]]
St Hugh's occupies a rectangular site in [[North Oxford]]. It is bordered by [[Banbury Road]] to the east, [[Woodstock Road, Oxford|Woodstock Road]] to the west, [[St Margaret's Road]] to the north (the front entrance) and [[Canterbury Road]] to the south (the back gate). The gardens of the college cover about ten and a half acres.<ref>''Alden's Oxford Guide''. Oxford: Alden & Co., 1958; p. 123</ref><ref>"Of the women's colleges S. Hugh's has indisputably the best garden, and for many years now it has been under the loving care of Miss Rogers. It is a well-planned garden, and ... full of interest all the year round."--Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair (1932) ''Oxford's College Gardens''. London: Herbert Jenkins; pp. 173-78</ref>

The main entrance of the college leads straight into the Main Building, containing accommodation, teaching facilities, the chapel, and the dining hall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discover St Hugh's |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/discover-st-hughs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524212557/https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/discover-st-hughs/ |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref> As of 2022, the majority of first year students are housed in the Main Building, in addition to the Kenyon Building (named for [[Kathleen Kenyon]]).<ref name="Accommodation">{{Cite web |title=Accommodation & Room Info |url=http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/college-life/accommodation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524212055/https://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/college-life/accommodation/ |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=St Hugh's College Junior Common Room |language=en-GB}}</ref> Some first years are housed in the Maplethorpe and Mary Gray Allen Buildings, although the majority within these buildings are second years and finalists.<ref name="Accommodation" /> The Rachel Trickett Building (named for a past principal) and 82 Woodstock Road are further used as second and third year accommodation, whilst the Wolfson Building is almost exclusively used for second years.<ref name="Accommodation" /> Further finalist accommodation is provided for in houses on Banbury Road.<ref name="Accommodation" /> All undergraduate rooms have kitchen access, with the majority sharing bathroom access (barring Maplethorpe and the Rachel Trickett Building, which have en-suite access).<ref name="Accommodation" />

In 2018 the college adopted two cats – Admiral Flapjack and Professor Biscuit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Grace |date=2018-11-10 |title=St Hugh's bop runs with 'laundromats and scary rats' theme |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2018/11/10/st-hughs-bop-runs-with-laundromats-and-scary-rats-theme/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=The Oxford Student |language=en-GB |quote=In response to the outbreak, St Hugh’s has adopted two cats from an animal shelter. The cats have been named Admiral Flapjack and its brother, Professor Biscuit. The name admiral Flapjack was chosen by a poll of the JCR, whereas Professor Biscuit was the name already given to the cat prior to adoption.}}</ref> Due to the installation of cat-flaps in 2019, the cats have free roam of the majority of buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-08 |title=Amy Douglas, St Hugh's College Library |url=http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/amy-douglas-st-hughs-college-library/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524220109/http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/amy-douglas-st-hughs-college-library/ |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Oxford Libraries Graduate Trainees |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Finances ==
In its 125th anniversary year, the college became a registered charity under the name 'The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford'.<ref name="charity-commission.gov.uk" /> As of July 2018, the college's [[financial endowment]] was £37.6 million.<ref name="sthughs1718">{{cite web|url=https://d307gmaoxpdmsg.cloudfront.net/collegeaccounts2223/St_Hughs.pdf|title=St Hugh's College : Annual Report and Financial Statements : Year ended 31 July 2023|website= ox.ac.uk|page=25|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> By comparison, St John's college had a financial endowment of £551.5 million.<ref name="stjohns1718">{{cite web|url=http://d307gmaoxpdmsg.cloudfront.net/collegeaccounts1718/St_Johns.pdf|title=Saint John Baptist College in the University of Oxford : Annual Report and Financial Statements : Year ended 31 July 2023|website= ox.ac.uk|page=18|access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref>

== Student life ==
[[File:St Hugh's College Oxford Gardens.jpg|The college croquet lawn|thumb]]
The college is big enough to accommodate all its undergraduates for the duration of their studies.<ref>[https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/prospectivestudents/undergraduate/ "Your Academic Home"]. www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2018-08-09.</ref> There are three large lawns for the use of students all year round. The gardens are also the venue for [[croquet]]. There are a wide range of clubs and societies – sporting, academic, and those supporting niche interests, such as horticulture.{{fact|date=March 2021}}

The college has Formal Hall—a formal three or four course dinner—once a week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Handbook |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/student-handbook/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref> Students wait for Senior Members to come into [[High table|High Table]] and Grace is said in Latin by the presiding fellow, usually the Principal, immediately prior to the meal:

{{blockquote|''Benedic nobis, Domine Deus, et his donis, quae ex liberalitate Tua sumpturi sumus, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.''}}

[[File:High Table St Hugh's Formal Hall.jpg|High Table in Dining Hall set for Formal Hall|thumb]]

=== Junior Common Room ===
As is the practice at all Oxford Colleges that offer undergraduate degrees, the undergraduate body is represented by a committee, known as the JCR Committee. Otherwise, 'JCR' refers to the physical common room in the college. The JCR was previously known as the Aung San Suu Kyi Junior Common Room, but in 2017 the student body voted to remove her name from the room's title.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aung San Suu Kyi common room 'unnamed' by Oxford students |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41691704 |access-date=27 April 2020 |publisher=BBC Oxford |date=20 October 2017}}</ref>

''The Swan'' is a weekly student-managed newspaper.<ref>[http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/sports-clubs/the-swan-newspaper The Swan on the official JCR website]</ref>

=== Middle Common Room ===
[[File:St Hugh's MCR.jpg|thumb|St Hugh's MCR]]
The college's [[Common room (university)|Middle Common Room]] (MCR) is located on 87 Banbury Road.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/|title=About St Hugh's MCR {{!}} MCR - St Hugh's College, Oxford|access-date=2017-12-13|language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Choir ===
St Hugh's has a choir which sings weekly [[Evening Prayer (Anglican)|evensong]] on Sundays. The choir draws its members from all three common rooms.

The present organ was constructed by the Italian organ-builder Tamburini<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/extras/FreshersGuide2009.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818213508/http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/extras/FreshersGuide2009.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2011|title=St Hugh's Freshers Guide 2009|page=91|access-date=28 November 2010}}</ref> in 1980. The college offers [[organ scholar]]ships along with four choral exhibitions each year, and employs a professional organist to oversee the chapel music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/about-sthughs/college-life/college-chapel/chapel-music|title=St Hugh's College - Chapel Music|access-date=28 November 2010}}</ref>

[[File:St Hugh's College Oxford Chapel.jpg|The college chapel|thumb]]

=== St Hugh's College Boat Club ===

[[File:St Hugh's Boat Club Logo.jpg|thumb|St Hugh's Boat Club]]

St Hugh's College Boat Club (SHBC) is a [[Sport rowing|rowing]] club for members of St Hugh's College, Oxford.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Hughs BC |url=https://www.britishrowing.org/club/st-hughs-bc/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=British Rowing |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Tessa |date=2021-06-22 |title=St Hugh's Men's First Boat creates history at Summer Torpids |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/st-hughs-mens-first-boat-creates-history-at-summer-torpids/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref> It is based on the [[Isis (river)|Isis]] at Boathouse Island, [[Christ Church Meadow, Oxford]]. The boat club blazer is blue with white and yellow trim on the cuffs and lapels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Hugh's Boat Club added a new... - St Hugh's Boat Club |url=https://www.facebook.com/sthughsboatclub/photos/a.10152134083379856/10152134087929856/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>

==== History ====
St Hugh's College Boat Club has a long and rich history, with notable contributions towards the development and establishment of women's rowing at Oxford. The establishment of the Boat Club occurred a few years after the college (originally [[St Hugh's Hall]]) itself was founded, with the year 1891<ref name="Sutori">{{Cite web |title=Sutori |url=https://www.sutori.com/en/story/shbc-a-history--et3i3ZN8NKqrxq2irj2SLSi3?fbclid=IwAR2haOjUMrk4M7tpZ_B_N2ewC9XWESwex2GT6VvqzP1foLMpGw924x6ILx0 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.sutori.com |language=en}}</ref> being the first record of a boat being owned by the club. The boat was stored at the [[River Cherwell]] and only students "who can swim 50 feet" were permitted to use it.<ref name="Sutori" /> Almost 20 years later, the boat club was able to buy and acquire its first boathouse - the Middle Cherwell Boat House.<ref name="Sutori" />

After three to four decades of building and gathering much needed infrastructure, the quality of training provided by the club improved significantly. This resulted in the Boat Club winning the Inter-College Fresher's fours,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-08 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1951-1952 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1951-1952 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> which signified the potential of the club. However, the next year, due to unforeseen and unknown circumstances, the Boat Club came into financial trouble,<ref name="St Hugh's">{{Cite web |date=2015-10-06 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1952-1953 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1952-1953 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> unable to operate. It resulted in a temporary lapse in outings as Boat Club members deliberated with the JCR and College on how best to rectify the situation. A solution was reached in 1953, where it was agreed that as long as "half a dozen" of members are active and pay a termly subscription of 15s (75p), then the Boat Club would receive full support from the college.<ref name="St Hugh's" /> This issue was officially "settled" with the Club restarting its activities in Michaelmas Term of 1953, after acquiring a new boat.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-06 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1953-1954 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1953-1954 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Unfortunately, this bout of luck was short-lived as the Boat Club suddenly came into "desperate straits" due to the loss of their only race-worthy boat, before the annual Boat Race<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-06 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1954-1955 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1954-1955 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> against Cambridge. There is not mention of the St Hugh's Boat Club after the 1954-55 issue of the St Hugh's Chronicle, leading to the assumption that the Boat Club was unable to recover from the loss of their boat.

It is only after one and a half decades later that the Boat club is mentioned again, with its refounding occurring in 1973,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1973-1974 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1973-1974 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> thanks to the enthusiasm of Julia Winterbottom, Jennifer Greenwood and Judy Bartley. The newly rejuvenated club boasted 16 members coached by the members of the [[Brasenose College Boat Club]] with regular outings scheduled and a growing squad of Blues rowers, aiming to win. This was swiftly proven true two years later, in 1975 where the '''St Hugh's Women's First VIII''' bumped [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen]] M4.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1975-1976 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1975-1976 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> The St Hugh's W1 became the '''first and''' '''only women's boat''' to successfully '''bump a''' '''men's crew''', a truly outstanding achievement. This event was the catalyst for the creation of the Women's divisions for [[Eights Week|Summer Eight's]] since 1976, where St Hugh's was a strong contender. It was only fours year later in 1979, where St Hugh's W1 was able to finally win the Boat Club's '''first''' Headship.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=1970s Oxford Rowing - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE |url=http://thames.me.uk/s01630q.htm |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=thames.me.uk}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1979-1980 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1979-1980 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Unfortunately, the crew was unable to hold onto headship and tumbled down the order during 1980-81.

After two years of slipping down the order, the Boat Club was able to pick itself back up again by putting together a highly-talented and trained squad made up of many [[Blue (university sport)|Blues]] rowers. This women's crew was able to rapidly climb up the ranks, and finally restored the Boat Club to its former glory by winning Headship back again in 1982.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=1980s Oxford Rowing - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE |url=http://thames.me.uk/s01630r.htm |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=thames.me.uk}}</ref> This was continued by a string of dominant performances, with the Boat Club retaining Summer Eight's headship until 1984.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=shug Women's Eights |url=http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/bumps/shug/shug_wea.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> The Boat Club was also able to win [[Torpids]] Headship in the Women's division in 1986.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=shug Women's Torpids |url=http://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/dudhia/rowing/bumps/shug/shug_wta.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>

==== [[Summer Eights]] honours ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Result
|-
| colspan="2" |1979<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|-
| colspan="2" |1982<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-15 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1982-1983 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1982-1983 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|-
| colspan="2" |1983<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2016-03-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1983-1984 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1983-1984 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|-
| colspan="2" |1984<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1984-1985 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1984-1985 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|}

==== [[Torpids]] honours ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Result
|-
| colspan="2" |1986<ref name=":6" />
| colspan="2" |Women's Headship
|}

==== Victories at internal and external regattas ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Regatta
! colspan="2" |Result
|-
| colspan="2" |1978<ref name="Sutori" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1977-1978 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1977-1978 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1978-1979 by St Hugh's College, Oxford - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1978-1979 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Christchurch Novice Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of Regatta
|-
| colspan="2" |1984<ref name="Sutori" /><ref name=":7" />
| colspan="2" |Christchurch Novice Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of Regatta
|-
| colspan="2" |1988<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results All Years |url=https://hwr.org.uk/results-archive/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Henley Women's Regatta |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Henley Women's Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of College Eights (Div B)
|-
| colspan="2" |2012<ref name="Sutori" />
| colspan="2" |Shrewsbury Regatta
| colspan="2" |M1 win M.NOV 4+ division
|-
| colspan="2" |2014<ref name="Sutori" />
| colspan="2" |Oxford City Regatta
| colspan="2" |W1 rower Janita wins W.IM3.1x
|-
| colspan="2" |2014<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-12 |title=2014 Results |url=https://thamesdittonregatta.co.uk/results/2014-results/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Thames Ditton Regatta |language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2" |Thames Ditton Regatta
| colspan="2" |W1 win W.NOV 8+ division
|-
| colspan="2" |2022<ref name="Sutori" />
| colspan="2" |Linacre Novice Regatta
| colspan="2" |Winner of Regatta
|}

==== Notable Alumni ====
SHBC alumni include American Olympic rower [[Anders Weiss]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodbody |first=John |date=2023-08-14 |title=Anders Weiss looking to make Olympic experience count for Oxford |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/anders-weiss-looking-to-make-olympic-experience-count-foroxford-ghvmbbdd2 |access-date=2023-08-14 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ElectricStudio |date=2018-03-13 |title=Good luck to Anders Weiss! |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/good-luck-anders-weiss/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anders Weiss - St Hugh's |url=https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/sp-Boat-Race-Anders-Weiss.php |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=The American}}</ref> who competed in [[The Boat Race 2018]]. SHBC member Oskar Zorrilla coxed Oxford to victory in [[The Boat Race 2013]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marsden |first=Sam |date=2013-04-01 |title=Zorrilla in the red mist: Oxford cox turns air blue at Boat Race |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/zorrilla-in-the-red-mist-oxford-cox-turns-air-blue-at-boat-race-20130401-2h2au.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dennis |first=Charlie |date=2013-04-25 |title=BBC investigated for coxing up coverage of swearing swain |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2013/04/25/bbc-investigated/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=The Oxford Student |language=en-GB}}</ref> In [[The Boat Race 1982]], SHBC member [[Boris Rankov]] won a record number of boat races competing as a rower which was recognised by [[Guinness World Records]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Boat Race - Most winning boats rowed in |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/63719-university-boat-race-most-winning-boats-rowed-in |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref> and which led to the so-called 'Rankov Rule'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rowing: Rankov to rule again |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/2396950/Rowing-Rankov-to-rule-again.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=26 February 2003 }}</ref>

== People associated with St Hugh's ==

=== Principals ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Years
! Principal
|-
|1886–1915
|[[Charlotte Anne Moberly]]<ref name="Principals">{{cite book|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63900|pages=347–348|title=The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III: The University of Oxford|publisher=University of London Institute of Historical Research|last=Jalland|first=Beatrice}}</ref>
|-
|1915–1924
|[[Eleanor Jourdain]]<ref name=Principals/>
|-
|1924–1946
|[[Barbara Gwyer]]<ref name=Principals/>
|-
|1946–1962
|[[Evelyn Procter]]<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=J. R. L. |last=Highfield|title=Procter, Evelyn Emma Stefanos (1897–1980)|date=September 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/65552 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/65552|access-date=23 November 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1962–1973
|[[Kathleen Kenyon]]<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=P. J. |last=Parr|title=Kenyon, Dame Kathleen Mary (1906–1978)|author2=Bienkowski, Piotr |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31306 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31306|access-date=23 November 2010}}</ref>
|-
|1973–1991
|[[Rachel Trickett]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Trickett, (Mabel) Rachel|work=Who Was Who 1920–2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=December 2007 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U182421|access-date=23 November 2010|format=(subscription required)}}</ref>
|-
|1991–2002
|[[Derek Wood (lawyer)|Derek Wood]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Wood, Derek Alexander|work=Who's Who 2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=November 2009 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U40519|access-date=23 November 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2002–2012
| [[Andrew Dilnot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/fellows/mr-andrew-dilnot|title=Mr A Dilnot|publisher=St Hugh's College, Oxford|access-date=23 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120090828/http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/fellows/mr-andrew-dilnot|archive-date=20 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/current/message-from-the-principal,-andrew-dilnot-cbe|title=Message from the Principal, Andrew Dilnot CBE|publisher=St Hugh's College|access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 2012–present
| [[Elish Angiolini|Lady Elish Angiolini]]
|}

=== Fellows ===
{{see|Category:Fellows of St Hugh's College, Oxford|List of Honorary Fellows of St Hugh's College, Oxford}}

=== Notable alumni ===
{{see also|Category:Alumni of St Hugh's College, Oxford}}
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File:Emily Wilding Davison by Andrew William Dron.jpg|[[Emily Davison]], [[suffragette]] who fought for votes for women
File:Mme Barbara Castle, Ministre britannique du développement outre-mer.jpg|[[Barbara Castle]], former [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|Health Secretary]]
File:Theresa May (2016) (cropped).jpg|[[Theresa May]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
File:NickyH&SJan10.jpg|[[Nicky Morgan]], former [[Secretary of State for Education|Education Secretary]]
File:Remise du Prix Sakharov à Aung San Suu Kyi Strasbourg 22 octobre 2013-18.jpg|[[Aung San Suu Kyi]], [[State Counsellor of Myanmar]]
File:Amal Clooney 01 (cropped).jpg|[[Amal Clooney]], Human Rights Barrister
</gallery>

St Hugh's students are present in all spheres of public life:

In politics, [[Theresa May]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; [[Nicky Morgan]], former [[Secretary of State for Education]]; [[Rachel Maclean (politician)|Rachel Maclean]], former UK Housing Minister; [[Barbara Castle]], former [[Secretary of state (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State]]; [[Khairy Jamaluddin]], Malaysian Government Minister; and [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate and [[State Counsellor of Myanmar]], studied at the college.

Current members of the U.K. House of Lords include [[James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy]], [[Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist]], and [[Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine]].

British diplomat [[Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby]], ambassador to the [[European Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/warmest-congratulations-to-the-new-head-of-the-uk-mission-to-the-european-union-lindsay-croisdale-appleby-cmg-modern-history-1992/|title=St Hugh's Website 2021|date=February 2021}}</ref> and former ambassador to [[Colombia]], was educated at [[Eton College]] and St Hugh's.

[[Emily Davison]], the [[suffragette]] who famously died after being hit by the king's horse when she walked onto the track during the [[1913 Epsom Derby]] race, enrolled at St Hugh's for one term to sit her [[Final examination|finals]].

American Olympic rower [[Anders Weiss]] competed for Oxford University in the [[The Boat Races 2018|2018 Boat Race]].

Polar expedition leader [[Alex Hibbert]] read biological sciences at St Hugh's, graduating in 2007.

Notable alumni in business include [[Louise Patten]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mendick |first=Robert |date=2016-07-16 |title=Theresa May: the highest achiever of all in the starry, Oxford University geography class of '74 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/16/theresa-may-the-highest-achiever-of-all-in-the-starry-oxford-uni/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> [[Philip J. K. James]] and [[Nate Morris]].

In the arts, the musician [[Joe Goddard (musician)|Joe Goddard]] (from electropop outfit [[Hot Chip]]) studied at St Hugh's. Conductors [[Jane Glover]] and [[Alice Farnham (conductor)|Alice Farnham]] read music at St Hugh's, as did BBC arts broadcaster and writer [[Suzy Klein]]. TV writer [[Richard Hurst]] wrote his first play at St Hugh's. BAFTA Award-winning actress and comedian [[Rebecca Front]] began her career at the college, touring with the [[Oxford Revue]] in 1984. Writers [[Mary Renault]], [[Selina Hastings (writer)|Lady Selina Hastings]], [[Jane Ridley]] and [[Juliet Nicolson]] studied at St Hugh's, too.

In science and academia, mathematical child prodigy [[Ruth Lawrence]] joined the college in 1983 aged 12. [[Dorothy Bishop (psychologist)|Dorothy Bishop]], a psychologist specialising in developmental disorders, studied at St Hugh's. Other academics include sociologist and intelligence researcher [[Noah Carl]]; philosopher [[Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe]]; linguist and [[language revitalization|revivalist]] [[Ghil'ad Zuckermann]]; and mathematician [[Mary Cartwright]].  Another mathematician, [[Jillian Beardwood]], known for her solution to the [[travelling salesman problem]], graduated from St Hugh's with first-class honours in 1956.

In law, [[Court of Appeal]] judge and chair of the [[UK Covid-19 Inquiry]] [[Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett]] is a St Hugh's graduate. Other High Court Judges include Dame [[Jennifer Eady]] and [[Florence Baron|Dame Florence Baron]] in London, the Honourable Madam Justice Maggie Poon in Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202106/08/P2021060800321.htm|title=Hong Kong Judicial Appointments 2021}}</ref> and [[Crown Court]] Recorder and former [[Oxford Union]] President Oliver Campbell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oliver Campbell KC |url=https://www.hendersonchambers.co.uk/barristers/oliver-campbell-kc/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Henderson Chambers |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-07 |title=Recorder Appointments |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/appointments-and-retirements/recorder-appointments/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary |language=en-US}}</ref> Human rights barrister [[Amal Clooney]] graduated with a BA degree in jurisprudence (Oxford's equivalent to the LLB) from St Hugh's.

== References ==
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== More readings ==
*{{cite book |last=Schwartz |first=Laura |title=A Serious Endeavour: Gender, Education and Community at St Hugh's, 1886-2011 |url= |date=2011 |publisher=Profile Books |isbn=978-1-84765-780-0}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/ Official website]
* [http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/ Official JCR Website]
* [http://mcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/ Official MCR Website]
* [http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/colleges/college-listing/st-hughs-college/st-hughs-college-virtual-tour Virtual Tour of St Hugh's College]
* [http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/sthughscollege/ Old Virtual Tour of St Hugh's College] <sup>''circa'' 2002</sup>
* [https://hughshorticulture.wordpress.com/ Gardening team's blog]
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