Hughes Hall

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Founded 1885 by Miss Elizabeth Phillips Hughes as the Cambridge Training College. Changed to Elizabeth Phillips Hughes Hall Company in 1949.
College status 2006.
Women and Men over the age of 21.
Mature Undergraduates 70 Postgraduates 430.

Hughes Hall positively glows with pride at the very mention of their first principal, the charismatic Miss Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, who relished the opportunity to educate her students in a progressive and enlightened environment that included freedom of worship. Despite heading an all female college, Elizabeth was a passionate supporter of co-education. Speaking to the Royal Commission in 1894 she said ‘We shall never get first-rate training until men and women are trained together,’ and expressed a view that the ideal college should have both male and female tutors. A woman clearly before her time – it was not until 1973 that the first male students arrived at Hughes. Her vision was broad and influential. Elizabeth encouraged an international blend of students creating a vibrant and diverse community that has continued to flourish and set the tone for the current culture.

Very few undergraduated
Today the college sets the bar high and will only accept applicants who can demonstrate their academic potential along with evidence to back this up. The hall is a predominantly postgraduate institution, which takes very few undergraduates and none under the age of 21. Undergraduates number around 70, while postgraduates number 430. All single students are offered attractive accommodation within the campus.
The college was originally founded in 1885 as the Cambridge Training College and was situated at Newnham (central west Cambridge) with fourteen female students in Croft Cottage. It played a ce...

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...able reputation for its food
A crisp, new red brick accommodation block, the Fenner Building designed by TTC architects, was built on adjoining land to the side of the university cricket ground. This impressive building looks like a grandstand full of hospitality boxes and was completed 2004. The land was sold to Hughes by the university in order to raise money to fund the cricket school. This new structure offers the comforts of an impressive combination room with agreeable armchairs and daily news papers. It also provided a new dining hall which now has an enviable reputation for the quality of its food. Formal Halls are regular with frequent ‘exchange halls’ with other colleges.
Hughes Hall is a close-knit egalitarian community that conducts itself in a lively and civilised manner, with experienced and dedicated tutors who understand the needs of mature students.

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