Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Hughes Hall is one of the colleges of Cambridge University. It is a record of only four colleges in Cambridge, the only older students (german mature students). The majority of students in Hughes Hall are postgraduates, around a fifth studying for a first degree.
The college was founded in 1885 as Cambridge Training College (CTC ) for women, and the first guide was Elizabeth Phillips Hughes. She started college with only 14 students in Croft Cottage, a small house in the village of Newnham. One of the first students was Molly Thomas, their experiences of this college life in a book entitled A London Girl of the 1880s held (published under her married name: MV Hughes ).
In 1895 the College then moved to its current site, which was designed by architect William Fawcett. Over the next 40 years, the college grew slowly, and in 1949 the College was recognized as part of the university: it was now Hughes Hall, the first director, named in memoriam. In 2006, Hughes Hall became then full college status.
The first male students was admitted in 1973. Today, the college has about 400 students. Hughes Hall is one of the most international colleges in Cambridge: the students come from over 60 countries.
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- College, University of Cambridge
- Grade II building in England
- Built in the 1890s
- Established in 1885