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  University Oxford
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  Named For
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  Established 1893
  Sister College
  Head Name Principal
  Head Sheila Forbes
  JCR President Samantha Gisborne
  Undergraduates 420
  MCR President Sarah-Jane Fenton
  Graduates 86
  Latitude 51749162
  Longitude -1245334
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St Hilda's College is one of the 2006 . Retrieved on 9 June 2006 .

The college is in Cowley Place, and is the most easterly of all the university's colleges. It consists of six major buildings containing student accommodation and teaching areas: Hall, South, Milham Ford, Wolfson, Garden, and the Christina Barratt Building (opened in 2001). The Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building is a concert venue named after the famous cellist who was an honorary fellow of the college.

The current Principal is Sheila Forbes , CBE , a graduate of the college. She took up the post in 2007.

As with all the colleges of the University of Oxford, St Hilda's has always maintained very high academic standards in all fields. In its history as a women's college, it has also shown continuation at degree level of particular trends demonstrated by girls at GCSE and A-Level, with students at St Hilda's scoring huge numbers of Firsts in English and History. St Hilda's has frequently produced a greater percentage of English Firsts per year than any other constituent college.


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