Regent's Park College, Oxford
Permanent private hall of the University of Oxford / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Regent's Park College, Oxford?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Regent's Park College (known colloquially within the university as Regent's) is a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles', England, United Kingdom.
Regent's Park College | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oxford | ||||||||||||
Location | Pusey Street | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 51.757255°N 1.260964°W / 51.757255; -1.260964 | |||||||||||
Full name | Regent's Park College, Oxford | |||||||||||
Latin name | Collegium de Principis Cum Regentis Paradiso | |||||||||||
Motto | Omnia probate quod bonum tenete (Latin) | |||||||||||
Established | founded 1752; 272 years ago (1752) incorporating an education society in 1810 | |||||||||||
Named for | Regent's Park, London | |||||||||||
Previous names | Stepney Academy (to 1856) | |||||||||||
Sister college | Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
Principal | Sir Malcolm Evans[1] | |||||||||||
Grace | see below | |||||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||||
Boat club | JCR Website | |||||||||||
Map | ||||||||||||
Founded in 1810, the college moved to its present site in 1927 and became a licensed hall of the university in 1957. The college now admits both undergraduate and graduate students to take Oxford degrees in a variety of arts, humanities and social science subjects. It is one of the few academic institutions within the University of Oxford to have accepted women as well as men since before the mid-twentieth century, with women attending college since the 1920s. It is affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
As of 2022, Regent's Park College had a financial endowment of £7.8 million.[2]