St Anne's College, Oxford
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| University | University of Oxford |
| Location | and Banbury Road |
| Coordinates | 51°45′44″N 1°15′43″W / 51.762123°N 1.261974°W |
| Latin name | Collegium Sanctae Annae |
| Motto |
Consulto et audacter (Purposefully and boldly) |
| Established | 1879 |
| Named for | Saint Anne |
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The Society of Oxford Home-Students (1879–1942) The St Anne's Society (1942–1952) |
| Sister college | Murray Edwards College, Cambridge |
| Principal | Dr. Robert Chard (acting) |
| Undergraduates | 444 |
| Postgraduates | 250 |
| Website | Homepage |
| Boat club | St Anne's Boat Club |
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 Location in Oxford city centre
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St Anne's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Formerly a women's college, it has been coeducational since 1979. Founded in 1879 as The Society of Oxford Home-Students, it received its college status in 1952, and today it is one of the larger colleges in Oxford, with around 450 undergraduate and 200 graduate students in a roughly equal mix of men and women. The college is known for its progressive outlook, its academic strength in both the humanities and the sciences, its mix of architecture, and its library — the largest college library in Oxford.
The college was established and expanded by the gradual acquisition of Victorian houses between the and Banbury roads, with its location now in North Oxford and adjacent to the neighbourhoods of Jericho, Park Town, and Oxford University Parks.
In October 2016 it was announced that former Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Helen King had been elected to the position of Principal upon her retirement from the police. She will take up her appointment in April 2017, succeeding Tim Gardam. The 2013–14 annual review valued the college's endowment at £37 million.
What is now St Anne's College began life as part of the Association for the Education of Women, the first institution in Oxford to allow for the education of women (see: Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford), then later the Society of Oxford Home-Students. In 1942, it became the St Anne's Society, and received a university charter to be founded as a women-only college in 1952. While it remains a common myth that it is built on land donated by St John's College, the site was acquired slowly by the purchase of existing houses and residences for the use of students.
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