Oxbridge- Women only colleges?

Yesterday my teacher was saying how women only colleges still exist in Oxbridge, yet I thought they had scrap them?
Can anyone give some clarification?

Thanks in advance

Reply 1

Josb

There are three at Cambridge, none at Oxford.

Reply 2

Marie_Antoinette

"St Hilda's College, which was originally for women only, was the last of Oxford's single sex colleges. All colleges have admitted both men and women since 2008."
Source: http://www.ox.ac.uk /about/oxford-people/women-at-oxford
Don't know about Cambridge though.

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 3

Doones

Original post by gsonro

Yesterday my teacher was saying how women only colleges still exist in Oxbridge, yet I thought they had scrap them?
Can anyone give some clarification?

Thanks in advance

Original post by Josb

There are three at Cambridge, none at Oxford.

Specifically Lucy Cavendish, Newnham and Murray Edwards

Reply 4

Josb

Original post by jneill

Specifically Lucy Cavendish, Newnham and Murray Edwards

And Cavendish is for mature students only.

Reply 5

El Salvador

Original post by Josb

There are three at Cambridge, none at Oxford.

Original post by Marie_Antoinette

St Benet's Hall of Oxford, which is a PPH, is still technically men-only. But they will start having women in 2016.

Reply 6

gsonro

thanks everyone ^^^

Reply 7

Kazibar

When I was there whichadmitttedlywas years ago, Newnham was sort of jolly hockey sticks whereas New Hall (old name ME)was v LGBTpositive and right in.