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St Hilda's College was established in 1893 for women, and was the last single-sex college at Oxford: men were admitted for the first time in 2008. It was founded by Dorothea Beale, who was also a headmistress at Cheltenham Ladies' College. Located in Cowley Place alongside the River Cherwell, it is the most easterly of the university's colleges. It is named after the Anglo-Saxon saint Hilda of Whitby. The buildings include the Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building, named after the cellist who was an honorary fellow of St Hilda's. Opening in 1995, it was the first purpose-built concert hall to be built in Oxford since the Holywell Music Room in 1742. There are about 420 undergraduates and 150 postgraduates at St Hilda's: former students include the literary critic Helen Gardner, the writers Susanna Clarke and Barbara Pym, the historian Bettany Hughes and the politician Gillian Shephard. The Principal is Sir Gordon Duff, appointed in 2014. The college featured in the 2002 documentary series College Girls, which followed students from 1998 to 2001. (Full article...)