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Come on stanners, you can do better then this. wheres the rest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.167.232 (talk • contribs)

How's that? 163.1.151.230 13:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Fantastic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.167.232 (talk • contribs)
Glad you like it :-) 163.1.151.230 23:32, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

"Some would say uglier"?

Surely this is POV. Others might say that it is one of the prettier colleges. Stannered 16:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Gillian Beer

It seems ludicrous that Gillian Beer should be removed as a notable former student, simply because there isn't a Wikipedia article on her. Cambridge Professor, Head of a Cambridge College, Professor at London University, author of much greatly admired literary criticism, Booker Prize judge, etc. Presumably the deletor was simply applying the rules inflexibily. Look before you leap. I'll do a page on her, when I have the time, and there will then be a whole battery-farm of egg on the deletor's face. --Antisyzygy 15:35, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Simon Rattle

Simon Rattle was not a student, he is an honourary fellow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.156.61 (talk • contribs)

This article says differently. NauticaShades 00:17, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

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Currently needing doing:
  • expanding the history of the college
  • a few more pictures
  • sections (or at least the start of sections) on college traditions (such as the college grace, and the coat of arms) and student life - what is St Anne's famous for among students ... Cricketgirl 09:13, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
(taken from User talk:Stannered.) Stannered 22:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

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Alumni/Alumnae

St Anne's uses the term Alumnae.[1] The closest relevant policy page is MOS:PLURALS, but it doesn't seem to really tackle this issue. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 17:33, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

@Yngvadottir:, St Anne's uses the term Alumnae for both men and women, so I have reverted your change. This is explained in the section on St Anne's College (1952–) and should perhaps be restated in the alumnae section.TSventon (talk) 08:26, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Yes, I think there should be a note at the top of the section, since at least two names on the list look male. Yngvadottir (talk) 11:27, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
@Yngvadottir:, Note added.TSventon (talk) 14:21, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ "Alumnæ & friends".

Polly

Polly Toynbee is said to be an alumna, although she left after 18 months and entered with minor qualifications. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:7C82:EC00:9179:A7E9:6EFE:56B9 (talk) 16:56, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Her subject was history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:7C82:EC00:9179:A7E9:6EFE:56B9 (talk) 16:58, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
People are generally included as alumni even if they did not graduate, see WP:ALUMNI. Aloneinthewild (talk) 17:30, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

So-what claim

...in the most recent university admissions report, St Anne's accepted the highest proportion of female students (55%) of any college.

Since it was a women-only college for longer than it has been mixed, this is hardly notable. Valetude (talk) 20:04, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
It probably is relevant as the admission is now mixed. Does the fact it was previously women-only attract more women? Aloneinthewild (talk) 17:31, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

First sentence

Bmcln1 I see you have made some changes to the lead. I have simplified the first sentence so it tells the reader what the subject is in plain English (MOS:FIRST). Please let me know if you disagree. TSventon (talk) 09:53, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. Thanks for your attention to it. Bmcln1 (talk) 14:54, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Hostels

Religious

An IP editor or editors have added information on the Anglican Springfield St Mary and the Roman Catholic Sacred Heart hostels based on an oral history project.[1] Obviously living alumnae can only report on 20th/21st century history, not 19th. The Encyclopaedia of Oxford says that "In 1908 a hostel for Catholic students was founded at Cherwell Edge, to be followed by Springfield St Mary (Anglican) on the BANBURY ROAD."[2] It could be useful to mention the hostels on the articles on the religious organisations as well as here. TSventon (talk) 08:53, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Other

A paragraph on Home Students living at Wychwood School has just been added. According to the National Portrait Gallery, London website "there were usually a few young women living there while reading for various examinations",[3] but that quote does not mention the Home Students or show that the school was important as a hostel. The following two reference quotations do not mention the Home Students. The History of the University of Oxford mentions St Hilda's (now St Hilda's College, Oxford) and St Kentigern's as early women's hostels, so they were probably more significant.[4] TSventon (talk) 04:17, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Srbernadette, you removed my citation needed tag with the edit summary "references certainly do state that that students DID live at Wychwood school", please can you explain that here rather than through edit summaries. The NPG reference mentions "a few young women living there while reading for various examinations", but does not say they were members of the Oxford Home Students. They could have been taking university entrance or London University exams. The other two references don't seem to mention the Home Students at all. Home Students lived in many locations, and Wychwood School should only be included if it was a significant part of the history of the Home Students. TSventon (talk) 07:34, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
Dear Sir, the archives from St Annes College outline that at 77 Banbury Road (which housed Wychwood School in 1900-1902) there lived Miss Gertrude Middleton - an Oxford Home Students member from 1900-1902. The headmistress/owner of Wychwood School - Miss Lee - lived at Wychwood at this time and tutored Oxford Home Students a few years after this time (i.e after 1902). Hope this helps Srbernadette (talk) 00:41, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Langer, A., ed. (14 June 2021). St Anne's College Alumnae Personal Histories (PDF) (Report). St Anne's College, Oxford. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Anne's College". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. p. 374.
  3. ^ "London's National Portrait Gallery - Miss Lee". NPG - London. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ Howarth, Janet (2000). "'In Oxford but…not of Oxford' : The Women's Colleges". In Brock, Michael G.; Curthoys, Mark C. (eds.). Nineteenth Century Oxford, Part 2. The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. VII. Clarendon Press. pp. 237–308. ISBN 978-0199510177.
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