Hughes Hall

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Year founded[❔] 1885
Mature (21+)[❔] ✔️
Women only ❌
Postgraduate only ❌
Accepts part-time students ✔️
Oxford sister college[❔] Linacre College
Gold/Platinum Green Impact Award 2018[❔] ❌
College website click here

User reviews
  • 3
    Porters and staff are really lovely
  • 1
    very active facebook group with lots of helpful info and quick replies
  • 1
    Formal hall food is usually quite nice, upvotes for Hughes' sticky toffee pudding!!!!
  • 0
    Very small so you don't have to walk a lot
  • 0
    The smoking station is where it’s at
  • 0
    Great community of students and always things to do when on-site
  • 0
    Porters are lovely. Mature college, so interesting and diverse set of people.
  • 0
    Worst May Ball that ever existed, don't go!

  • 2
    Library isn’t that nice
  • 1
    Lots of rooms, 400+ now the new block has been built
  • 0
    Lack of facilities. No music rooms, gym, lounge area, garden
  • 0
    Inactive societies. No law society, music society. Rarely any society events hosted within the college
  • 0
    not many onsite rooms available
  • 0
    Cafe got closed down
  • 0
    Can only sit in the canteen / eat food on certain days. Dinner only served in canteen when formals aren’t on
  • 0
    Very small
  • 0
    Expensive prices
  • 0
    College mcr body is not very active nor hosts events regularly

  • 2
    Accommodation rates are a little bit higher compared to some colleges
  • 0
    reduce the prices of everything

UG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 2
UG - usual # years room provided[❔] 3
PG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 2
PG - usual # years room provided[❔] 3
Couples rooms ✔️
Family rooms ❌
Ballot system[❔] ✔️
% full-time PG in college room (~)[❔] 46
PG single room min. (~£/wk) 107
PG single room max. (~ £/wk) 179
Deadline to have met conditions to be eligible for college accommodation 1st of September
Kitchen fixed charge [❔] ✔️
UG accommodation website click here
PG accommodation website click here

User ratings
On-site room quality: Avg: 4.6/5
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On-site room value for money: Avg: 3.8/5
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Off-site room quality: Avg: 4.5/5
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Off-site room value for money: Avg: 4/5
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User reviews
  • 2
    Can be pricey compared to other colleges
  • 1
    Nice and well maintained, although the kitchens in the Margaret Wileman building are too small for the number of people they are meant to cater to

  • 0
    The rooms in the Devonshire Road houses are really nice, well maintained, cleaned twice a week.
  • 0
    We have to move out of our rooms in the summer to other rooms/get reshuffled then have to move again at the end of summer, which is really annoying for students who are here for more than a year, nobody likes to move twice a year. College has provided transport/help from porters for the move which really does make it easier but it is still a pain to have to do.

24/7 library ✔️
College cafe ❌
Anglican chapel ❌
Interdenominational chapel ❌
Discounted punting[❔] ❌
Free punting[❔] ✔️
Radio station ❌
Garden plot ❌
Bicycle scheme ❌
Art room ❌
Gym (weights) ❌
Cinema ❌
Badminton court ❌
Basketball court ❌
Dance studio ❌
Eton Fives court ❌
Netball court ❌
Squash court ❌
Swimming pool ❌
Tennis court ❌
Rugby field ❌
Lacrosse field ❌
Hockey pitch ❌
Cricket pitch ❌
Volleyball court ❌
Football pitch ❌
Brunch Saturday ✔️
Brunch Sunday ✔️
Daily vegan option ❌

User ratings
Value for money: Avg: 1/5
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Quality of food: Avg: 2.2/5
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User reviews
  • 0
    Can only have food here on certain days a week. Otherwise you only can takeaway food
  • 0
    Food quality is poor
  • 0
    They catered the Hughes May Ball with the most dreadful pile fo garbage that barely classes as food. Whoever is in charge of the food clearly has a background in cooking for prisons.

Acapella ❌
Africa ❌
Altruism ❌
Anglo-Japanese ❌
Anthropology ❌
Apotheosis ❌
Archeology ❌
Art ❌
Baking ❌
Ballroom dancing ❌
Bachata ❌
Bee keeping ❌
Board Games ✔️
Book Club ❌
Botanical ❌
Caledonian ❌
Card games ❌
Casino ❌
Charity ❌
Chess ❌
Chinese Culture ❌
Choir ❌
Christian Union ✔️
Classics ❌
College Brass Band ❌
Comedy ❌
Computer science ❌
Consulting ❌
Contemporary dance ❌
Current affairs ❌
Debate ❌
Drama ❌
Economics ❌
Engineering ❌
English ❌
Entrepreneurship ✔️
Families Club ❌
Feminist ✔️
Film ✔️
Finance ❌
Food ✔️
French ❌
Gardening club ❌
Gender equality ❌
Geographical ❌
History ❌
Humanities ❌
Investment ❌
Irish ❌
Islamic ❌
Jewish ❌
Land economy ❌
Languages ❌
Law ✔️
Lawn Games ❌
Literary ❌
Lockpicking ❌
Maths ❌
Medical ❌
Mindfulness ❌
Music ✔️
Musical ❌
Orchestra ❌
Oriental ❌
PhD ❌
Philosophy ❌
Photography ❌
Pilates ❌
Poetry ❌
Poker ✔️
Politics ❌
Quiz ❌
Role playing games ❌
Russian ✔️
Salsa ❌
Science ❌
Serbian ❌
Sign language ❌
Smoothie ❌
Social science ❌
Speakers ❌
Steel pan band ❌
Student publication ❌
Swiss ❌
Tango ❌
Tea ❌
Theology ❌
Ukelele band ❌
Veterinary ❌
Video games ❌
Wine ✔️
Yoga ❌
Zouk ❌
Zumba ❌
Aerobics ❌
Athletics ✔️
Badminton ✔️
Basketball ✔️
Climbing ✔️
Cricket ✔️
Croquet ❌
Cycling ✔️
Football (mens) ✔️
Football (womens) ✔️
Golf ❌
Hockey ❌
Kayaking ❌
Lacrosse ❌
Netball ❌
Netball (womens) ✔️
Ninjitsu ❌
Pole ❌
Pool ❌
Rounders ❌
Rugby (mens) ✔️
Rugby ❌
Rugby (womens) ❌
Running ❌
Sailing ❌
Shooting ❌
Ski ❌
Squash ✔️
Swimming ❌
Table football ❌
Table tennis ✔️
Tennis ✔️
Tiddlywinks ❌
Ultimate Frisbee ❌
Volleyball ❌
Waterpolo ❌
Windsurfing ❌
% 1st Class degree achieved (~)[❔] 16
JCR/MCR split[❔] ❌
Student trustee[❔] ❌
UG student website click here
PG student website click here
Free formals ❌
Free formals per year 0
Free formal for guest ❌
Private dining discount ❌
Free formal for guest per year 0
Free parking ❌
Use of squash and tennis facilities ❌
Free sports facilities ❌
Right to step on grass ❌
Gym membership discount ❌
Punt booking ❌
Corporate event discount ❌
Wedding discount ❌
Accommodation discount available ❌
May Ball frequency (years)[❔] 1
June Event frequency (years)[❔] 0
Winter Ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Spring ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Other ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Entrepreneurship competitions[❔] ✔️

User ratings
May/Spring/Winter/other ball rating: Avg: 3.7/5
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User reviews
  • 2
    Fun, but not awe inspiring/extravagant. Most of the stalls close before the night reaches its 'finish' so you feel as though theres no point in the last hour or two.

  • 3
    More things to do later in the evening
  • 1
    Less traditional/typical entertainment options

# full-time Bachelor's (~) 120
% full-time Bachelor's (~) 20
# full-time Master's (~) 260
% full-time Master's (~) 45
# full-time PhD (~) 220
% full-time PhD (~) 35
Total # full-time students (~) 600
% full-time UK (~) 35
% full-time EU (non-UK) (~) 15
% full-time non-EU (~) 50
% full-time female (~) 35
% full-time Male (~) 65
# part-time Master's (~) 50
# part-time PhDs (~) 30
Total # part-time students (~) 70
Total # students (~) 670
% Arts and Humanities students (~) 45
% STEMM students (~)[❔] 55
High-table[❔] ❌
Gowns required[❔] ❌

User ratings
Formal food quality: Avg: 3.8/5
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Value for money: Avg: 3.8/5
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User reviews
  • 0
    Food can be hit or miss; expensive compared to other colleges, sitting at 16.50
  • 0
    Quality of wine could be improved


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Net assets (est.) 42.0 million
Net assets/student (~£/student) 70,000
Scholarships and awards (~£/student ) 500