Lucy Cavendish College
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Year founded[❔] 1965
Mature (21+)[❔] ❌
Women only ❌
Postgraduate only ❌
Accepts part-time students ✔️
Oxford sister college[❔] None
Gold/Platinum Green Impact Award 2018[❔] ❌
College website click here
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2Dinner served only from Monday-Wednesday
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0food is terrible, no taste at all and no selection (sometimes only vegan dish or fish)
UG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 2
UG - usual # years room provided[❔] 3
PG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 1
PG - usual # years room provided[❔] 4
Couples rooms ✔️
Family rooms ✔️
Ballot system[❔] ✔️
% full-time PG in college room (~)[❔] 42
PG single room min. (~£/wk) 150
PG single room max. (~ £/wk) 150
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
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Former Coventry University vice-chancellor announced as new Lucy Cavendish presidentVarsity, July 2, 2018
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Lucy Cavendish Garden Party cancelled due to poor ticket salesVarsity, May 22, 2018
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Pet guinea pigs offered places at Lucy CavendishVarsity, May 3, 2018
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Newnham and Lucy Cavendish transgender policies lag in Murray Edwards' wakeVarsity, Feb. 2, 2018
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Hughes Hall and Lucy Cavendish to form separate boat clubsVarsity, Oct. 19, 2017
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Lucy Cavendish and Newnham to reassess admissions process for transgender womenVarsity, Oct. 5, 2017
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Lucy Worsley: a Janeite crusader?Varsity, July 12, 2017
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May Ball review: Lucy and HughesVarsity, June 18, 2016
College Twitter feed:
Tweets by WolfsonCam24/7 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 ✔️
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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 (~)[❔] 18
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[❔] ❌
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# full-time Bachelor's (~) 120
% full-time Bachelor's (~) 40
# full-time Master's (~) 70
% full-time Master's (~) 20
# full-time PhD (~) 110
% full-time PhD (~) 40
Total # full-time students (~) 300
% full-time UK (~) 40
% full-time EU (non-UK) (~) 25
% full-time non-EU (~) 35
% full-time female (~) 100
% full-time Male (~) 0
# part-time Master's (~) 30
# part-time PhDs (~) 10
Total # part-time students (~) 30
Total # students (~) 330
% Arts and Humanities students (~) 55
% STEMM students (~)[❔] 45
High-table[❔] ❌
Gowns required[❔] ✔️
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Formals
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Net assets (est.) 43.0 million
Net assets/student (~£/student) 146,000
Scholarships and awards (~£/student ) 1,500