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  University of Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cambridge is a member of the Russell Group, a network of large, research-led British universities, the Coimbra Group, an association of leading European universities, and the LERU, the League of European Research Universities.
A Cambridge exam for the Bachelor of Arts degree, the main first degree at Cambridge in both arts and science subjects, is known as a Tripos.
After Cambridge was recognised as a Studium Generale in the 13th century, it became common for researchers from other European medieval universities to come and visit Cambridge to study or to give lecture courses.
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 Hughes Hall, Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hughes Hall is the oldest graduate College in the University of Cambridge.
It was originally founded in 1885 as the Cambridge Training College (CTC) for women and the principal was Miss Elizabeth Phillips Hughes.
It is one of the least wealthy colleges at Cambridge with an estimated financial endowment of £3m (2003).
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 University of Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The University of Cambridge is the second oldest academicinstitution in the English-speaking world (after Oxford).According to legend, the University was founded in 1209 by scholars escaping Oxford after a fight with locals.
Cambridge is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Admission to Cambridge colleges used to be dependent on knowledge of Latin and Greek, subjects taught principally in Britainat public schools - restricting entry to members of the British socialelite.
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 i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Cambridge cricket transformed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Located in the heart of Cambridge with commanding views over Fenner's, Hughes Hall is a graduate college founded in 1885 to promote women's education.
Hughes Hall's new building cost £7million, with nearly £2 million spent on acquiring the land, furnishings and landscaping.
As a modern graduate college, Hughes Hall has no high table and its combination room is used by students as well as by fellows of the college.
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 Hughes Hall, Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hughes Hall was founded in 1885, at a time of great progress in many areas of public life.
The opening of The Cambridge Training College for women (as it was then known) was part of a concerted effort to broaden education in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Today, Hughes Hall has approximately 450 graduate and affiliated and mature (aged over 21) students, of both sexes.
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 Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Cambridge's collegiate structure means that every student of the University must also be a member of one of the colleges.
Hughes Hall admits Mature Undergraduates (over the age of 21), Affiliated students with a good degree from another university, and Graduate students for all Postgraduate Courses, including the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine.
Hughes Hall reserves a large number of rooms for new students each year (with preference given to First Choice Applicants), but these can only be allocated to fully accepted and confirmed applicants, who normally complete their applications by the closing date for room reservations in August each year.
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 Learn more about University of Cambridge in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
According to legend the University of Cambridge in England was founded in 1209 by scholars escaping Oxford after a fight with Oxford locals.
Along with the University of Oxford, Cambridge University produces a large proportion of Britain's prominent scientists, writers, and politicians; the pair are known as Oxbridge.
The second-oldest College is King's Hall which was founded in 1317, though it no longer exists as a separate entity.
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 Hughes Hall, Cambridge Univ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hughes' hall is just a little room with some nice tables.
I think Hughes is one of the best Colleges in Cambridge; it is small (admits about 380 students, most Post grads) but quite freindly college.
The chap above, mate, next year Hughes Hall would be one of the most attractive college in Cambridge, the new buildings facing cricket ground would be impressive and the grounds will be ravashing to look at.
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 www.scrum.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cambridge University broke Oxford University's recent stranglehold on the the MMC Trophy with a deserved 15-13 victory in the 121st Varsity match at Twickenham.
It was Cambridge's first Varsity Match victory since 1998 and meant Oxford's bid to secure a fourth successive Twickenham triumph for the first time in 50 years fell flat, as they never fully recovered from the Light Blues' initial onslaught.
Cambridge needed to rediscover their spark of the opening quarter, but an unbelievable Edwards penalty miss - 20 metres out, straight in front of the posts - gave Oxford an unexpected reprieve.
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 Telegraph | Sport | Cambridge lock the door   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As the victorious side from last year, Cambridge therefore retain the MMC Trophy and, after some heroic defence that limited Oxford to one first-half try, the Light Blues probably felt as if they had won.
That said, the Cambridge back row excelled in their defensive duties, with Stewart Eru, their No 8 and captain, enjoying a mountainous game.
And the Dark Blues were left to rue several spurned opportunities when Aki Abiola, who had entered the fray as a second-half substitute, burst down the short side from the back of a ruck and fed right wing Desmond, who stepped off his left foot and rounded O'Mahoney in emphatic style.
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 Cambridge --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Bisected by Cambridge Creek (a natural harbour), it was founded in 1684 as a plantation port and named in 1686 for the English university town.
Cambridge was created in 1973 from the consolidation of the city of Galt, the towns of Hespeler and Preston, and parts of the townships of Waterloo and North Dumfries.
A suburb of Boston, Cambridge is separated from that city by the Charles River.
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 England rugby news, commentary, fun, fixtures, results, downloads and features from Planet-Rugby.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cambridge had to turn down the chance to train with England in the build-up to the Test against South Africa, but enjoyed a session with England forwards coach Phil Keith-Roach, a Light Blues captain from 1971.
Cambridge are confident that, should their work with Keith-Roach pay off and they can compete up front and secure some quick ball, they will boast a potent threat through the backs.
Cambridge will be captained by former South Africa Under-21 centre Simon Frost, who will start in midfield alongside Ed Carter, formerly of the NSW Waratahs and an Australia Sevens international.
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 Hughes Hall, Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hughes Hall is a small and friendly college of the University of Cambridge.
The Hughes Hall conference suite contains three meeting rooms of varying sizes, which open onto a foyer with informal seating and its own entrance, cloakrooms.
The following map illustrates how to reach Hughes Hall by road from major airports, as well as from the Cambridge bus and railway stations.
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 Encyclopedia: Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Most of the colleges of the University of Cambridge have sister colleges in the University of Oxford (and vice versa).
Full name The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Cambridge Motto There is a toast, Floreat antiqua domus (May the old house flourish), from which the colleges nickname, Old House, is derived Named after The citys Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin...
Full name New Hall Motto - Named after - Previous names - Established 1954 Sister College St Annes College President Anne Lonsdale Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 377 Graduates 74 Homepage Boatclub New Hall is a womens college in the University of Cambridge.
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 Office of International Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hughes Hall has around 250 student members studying for doctoral and MPhil degrees, or for postgraduate diplomas and certificates offered by the University of Cambridge, as well as mature undergraduates in a variety of subjects.
Hughes Hall overlooks the University’s cricket ground and is next to the Cambridge sports hall, the indoor swimming pool, the YMCA and a major shopping mall.
Hughes Hall houses students in the refurbished single rooms of the main building.
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 Business Weekly - Property Profile
Inside are study bedrooms for 80 students, a 100-seat dining hall and a combination room, all with spectacular views of the playing field.
Hughes Hall is a graduate college founded in 1885 to promote women’s education.
Hughes Hall’s new building cost £7 million, with nearly £2 million spent on acquiring the land, furnishings and landscaping.
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 University of Cambridge (from Cambridge) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The University of Cambridge was not formally incorporated until 1571.
He taught at Cambridge from 1933 to 1937 and then was offered a research position at the University of Chicago, where he remained until his death in 1995.
U.S. poet and teacher Richard Eberhart was a founder of the Poet's Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., in 1951.
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 University of Cambridge at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cambridge and the University of Oxford, referred to together as Oxbridge, vie for the position of best overall university in the UK (see Oxbridge rivalry).
Cambridge has produced more Nobel prize winners than any other university, having some 80 associated with it, 70 of whom were students there.
Of the 31 Colleges, three are now for women only (Lucy Cavendish, New Hall, and Newnham College), and four are for graduate students only (Clare Hall, Darwin, Wolfson and St Edmund's).
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 Cambridge - A personal view
They became known as the Cambridge Two, and a national campaign was started to press for their release and for a change to the drug laws to prevent this sort of stupidity from happening again.
Cambridge's early plague victims are all under Midsummer Common (victims from the 1665 plague are at Coldham's Common).
Thomas Hobson is a Cambridge figure generally given a favourable press as although clearly an astute businessman he was also a philanthropist, giving his money and name to a number of projects.
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 Telegraph | Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 122nd Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge at Twickenham tomorrow chould have its biggest crowd for years thanks to the renewed interest in the game due to England's World Cup success.
The university teams play for the MMC Trophy, which was won by Cambridge last season.
Cambridge include 10 players appearing in their first Varsity Match.
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 Hughes Hall Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Telegraph | Sport | Dark Blues out to light up festive affair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
That said, the Cambridge defence was cussed in the extreme, which was a tribute to the technical and motivational qualities of Tony Rodgers, who is coaching the Light Blues for a 25th time.
Cambridge, for their part, have pace and power to burn in the likes of Aki Abiola, Simon Frost and Ed Carter, the Australian centre who is the only newcomer to this fixture behind the Light Blues pack.
Cambridge boast, too, the bullocking qualities of Nic Alberts, their South African flanker, who should feature heavily in midfield.
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 Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
If you are interested in applying for a place on the course, you should first contact one of the Cambridge admitting colleges involved: Hughes Hall (tel: 01223 334897), Lucy Cavendish College (tel: 01223 330280) or Wolfson College (tel: 01223 335918).
The Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine is a partnership between the West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust, the University of Cambridge, six local General Practices and three University of Cambridge Colleges Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College (women only) and Wolfson College.
The course was launched by Professor Sir Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge when he came to unveil a plaque to mark this milestone in medical education.
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Hector Munro Chadwick (1870-1947) was the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge from 1912-1941.
In 2000, as a result of a benefaction, Hughes Hall, Cambridge, instituted an annual lecture (to be given in the Easter Term) in memory of Dr Kathleen Hughes, who at her death in 1977 was Reader in Celtic Studies in this Department.
The Hughes Memorial lectures are published jointly by Hughes Hall and the Department each April.
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 Cambridge Graduate Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Unless otherwise specified, the rehearsal venue is the Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall, Cambridge.
Unfortunately cars parked at Hughes Hall without parking permit are clamped by an outside contractor.
The nearest car park is Queen Anne Terrace which is about 100 yards from the gates of the Hughes Hall.
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 Cambridge Study Abroad, Spring 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in Cambridge University, England
Once again students and two professors from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh are spending a spring semester at Hughes Hall, Cambridge University.
Housing is provided by Hughes Hall, a Cambridge college; we live and dine there along with Cambridge students from the United Kingdom and a variety of other countries.
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 Hughes Hall, Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was originally founded in 1885 as theCambridge Training College (CTC) for women and the principal was Miss Elizabeth PhillipsHughes.
By 1895 the College moved to its present site, which was designed by theCambridge architect WilliamFawcett.
The College's first male students arrived in 1973, and students began to arrive to studya wider range of affiliated post-graduate degrees.
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 Reporter 23/1/02: Hughes Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Up to four Elizabeth Cherry Research Students' Scholarships, each of £500 a year, may be awarded to new applicants for admission who intend to read for the Ph.D. Degree and choose Hughes Hall as their College of first preference.
They will be entitled to the normal privileges of Fellows and modest financial support may be available when attending meetings as participants and towards expenses associated with their research.
Applications should be sent to Dr M. Franklin, Registrary, Hughes Hall, Cambridge, CB1 2EW, by 15 February 2002, together with a curriculum vitae, the names of three referees, a statement of not more than 1,000 words outlining present and future research, and details of the applicant's present and expected means of financial support.
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 Thomas Tanner (writer)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thomas Tanner (1630 - 1682) was an English clergyman and writer the author of The Entrance of Mazzarini (Oxford 1657-58).
He was educated at St Paul's School London and at Pembroke Hall Cambridge.
He became a barrister and later a clergyman being vicar Colyton Devon and afterwards of Winchfield Hampshire.
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