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Introduction to the Girton College Publication Scheme

Background and history of the College

1. Girton is a College within the University of Cambridge, and we work closely with the University on all matters of common interest affecting the education of students and the pursuit of scholarship and research. Our publication scheme should be read within the context of the University’s own, available from The Freedom of Information Officer, University of Cambridge, The Old Schools, Cambridge CB2 1TN, or via email, FOI@admin.cam.ac.uk. An internet version is available via http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/information/foi/.
2. Girton is one of the largest undergraduate Colleges in Cambridge, admitting about 150 undergraduates each year. It has a distinguished tradition in both sciences and arts, with students divided fairly evenly between them; every subject available in the University can be studied here. Girton recruits its students from a broad spectrum of social, educational, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
3. Our history
   Girton was founded in 1869, when the enlightened Emily Davies established Britain’s first residential College for women at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. In 1873 it moved to its present site near the village of Girton on the outskirts of Cambridge. Once firmly anchored to Cambridge University, Girton flourished, and its main buildings now provide accommodation for about 330 undergraduates. In its centenary year Wolfson Court, near the University Library and Sidgwick Site, was built to accommodate an additional one hundred students. While proud of its pioneering history, Girton has been fully integrated for a generation – it went mixed in 1979 – and since then the College has enjoyed an almost equal balance between the sexes at all levels of the College, students and teachers alike.

Availability of information

Throughout the publication web links are provided for information available online. For information available only in hard copy, a charge may be made. The majority of information is available via the Girton College website: www.girton.cam.ac.uk or via the Cambridge University website: www.cam.ac.uk.