Permanent private hall
A permanent private hall (PPH) in the University of Oxford is an educational institution within the university. There are four permanent private halls at Oxford, three of which admit undergraduates.[1] They were founded by different Christian denominations. PPHs principally differ from colleges in the sense that the latter are governed by the fellows of the college, whereas the governance of a PPH fully or partially rests with the corresponding Christian denomination.
Students at PPHs are members of the University of Oxford and have full access to the university's facilities and activities.
Overview
Regent's Park College is the largest PPH, and admits men and women of any age. Blackfriars, and Wycliffe Hall were all male-only institutions historically, but both are now co-educational, training ordinands for their respective denominations, and also admitting students for a range of other courses of study. Campion Hall admits graduate students in Humanities and Social Science subjects, and occasionally in other disciplines.
History
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In 1918 the university passed a statute to allow private halls which were not run for profit to become permanent private halls and the two halls took new names.[6]
In some cases, a PPH can be granted full collegiate status; recent examples include Mansfield College (became a full college in 1995) and Harris Manchester College (became a full college in 1996).
Greyfriars (1224; refounded 1910) closed in 2008.[8] St Benet's Hall started admitting women as graduates in 2014 and as undergraduates in 2016, but then closed in 2022. St Stephen's ceased to be a permanent private hall in September 2023, but continued to be an Anglican theological college.[9]
List of permanent private halls
Name | Founded | PPH status since | Affiliation | Undergraduates | Graduates | Visiting students | Total students | Undergraduate degree subjects |
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Blackfriars (website) |
1221; refounded 1921 | 1994 | Roman Catholic (Dominican )
|
4 | 39 | 9 | 52 | PPE, Philosophy and Theology, Theology |
Campion Hall (website) |
1896 | 1918 | Jesuit )
|
0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | - |
Regent's Park College (website) |
1810 | 1957 | Baptist Union of Great Britain
|
115 | 70 | 16 | 201 | Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Classics, Classics and English, English, Geography, History, History and Politics, Law, Philosophy and Theology, PPE, Theology |
Wycliffe Hall (website) |
1877 | 1996 | Church of England (Evangelical) | 77 | 27 | 55 | 159 | Philosophy and Theology, Theology |
Former permanent private halls
Name | Founded | PPH status from | Affiliation | Current status |
---|---|---|---|---|
St Peter's Hall
|
1929 | 1929 | Church of England | Became a new foundation 1947, full college 1961 |
Mansfield College | 1886 | 1955 | Congregational/United Reformed Church )
|
Became a full college 1995 |
Manchester College
|
1889 | 1990 | Nonconformist (Unitarian) | Became a full college 1996 |
Greyfriars | 1224; refounded 1910 | 1957 | Roman Catholic (Franciscan )
|
Closed 2008 |
St Benet's Hall | 1897 | 1918 | Benedictine )
|
Closed 2022 |
St Stephen's House | 1876 | 2003 | Anglo-Catholic )
|
Remains a theological college from 2023 |
References
- ^ "Permanent Private Halls". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ Statuta Universitatis Oxoniensis [Oxford University Statutes] (in Latin). University of Oxford. 1876. pp. 275–279. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Christopher Hibbert (ed.), "Private halls" in The Encyclopaedia of Oxford (London: Macmillan, 1988), p. 337
- ISBN 9781317896036. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ISBN 9781317949312. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Victoria County History". british-history.ac.uk. pp. 339–340. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Victoria County History". british-history.ac.uk. pp. 340–341. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Macleod, Donald (24 October 2007). "Oxford religious hall closes down". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "St Stephen's House". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
External links
- Regulations for the Establishment and Maintenance of Permanent Private Halls
- Review of the Permanent Private Halls associated with the University of Oxford