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Rejecting a purely domestic lifestyle, there was an aim – and a clear need – to extend the empowerment and liberation offered by higher education to women. Westfield College was founded in 1882 through the efforts of Ann Dudin Brown, Constance Maynard, Caroline Cavendish and Mary Petrie.
Westfield College was established in 1882 as an educational institution for Christian women by Constance Maynard and Ann Dudin Brown. Begin Tour. Other ways to explore Westfield College: Information. The information page contains all the information that can be found on the virtual tour in one, easy to navigate, page. Stories.
Consequently, Westfield was merged with Queen Mary College in 1989, forming Queen Mary and Westfield College. Most student accommodation, administrative offices and several academic departments continued to be based at the Hampstead campus until 1992, however, and the college retained its separate identity.
The history of Queen Mary University of London lies in the mergers, over the years, of four older colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College. In 1989 Queen Mary merged with Westfield College to form "Queen Mary & Westfield College".
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St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College
The Medical College of the Royal London Hospital (now part of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry) was England's first medical school when it opened in 1785.In 1850, Elizabeth Blackwellbecame the first fully qualified female doctor in the UK, after training at St Bartholomew's Hospital.
People's Palace
The predecessor to Queen Mary College was founded in the mid-Victorian era as a People's Palace when growing awareness of conditions in London's East End led to drives to provide facilities for local inhabitants, popularised in the 1882 novel All Sorts of Conditions of Men – An Impossible Story by Walter Besant, which told of how a rich and clever couple from Mayfair went to the East End to build a ”Palace of Delight, with concert halls, reading rooms, picture galleries, art and designing sch...
East London College
In 1895 John Leigh Smeathman Hatton, Director of Evening Classes (1892–1896; later Director of Studies 1896–1908 and Principal 1908–1933), proposed introducing a course of study leading to the Bachelorsee of Science degree of the University of London. By the start of the 20th century the first degrees were awarded and Hatton, along with several other Professors, were recognised as Teachers of the University of London. In 1906 an application for Parliamentary funds "for the aid of Educational...
The main Mile End campus contains the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the Queens' Building, the main college library, the student union, Draper's bar and club, several restaurants, a number of halls of residences and a gym. The educational and research sites of the Arts Research Centre, Computer Sc...
Queen Mary and Westfield College was established by Act of Parliament and the granting of a Royal charter in 1989, following the merger of Queen Mary College (incorporated by charter in 1934) and Westfield College (incorporated in 1933).The Charter has subsequently been revised three times: in 1995 (as a result of the merger of the College with the...
Around 26,000 students study at the 21 academic schools and institutes, with over 40 percent coming from overseas and represent over 160 different countries. Queen Mary awarded over £2 million in studentships to prospective postgraduate students for the 2011/12 academic year.
Queen Mary Students' Union
Queen Mary Students' Union (QMSU) unites the various clubs and societies of Queen Mary. The union is based at the recently refurbished Students' Hub. The elected representatives within the union are made up of a president and three vice-presidents. The union mascot is a leopard called Mary. SU facilities and publications 1. Qmotion (Gym/Fitness Centre) 2. Drapers Bar 3. Ground 4. The Learning Cafe 5. Infusion Shop 6. The Print(newspaper) 7. CUB(magazine) 8. Quest (radio) 9. Queen Mary Theatre...
Student housing
Many Queen Mary students are accommodated in the college's own halls of residence or other accommodation; students are also eligible to apply for places in the University of London intercollegiate halls of residence, such as Connaught Hall. Most students in college or university accommodation are first-year undergraduates or international students. The majority of second and third-year students and postgraduatesfind their own accommodation in the private sector.
Notable alumni
1. Sir Ronald Ross, first British Nobel Prizewinner 2. Davidson Nicol, physician, scientist, historian, and diplomat 3. Simon Case, 13th Cabinet Secretary 4. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland 5. Tigran Avinyan, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia 6. Peter Caruana, 5th Chief Minister of Gibraltar 7. Peter Mathieson, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh 8. Simon Woolley, Principal elect of Homerton College, Cambridge 9. Janet Royall, Principal of Somerville Colleg...
Notable academics
1. Sir Richard Owen, British biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist 2. Sir John Vane, British pharmacologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 3. Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician, and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature Notable current and former staff of Queen Mary include:
Nobel laureates
To date, there have been nine Nobel laureateswho were either students or academics at Queen Mary.
Bibliography
1. G. P. Moss and M. V. Saville (1985). From Palace to College – An illustrated account of Queen Mary College (University of London). ISBN 0-902238-06-X.
The history of Queen Mary University of London lies in the mergers, over the years, of four older colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College.
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When did Queen Mary College become a coeducational college?
The college originally admitted only women as students and became coeducational in 1964. In 1989, it merged with Queen Mary College. The merged institution was named Queen Mary and Westfield College until 2013, when the name was legally changed to Queen Mary University of London.
