St Anne's - Student Life

Housing: All in college rooms (all with Internet access and shared kitchens); all cost the same.

Eats: Good food in college for around £2; veggie option daily; cheap JCR buttery; good reasonable restaurants nearby.

Drink: College bar cheap (pint £1.50+), also nearby pubs (eg Radcliffe Arms).

Nightlife: Bop each term; frequent other social events; many other college and uni events; decent nightlife in Oxford.

Sports: Multi-gym in college. Popular college team sports; numerous university sports teams.

Travel: Large funds for travel abroad.

Financial help: Easily available and well publicised.

Jobs: Students discouraged from term-time work except in college library or bar.

Informal name: Stans.

Best features: Standard of teaching, friendly atmosphere, diversity of people.

And worst: Distance from town.

Good news: New developments including accommodation and teaching block; new JCR bar and common room complex.

Past students: Maria Aitken, Frances Cairncross, Baroness Young, Iris Murdoch, Libby Purves, Tina Brown, Elizabeth Turner, Joanna Richardson, Naomi Mitchison, Dame Cicely Saunders, Edwina Currie, Sister Wendy, Helen Fielding, Elizabeth Jennings.