Homerton College, Cambridge
| Sex ratio (M:F): 38:62 |
Founded: 1976 |
| Full-time u’grads: 590 |
Part-time: n/a |
| Postgrads: 644 |
Mature: 6% |
State:private school: 33:27
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Disabled: n/a |
| Academic ranking: 25 |
International: 11% |
Social: serves food and coffees in the day and gets busy in the evenings. Live bands in the Main Hall (300) and regular variety show 'HATStands' juice up the entertainment stakes. HATS is popular with many of Homerton's budding thespians.
- Dance/drama studio
- Steel band, choirs, chamber orchestra, wind band, annual ball, art room and politically active JCR.
- Hush College mag. Library (45,000 books); 90 study places; 60 computers, 24-hr access to the computer room.
- Sports fields (25 acres) on site; squash courts.
Accommodation for all 1st yrs, and those finalists that want it, very expensive but good quality with a large proprtion of en-suite rooms and internet access in all rooms. Formal Hall takes place every Tuesday but is pricey at 12.50 a pop. All accommodation has disabled access.
- Nurse
- Half-term crèche
- Mature, international, LGB, women’s, ethnic students' and skills training officers
- 24-hour welfare telephone line.
Money for those with either the voice of an angel, a commute on their hands or a few more years on the clock: travel and choral scholarships, hardship fund, mature student bursaries.
FAMOUS ALUMNI
Pav Akhtar (Lab MP and first non-white president of the Cambridge Union); Julie Covington (actress/singer); Ben Oakley (British windsurfing coach).
Text in italics is Push's opinion - take it or leave it
Last updated on: Monday, May 14, 2012