FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Originally called Royal Holloway College, the establishment was founded by Thomas Holloway as a female-only college in 1879. It became part of the University of London in 1900. Males were not admitted until 1965, following the Royal Holloway College Act of 1962. In 1985 the college merged with Bedford College to become Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. This name was changed for day-to-day use to Royal Holloway, University of London in 1992 by the College Council, although the registered title remained the same.
The main college building, known as the Founder's, was designed by Willian Henry Crossland and inspired by the Chateau of Chambord, Loire Valley, France. It is part of a campus which is set in 49 Ha (120 acres) of parkland and within walking distance of Windsor Great Park. The building was officially opened on 30 June1886 by Queen Victoria, who allowed the use of Royal in its name. The college has had a number of royal connections since this time. In 1939 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit) Degree by the University of London.
As of 2003, the college had 5,500 students enrolled. An unofficial University League Table by The Times newspaper (17 May 2004) ranked Royal Holloway at fifteenth place in the UK. In the South East region Holloway is ranked second, after Oxford. The Physics Department of Royal Holloway was ranked first in the UK by the Guardian newspaper. In 1998 the college was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of the work of the Information Security Group (http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/).
Royal Holloway Students' Union (http://www.su.rhul.ac.uk/)
Two articles from the Guardian newspaper, positive (http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/universityguide/studentprofile/story/0,,715466,00.html) and negative (http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1407538,00.html).
RoyalHolloway, University of London (RHUL) is one of the larger colleges of the University of London.
RoyalHolloway is in the middle of a £100million investment scheme which has seen the addition of new buildings and the refurbishment of some of the old.
RoyalHolloway is recognised as one of the UK’s leading teaching and research institutions, ranking among the top 10 elite research-led UK universities (in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise) and 5th in a league table of UK universities in the 2005 ‘National Survey of Student Satisfaction’ (BBC survey).
At the outset, the government of the College was in the hands of the Ladies Committee (comprising some influential women) and the General Committee, made up of the Ladies, the Professors of the College and three Trustees.
She was also one of the main influences in preparing the college for its incorporation into the University of London in 1900 - though she had departed in 1898 to become Principal of RoyalHollowayCollege.
Miss Tuke was to be Principal of Bedford College from 1907 to 1929 and under her the College was to develop and flourish.
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