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About New Hall
Facilities at New Hall
About Cambridge
New Hall is a college that dates back to 1954. The college itself is a grade II Listed building. However the college itself wasn't completed until 1965. Newhall is built upon the Roman site on Castle Hill.
Back in 1954 Cambridge had the lowest proportion of women undergraduates of any UK university. Cambridge wanted to change this. Newhall would be exclusively for women in the hope that female numbers would rise. In 1954 it admitted its first 16 students. Back in 1962, the Darwin family gave their family home to Newhall College this gave the College its own site. Architects, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon had been chosen to design the building and in 1964 the new College was complete.
For a more comprehensive history, including college archives please visit www.newhall.cam.ac.uk/about/history/
The College itself is 10 minutes walk away from the city centre of Cambridge.
Accommodation is available at New Hall (please visit the accommodation page for further details). Every room has high-speed internet access, (pay as you go)tea/coffee making facilities and complimentary toiletries.
New Hall has an extensive, modern Art Collection on display throughout the College. The University invites SGT delegates to have a stroll around and take a look at the many pieces on show.
There are also two tennis courts that are available for use (bring your own rackets), along with a well-equipped gym (costs extra)and a squash court. So after a day at the conference unwind with a game of tennis.
The gardens at University of Cambridge are very inviting. Depending on british weather, you are welcome to stroll around these at your leisure.
The conference will take place in the following rooms. The Viven Stewart room. The Long Room and the Ante room. If you stay in University accommodation breakfast is served in the Dome dining room.
Cambridge is an old English university town. The renowned University still makes it famous today. Before it became known for its university it was used as a crossing place over the river Cam.
An Iron Age Belgic tribe built a settlement there in 1st century BC, this area is now known as Castle Hill. The Romans then took over the town in AD40 followed by the Saxons's and then in 11th Century, The Normans. Under the rule of William the Conqueror the Normans built a Castle in the fight against the Saxon rebel.
The University was formed due to scholars arriving from Oxford in 1209. The first University in Cambridge,Peterhouse,was founded in 1284 and was soon followed by many others. Clare (1326), Pembroke (1347) Gonville and Caius (1348) Trinity Hall (1350) and Christi in 1352. Ten more colleges where founded during the 15th and 16th Century's. In total there are now 31 colleges.
In the 20th Century the city became a high tech centre for computer and bioscience innovation. Many important scientific research took place in the city including the splitting of the atom and much of the human genome as been mapped in Cambridge.
Many Famous scholars have been educated in Cambridge including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, William Wordsworth, Stephen Hawkins, J M Keynes and Oliver Cromwell. In total 90 nobel prizes have been awarded to scholars of the University
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