Royal Holloway’s main campus is located in Egham, Surrey, at the site where Thomas Holloway, a Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist, founded Thomas Holloway College in 1886. It was the second higher education college for women in Britain. In 1900 it was admitted to the University of London along with Bedford College, which, established in 1849 by social reformer Elizabeth Jesser Reid, was the first higher education college for women in the country. In 1985 the two colleges merged to form Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.
Among the most famous graduates of the institution is the almuna Emily Wilding Davison, a leader of the Suffragette movement who graduated from Thomas Holloway College in 1892. She was imprisoned numerous times and involved in extreme protests that included an attack on the Chancellor of the Exchequer and several hunger strikes. Her most notable action resulted in her death, when she jumped in front of King George V’s horse during the 1913 Epsom Derby.
The main campus is situated in 135 acres of parkland. It is home to 9500 students (around 7500 undergraduates) and 1700 academic and administrative staff from all over the world. Its 24 academic departments include a full range of arts, humanities, science, and social science disciplines. It is regularly ranked among the top higher education institutions in the UK.
The main building on campus is the Grade I listed Founder’s Building, which includes the chapel and the institution’s famous picture gallery, and is home to the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy. It also provides accommodation for 500 students during the academic year.
The main conference site will be the Windsor Building, located just east of Founder’s Building and on the other side of Founder’s Square. Its Auditorium, which holds up to 400 people, is the largest on campus. The building also holds eight large seminar rooms where parallel paper panels will be presented. Other panels can also be held in nearby buildings.
Directly across from Windsor Building is the new Emily Wilding Davison building, which features the main library (holding 400,000 books), student union shop, and an art exhibition space.
Royal Holloway is located just outside the M25 orbital that circles London. It is a short (10-15 minute) taxi ride from Heathrow Airport, and easily accessible by public transportation. Egham train station is 40 minutes from London Waterloo and the line also connects to Clapham Junction and Richmond in London and to Reading station to the west. From the station it is a 20 minute walk or approximately five minute taxi to the campus.
Sites near the College include Virginia Water, Great Windsor Park, and Windsor Castle. Places to see in London are far too numerous to list, but London Waterloo station is within walking distance of Covent Garden, Soho, the National Gallery, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Southbank Centre, the West End theatre district, and much more.
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