College of St Hild and St Bede

Year founded	Total student population	Total PG population	Length of contract
1839	1363	313	50 weeks; 40 weeks PGCE

The College of St Hild & St Bede is the largest mixed community College in the University. Our College community is very diverse and includes students from 27 different nationalities. This year 70 postgraduate students have chosen to live in College and this group forms the hub of a vibrant community.

The College occupies a 16-acre site to the north of Durham which benefits from being less than 5 minutes' walk from the City Centre. We are surrounded by our own parkland and have our own sports facilities. There is one student body within the College, called the Student Representative Council (SRC). However, within this body is a postgraduate committee which has recently established the Postgraduate Society; and together these look after the interests of the postgraduates in college. Postgraduate students dine together as a group every Wednesday in the 50-seat dining room and the Postgraduate Committee/Society organises regular social events, including inter-college formal dinners, weekly social evenings, seminar evenings, film nights, and trips out of Durham into the surrounding area.

Postgraduate students in their second and third years are invited to join the Senior Common Room (SCR) and can become either resident or non-resident tutors to our undergraduate students. The College is also able to offer scholarships to postgraduate students for their studies including the Collier Scholarship for part-time students in the School of Education; the Hild Bede Scholarship, (in memory of Rebecca Allinson Kirby) for Masters students in the Department of Divinity and Theology; and a Scholarship to support Masters students in the Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The College also provides bursaries for travel in support of a dissertation or thesis.

Additional college costs

SRC fee of £32 per year

Accommodation

Total PG rooms	% standard	% ensuite	% single gender	% shared
65	100%	0%	0%	0%

Most of our postgraduate accommodation is based in our four exclusively postgraduate blocks. We also have two floors of postgraduate accommodation within a mixed undergraduate/postgraduate block. All rooms are individual.
Unfortunately, we do not have accommodation with wheelchair access.

Catering

Postgraduates living in college accommdation are fully-catered during undergraduate term-time and self-catered outside of term-time. Special dietary requirements can be met for vegetarian, vegan, halal, gluten-free, lactose intolerant, nut-free or other options. Please contact us to enquire.

Facilities

Dedicated PG facility:

Postgraduate common room for residents in the Belvedere Complex space.

Other facilities:

Large library
Computer room: 25 desktops
Two reading rooms
Common Room
Two music rooms: 4 pianos, inc, 2 grand pianos
Function rooms: PGs can use for debates, seminars, socials
Caedmon Hall*
Dance studio

Bar
Fitness suite
Tennis courts
Five-a-side pitch
Basketball pitch
Squash court
Dining Hall
Laundry facilities

*Our Caedmon Hall is a unique complex including a central dining facility for 350 people, two private dining/conference rooms that can accommodate 16 and 50 people respectively, a large and well equipped student bar, and a theatre and cinema that can accommodate up to 250 people. Also used for College Balls and Bops.

Societies, sports and outreach

We have a Postgraduate Committee and Society, who organise socials and specific events for postgraduates. We also have set tables at formal dinners for postgraduates.

Postgraduate students are able to get involved in all undergraduate societies. We have a wide ranging number of societies for all major sports, and also music, drama and film. Further details can be supplied on request.

Support

All postgraduate students at St Hild and St Bede have access to a network of support. Our Student Support Officer and Postgraduate Support Tutor, Mrs Elaine Franklin, has specific responsibility for postgraduate support. In addition, Ms Laura Wilson, our Vice-Principal and Senior Tutor, is in charge of student welfare.

Our College Office is the first point of call for students who need to make an appointment to see Senior Tutor or Student Support Officer, or to seek advice as to how to access help and support.

We also have our Chaplain, Revd Fr Jonathan Lawson, and our SRC President, who also plays a part in the welfare support within College, as does the Postgraduate Representative.

Contact us:

Elaine Franklin
Student Support Officer
0191 334 8545

Email: hildbede.college@durham.ac.uk