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St Edmund Hall is a friendly, informal college with a strong sense of community; an excellent place for academic and social life. We admit about 115 undergraduates every year, evenly divided between sciences and arts, who bring a wide range of intellectual, sporting and other interests. We take a keen interest in students' careers: our Bridge to Business programme, funded by the generosity of a former student, is particularly popular.
We also have a strong commitment to graduate students and graduate study. Graduate students form an increasing proportion of the Hall and represent a diverse population of students from across the world studying a wide range of subjects.
With our roots in the early 13th century, we are the only medieval academic Hall to have survived. St Edmund Hall formally became a college on being granted a Royal Charter in 1957. Our architecture is a happy blend of ancient and modern. The library was the medieval church of St Peter-in-the-East, a large and beautiful building; much of the front quadrangle is 16th- and 17th-century; the remainder of our buildings are modern.
Our graduates include Terry Jones (of Monty Python), John Wells (co-founder of Private Eye), Anna Botting (Sky News journalist) and Dr Michael Nazir-Ali (former Bishop of Rochester).
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| 14 | A Conversation about Bipolar Disorder and Creative Process: Lucy Newlyn and Richard Lawes | A Conversation about Bipolar Disorder and Creative Process: Lucy Newlyn and Richard Lawes. This followed the publication, earlier this year, of Lucy's 15-year memoir, Diary of a Bipolar Explorer. | Lucy Newlyn, Richard Lawes, Will Donaldson | 30 May 2018 | |
| 13 | Making a Mockery of Democracy | Comedian Al Murray, St Edmund Hall, 1987, talks about standing against Nigel Farage as a political candidate for Thanet South in the guise of his 'Pub Landlord' comedy persona. | Al Murray | 28 Jun 2016 | |
| 12 | The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Education and Democracy in Modern Britain | Professor Peter Mandler gives the 2014 Emden Lecture at St Edmund Hall. | Peter Mandler | 10 Dec 2014 | |
| 11 | The "Death" and Reinvention of Scotland | Professor Devine, of the University of Edinburgh, gave the Emden Lecture at St Edmund Hall on 11 June 2013. He is introduced by St Edmund Hall Principal, Professor Keith Gull. | Tom Devine | 08 Jul 2013 | |
| 10 | Ka-Boom! (And Other Made-Up Words) | Comic book writer and novelist Dan Abnett (an alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) talks about how comics are constructed and the rules for storytelling within them. | Dan Abnett | 01 Jul 2013 | |
| 9 | On Not Writing | Stand-up comedian Stewart Lee (Honorary Fellow and alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) discusses the fantasy that stand-up comedy is spontaneous rather than written, and describes the evolution of stand-up over the last few decades. | Stewart Lee | 01 Jul 2013 | |
| 8 | Creative Commons | Taming the Casino Banks | In this podcast the experts discuss whether the 'casino' banks that are considered too big to fail are simply too big, and explain the arguments for and against splitting them up. | Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater, Linda Yueh | 15 Mar 2010 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | Bank bonuses, breakups and regulation | In the first podcast of 2010, the experts discuss bank bonuses, proposed break-ups and tighter regulation of the banking and financial sectors. | Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater | 28 Jan 2010 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | Challenging Macroeconomics | In part 6, our experts examine new models for monetary and fiscal policy, global financial markets and a world economy characterised by global imbalances. | Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater | 11 Aug 2009 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | UK Budget and Global Recovery Plans | In Part 5, our experts examine the British economy in light of the recent Budget, and assess whether a global recovery may be on the horizon. | Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie, Martin Slater | 04 Jun 2009 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | G20: Solutions to Global Depression? | In this fourth podcast Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss the G20 debates over co-ordinated fiscal expansion, global regulation, and the role of the IMF. | Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie | 31 Mar 2009 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Credit Crunch Live | Economics students of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford pose questions to a panel of experts about the credit crunch and global recession. | Linda Yueh, Martin Slater, Outi Aarnio, John Knight | 25 Feb 2009 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Bank Bail-outs and Obama's Green New Deal | In this second podcast, Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss President Obama's Green New Deal, banking bail-outs, quantitative easing and whether we can spend our way out of the economic crisis. | Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie | 28 Jan 2009 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Global Recession: How Did it Happen? | Linda Yueh talks to Jonathan Michie about the credit crunch and looming global recession, the effect it has had on both banks and businesses, and how a Green New Deal may provide a solution to the crisis. | Linda Yueh, Jonathan Michie | 22 Dec 2008 |