Oxford: Students in disarray as St Benet's set to close

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Suzanne Antelme writes in Cherwell, the independent Oxford student magazine, about the impact the threatened closure of St Benet's Hall is having on current students there.

She writes: St Benet's Hall announced on the 16th of May via its official mailing list that the University Council has decided not to renew the Hall's license as a Permanent Private Hall (PPH), raising the possibility of permanent closure for the Hall. The email expressed hope that the Hall might continue to operate but said that "as and when this is no longer the case" the Hall would work to place current students at other PPHs or colleges to complete their studies.

'St Benet's Hall was originally founded in 1897 as a place for the monks of Ampleforth Abbey and elsewhere to study at Oxford, having since welcomed students from all backgrounds.

Cherwell spoke to the Hall's JCR President, Julian Danker, who said the Hall's students had been "hit hard" - for the younger years by uncertainty and for finalists by "the news that their home for the past three or four years might cease to exist soon".

To read on see: https://cherwell.org/2022/05/30/special-report-students-in-disarray-as-st-benets-set-to-close/

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