page_title: St Benet's Hall, Oxford
section_title: Student life
hierarchical_section_title: St Benet's Hall, Oxford / Student life
caption_attribution_description: English: Refectory (Dining Hall) of St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford
context_page_description: St Benet's Hall is a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford. Established in 1897 by Ampleforth Abbey, it is a Benedictine foundation whose principal historic function was to allow its monks to be able to study for secular degrees at the university. Today, most members of the hall are not monks, but lay undergraduates and graduates. The hall, which is still owned by Ampleforth Abbey, has a Benedictine and Roman Catholic ethos. However, there is no requirement that members of the hall should be Catholics.
  St Benet's was the last constituent body of the University of Oxford admitting men alone to read for undergraduate and graduate degrees. It was also the last single-sex college or hall in the university after St Hilda's College, the last all-women's college in Oxford, admitted men in 2008. In November 2013, the hall formally announced its intention to admit women graduate students within one year and women undergraduates as soon as additional housing facilities were obtained. Women were admitted as graduate students in October 2014 and as undergraduates in October 2016.
context_section_description: Unlike other Colleges and PPHs, St Benet's has a Joint Common Room (JCR) of which all students at the hall are members. The JCR has its own committee. The JCR is responsible for running the St Benet's bar and gym facilities.
caption: Refectory
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