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Welcome from the Principal
I’m delighted that you are considering
joining our staff here at Royal Holloway,
University of London.
I feel sure you will be impressed by the
excellence of our academic programmes,
our superb campus environment and the
close-knit nature of our community.
The University of London degree is
highly regarded worldwide. At Royal
Holloway we bring together talented
students in departments where academic
staff are working at the frontiers of their
subjects. Through top-class research,
international networks and local outreach,
we are advancing knowledge and serving
society in many different ways.
Royal Holloway is a powerful force in
the region, building partnerships with
the business community and playing a
major role in economic success. We also
take pride in our cultural influence, and
welcome visitors to share in the life of the
College through public lectures, concerts
and open days.
Royal Holloway is an innovative and
forward-looking place. Today we maintain
the pioneering spirit of our founders
in a fast-moving world, and our global
network of alumni is a legacy of the
wealth of opportunities we continue
to provide.
Thank you for your interest in
Royal Holloway.
Professor Paul Layzell
Principal
125th Anniversary
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Our history
Royal Holloway today
Royal Holloway was founded by the
Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist
Thomas Holloway in 1886. The self-made
multi-millionaire made his fortune in
patent medicines and, after initiating a
public debate inviting suggestions as to
‘how best to spend a quarter of a million
pounds or more’, he took his wife’s advice
that a college for women would prove
‘the greatest public good’.
Royal Holloway College, largely
inspired by the Chateau Chambord in
the Loire Valley, was opened by Queen
Victoria in 1886. The Founder’s Building,
which is built around two quadrangles
and includes a beautiful gilded chapel
and picture gallery, is one of the most
spectacular university buildings in
the world.
Thomas Holloway was not the first
Victorian visionary to realise the benefits
of an education for women. Elizabeth
Jesser Reid, a pioneering social reformer,
founded Bedford College in 1849 as the
first college in Great Britain for the higher
education of women. In 1900, Royal
Holloway College and Bedford College
became part of the University of London
and became the first institutions in the UK
to award degrees to women.
Both Bedford and Royal Holloway
admitted male undergraduates for the
first time in 1965, but their commitment
to women’s education remained. The
1982 partnership agreement between the
two colleges, signed as a result of severe
cuts in government spending on higher
education, paved the way for the merger
in 1985.
Royal Holloway continues to offer firstclass
education and is acknowledged
worldwide for its innovative, groundbreaking
and pioneering research across
the arts, humanities, sciences and
social sciences.
Set in 135 acres of Surrey countryside,
the Egham campus offers a close-knit,
friendly village community. It is the
character and location of the campus
that attracts scholars and students.
The magnificence of the Founder’s
building with all its historical grandeur
is surrounded by modern academic and
sports facilities, including the state-of-theart
Windsor Building, demonstrating the
blend of tradition and innovation.
The College has an excellent teaching
record, delivering a broad range of
traditional subjects and cutting-edge
modern courses in 18 academic
departments which are arranged into
three faculties: Arts and Social Sciences;
Management and Economics;
and Science.
More than 9,000 talented students
from as many as 130 countries are taught
by staff working at the forefront of their
subjects.
As part of the University of London,
Royal Holloway degrees are highly
regarded and lead to top careers worldwide.
College alumni who currently
occupy prestigious roles include EU
Foreign Minister Catherine Ashton,
Botanist and environmental activist David
Bellamy OBE, award-winning actor Mark
Strong, and international opera singers
Dame Felicity Lott and Susan Bullock, to
name a few.
This teaching and academic excellence
is reflected in Royal Holloway’s league
tables and rankings, where the College
was placed 107th in the 2011–12 Times
Higher Education World University
Rankings published in September 2011
and ranked 15th overall in the UK.
The Information Security Group is one of the largest security groups in the world. Its research includes
the protection of critical infrastructures, systems, networks and device security and protection.
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College life
John Tuck
Director of Library Services
John Tuck joined Royal Holloway in
2008 as Director of Library Services.
Previously, John had been Head of
British Collections at the British Library,
a role which included close work with
Royal Holloway on projects in the field
of theatre and drama collections. John
has wide experience of a number of
libraries, including his role as Deputy to
the Director of University Libraries and
as Bodley’s Librarian at the University of
Oxford. As Director of Library Services
at Royal Holloway, John is responsible
for the management, operation and
development of the Bedford and
Founder’s libraries, ensuring the services
and content meet the needs of all
students and staff.
Royal Holloway offers a vibrant
community, with a thriving cultural
scene enjoyed by students, staff and
the wider community.
The picturesque campus is home
to an impressive range of modern
academic and social facilities housed
within acres of woodland and open
spaces. There are a range of bars and
cafes on campus providing everything
from fairtrade gourmet coffee and
delicious homemade cakes to fruit
smoothies, authentic cooked-to-order
stir fries, salad bars and homemade
soups.
The College has a number of active
staff-led sports clubs that offer the
opportunity to socialise and keep active.
Royal Holloway offers excellent sports
facilities that staff and students
can enjoy.
Located at the bottom of the campus
and open seven days a week, the Sports
Centre is the College’s main on-site
sporting facility. It provides a multi-use
sports hall, a fitness suite with weights
room, aerobics area and substantial
changing facilities. Overlooking the
stunning Founder’s Building, the
Founder’s Courts are one of the most
scenic spots to play sport. They consist
of four tennis courts, and are also used
for netball and basketball. Next to the
courts there is a large grassed area
suitable for recreational sport. Staff
sports clubs include a badminton club,
football fives, a cricket club and
a golf society.
The College hosts a packed
programme of events held throughout
the year. From performances by the
world renowned Choir of Royal Holloway
to the distinguished guests speaking
as part of the College Lecture Series
and concerts by top stars including the
three famous sopranos Dame Felicity
Lott, Susan Bullock and Sarah Fox,
there is always something to keep you
entertained on campus.
A programme of special events,
outreach activities and volunteering
initiatives extends the College’s
influence and involvement across the
local area and beyond, including the
annual Garden Party, Heritage Open Day
and Science Festival.
“The joy of working at
Royal Holloway lies not just in
the wonderful environment
but in the opportunities and
challenges provided by the
students, academics and
researchers who throng the
Library and use its services. Their
patterns of behaviour may have
changed as the printed word
gives way to digital content but
their enthusiasm, interest and
intellectual curiosity get ever
stronger. This is what brings
job satisfaction.
”
Academics from the School of Biological Sciences secured £3m in grants to address the decline of bees.
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Our academic excellence
Royal Holloway is one of the UK’s
leading research-intensive universities,
confirmed by the results of the most
recent Research Assessment Exercise
(RAE 2008) conducted by the Higher
Education Funding Council (HEFCE).
The College ranked 16th in the
country for research for the highest
(4*) rated research of international
significance, with nine departments
across the arts, sciences and social
sciences ranked in the top 10.
Our research community attracts
leading academics and research
students from throughout the world and
collaborates on research projects with
other international universities, industry,
charities, governments and public
agencies.
The College’s Research and
Enterprise department works closely
with academic colleagues to align
their research with national strategic
priorities, immediate business
requirements and the goals of charities.
The department has close contact with
all the main UK Research Councils
including the Technology Strategy Board
and Knowledge Transfer Networks. It
also maintains an influential network
within the European Union to ensure
awareness of research priorities and
funding opportunities.
For more information visit the RAE
2008 pages on the Royal Holloway
website.
www.rhul.ac.uk/research/
currentresearch/rae2008/home.aspx
The College’s current research themes are
Identity, place
and mobility
Creativity
Society, representation
and cultural memory
Health, the human
body and behaviour
Sustainability
and global security
Space, systems
and scales
The relationship between people
and places and the impact of mobility
on identity
The study of creativity as a process
and practice, and research as an
artistic form
Understanding the past, reflecting
on contemporary society and imagining
the future
The science and culture of health and
the study of human and social behaviour
Protecting and sustaining social,
economic and environmental resources
Understanding the foundations of
life and the systems that govern our
universe
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Faculty of Science
geography, politics and international relations
MSc
BA
computer science (artificial intelligence)
agement
Royal Holloway is one of the major
with entrepreneurship
physical geography and geology
colleges in which the University of London
has chosen to concentrate its science
teaching and research. Its world-leading
and internationally excellent research
MSci
(4* and 3* standard) saw four of the
departments – Biological Science, Earth
environmental diagnosis & management
Science, Geography, Psychology – achieve
top ten rankings for their discipline across
biomedical
Research (ACE-CSR)
sciences
status.
all universities in the UK in the latest
physics biology
Research Assessment Exercise. All of
our courses are taught by specialist staff
with high professional standards and
human geography
international reputations. The academics
who are writing internationally recognised
papers are the same academics teaching
students within the College. Our
petroleum geoscience (tectonics)
academics are at the forefront of scientific
BSc
research finding cures for diseases,
geography, politics and international relations
searching for solutions to safeguard the
planet and answering questions about
astrophysics
the universe.
Recent research success include:
• Professor George Dickson, from the
Department of Biological Sciences at
Royal Holloway, University of London
and a team lead by scientists at the
UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH),
made an important breakthrough in
the development of a treatment for
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
computing & business
zoology
geology with a year in industry
biomedical research (molecular neuroscience)
• Scientists at Royal Holloway were
MRes
awarded a one million pound European
information security
Research Council grant to support a new
search for the mysterious and as yet
unseen part of the universe, dark matter.
• Dr Mark Brown, Biological Sciences, is
part of a team responsible for the return
ecology and environment
of a bumblebee species extinct in the
UK for nearly a quarter of a century.
geoscience
• ISG has been recognised for its world
class research in the field of cyber
security by UK intelligence agencies
GCHQ. The College is one of just
eight institutions to receive Academic
Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security.
MA
earth sciences by research
mathematics of cryptography and communications
mathematics of cryptography and communications
Dr Jocelyn Monroe
Senior Lecturer in Particle Physics
Department of Physics
Jocelyn Monroe joined the Royal Holloway
Physics Department in September 2011
as a Senior Lecturer in Particle Physics.
From 2009–2011 she was an Assistant
Professor in the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) Physics Department,
working on the DEAP/CLEAN (a liquid
argon dark matter detector programme)
and DMTPC dark matter direct detection
experiments. From 2006–09 she was a
Pappalardo Fellow in MIT’s Laboratory
for Nuclear Science, working on the SNO
solar neutrino oscillation experiment, and
the DMTPC directional dark matter search.
Dr Monroe’s research is on searching
for dark matter, mysterious particles
that make up 20% of the universe,
approximately five times more than all the
particles we know about.
Professor
George Dickson
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology
School of Biological Sciences
Professor George Dickson has been
a Royal Society Research Fellow, and
taught at UCL and KCL, before joining
the School of Biological Sciences of
Royal Holloway in 1995 as University
Chair of Molecular Cell Biology. Currently
Professor Dickson plays a leading role
in College on the general theme of
Health, Human Biology and Behaviour.
His research has included: the first
cloning of an intact dystrophin gene; the
discovery of the role of cell adhesion
molecules in muscle stem cell fusion;
and the first description of exon skipping
in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Professor Dickson has also conducted
notable research into gene therapy for
muscular dystrophy and atherosclerosis,
and genetic vaccination against HIV/AIDS.
“Royal Holloway made a
bold choice in starting a new
research group in my area
of expertise, and has been
extremely supportive of the
new endeavour. I enjoy the
environment and experience of
teaching in a small department
– I feel I can have a big impact,
both on the students and the
department.
”
“Royal Holloway has an
inspiring, dynamic academic
environment which is essential
to nurture world-class research.
It has an exciting ethos which
encourages both team work and
individual excellence.
”
Royal Holloway is a leading institution in the development of novel therapies for rare diseases, including
spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and severe combined immunodeficiency.
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Faculty of Arts
and Social Sciences
Royal Holloway’s faculty of Arts
and Social Sciences offers a unique
combination of creative arts and
humanities disciplines delivered by
world-class scholars. The Department of
Music is the top department in the UK
with Drama, Media Arts and History also
among the top ranking departments.
Our academics are at the cutting-edge
of research in their disciplines and host
internationally recognised conferences,
sit on government boards and undertake
valued studies. Recent research
undertaken within the faculty includes:
• Professor Peter Longerich, from
the School of Modern Languages,
Literatures and Cultures, carried
out an inquiry into racial hatred in
Germany. The report, Anti-Semitism
in Germany: Forms, conditions,
prevention, was commissioned by
German Parliament in an effort to
combat racial hatred.
• A major research grant of £121,000
has been awarded by the A.G.
Leventis Foundation to the Hellenic
Institute at Royal Holloway for the
cataloguing and study of the Greek
Manuscript Collection of Lambeth
Palace Library.
• Professor Helen Nicholson, from the
Department of Drama and Theatre, is
evaluating a pioneering project which
enables advanced dementia sufferers
to take part in art, drama and dance
projects.
Students are taught by academics
who are also highly-acclaimed
professionals in their chosen field.
Last autumn saw the premiere of a
new score composed by Mark Bowden,
Lecturer in Composition from the
Department of Music, at Rambert
Dance Company’s Season of New
Choreography. This followed the world
premiere performance of a composition
by Dr Bowden at the Vale of Glamorgan
Festival following his appointment
as Resident Composer for the BBC
National Orchestra of Wales.
BMus
english & drama
classics
social work
comparative literature and culture
documentary by practice
greek
MAmedia
arts
music with political studies
MSc
playwriting
BA
european studies
music
film studies
ancient history with philosophy
international broadcasting
victorian literature, art and culture
theatre (directing)
classics & philosophy
classical art & achaeology
politics
history
Sir Andrew Motion
Professor of Creative Writing
Sir Andrew Motion read English at
University College, Oxford before
pursuing a successful freelance writing
career as a poet, biographer, and
novelist, and is most widely known for
his narrative poetry. He taught English at
the University of Hull; from 1980 to 1982
he edited the Poetry Review and from
1982 to 1989 he was Editorial Director
and Poetry Editor at Chatto & Windus.
He joined Royal Holloway in 2003
as Professor of Creative Writing and
continues to write alongside his teaching
commitments. Professor Motion was
Poet Laureate from 1999 until 2009. He
currently serves as a Council Member
on the Arts Council of England and
is President of the Campaign for the
Protection of Rural England.
Professor
Katie Normington
Dean of Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Katie Normington taught in
further education and at Greenwich
University before joining the Drama
Department of Royal Holloway in
1997 as a lecturer. Her areas of
research include medieval theatre and
contemporary theatre practice. She was
promoted to senior lecturer in 2005 and
was Head of Department in 2006. She
received her Chair in 2006 and in 2008
became Dean of Arts. After a faculty
restructure in 2011 the faculty was
renamed Arts and Social Sciences.
Ancient music is available to all thanks to the Early Music Online project, a collaboration between
Royal Holloway and the British Library.
“The particular pleasures about
teaching at Royal Holloway
are to do with location (because
we draw on the depth and
variety of sympathetic events
in the locality and in London),
with quality of student (which
is exceptionally high), and
with working in a sympathetic
community (which is unusually
warm-hearted as well as clever).
It’s altogether a remarkable
place.
”
“I thoroughly enjoy working
at Royal Holloway. Sitting in the
Chapel during various College
events I am always moved by
the importance of the history
of Royal Holloway. Numerous
plaques on the chapel wall
commemorate women who
progressed from being pupils to
lecturers; it’s an insight into the
wealth of opportunities afforded
Victorian women and my career
here has found a resonance with
that spirit.
”
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Faculty of Management
and Economics
leadership and management in health
Diploma
financial and industrial economics
Management and Economics is a newly
formed faculty at Royal Holloway and is an
influential platform for first class research,
teaching and consultancy.
economics
Our ethos is
with german
built around our commitment to furthering
knowledge, stimulated by original research
and effective collaborations with local and
international human resource management
international businesses, governments
MSc/PGDip
and public services.
The School of Management has a
globally diverse academic and student
body, which provides our programmes
economics with french
with a strong international focus and
politics
sound cultural awareness. We aim to
apply the insights of social science to
the management of private, public and
voluntary sector organisations.
The school has the largest group of
marketing experts within the University of
MSc
London who are carrying out innovative
market-leading research. Professor
management with entrepreneurship
Chris Hackley has recently been making
economics, politics and international relations
headlines with his research into young
people, alcohol, and UK alcohol policy.
His research analysed attitudes towards
financial and business economics
economics
alcohol and the effect that branding has
had on youth binge drinking.
The Department of Economics is a international management
leading teaching department with a range
of single and joint honours undergraduate
courses, as well as taught and research
postgraduate courses. Our academics are
undertaking world-leading, internationally
excellent research across the core fields
of the discipline – microeconomics,
macroeconomics and econometrics – with
diploma in financial economics
particular focus on labour economics,
economics of public policy
agement
development economics, experimental
with entrepreneurship
economics and economics history.
Research is varied and far reaching,
exemplifying this is Professor Jonathan
Wadsworth, who together with colleagues
from the University
management
of Bologna and the
economics with music
with accounting
Centre for Economic Performance at the
London School of Economics, published
research that seeks to analyse the extent
economics with italian
to which the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
has caused long-term effects on health
and the labour market performance of the
adult workforce.
tional accounting BSc
mathematics and management
Professor
Dan Anderberg
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Professor Dan Anderberg’s research
focuses on the areas of family economics
and taxation. His current research projects
management with entrepreneurship
include analysing domestic violence from
a theoretical and empirical perspective,
endogenous limited cooperation within
families and optimal policy, and optimal
taxation in the context of endogenous
risky education. Professor Anderberg
received his PhD in Economics from
Lund University. Before joining Royal
Holloway, Professor Anderberg worked
at the University of Stirling, Heriot-Watt
University and the University of Warwick.
Professor
Jeffrey Unerman
Professor of Accounting and
Corporate Accountability
School of Management
Professor Jeffrey Unerman holds a PhD in
social and environmental accounting from
the University of Sheffield, is a member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales (ICAEW) and
the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA), and is an honorary
member of CPA Australia.
He is Professor of Accounting and
Corporate Accountability and Head of
the School of Management at Royal
Holloway. His research, public policy
work and consulting focuses on the
role of accounting and accountability
practices in helping organisations become
more sustainable, recognising the
interdependencies between economic,
social and environmental sustainability.
“Royal Holloway provides
a first-class environment for
research and for learning. It
uniquely blends an interesting
history with a modern approach
and offers a real buzz that
inspires researchers and
students alike.
”
“I really value the flexibility
and collegiality at Royal
Holloway while benefiting
from the College’s strong
reputation for high quality
research and research-informed
teaching. Having previously
worked at two of the larger
Russell Group universities, I
know that Royal Holloway’s
reputation is as strong, and in
many areas stronger, than larger
institutions in the areas where
we specialise.
”
Economists have refuted the preconception that testosterone causes aggression in a behavioural experiment
where the distribution of a real amount of money was decided.
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Student experience
Our future
Royal Holloway prides itself on delivering
an outstanding student experience. The
results of the annual National Student
Survey has shown satisfaction levels
among our students to have risen
consecutively over recent years, with a
rating of 87 per cent overall satisfaction in
the latest survey. Our multi-million pound
estate investment programme continues
to enhance our campus, ensuring
award-winning modern additions such
as the Windsor Building and new halls of
residence sit comfortably alongside the
historic buildings.
The College prides itself on
its friendly and inclusive culture,
attracting a cosmopolitan community
of undergraduate and postgraduate
students. Our first Chinese student came
to study at Royal Holloway in 1887 just
one year after the College opened. We
currently have nearly 2,700 international
and EU students studying with us. We
have a very active Students’ Union which
organises a packed schedule of events and
activities throughout the academic year.
There are also a host of clubs and societies
available for students to join, including
sports clubs, drama and comedy clubs,
politics societies and much more.
Many of our students undertake
volunteering work during their time at
Royal Holloway. The College runs a vast
programme of collaborative projects with
local community organisations, with our
students giving up their free time to help
teach English to young asylum seekers,
running radio broadcasting workshops
with ex-offenders, disadvantaged people
and deprived communities, and helping
to clean up the local community during
the annual Big Spring Clean and National
Volunteering weeks.
As one of the largest multi-faculty
colleges of the University of London,
Royal Holloway has a distinguished
history and reputation for academic
innovation. With great challenges
facing the Higher Education sector,
it is imperative that Royal Holloway
now prepares for rapid and significant
change. The College is working to
develop a long-term strategic plan, for
launch in June 2013, to ensure we
respond to new challenges and changing
circumstances, creating a shared vision
and ensuring that decisions are informed
by our long-term goals of academic
excellence across all our teaching and
research activities. Our new strategy will
recognise the changing environment in
which we operate, set out what type of
college we intend to be and build on our
unique strengths, acknowledging that
at the heart of what we do are inspiring
academics who work at the forefront
of their disciplines and who make a
significant impact on the lives of our
students and the wider world.
We have identified key disciplines
of arts and humanities, social sciences
and sciences which will be used as a
basis for driving research and teaching
within the College and furthering our
reputation as a research-intensive
institution. The process of developing
a new strategy has begun with careful
consideration of our academic strengths
and opportunities and will result in an
https://www.rhul.ac.uk/iquad/collegestrategy/home.aspx
academic strategy by the end of 2012.
We are exploring our potential for
exploiting groups of disciplines that go
beyond individual discipline boundaries
creating new programmes that will build
disciplinary strengths, improve student
recruitment, diversify teaching income,
or help promote the College as a centre
of excellence. It is important that we
offer a premier route into employment
ensuring academic initiatives improve
the student experience and making
the most of student-led activities and
academic societies. As one of the
world’s top 150 universities, with staff
and students from around the world, we
will ensure our research and curriculum
show sufficient evidence of a global
perspective.
Staff and students, as well as other
stakeholders, as individuals, groups and
departments, will have the opportunity
to contribute to the development
of the new strategy. The emerging
academic strategy will help us develop
the supporting and enabling strategies
needed to ensure that our finance, HR,
IT and estate systems and infrastructure
are in good shape. We have already
started a substantial investment
programme in the College to improve
the experience for students and staff.
For up-to-date information of how the
strategic plan is developing, visit the
College’s strategy web pages.
A rare collection of theatre memorabilia of more than 140,000 items including personal letters,
artwork and programmes has been bequeathed to the College by the late Roy Waters, who had close
links to the Drama Department.
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The local area
Royal Holloway is located on the outskirts
of Egham, close to Englefield Green
village and just a stone’s throw away from
Windsor Great Park. With the beautiful
Surrey countryside on our doorstep and
excellent transport links – the M25 and
Heathrow airport are nearby and Egham
station providing regular trains into
London Waterloo within 35 minutes
– Royal Holloway offers the best of
both worlds.
Egham’s quaint High Street is home
to a range of independent stores, retail
chains, pubs and restaurants. Although
small, the town has a longstanding history
with Egham featuring in the Doomsday
Book – the first survey of landholder
ownership in England – and the signing
of the Magna Carta by King John in 1215
taking place in the nearby Runnymede
Meadows.
There are a number of schools and
colleges in the area. Magna Carta School,
formerly Hythe County Secondary, is a
comprehensive school in Egham Hythe,
ACS International Schools has a campus in
Egham and Strode’s College provides sixth
form education for young people aged
16–19. For more information visit Surrey
County Council’s website:
www.surreycc.gov.uk/
There is an abundance of things to
do in Surrey, with many museums and
historical houses to explore, the stunning
scenery of Surrey Hills, theatres and
concert performances and many more.
For more information about fun days out
and places to see, go to the Visit Surrey
website:
www.visitsurrey.com/things-to-do
To Reading
To Camberley
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The first brick of Royal Holloway was laid on 12 September 1879 by George Martin, Thomas Holloway’s
brother-in-law.
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Employee benefits
Royal Holloway offers a comprehensive
package of financial and non-financial
benefits for members of staff. Here is a
selection of benefits available:
Pension
The College offers an attractive pension
scheme with a generous employer
contribution. Academic staff and staff
employed on grades 6–10 and based in
the UK are eligible to join the Universities
Superannuation Scheme (USS).
www.uss.co.uk
Staff employed on grades 1–5 and
based in the UK are eligible to join the
Superannuation Arrangements of the
University of London (SAUL)
www.saul.org.uk
The College operates SmartPension,
which is a salary sacrifice scheme, whereby
staff sacrifice an amount from their salary
equivalent to the employee’s contribution
rate and the College then makes a
contribution equal to the amount of salary
you have sacrificed plus the employer
pension contribution. The reduction in salary
results in a lower deduction for National
Insurance Contributions and increases take
home pay.
Annual leave
Academic posts and members of staff
on grades 6–10 receive 27 days holiday
entitlement in addition to the statutory
bank holidays and, at the College’s
discretion, there will be six additional
days, shared between Christmas and
Easter, when the College is closed.
Members of staff on grades 1–5 receive
20 days holiday, rising to 23 days after
five years continuous service in addition
to bank holidays and the six additional
discretionary days.
Childcare Vouchers
Childcare Vouchers are available at Royal
Holloway for all members of staff. This is a
salary sacrifice scheme whereby Childcare
Vouchers are issued in exchange for a
reduction in salary of the same amount.
Tax and National Insurance contributions
are not paid on the vouchers, which is
where the financial savings are made. The
maximum value of vouchers available to
any member of staff is £55 a week.
Nursery facilities
Provisions are currently being made for
a workplace nursery on campus which
should enable staff to pay fees directly
from gross income without deduction
of income tax or National Insurance
Contributions. For the latest updates visit
the College’s staff benefits pages.
www.rhul.ac.uk/humanresources/
payandbenefits.aspx
Cycle to work scheme
Royal Holloway operates a salary
sacrifice ‘bike to work’ initiative through
Cyclescheme. Staff are able to purchase
a bicycle and safety equipment for
commuting up to the value of £1,000.
This is a hire agreement which allows staff
to take advantage of tax and National
Insurance savings.
Removal and relocation
The College has a Removal and Relocation
Expenses Scheme to assist newly
appointed members of staff with the costs
associated with taking up a post at the
College and who are moving their homes
to within a 30 miles radius of the College
at which their post is based. The scheme
does not apply to new staff already living
inside the relevant 30 mile area at the
time of their appointment.
For full details on these and all of the
other College employee benefits visit the
Human Resources section on the Royal
Holloway website.
www.rhul.ac.uk/humanresources/
payandbenefits.aspx
Since the College opened in 1886 we have welcomed almost 200,000 students from more than 100 countries.
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Web links
Next steps
For more information about working at
Royal Holloway, visit the College’s Human
Resources pages.
www.rhul.ac.uk/humanresources/home.aspx
For details of the College’s annual reports
and financial statements, visit the Finance
pages on the College website.
www.rhul.ac.uk/finance/home.aspx
For all of the latest news and events visit
the College news pages.
www.rhul.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/home.aspx
To apply online please visit the College’s
online application pages.
www.rhul.ac.uk/jobs
Thank you for your interest in working
at Royal Holloway, University of London.
The College prides itself on its quality of
staff and offering a professional working
environment with an excellent worklife
balance. It is thanks to the quality
and commitment of our staff that we
are able to offer the first-class learning
environment for our students for which
Royal Holloway has become renowned.
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