Robinson's a bit 'nice legs, shame about the face' – lovely lake and gardens round the back, but a bit of a car park from the front. As so often in life though, the College makes up for pug-ugly features with a nice personality. It’s modern –the newest, in fact – and the only historically mixed-sex place in Cambridge. Anywhere more than five minutes' walk from King’s Parade is a world away in Cambridge, so Robinson, at about 15 minutes brisk stroll, is considered far out, although it does sit helpfully on the University Library’s doorstep and the arts faculties are handily close. Its students aren't the traditional firebrands of King's College or Clare, but there’s a friendly community between the years, who mingle along the bedroom corridors. Most unusually of all, they don’t mind people walking on the grass.
| Sex ratio (M:F): 62:38 |
Founded: 1979 |
| Full-time u’grads: 397 |
Part-time: 0 |
| Postgrads: 110 |
Mature: n/a |
State:private school: 64:36
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Disabled: n/a |
| Academic ranking: 17 |
International: 10% |
Two bars (Sunday night meal deal: plate and a pint for £3.40); bands, concerts and plays in the Auditorium (cap. 250); humming drama society (Brickhouse Theatre); mixed choir; oodles of other socs. Frequent club nights. Fortnightly newsletter, termly mag. Two libraries (50,000 books); 35 computers (24-hour). Chapel with renowned organ. Sports fields (15 acres shared with Queens’) 1,200m away; shared boatclub; some facilities on site. All students live in, either on site or 20 minutes' bike ride away; most rooms are en suite with phone and net connections, spiffing self-catering. Doctor and nurse; cuddly JCR welfare; free rape alarms and taxis for the stranded; financial tutor; various funds and scholarships; excellent disabled access. Stodgily thorough alternative prospectus online.
FAMOUS ALUMNI
Morwenna Banks (comedian); Nick Clegg (Lib Dem leader); Adrian Davies (Welsh rugby); Charles Hart (Phantom of the Opera lyricist); Konnie Huq (Blue Peter); Robert Webb (half of Peep Show).