History of Badock Hall
Badock Hall was named after Sir Stanley Hugh Badock, a benefactor and former Pro-Chancellor, Treasurer and Chairman of the University Council.
The University Mace was presented by him for use in the first degree congregation in 1910. There is a portrait of Sir Stanley Badock in the Wills Memorial Building, a copy of which hangs in the Main Library at Badock Hall.
The campus was built in the mid 1960s, although originally the intention was to acccommodate the residents of both Badock and Hiatt Baker. In those days these were male-only residences.
During the re-construction of Goldney Hall in the late 1960s, the ladies of Goldney were re-housed for a period of time at the Badock campus, then early in the 1970s the Hall was finally given mixed resident status.
Since the millennium the hall has developed as a diverse and supportive community. It is renowned as a welcoming home for more than 440 students. New residents will find a fair and friendly residence, with a welcoming atmosphere, where student members settle quickly into the student way of life, life enjoying the wide range of facilities and lively social scene.