The college now admits both undergraduate and graduate students to take Oxford degrees in a variety of arts, humanities and social science subjects.

[2] Regent's Park College traces its roots to the formation of the London Baptist Education Society in 1752.

[3] This venture led to the development of the Baptist College, Stepney, a dissenting academy in the East End of London, in 1810.

The impetus for the creation of the college arose from the fact that only members of the Church of England were given places at the ancient universities.

In 1920, George Pearce Gould (1896–1920) passed the role of principal on to Henry Wheeler Robinson, who would hold the post until 1942.

However, as early as 1924, Wheeler Robinson started to promote his plans for a new building scheme on the Oxford site to former students.

[citation needed] The Main Block, consisting of 16 study bedrooms, Helwys Hall, the College Library, the Senior Common Room and part of the building on Pusey Street, were constructed from 1938 to 1940.

However, the outbreak of the Second World War along with a lack of funds meant that the ambitious plans for the completion of the quadrangle had to be put on hold.

When Greyfriars closed in 2008 (having been a permanent private hall since 1958), the remaining 30 students joined Regent's Park College.

The names "Thomas Helwys" and "William Carey" are carved on either side of the glass door leading into the Hall.

The college also makes use of some central University accommodation provisions for postgraduates, notably the Castle Mill development in North Oxford and some houses in Wellington Square.

[citation needed] The Junior Common Room The JCR is adorned with pictures of Regent's sports teams.

The Senior Common Room The SCR, which is used by academic and administrative staff, was provided by a gift from the nieces and nephews of George Pearce Gould (principal 1896–1920).

[citation needed] In the library, there is a semi-circular window with sixteen panels, on which is etched a map of the world with many interesting symbols and emblems.

[citation needed] The Junior Common Room also provides arts activities, such as an annual play and pantomime, as well as several social societies.

At the end of the Formal Hall, the Senior Common Room depart after the principal has said the words "The grace and peace of God be with us all.

[citation needed] In the early days of the college at Oxford, there was a Latin grace which was thought to be composed by Aubrey Argyle: Agimus Tibi gratias, Omnipotens Deus, pro his et universis donis Tuis quae de Tua largitate sumus sumturi, Per Jesum Christum, Dominum Nostrum.

This was allegedly swiftly dropped as Henry Wheeler Robinson, then principal, observed a strict 'no-Latin' policy in Hall – in the old days, offenders were thrown into a bath of cold water.

[citation needed] The principal ceremonial occasion in the college year is the Service of Valediction, which takes place on the afternoon of the last day of Full Term in Trinity (always a Saturday).

The most important part of the ceremony is the signing of the register by members of the Junior and Middle Common Rooms whose periods of study have come to an end.

This was to remind older students that they had a duty of care to the younger members, much as a regent has a duty of care to an infirm monarch (the metaphor appears to have been drawn from the regency of George IV, after whom Regent's Park in London, the college's namesake, is named).