"The National Residential College for Women, (which the Charity started at this time), remains the first and, still the only, College of its type in the UK even today. Based on the outskirts of London, it has remained a centre for many women to stay and study successfully. " In 1919 a house known as 'The Holt’ located in Beckenham, Kent, was rented on a six-year lease. The accommodation comprised of 18 residential student rooms together with lecture rooms - the Residential College for Working Women had begun! Miss Fanny Street was appointed as Principal and the college was opened in February 1920 with eleven students (aged 18 - 35) and two staff in residence. The curriculum at that time was devised to meet students’ needs as expressed in their applications forms. The College adopted the motto "Through Rough Ways to the Stars".