About
Founded in Edge Hill, Liverpool in 1885 as the first non-denominational teacher training college for women, the institution quickly grew and moved to the current Ormskirk location in 1933. It was granted the power to award taught degrees in 2005 and was renamed as Edge Hill University in 2006.
It has historic links to the suffragette movement and hosts a suffragette symposium every year, with the university's colours of gold, green and heliotrope (purple) reflecting this historic link.