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Her further education continued at St Hugh's College, Oxford from which she graduated as BA with a third-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Castle began serious political activity at Oxford, serving as the Treasurer of the Oxford University Labour Club, the highest position a woman could hold in the club at the time.

Finding her time at university difficult in many respects, she struggled to accept the atmosphere of an institution which had only recently begun to challenge sexist attitudes.

She was scornful of the elitist nature of some elements of the institution, branding the Oxford Union " that cadet class of the establishment ".