New College JCR
The student body of New College, representing undergraduates to the College and the University.
About the JCR
The Junior Common Room is both a room in College and the elected body that represents undergraduates at New College.
It negotiates with College on accommodation and academic policy, runs BOPs and the Garden Party, and handles the everyday business that students care about.
The JCR also manages a substantial budget, which goes to welfare, entertainment, clubs and societies, and the JCR rooms themselves.
647
Years since 1379
Representation
JCR officers sit on college committees and attend Governing Body meetings, so student views reach the people making decisions.
Welfare & Support
Peer supporters, welfare teas, emergency funding and mental health resources, available to every member.
Community & Culture
BOPs, formals, the Garden Party, film nights. The JCR runs the social calendar for the college.
What's On
15
Oct
Football - New College 2s vs Worcester 2s (A)
17
Oct
Matriculation Ceremony
17
Oct
Matriculation Brunch
17
Oct
Matriculation Group Photographs
20
Oct
Football - New 1s vs Balliol
How We're Run
The JCR is run by an elected committee of students, as set out in the Standing Orders, the authoritative regulations of the JCR Constitution. Every undergraduate is a member, and the JCR Meeting is the supreme governing body.
Saturdays, even weeks
Ordinary Meetings
Held on even-numbered weeks (0, 2, 4, 6) during term, Saturday at 17:00
Trinity Term
Elections
Committee elected annually; President and officers on Monday of 3rd Week
One academic year
Term of Office
Elected during Trinity Term. Committee-Elect takes office at end of term
Life at New College
Tutorials are a few hours of the week. The rest of your time is spent in Hall, in the JCR and bar, on the river and with the people you live alongside. New College is a community as much as it is a college.
Tutorials
One or two students and a tutor, working through your subject together. It is the part of Oxford that has no real equivalent elsewhere.
College Life
Formal halls, BOPs and the JCR bar, in a college of about 400 undergraduates.
Societies
Drama, choir, law, LGBTQ+ and plenty more. College societies are one of the quickest ways to meet people outside your subject.
Welfare
Peer supporters, welfare officers and a College nurse, all of whom you can approach in confidence.