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71-469: Derwent College is a college of the University of York , and alongside Langwith College was one of the first two colleges to be opened following the university's inception. It is named after the local River Derwent . Both the original college building and the former Langwith college buildings are Grade II listed , making all of the current Derwent College premises Grade II listed. The college itself

142-452: A Chair/President, Vice Chair/Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer who have signatory powers. Below the executive committee are the rest of the members of the committees who have responsibilities for welfare, activities, events and the general running of the committee. The colleges are responsible for many of the social activities of their members, and each JCRC/CSAC organises the 'Fresher's Week' activities for its college. Another central role

213-462: A Graduate Common Room and a Senior Common Room and therefore it's CSA plays the same role as the JCRC in the other colleges. A University of York Students' Union (YUSU) referendum proposing the formation of College Student Associations passed in 2013. This did not change the structure of student representation in the colleges however, as the colleges are independent of YUSU and therefore any change in

284-468: A close association with Long Boi , an Indian Runner duck - Mallard cross who was most often seen Heslington Fishpond and wandering around Derwent Common. He was an unofficial mascot to the college. His silhouette was for a time included on college merchandise. The college is also the site of the Norman Rea Gallery , the only student-run art gallery in the country. The College Principal is

355-409: A college has only a single student common room. At Durham University , the standard division followed at most colleges is: Some colleges have slight differences from the standard arrangement: Membership of the college JCR or MCR is not obligatory, and costs an additional fee, but the vast majority of students choose to join. Following the removal of exempt charity status from students' unions by

426-637: A committee, with a president and so on, that represent their students to college authorities, the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU), etc., in addition to being an actual room for the use of members. SCRs typically have a president, an academic member of the body who deals with higher-level administrative matters pertaining to the SCR, such as inviting proposed visiting fellows to the body and identifying invited lecturers to any particular college event. SCRs are typically characterised by

497-561: A copious provision of coffee, newspapers, and moderately informal space for academics to think and discuss ideas. Following the Charities Act 2006 , student common rooms had the option of registering as independent charities or of registering with their college, with some common rooms taking each route. At Magdalen , for example, which was one of the first colleges to complete the process, the JCR voted to become an independent charity while

568-416: A further college for postgraduate students). Each undergraduate college is a quasi-autonomous body within the university, and each divides its members into junior and senior common rooms. These terms are more indicative of the collective student/staff bodies than actual space, although each college has actual common rooms set aside for junior members. Senior members are less fortunate due to a current policy by

639-417: A particularly egregious incident. An alternative solution was put forward by Alfred Robinson, a tutor at the college, which saw the JCR come under college oversight and, by including membership in the college battels, making it an inclusive society of all undergraduates in the college. Rather than a rich students' drinking club, the JCR became the centre of undergraduate life and the main point of contact between

710-440: A range of social and sporting activities for its college while also offering welfare support for its junior members. The president and vice president represent their college at the student union council and on a range of university committees, and many JCR executive members sit with SCR members on the college syndicate – the governing body of each college. Within the graduate college, the graduate students' association (GSA) takes on

781-602: A single officer to an elected committee was Fitzwilliam in 1969. The same abbreviations, JCR, MCR, and SCR are used for combination rooms and common rooms. The JCR represents undergraduates , with postgraduate students being members of the middle combination room. In some colleges, postgraduates are members of both the MCR and JCR: for example, at St John's , where the MCR is known as the Samuel Butler Room or at Peterhouse. Most colleges also have an SCR. At Pembroke

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852-711: A university academic who shares teaching duties with college responsibilities. The College Principal works with the College Manager, the College Administrator and the College Life Team. The current College Principal is Eleanor Brown. List of College Provosts/Heads of College/College Principals: All undergraduate students of Derwent College are members of the Junior Common room , and continue to remain members throughout their time at

923-510: A whole. At Leeds , only one hall continues to have a JCR. Devonshire Hall is the last of the university's traditional halls. Many traditions were adopted from Oxford and Cambridge, such as gowned formal dinners and carol services. The hall has a JCR (the Tabbron Junior Common Room) rather than a common room as at the other halls of the university, and the student committee is styled as the "JCR executive" rather than as

994-464: Is an end of year event along the lines of Club D, but on a larger scale. Taking up the whole area in and around the college, it is normally held on the first Monday after exams and has several rooms of music, bars and food, and open air activities. Notable acts include Scouting for Girls and Macky Gee . The college is also one of the locations of the Tommy Tour by The Who . Outside of D events,

1065-434: Is managed by an elected committee of staff and student members chaired by the college's 'Senior College Fellow', alongside the administrative College Manager. Each college has a Junior Common Room or College Student Association for students, which is managed by the elected Junior Common Room/College Student Association Committee. The older colleges also have a Senior Common Room , which is managed by elected representatives of

1136-532: Is managed by elected representatives of the college's academic and administrative members. The only exceptions to this are Wentworth which as a post-graduate only college does not have a Junior Common Room, and Halifax, Constantine, Anne Lister , David Kato , and Goodricke which are run by a College Student Association that represents both undergraduates and postgraduates together. Vanbrugh and Langwith's Junior Common Room Committees are branded as College Student Associations, however both Vanbrugh and Langwith retains

1207-652: Is next to Heslington Hall , and close to the gazebo and gardens known collectively as The Quiet Place . Derwent, alongside Langwith College is one of the founding colleges at the University of York. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 22 October 1965. Following Langwith's move to the Heslington East campus in 2012, its former buildings are now part of Derwent College. Derwent College has twelve accommodation blocks, named A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, M and P. Blocks A, B, C, D, J, K, M and P are standard university accommodation; they were built in

1278-554: Is situated nearer Heslington Hall overlooking the University Lake. C and D Blocks are also located near Heslington Hall and also form a single separate building in most important respects. The original college only had A, B, and C blocks. Block D was added a few years later on a different floor plan with comparatively small individual rooms, but a large central kitchen and eating area. The older blocks had little communal space but somewhat larger rooms. Derwent College inherited

1349-426: Is the appointment of STYCs (an abbreviation for Second and Third Year Contacts) who are returning students who are responsible for looking after new first years. Intercollegiate sport is one of the main activities of the colleges. Currently there are 21 leagues with weekly fixtures, in addition a number of one day events are organised as well. The results of the leagues and the one-day events are combined to determine

1420-724: Is the staff social club at the university. It began life in 1897 as the College Common Room, taking in both staff and students. It has at various times been termed the Staff Common Room and the Senior Common Room. Its membership includes academic, administrative and technical staff. The University of New England has a residential college system, with the colleges having JCRs that organise social events. The University of Ghana has JCRs representing students from its undergraduate halls as well as in

1491-530: The Charities Act 2006 , some of the student common rooms at the maintained colleges remained independent charities, recognised as student unions under the Education Act 1994 , while most voted to become 'student organisations' within the university's Durham Student Organisations (DSO)framework. Common rooms can vote to leave the DSO framework and become registered charities, or vice-versa. As of 2022, seven of

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1562-523: The Charity Commission if they have an income of £100,000 per annum or higher. As of February 2023 , eight common rooms are registered with the commission, all from colleges of Durham University . Like other students' unions, student common rooms may appoint sabbatical officers ; this is common at Durham but rare at other universities. As colleges vary in size between universities – the median Durham college had 1400 students in 2021/22, while

1633-555: The University of Nottingham there are junior common room committees in many of the halls of residence that organise social events for residents of those halls. University of Reading JCRs are part of the Reading University Students' Union. There is an elected JCR committee at each hall of residence, which represents the students living in that hall and organise social events. The Staff Common Room (SCR)

1704-502: The "Old Langwith" Blocks in 2012, when a new Langwith College was built on the Heslington East campus; blocks J, K, M and P are now part of the enlarged college. There were also a small group of rooms known as "N Block" (N standing for nucleus) which were situated above the main kitchen. Originally these were used for guest accommodation, however they have since been converted to offices. E, F, G and H Blocks are situated across

1775-403: The "Summer Common Room" at Magdalen College , or the "Alumni Common Room" at St John's College . These are sometimes, but not always, associated with a particular section of the student or academic body. At the University of Cambridge , common rooms as rooms have existed for a long time. However, it was only in the mid 20th century that the idea of the JCR committee as a representative body of

1846-588: The "Weir Common Room", named in honour of college alumni . At Christ Church , St Antony's and Templeton the representative bodies for postgraduate students are called "graduate common rooms" or "GCRs". At some graduate colleges such as Wolfson , St. Cross and Linacre College , students and fellows share a single common room. The JCR and MCR presidents of all affiliated Oxford common rooms, in addition to their OUSU reps, are automatically voting members of OUSU's governing council, which meets fortnightly during term to decide on virtually all aspects of OUSU's policy.

1917-399: The "hall exec". A Senior Common Room is also present. Other halls such as Lyddon, Charles Morris, Oxley, Ellerslie, Tetley, Bodington Hall and Weetwood formerly followed the same format; however, the use of the term JCR in these halls has fallen into disuse since 2000 - in the case of the first four halls through modernisation, or in the case of the latter three halls through closure. At

1988-548: The BA Rooms. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge , has both a JCR, MCR, and SCR along with a Sidney Sussex College Students' Union of which all students are members. At Homerton College the JCR is known as the Homerton Union of Students. The president is the only sabbatical JCR or equivalent officer at a Cambridge college. JCRs and MCRs have elected committees to represent their interests within their colleges and in

2059-463: The CLASP system, consisting of prefabricated concrete blocks and panels. The decision to use the system on this unprecedented scale was an innovation by Sir Andrew Derbyshire , the project architect behind the original university. Block A is part of the main college nucleus, being the north-west and north-east sides of a small quadrangle, with the administrative offices and JCR on the south-east. B Block

2130-500: The City of York planners approved the design for the new campus. It was decided that rather than create a new college that an existing College should be moved. Goodricke College was selected for this and moved onto the new campus in 2009 with James taking over its building on Heslington West. In 2012 the same process took place with Langwith moving to Heslington East and Derwent taking over its previous buildings. In 2014 Heslington East saw

2201-497: The College Constitution was suitably updated. The day-to-day running of the colleges is managed by an elected committee of staff and student members chaired by the college's Senior College Fellow . Colleges have a Junior Common Room for undergraduate students, which is managed by the elected Junior Common Room Committee, and a Graduate Common Room for post-graduate students, as well as a Senior Common Room , which

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2272-816: The Colleges Governance Review, in April 2023 the Student Life Committee agreed to discontinue the role of College Principal. College Council would be chaired by the Senior College Fellow, with all colleges who did not already have one now appointing one. College Managers will continue to have operational responsibility for the college, and will serve as the Executive Officer of the Council. In November 2023,

2343-560: The Derwent nucleus. Eden's Court was not always affiliated to Derwent and its residents, mostly mature students , belonged to a range of colleges. Facilities in Derwent include Computer Services classrooms and computer rooms, and the Derwent bar and dining room. During the day there is a main dining room , a snack bar and a drinks bar . Derwent College is home to the university's Politics, Education, English and Related Literature, and School of PPE departments. Derwent College came to have

2414-500: The JCR) at non-collegiate universities, where they are normally associated with halls of residence. A significant difference between colleges and halls of residence generally is that students continue to be members of a college when not resident in the college; thus college JCRs serve all students who are members of the college, whether or not they live in college accommodation, while hall JCRs serve only residents of that hall. As well as in

2485-572: The JCRC also put on many smaller events in D Bar. These include an annual 'Take Me Out' in February, a Burns Night and St Andrews Day Ceilidh open to both the JCR and SCR, a Winter Formal (usually in a local hotel or the Railway Museum ) and a 'Summer Soiree,' which involves canapes on the lawns of Heslington Hall followed by the annual Derwent Awards Ceremony inside D Bar. These events are well attended by college members and provide structure to

2556-739: The JCRC, who put on the vast majority of events within the college. Club D, a student club night on campus is organised through the Junior Common room. This is held periodically during term time in D-Bar and Derwent's dining room. Typically, there are four of these per academic year, with Cabaret D in Freshers Week, Halloween D in October, Back 2 School D in Refreshers Week and a summer D, known as Big D (formerly Derwent BBQ). Big D

2627-427: The MCR registered with the college. St Catherine's JCR "declared independence" from the college authorities in 2015 in protest against financial controls imposed by the college. There exist several exceptions to the standard common room system. Instead of maintaining a separate JCR and MCR, St Benet's Hall maintained a Joint Common Room (JCR) which jointly represented both undergraduate and graduate students, until

2698-475: The OUSU council meetings take place in odd-numbered weeks of the university term. JCR presidents also get together in even-numbered weeks for meetings of the presidents' committee (popularly known as prescom ). MCR presidents also get together up to three times a term for meetings of the MCR presidents' committee (popularly known as MCR-prescom ). In addition, colleges sometimes have additional common rooms, such as

2769-567: The UK, organisations known as common rooms are found in universities in Australia, Ghana, Ireland, Singapore and the US In addition to this, each of the above terms may also refer to an actual common room designated for the use of these groups, and at some universities has only this meaning. At the University of Cambridge, the term combination room (e.g., "junior combination room") is also used, with

2840-505: The business school. Trinity Hall, Dublin has the only JCR at Trinity College . The JCR is the representative body for students living at the hall, and primarily provides services to resident students, while Trinity College Dublin Students' Union is the main representative body for student members of the college. The college also has a number of 'student spaces' termed JCRs around the campus. Trinity Hall also has an SCR, consisting of

2911-681: The central students' union. The committees are almost universally led by a president and a range of other elected positions to cover specific areas or interest or functions (e.g. secretary, treasurer, entertainment). There is a great deal of variety between the colleges in terms of the roles that the JCRs and MCRs undertake, how much influence they have in college affairs and how many functions they provide. Nearly all are responsible for organising Freshers Week and frequent entertainments. Cambridge Students' Union 's student council has two members per college, corresponding to one for each JCR and MCR except where

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2982-456: The chairs of the JCR and MCR presidents' committees. Colleges have an elected 'college committee' representing students, called either a JCR committee or a college student association (CSA) committee. As of 2023, most colleges have a student association, but Derwent and James still have JCRs and Wentworth , a graduate-only college, has a Graduate Student Association. At Lancaster , undergraduates are members of one of eight colleges (with

3053-436: The college and the undergraduates. By the end of the 19th century, similar arrangements were put in place at almost all Oxford colleges. When post-graduate numbers increased dramatically in the 1960s, similar arrangements, modelled on the JCRs, were put in place for them in the shape of middle common rooms. A typical college now has a JCR for undergraduates, an MCR for graduates and an SCR for its fellows. JCRs and MCRs have

3124-424: The college's academic and administrative members. The colleges are deliberately assigned undergraduates, postgraduate students and staff from a wide mixture of disciplines. In 1963 the University of York opened. At the time, the university consisted of three buildings, principally the historic King's Manor in the city centre and Heslington Hall , which has Tudor foundations and is in the village of Heslington on

3195-417: The committee's annual plan. Weekly events include cost-of-living events such as Toastie Wednesday's and Jacket Potato Fridays, where the JCRC or college management provide free food to college members to help reduce costs. Colleges of the University of York The University of York has eleven colleges . These colleges provide most of the accommodation for undergraduates and postgraduates at

3266-609: The common rooms are called "parlours", such as the Junior Parlour and Graduate Parlour. At Jesus College, Cambridge , the JCR is known as "The Jesus College Students' Union", with its physical space being the Marshall Room. A similar arrangement is found at Trinity College , where the JCR is known as the 'Trinity College Students' Union' and occupies the physical JCR, and the MCR is known as the BA Society, occupying

3337-405: The construction of Colleges ceased until 1990 with the foundation of James College, York . Initially James was intended to be a postgraduate only college, however the university began to rapidly expand in size almost doubling in size from 4,300 to 8,500 students, in 1993 therefore it was decided that the college should become open to undergraduates. The expansion of student numbers also resulted in

3408-429: The creation of more accommodation by the university which was named 'Halifax Court'; the members of Halifax Court were members of other colleges however soon formed their own Junior Common Room . In 2002 Halifax Court was made a full College of the university and was renamed as Halifax College, York . In 2003, the university set out plans to create a campus for 5,000 additional students, Heslington East . In May 2008

3479-535: The edge of York. A year later, work began on purpose-built structures on the Heslington West campus, including the construction of the Colleges, which now form the main part of the university. Baron James of Rusholme , the university's first Vice-Chancellor, set out to create a modern university which retained and updated the collegiate system of the traditional collegiate universities of Oxbridge , It

3550-657: The establishment of the ninth college and was named Constantine after the Roman emperor Constantine the Great , who was proclaimed Augustus in York in 306 AD. Due to increasing demands for accommodation, two new colleges have been built on the University's East Campus. The first, opened in 2021 is named after Anne Lister and the second is named after David Kato . Like other plate glass universities , such as Lancaster , colleges are primarily residence halls as opposed to having

3621-407: The fifteen maintained colleges have independent JCRs (or equivalent) and eight are DSOs. Among the independent colleges, St John's Common Room is an independent charity (taking in the MCR and Cranmer Common Room). For student common rooms that are independent, the college council in each maintained college is responsible for ensuring (on behalf of the university's council) that the common room follows

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3692-433: The hall or college, operate certain services within these institutions such as laundry or recreation, and provide opportunities for socialising. There are variations based on institutional tradition and needs, but classically the following common rooms will exist: Common rooms are particularly found at collegiate universities such as Oxford , Cambridge , Durham , York and Lancaster , but can also be found (often only

3763-448: The hall's closure in 2022. At Nuffield College , an all-graduate college founded in 1937 before the conception of MCRs, students are members of a JCR. Additionally, although Wadham College maintains a separate JCR and MCR, its entire student population is represented by a combined students' union (SU). Alternative names are sometimes used for college MCRs. Brasenose College has the "Hulme Common Room" (HCR), and University College has

3834-579: The legal status of 'listed bodies' as seen at Oxford and Cambridge . However, the colleges do still have considerable autonomy. Every college is governed by its own constitution, which designates a college council as its governing body. This is chaired by the Senior College Fellow, and consists of the College Manager, the Deputy College Manager, and representatives of the student membership. Often other non-voting members are included such as college fellows, and college tutors . Changes to

3905-500: The main blocks, Derwent students are also accommodated in Eden's Court which is situated on Heslington Lane. Eden's Court comprises eight houses, each of nine or ten rooms with similar layout to those of Halifax College . There are also two cottages, Eden's Cottage and Sycamore Cottage. Eden's Court is jocularly referred to by the other blocks of Derwent as 'Shutter Island', due to its isolation in being situated nearer to Halifax College than

3976-530: The median Oxford college had 640 students – so do the sizes of their common rooms. The earliest junior common rooms at the University of Oxford , dating back to the 17th century, were private student clubs, limited to richer students who could afford their membership fees, and known for drinking and debauchery. With the reforms of Oxford in the mid-19th century, there was a crackdown on JCR activities, with Corpus Christi going as far as to disband its JCR in 1852. In 1868 New College moved to dissolve its JCR after

4047-475: The other side of University Road from the rest of the college, adjacent to Heslington Church field. They are more recently brick-build accommodation and some of these rooms offer en-suite bathroom facilities. Originally only two of these blocks belonged to Derwent, the other two were part of Langwith, prior to that college's move to the new East Campus, and collectively they were often referred to as "Derwith," and more contemporaneously as "Extension." Further to

4118-428: The requirements placed on students' unions by the 1994 act. Similar to many university-level students' unions , all but two of the seventeen colleges at Durham have at least one paid sabbatical officer for their JCR (or equivalent), and some have more. A framework for senior common rooms is under development as of July 2022 . Durham Students' Union 's Assembly includes a representative from each college as well as

4189-409: The role of an "MCR". Lancaster has a students' union which co-ordinates activities between the different colleges, and the JCR and GSA executives are considered to be standing committees of the union council. Halls at the University of Bristol have student-run junior common rooms to organise social events and represent students in the residence. The JCR is the committee rather than the student body as

4260-426: The same abbreviations. Common rooms are found at almost all collegiate universities and in halls at a few non-collegiate universities. Student common rooms may be classified as students' unions under the Education Act 1994 . Until the Charities Act 2006 , common rooms (and other students' unions) were exempt charities, but under that act and the successor Charities Act 2011 they are now required to register with

4331-600: The structure of the colleges starting in September 2015 meant that the previous role of Head of College became part-time, and the full-time role of Assistant Head of College was introduced. In September 2019, this role was renamed to College Manager, with the role of Head of College becoming titled the College Principal. Before it was discontinued, the last colleges with a College Principal were Derwent College , Langwith College , and Vanburgh College . Following

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4402-538: The students arose. Prior to this, the room had generally been administered by the 'amalgamated clubs' – the college's sport societies – sometimes through a JCR committee formed by these societies, sometimes simply through a JCR secretary. At Magdalene , the JCR committee was appointed by the tutors rather than by students until the late 1950s, while at Caius the previous year's committee ('the Gargoyles') appointed their successors until 1963. The last college to move from

4473-401: The university's estates department of removing senior common room space from college control – refurbishing these as teaching rooms or putting them on the central booking system, so SCR members cannot just "drop in". The term "JCR", although intended to refer to all junior members of a college, is often used to refer to elected members of each college's JCR executive. Each JCR executive organises

4544-403: The university. The Graduate Common Room Committee is responsible for representing the interests of Derwent students, organising events, and welfare provision. The committee is elected annually from the postgraduate population. The 2024 JCRC Executive Committee is: Derwent College prides itself on having the unofficial motto of 'the social college.' This tradition is upheld annually by members of

4615-482: The university. The Junior Common Room Committee is responsible for representing the interests of Derwent students, organising events, and promoting student well-being. The committee is elected annually from the undergraduate population, and consists of around 40 members. All postgraduate students of Derwent College are members of the Graduate Common room , and continue to remain members throughout their time at

4686-409: The university. While lectures, examinations, laboratories and facilities such as the central library are run by the university, the colleges play an important role in the pastoral care of the student body. Every student is a member of a college, staff may choose to join a college if they wish. All the colleges are of equal status, but each has its own constitution. The day-to-day running of the colleges

4757-442: The warden, deputy warden and assistant wardens. The National University of Singapore has elected junior common room committees in its halls of residence, as well as senior common room committees. The JCR and SCR work together to plan events and the JCR also represents the students in the hall to the university administration, the university-wide students' union, and to JCRs in other halls. At Harvard College , each house has

4828-487: The way representation is organised would require a college referendum. No college has changed its status (Halifax having already had a CSA, and Constantine only being founded after the referendum), with Wentworth and Vanbrugh being the only colleges to have held a referendum on changing to a Student Association which resulted in a no vote. Junior Common Rooms and Student Associations are each different in composition, but are broadly headed by an 'Executive Committee' made up of

4899-516: The winner of the 'College Cup', in the 2013/14 standings James College won, with Derwent College coming second, and Alcuin College coming third. In 2014 a new tournament was created "College Varsity" which was held between York's colleges and the colleges of Durham University . York hosted the first tournament which was won by Durham's colleges, as was the second held in Durham. The third tournament

4970-483: Was held in 2016 and was hosted and won by York. Common Room (university) A common room is a group into which students (and sometimes the academic body) are organised in some universities, particularly in the United Kingdom, normally in a subdivision of the university such as a college or hall of residence , in addition to an institution-wide students' union . They represent their members within

5041-813: Was planned that "Each college will be a unit of 300 students, 150 of whom will be resident, the remainder being in lodgings or in student flats, but using the college as their social centre. This organisation is unlike that of Oxford and Cambridge on one hand or the halls of residence at civic universities on the other. The college will differ from 'Oxbridge' in that they will not be autonomous financially, nor will they be responsible for admission of students or appointment of staff. They will differ from halls of residence in that teaching will be carried on in them." York's first two Colleges, Derwent and Langwith were founded in 1965, and were followed by Alcuin and Vanbrugh in 1967. Goodricke and Wentworth were founded shortly afterwards, in 1968 and 1972 respectively. After 1972

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