UJCR: University Junior Common Room
UJCR: Undergraduate Junior Common Room
In some universities in the United Kingdom—particularly collegiate
universities—the academic body is organised into one or more of the following:
A Junior Common Room "(JCR)"
A Middle Common Room "(MCR)"
A Senior Common Room "(SCR)"
In addition to this, each of the above phrases may also refer to an actual room
designated for the use of these groups. At the University of Cambridge the term
combination room' (e.g. "Junior Combination Room") is also used, with the same
abbreviations. As a generalization, JCRs are associations of undergraduates and
SCRs an association of tutors and academics associated with a college.
Postgraduates are sometimes given their own MCR, or placed in with either of the
other groups. This terminology has, in addition, been taken up in some
universities in other English speaking nations.
Common Room as physical space
M Common room
Many universities contain one or more rooms designated for social activities,
sometimes labeled "Common Rooms". Sometimes different Common Rooms are open to
different members of the university, with prefixes such as "Junior", "Middle"
and "Senior" used to denote them.
Common Room as a collection of people
The terms JCR, MCR and SCR originated from the University of Oxford and the
University of Cambridge. The terms are now used at ten British universities as
well as Harvard College in the United States of America and at the University of
Trinity College in the University of Toronto, Canada. Due to the way that the
terms have evolved over time and the idiosyncratic nature of university
structure, the use of the three terms varies considerably from institution to
institution. The main variations involve terminology, mature students and
postgraduate students.
In addition to this, the terms may be used to refer to the elected groups that
run the common rooms. Other names such as "Exec" may exist for these.
Bristol
Halls of the University of Bristol cater mostly for first year undergraduate
students, though there is a sizable undergraduate and postgraduate community who
choose to stay on, either in the capacity as Tutors or as full paying borders.
The term JCR refers to the entire undergraduate population, but more
specifically and commonly to the elected body of students who run the JCR for
one academic year. Though most Bristol Hall JCRs are made up of first years, it
is custom in Wills Hall and Manor Hall to elect returning students to the
majority of positions, including JCR President.
There is no MCR, but SCR includes Warden, Vice Warden, Tutors and honourable
guests at Formal Hall. Hall Bars physically house the JCR, with a separate and
publicly inaccessible SCR room reserved elsewhere in Hall.
Cambridge
The University of Cambridge does not have common rooms, as in other
universities, but combination rooms. The same abbreviations are used. JCR
Presidents in Cambridge are ex officio council members of the Cambridge
University Students' Union (CUSU). The JCR represents undergraduates, with
postgraduate students being members of the Middle Combination Room. In some
Colleges, St John's for example, graduates are members of the MCR (known as the
Samuel Butler Room) as well as being members of the JCR. All colleges also have
an SCR.
Durham
At Durham, the majority of the seventeen colleges divide their members into:
A JCR for undergraduate students
An MCR for postgraduate students
An SCR for academics who are members of the college
In addition, there may be one or more rooms set aside for the use of these
bodies referred to as 'the JCR' or 'the MCR' etc. The committee that runs the
JCR is called the "Exec". Membership of the JCR is not obligatory to students.
There are some exceptions to this. The College of St Hild and St Bede has a
"Students Representative Council", which includes both undergraduates and
postgraduates at the college. Ustinov College is a postgraduate only college and
its student organisation is labeled the Graduate Common Room or GCR. The other
college to not have a JCR is Ushaw College, a Roman Catholic seminary which
operates as a college of the university.
Although the Durham Students' Union is independent from the college JCRs, each
JCR has a representative to the union.
Kent
At Kent each of the colleges was initially built with one or more "Junior Common
Room" social spaces, however over the passage of time a number of the common
rooms have been transformed into eateries and more formalised social areas. Each
college has a "Junior College Committee" (formerly "Junior Common Room
Committee") which acts to represent the students of each college to the College
Master and organise social events.
The Rooms and Committees have traditionally been open to both undergraduates and
postgraduates, with the Senior Common Rooms provided for staff.
Lancaster
At Lancaster, undergraduates are members of one of eight colleges (with 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, although each college has actual common rooms
set aside for Junior and Senior members. 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 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
the role of an "MCR". Lancaster has a Students' Union which co-ordinates
activities between the different colleges.
Nottingham
At Nottingham, the majority of the Halls of Residence predominantly house
undergraduates, with a small number of postgraduates living in hall as part of
the pastoral and disciplinary system; in this instance, the JCR refers to the
undergraduate members of the hall. Postgraduates, along with a Warden, comprise
the SCR (Senior Common Room). The Hall Warden is an academic member of staff who
usually lives either in a special residence within the hall, or in a nearby
house.
JCR activities include organising social events and sports teams that compete in
the Athletic Union's Inter-mural sports competitions. Since most students move
out of halls after their first year, it is common for students to retain a sense
of affiliation to their hall while living 'off-campus'. Many JCRs include former
residents of the hall in their sports teams.
Most of the JCRs at Nottingham are not part of the Students' Union; however,
Cavendish Hall, Nightingale Hall, Raleigh Park and St Peter's Court JCRs are. St
Peter's Court is a recently established residence that the Students' Union was
involved in establishing the community of from the outset.
Melton Hall houses only postgraduates, and the student organisation there forms
the university's only MCR.
Oxford
At Oxford, a typical college has a Junior Common Room (JCR) for undergraduates,
a Middle Common Room (MCR) for graduates and a Senior Common Room (SCR) for its
fellows. JCRs and MCRs have a committee, with a president and so on, that
represent their students to college authorities, Oxford University Student Union
(OUSU), etc., in addition to being an actual room for the use of members.
Wadham College is a notable exception: although it maintains an MCR, its entire
student population is represented by a combined Students' Union (SU).
The JCR presidents of all Oxford colleges are automatically members of OUSU's
governing Council, which meets fortnightly during term to decide on virtually
all aspects of OUSU's policy. OUSU Council meetings take place in odd-numbered
weeks of the University term but JCR Presidents also get together in
even-numbered weeks for meetings of Presidents' Committee (popularly known as
Prescom or the Exec).
Alternative names are sometimes used for college MCRs. Brasenose College has the
"Hulme Common Room" (HCR) and University College has the "Weir Common Room",
named in honour of college alumni. At Christ Church and Templeton the
representative bodies for postgraduate students are called Graduate Common Rooms
or GCRs.
Reading
Reading JCRs are setup in a very similar way to their Oxford counterparts, as
the University was founded as University College Reading, as part of Christ
Church, Oxford. The JCRs at Reading are some of the oldest outside Oxbridge with
some such as Wantage JCR founded in 1908 and Wessex JCR later in 1915. Today
there are thirteen JCRs operating independently of each other, although they do
work with the Students' Union. JCRs represent all Students in a particular Hall
as well as having a large number of attached members living in houses.
Each year a new committee is elected in each halls.
Southampton
JCRs at the University of Southampton exist in each of the different halls of
residences, such as Glen Eyre Halls, Chamberlain and Montefiore. The JCRs
provide a welfare and support role to new students, and coordinate social and
sports activities around the halls. Yearly elections are held, usually around
Easter time, with members serving one or more yearly terms. The university has a
Students Union that represents the students on a wider basis, and is generally
separate from the JCRs.
York
All but one of the colleges at the University of York have a JCR and SCR in a
similar way to the colleges at the University of Oxford. York does not have any
MCRs.
Halifax College students are represented by a Students' Association, which
represents both undergraduate and graduate students of the College. However, in
recent years it has seen its' membership drop significantly and this change to a
Student Association is unpopular within the college and it is rumoured the
incoming 2007 'President' will revert back to a JCRC.
The junior common rooms are run by a "JCRC" (Junior Common Room Committee).
Annual elections are held in November with people coming forward to stand for
the various positions. Following a hustings night the other student members of
each college then vote for who they want in each position. The successful
candidates are then elected for a whole year. At York, the JCRCs are mainly
involved in organising any major social events a college has, such as Christmas
Balls, or events like Playboy Mansion in Goodricke College or Planet V in
Vanbrugh College. They also offer welfare help to students in the form of
welfare reps who can offer advice or give contact details of other groups to
students through informal drop-in sessions.
Harvard
At Harvard College, the term "Junior Common Room" officially refers to the
collection of undergraduates affiliated with one of Harvard's 13 houses. Every
undergraduate is assigned to a house in the spring of his or her freshman year
and thereafter is a member of that house's Junior Common Room, including
students who have chosen to reside off campus.
In everyday usage, however, "Junior Common Room" almost always refers to a large
common room in an undergraduate house by the same name, or simply "JCR" for
short. JCRs are generally available for undergraduates to study or watch
television, and student groups often reserve the space for meetings. This is in
contrast to a "Senior Common Room," or SCR, which is for exclusive use of
members of the houses' Senior Common Room members.
Trinity College, University of Toronto
The University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto has adopted many
of the traditions of Oxbridge, including the wearing of academic gowns and
several common rooms, including a Junior Common Room, Divinity Common Room, and
Senior Common Room, which are all communities within the college as well as
physical rooms. All undergradute students registered in the college are members
of the Junior Common Room, which hosts a variety of lively social activities, as
well as serving as a comfortable student lounge with newspapers from around the
world. The Divinity Common Room is available to students in Trinity's Faculty of
Divinity, the oldest Anglican theological faculty in Canada. The Senior Common
Room consists of college fellows with teaching appointments in the University of
Toronto, teaching staff in the Faculty of Divinity, senior college
administrators, graduate students who serve as academic dons, and divinity
graduate students with fellowships. Other select members of the wider academic,
social, and ecclesiastical community are also included. The SCR hosts a number
of social and educational events and weekly high table dinners in Strachan Hall.
The physical space is a gracious room overlooking the college quadrangle and is
a faculty lounge hosting daily tea and weekly wine receptions.
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