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Queens College (Oxford University)
30,990 discussions, 145 guides
Queens College (Oxford University)
The Queen's College
High Street
Oxford
OX1 4AW
Tel: +44 (0)1865 790819
1341
'Oxide Radio' is the newly established SU supported station. Expect eclectic music programming, current affirs and comedy.
The college publishes four copies of the newspaper style RE:View magazine each term, with Queens based gossip, pictures and cultural and political features.
Rowan Atkinson - Mr Bean
Edmund Halley - The comet guy
Walter Pater - Victorian writer
The college has a great little bar called The Beer Cellar with a warm and friendly atmosphere that is very welcoming for students and outsiders alike. The high proportion of Northern students might have something to do with this and although the ra-ra factor at Queens is relatively low, remember this is still Oxford! Many of the students stick to the college's own venues so it can get a bit monotonous by the end of a year. The JCR and Queens Hall provide the other entertainment venues.
Live bands and a cabaret are pretty regular with plenty of home-grown talent on show, there are major Entz functions every fortnight with the end-of-term bop (read cheesy Ox Uni disco with cheap alcohol) a particularly debauched highlight.
The triennial Commemoration Balls and functions are big and fairly swanky occasions as you might expect. A bizarre traditonal social eventis the annual dinner to celebrate the survival of a student attacked by a boar in 1935 who defended himself with a weighty text by Aristotle!
Mainly sports oriented with teams for most imaginable academic pursuits. The college Drama Society also maintains a good reputation within the University and the Choir is one of the best in Oxford.
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All students are accommodated throughout their course of study and the accommodation is reputed to be the cheapest of any college. Queens Hall is pretty comfortable by all standards and the college is definitely one of the most attractive and imposing. Food is 'fine' according to one student we talked to but the highlight must be the trumpet fanfare that precedes all formal meals. There are also limited self-catering facilities.
Queen's genuinely couldn't be any more central. Situated on the High Street, most of Oxford's shops, cafes, clubs and (of course) university facilities are located in surrounding streets.
Queen's central location is a bit of a problem issue for parking. Although there are some spaces on the High Street, it's not often that any of them are free...
There are branches of all major banks in Oxford city-centre and plentiful access to ATMs. Queen's nearest cash machine is at Natwest on the High Street.
There is a subsidised stationary shop located in the OUSU building (next to the Clarendon Centre) for all those back to school style goodies.
Branches of Waterstones, Blackwells and Borders in the city-centre ensure that almost every book on almost every reading list is easy to purchase or order.
A mini-gym, squash courts, football, netball and hockey pitches are great facilities for college teams, and find good use on the annual sports day and tug-of-war against neighbouring college Teddy Hall.
The central location of Queen's means that you are unlikely to even need a bike to reach city or University amenities. For destinations further afield Oxford is well served by rail and coach services.
Beautiful grounds and gardens, par for the course at Oxford really. If you want to seek green-peace outside Queen's the college is very close to the gorgeous Botanic Gardens (free to Oxford students) and Christchurch Meadows.
The gorgeous 17th century library has 50,000 volumes to keep students entertained or working...
A couple of well-equipped computer rooms have adequate general facilities and there is ethernet connection available in all college rooms.
Doctors and Nurses hold regular drop-in surgeries on-site and two elected JCR Welfare Reps ensure that you can find support within the student community.
