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Welcome to Oriel!

The Junior Common Room (or JCR) is the community of undergraduate students at Oriel College.

We have a smaller student population than the average Oxford college – about 90 to 100 in each cohort, and around 350 in total – which lends us a uniquely intimate and convivial atmosphere. This makes it easy to get to know lots of different people, and college spirit and camaraderie run deep.

To all offer-holders: congratulations on your A-level results! Follow our Instagram page (below) for more information to come before Freshers' Week.

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Run by (certain members of) the JCR committee at @orielcollegeoxford. 🦁🦁🦁

Last post of intros! - meet Lydia, Mya, Lydia, and

Last post of intros! - meet Lydia, Mya, Lydia, and Jerric!

And now for our food and bar reps, we have Flora,

And now for our food and bar reps, we have Flora, Alice, and Eliza!

To start off our other officers and reps we have A

To start off our other officers and reps we have Anna (interim), Anton, and Carrie!

Here are our wonderful entz (entertainment) office

Here are our wonderful entz (entertainment) officers - Ellie, Laura, and Hugo!

To wrap up our equalities and access team we have

To wrap up our equalities and access team we have Rhienna (interim)! Alongside our lovely welfare officers - Alice and Sam!

Please welcome the next instalment of the equaliti

Please welcome the next instalment of the equalities and access team! - Ben (interim), Eva, and Shiyuan!

(sorry ben, miscounted, had to post you again!)

Next up is the first part of our equalities and ac

Next up is the first part of our equalities and access team! Meet Aryan, Hani, and Anwyll!

It's time to introduce the Oriel JCR committee for

It's time to introduce the Oriel JCR committee for 2023, starting with the exec! - meet Sam, Amy, Carolina, Jenny, and Oscar!

Tonight, the bar opens its doors for the last open

Tonight, the bar opens its doors for the last open meeting of the year. Let them eat cake.

Oriel College JCR Public Statement 🏳️‍⚧️

Oriel JCR notes the controversy surrounding the invitation of Kathleen Stock to speak at the Oxford Union. As a student body we would like to reiterate our ongoing support for transgender and gender nonconforming students, and will continually seek to support them in navigating a positive experience in Oxford. Oriel College JCR is committed to ensuring all its members feel welcome regardless of identity, as set out in the College’s Equality and Diversity Policy. As a JCR, we will offer full assistance to any student faced with discrimination.

This JCR supports Freedom of Speech for all, and that includes, of course, Professor Kathleen Stock. However, we wonder what is being achieved, in the context of the social discourse surrounding transgender rights, through hosting this event. We do not feel that this event will be constructive for conversations surrounding trans rights. However, given that it is planned, we seek to express our disagreement with the way it has been formatted. We appreciate the efforts of the Union to allow for student questioning. However, we believe that in the need for a more critical appraisal of sensitive ideas, it would be more constructive to have a formal debate with Stock representing one of multiple speakers of varying opinions, with the speakers being of equal status. A format in which students are called up to address the speaker is not equal to a format in which the speakers are individuals of social prominence.

We encourage members of Oriel JCR to attend Stock’s talk at the Oxford Union, in order to utilise the event as a space to challenge any views they disagree with. We support any students who seek to express their political opinions, including the right to peaceful protest.

If you would like to speak to our LGBTQ+ Officer or Equalities and Access Officers, their details are as follows:
angharad.thomas@oriel.ox.ac.uk(LGBTQ+ Officer)
shubh.kumar@oriel.ox.ac.uk (E&A Officer)
aryan.dhanwani@oriel.ox.ac.uk (E&A Officer)

Some photos from Oriel Women’s Dinner 2023🥰

Some photos from Oriel Women’s Dinner 2023🥰

This Tuesday come down to the bar at 9pm for twist

This Tuesday come down to the bar at 9pm for twist on the usual pub quiz in the form of an open mix night specifically for music around the world. We will also be having students coming from Magdalen and University Colleges coming down to our bar. There will be prizes (i.e. G&D vouchers) for the best three open mic performances.
See our story for the link to submit your song requests!

Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a lovely vac

Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a lovely vac and getting some well-earned rest <3 Here is the last ‘JCR Round Up’ for HT23! If there’s anything I’ve missed, do mention it in the comments. Oriel JCR members, do check the Facebook page for a more detailed version :)

In the words of our Provost: 'V good. Impressive list of successes!'

As always, if there’s anything you’d like to know more about, you’re welcome to message any of us ❤️

Oriel love,
Phoebe 🌞👑 x

Hey everyone! Here is the first ‘JCR Round Up’

Hey everyone! Here is the first ‘JCR Round Up’ for HT23! If there’s anything I’ve missed, do mention it in the comments! Oriel JCR members, do check the Facebook page for a more detailed version :)

As always, if there’s anything you’d like to know more about, you’re welcome to message any of us ❤️

Oriel love,
Phoebe x

Last night, Oriel held its first Multicultural For

Last night, Oriel held its first Multicultural Formal Hall!

This came about from a proposition from our wonderful Equalities and Access Officer @chikcenkace , with input and photos from our JCR President @thephoebstar, help from our International Officer @socialtarunism , and the initial idea from @tomszwarcer . It was executed brilliantly by the hall and catering team.

The multicultural formal is an occasion in which students can deviate from the commonly seen suits and equivalent of formal attire and fully embrace the freedom of expression Oriel college’s formal hall permits. Therefore, students came along wearing their national formal dress, and a four-course meal inspired by dishes from around the globe was served. It was a wonderful atmosphere and we hope to discuss continuing such events on a more regular basis!

Thanks to the generosity of the kitchen, the multi

Thanks to the generosity of the kitchen, the multicultural formal hall will now feature 4 courses from 4 unique cuisines!
I must assure you that this was not an attempt to force a pun of the hall taking you on a mouthwatering journey across the 4 corners of the globe (which it absolutely will), but rather a means by which the kitchen can accommodate the additional dishes they could not see being discluded from the menu.
While it may not seem so at times, the kitchen is home to a breadth of culinary experts from around the world and the multicultural formal has presented a unique opportunity for them to share the dishes closest to their hearts.
They would love to see as many people attend to share some of their homely love to Oriel's people!
So remember to bring your cultural formal attire, even if this is the traditional jacket and tie, back from the vac for the best hall of term!

31st January; Tuesday 3rd week HT - remember the date.

Hey everyone! As promised, here is the second (and

Hey everyone! As promised, here is the second (and last) 'JCR Round Up' for MT22! If there's anything I've missed, do chuck it in the comments! Oriel JCR members - the Facebook group has a more detailed version :)

As always, if there is anything you'd like to know more about, you're welcome to message any of us, and I hope you all have a wonderful and restful vac - don't work too hard, eat, drink, and be merry <3

Oriel love,

Phoebe 🌞👑🎄 x

Hey everyone! In a bid to show more clearly what t

Hey everyone! In a bid to show more clearly what the JCR does, what you can get involved in, give committee members the recognition they deserve for the work they're doing, and (hopefully) generate some interest in being part of the committee, I am starting a fortnightly 'JCR round up' to communicate these things! As this is a new idea, the first is a summary of everything from term so far, but the rest will all be based on the past fortnight. As always, if there is anything you'd like to know more about, you're welcome to message any of us 🙂 - please check the comments for elaboration on a couple of things...
Oriel love,
Phoebe 🌞👑 x

As part of our outreach efforts for incoming fresh

As part of our outreach efforts for incoming freshers, Oriel JCR will be running an online webinar on 4th September 2022, 3pm British Standard Time (BST), covering useful advice on coming up to Oriel/Oxford, settling in, what to pack, what to expect in the next few months, and more. If you're interested in attending, please fill out the form below (link also in the bio) so we can send you the link to the event and to know how many attendees to expect – we look forward to meeting you then!

Many thanks to Tarun, JCR International Officer, for inspiring and organising this exciting event.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBWfzlHfwDsr4_O0odhEjbVFzRwaTnEUyOMuyUZ8jBW761Wg/viewform

Last but not least, meet Jerric (IT Rep), Andrei (

Last but not least, meet Jerric (IT Rep), Andrei (Men’s Rep), and Hugo (Sports Rep) :)

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