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Join The Student Room TodayBe part of the UK's largest and fastest growing student community. It's free to join and a lot of fun - Get inspired, express your ideas, interact and share St Peter's College, OxfordFrom The Student RoomTSR Wiki > University > Choosing a University > University Guides > Oxford > St Peter's College, Oxford
LocationSituated in the superb location of New Inn Hall Street right in central Oxford. One minute's walking distance from the gates to the prestigious Oxford Union and Purple Turtle - the Union nightclub. One minute's walk from George street (many restaurants/eateries, clubs and theatres)and Gloucester Green (Odeon cinema and weekly markets) One minute's walk from the Clarendon shopping centre One minute's walk from Oxford's High Street and Cornmarket Street where all shopping is done 10 to 15 minute bicycle ride to Iffley sports centre Roughly 10 minute cycle ride to the furthest libraries AccommodationAccomodation for 1st years comprises of Staircase IV, Chavasse, Matthews and New Block. - Staircase IV: Has wachine machines on every floor but no sinks in rooms. - Chavasse: Largest rooms with high ceilings. Only 8 of these rooms. One washing machine. The majority of 1st years live in Matthews and New Block. Social SpacesSt Peter's has a well-used, centralised JCR situated under Matthews block and next to Staircase IV. St Peter's JCR can be considered quite large (bops are held there), bigger than some of the richer colleges like Trinity even. The centralisation is important as it means it's used more frequently than e.g. Somerville who don't have one room for the JCR, but several rooms across their college resulting in a dispersion of students when socialising. The JCR has two foosball tables (one free), a Ping-Pong table, a pool table, Sky plasma TV, vending machines, many comfy seats and sofas, lockers and video game machines. Situated merely a few steps away from the JCR (allowing for easy access in the evenings) is the newly refurbished St Peter's bar complete with a beer garden and darts board. Library and ComputingLibrary - Consists of the Lower, Main and Upper library. Lower library is devoted solely to English. - Well-stocked for all subjects. - Contains 9 computers for student use. Colour printing is available. - Photocopying machine, credits must be purchased to use.
- The MCR and JCR have a joint computer room in Staircase 2 room IV. This is equipped with a laserjet printer, a photocopying machine and 12 computers. WelfareHenrietta Leyser is the head of Welfare for the college and will take up all pastoral issues at the collegiate level. The JCR committee comprises of a female and male welfare representative who are supported by their peer support team consisting of students in the JCR. AtmosphereFacilitiesStudent-eye viewSt Peter's is a relaxed and friendly college and from what I can tell the MCR are pretty socially active - they've organised various events. We're not very rich so accommodation prices can be a bit higher than other colleges and I don't think there are many book grants and things like that, but I don't know how much those sorts of things will affect you (it probably says on the website whether graduate students get accommodation). I don't know if St Peter's has any really strong stereotypes but there are a lot of people who seem quite sporty, that might just be Oxford though. |
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