Welcome to Balliol MCR.

Balliol's Middle Common Room (MCR) offers the best graduate experience in Oxford. I should probably put in the usual qualifier "arguably", but I wouldn't mean it.

There are advantages of being part of a large, ancient College, and there are advantages to being part of a community where you're surrounded by other graduates. Usually prospective graduates have to choose between the two, but at Balliol we are lucky enough to have both. We have our own site, based around Holywell Manor.

Our most significant asset is of course the student body itself. We are truly international and incredibly multi-disciplinary. A lot of us have not come straight from undergrad study. This all adds to the breadth of experience and background that the community draws on. There is always some lively conversation to be part of, always some activity to get involved in.

The Holywell Manor site not only houses many of us, but contains a massive amount of communal space. We make good use of this through organising a busy calender of social events, for which Balliol MCR is justly famous. But the real pleasure is engaging in the day to day activity that perhaps inevitably results from having such a high concentration of diverse scholars in one place.

All this is just a short walk from Balliol's main site, which is there to be taken advantage off by our grads. Balliol's reputation in Oxford is for being an academic (by Oxford standards) and friendly institution, and having a strong sense of student involvement in the running of college. There are many opportunities that come through being part of such a place.

If you're planning on joining us, we look forward to welcoming you.

Anna
MCR President
anna.lewis@balliol.ox.ac.uk