Welcome to the MCR!

Exeter College, Oxford

“The William Petre Society is an association affiliated with Exeter College that aims to facilitate fruitful interaction between its members, promote the academic interests and the welfare and wellbeing of its members.”

— Preamble to the Society's Constitution

The Middle Common Room is the centre of graduate student life at Exeter, a community of over 200 people with diverse backgrounds and research interests.

The room itself is located on Staircase 8 at the Turl St site, through the first door on the left when entering. It has a small kitchen with tea and coffee, several computers, wireless internet access, a piano, a bathroom, a tutorial room, some lockers, and the newspapers and periodicals which are delivered there every morning every day of the week.

The MCR is led by the Committee, who are elected every year at the end of Michaelmas term.

🔔Workshop alert! Our very own Roland Chen (DPhil Information, Communications, and Social Sciences) and two friends of Exeter College (Paul Rivera Carlisle and Sam Danello) will be presenting at MozFest 2023, a global festival on tech and human futures. The workshop uses creative practice to probe the limits of pedagogy and experience, asking: “How can you teach an AI how to breathe?” We plan for a rich collaboration…and a mysterious twist. The workshop will be held on March 22nd from 4-5pm UTC via Zoom. To register, please sign up here: https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/tickets/

Enjoying a nice warm Sunday brunch and jazz at the MCR as a cozy end to our first week back this term. 🥐🍓🍎🥞🍞☕️

Can you sum up your thesis in 3 minutes or less while keeping your audience interested? Yesterday, a group of @exetercollegeox graduates participated in our annual 3 Minute Thesis competition, which challenges students to give a spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance in just 3 minutes. The judging panel consisted of college fellows and alumni. Congratulations to the winning participation, Nicolas Garraud and the runner up Gayatri Sundar Rajan, along with the People's choice winner Tim Bruckler. And congratulations to all participants, who had incredibly fascinating presentations. Swipe to the next image to have a look at the topics!

What’s better than wine 🍷 and cheese 🧀 and chocolate🍫 on a Tuesday? Wine 🍷 and cheese 🧀 and chocolate 🍫 … with Corpus Christi! Thanks to Peter, Nico, Souvik, and Mia for such a wonderful night!

Hello Week#4

Welfare Tea: Today, MCR @ 5.30 As 2nd week draws to a close, nourishment awaits: do join us in the MCR from 5.30 today for the second Welfare Tea of term! Expect sweet & savoury snacks aplenty, and chilled out company. We look forward to catching up with you all later today! Welfare love, Michaela, Sally and Rowena 🍎🥖🍰🍩🧀🥕🍏

What a wonderful week! Welcome the freshers of Exeter College and thanks to @exetercollegeox for the dinner.

MCR on ice ❄⛸️ #universityofoxford #postgraduate #postgradlife #postgradstudentlife #PhD #mphil #DPhil #masters

Fridays at 5:30 means Welfare Tea! No one ever achieved anything on an empty stomach 😁😁