All postgraduate students at Queen’s become members of the Middle Common Room (MCR).
The MCR is a diverse and welcoming community of scholars. The MCR committee organises a variety of social and cultural events, as well as providing general support to our graduates.
The MCR is also a physical space in College located in the Front Quad. It has sofas, kitchen facilities, and provides a convivial setting to socialise with other graduate students.
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Fellow in English helps uncover Guernsey’s medieval literary past
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Queen’s launches new Provox podcast
New student-led video tour of College life
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📜 Hidden in plain sight for centuries
17 fragments of medieval manuscripts, recycled as covers for Guernsey’s administrative notebooks, are transforming our understanding of the island’s literary past.
Working with Guernsey’s Island Archives, Queen’s Fellow in English Professor Tamara Atkin has helped uncover what the fragments reveal about the books read and circulated in medieval Guernsey.
🔗 Read more: ow.ly/1h6c50ZKllh
📷 Prof Atkin and Callum Tostevin-Hall, the Archives Assistant who found the fragments, taken by colleague Dr David Rundle
#MedievalLiterature #BookHistory #OxfordResearch #LiteraryHistory #MedievalManuscripts #HistoricalResearch #GuernseyHistory #MedievalStudies #ArchiveDiscovery #BookBindings #ManuscriptFragments #EnglishatOxford ...
What does empire still have to do with Britain today?
In the latest episode of ‘Provox’, the Provost is joined by award-winning author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera FRSL for a thoughtful conversation about family, social mobility, empire, and the debates that continue to define British society.
Sanghera reflects on growing up in Wolverhampton and they explore the legacy of empire, racism and reparations.
🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/oUOq50ZKhRJ
#ProvoxPodcast #SathnamSanghera #BritishHistory #Empire #PublicDebate #Oxford #EmpireLegacy #BritishSociety #RaceAndEmpire ...
🌱 🚜 Can a grass leaf help solve global food security?
The answer could transform the future of farming.
In the latest episode of ‘Provox’, the Provost speaks to leading plant scientist and Fellow at Queen's Professor Jane Langdale CBE FRS about the quest to engineer rice to photosynthesise more efficiently.
They explore the science behind C4 photosynthesis and why it could help crops use less water and fertiliser whilst producing higher yields. Discover how decades of research might then lead to a solution for one of humanity's greatest challenges: feeding a growing population sustainably.
🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/3lww50ZG457
#ProvoxPodcast #PlantScience #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #Oxford #C4Photosynthesis #PlantScienceResearch #SustainableFarming #FoodSecuritySolutions #CropInnovation #GlobalFoodSecurity #FutureOfFarming ...
Queen’s… in 'Harper’s Bazaar' magazine? 👀
Perhaps not where you’d expect to encounter the Queen's College Translation Exchange…but the September issue includes a fascinating piece on the skills linguists bring to the workplace.
💬 QTE founder Charlotte Ryland talks about why learning languages develops far more than the ability to communicate: "it's about how you interpret what people are saying and read between the lines".
These human skills are becoming more valuable, not less, and the feature serves as a reminder that languages belong in conversations far beyond the languages classroom. Watch this space for an exciting development in our graduate offering in this area...
#LanguageSkills #CriticalThinking #CulturalUnderstanding #LanguageLearning #HarpersBazaar #WorkplaceSkills #CommunicationSkills #HumanSkills ...