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.
MCR website (student-run)
Coming soon!
Queen’s now
Welcome! New academics join Queen’s
Fellow in Physics’ research group publishes cover article in leading journal
Queen’s celebrates European Day of Languages with the Anthea Bell Prize
More than a profession: our Head Chef on why he loves his role
Old Member wins book award with collection of Ancient Egyptian stories
11
OCT
Contrapunctus: Polyphony in Portugal
15
OCT
Meet the Artists
22
OCT
The Provost in conversation with…
11
NOV
Harmsworth Lecture 2025
Have your garden and eat it!
3
DEC
Handel Messiah
What’s for lunch?
- A delicious selection of soup, sandwiches,
pasta with sauce,
jacket potatoes with a variety of fillings,
and locally sourced seasonal vegetables
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Glazed Beef kofta meat balls with roasted peppers
chilli and paprika jam,
Tabbouleh, Garlic Yoghurt, Flatbread
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Ginger Bread and Butter Pudding
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Sweet Potato Falafels, pickled beetroot,
Tabbouleh, Garlic Yoghurt, Flatbread
A new academic year brings new colleagues to Queen’s. Please join us in welcoming: Dr Nakita Noel (Physics), Dr David Ewing (French), Dr Jeremy Page (Philosophy), Dr Clément Salah (Manuscript & Text Cultures) and Dr Mats van Es (Experimental Psychology).
🔗 Read their bios: ow.ly/V6S950X5rqT ... See MoreSee Less
"For some young participants, it is the first time they have talked about the possibility of going to university."
Delighted to see The Queen's College Translation Exchange work with schools profiled in University of Oxford feature.
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/features/art-translation-raising-profile-languages-schools
📢 Languages advocacy & outreach needs to start *early* for languages – Year 7 at the latest.
👏 The proof is in the pudding: last year 22,000 learners from 412 schools took part in the Anthea Bell Prize. Busy teachers opt into this project because it raises the profile of languages in their schools and helps them to increase uptake.
💡 The Prize provides cultural, creative activities that link to the curriculum – this is what teachers tell us they need. It motivates *both teachers & pupils*.
🗣️ Teachers also tell us that creative translation develops their students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills; offering ‘many of them a huge uplift in self-confidence and self-belief and a sense of opportunities they had never considered within their reach’.
🌍 Last but… increasingly not least: this approach to language learning fosters cultural inclusion. ‘Young people who immerse themselves in languages are better placed to appreciate the cultural diversity around them and its value to wider society.’
#LanguageLearning #EducationForAll #CulturalInclusion #TranslationExchange #AntheaBellPrize #YoungLearners #LanguageAdvocacy #CulturalDiversity ... See MoreSee Less
“Be creative. Be supported. Feel like you can achieve something.”
🎥 We're proud of our Head Chef Sean Ducie who is featured in a new interview series from the Oxford Guild of Chefs. He talks about starting out, finding confidence on the pass, and why he’d encourage young people to give cheffing a try.
Please spread the word to anyone considering a first step into hospitality:
ow.ly/BoOJ50X3rRv
📷 Stone Barrell and Oxford Guild of Chefs
#HospitalityCareers #ChefLife #Apprenticeships #EarlyCareers #OxfordColleges #ChefsOfOxford #CulinaryJourney #YoungChefs #HospitalityIndustry #CareerInFood #InspiringChefs ... See MoreSee Less
On #EuropeanDayOfLanguages, Queen’s Translation Exchange (QTE) is launching the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators for 2025–26. We’re sending free poetry translation teaching packs to 2,000+ teachers and opening registrations for classroom resources in six languages. We are excited to help grow the next generation of linguists and inspire a lifelong love of language-learning and international culture.
🔗https://ow.ly/Yw2y50X2ExZ
#AntheaBellPrize #YoungTranslators #PoetryTranslation #LanguageLearning #LinguistsOfTomorrow #TranslationEducation #ClassroomResources #LanguageTeachers #MultilingualEducation ... See MoreSee Less