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)
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Queen’s now
Welcome! New academics join Queen’s
Recent graduate awarded Pancreatic Cancer UK Career Foundation Fellowship
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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Anglo- Indian Bal Curry, Coconut Rice, Okra
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Pumpkin Pie
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Gobi Musallam, Coconut Rice, Okra
🧬From Queen’s to the front line of cancer research
The College warmly congratulates recent graduate student Dr Peter Wan (DPhil in Oncology, 2019) who has been awarded the highly competitive Pancreatic Cancer UK Career Foundation Fellowship.
Over three years, Peter will lead a multidisciplinary team in the University of Oxford’s Department of Oncology to develop a new form of immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer - the deadliest common cancer. Through this Fellowship, Peter aims to translate discoveries from the laboratory into potential new treatments.
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“Languages aren’t just a skillset, they’re a mindset.”
Learning languages isn’t only speaking and listening, it’s how you analyse, read between the lines, and build relationships. Dr Charlotte Ryland (Director, The Translation Exchange at The Queen’s College) makes the case for a national conversation on languages.
Join the discussion and share your story of the linguistic mindset.
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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).
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"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.’
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