Form and Function
The word "Junior" in JCR refers to the fact that under Oxford statutes, students are deemed to be "junior members" of the university, in contrast to dons (fellow, professors, etc.) who are deemed "senior members". The below describes the situation at Oxford, details may vary elsewhere but the situation is generally similar.
Typically, students at a college will elect a governing body for their JCR, referred to simply as the "JCR committee" or in some instances the "JCR bench". Additionally, most JCRs confer honorary JCR membership on distinguished individuals who are not students at their college, though naming frivolous honorary members is also common. In a far rarer practice, some JCRs can vote to bestow collegiate accolades upon individuals who have rendered distinguished service to students or to the college.
In most cases, a JCR represents all students at a college, but in a minority of cases, it represents only undergraduates.
Similarly, the collective of senior members at a college is referred to as the Senior Common Room (SCR).
In colleges admitting graduates as well as undergraduates, there are often separate associations that represent the unique interests of graduate students. These graduate associations are often styled Middle Common Rooms (MCRs), despite this term being a misnomer; by the university's statute, graduate students are also junior members, and the term "middle member" is without meaning. As a result, the term Graduate Common Room (GCR), although more recent than MCR, is gaining popularity at the university.
Official JCR Web Sites
Oxford:
- Balliol College JCR
- Brasenose College JCR
- Christ Church JCR
- Corpus Christi College JCR
- Green College MCR
- Greyfriars JCR
- Harris Manchester College JCR
- Hertford College JCR
- Jesus College JCR
- Keble College JCR
- Kellogg College JCR
- Lady Margaret Hall JCR
- Linacre College CR
- Lincoln College JCR
- Magdalen College JCR
- Merton College JCR
- New College JCR
- Nuffield College JCR
- Oriel College JCR
- Pembroke College JCR
- The Queen's College JCR
- Regent's Park College JCR
- St Anne's College JCR
- St Antony's College JCR
- St Catherine's College JCR
- St Edmund Hall JCR
- St Hugh's College JCR
- St John's College JCR
- St Peter's College JCR
- Somerville College JCR
- Trinity College JCR
- Wadham College SU
- Worcester College JCR
Durham:
- Collingwood College JCR
- Grey College JCR
- Hatfield College JCR
- St Aidan's College JCR
- St Chad's College JCR
- St Cuthbert's College JCR
- George Stephenson College JCR
- College St Hild & St Bede SRC (they have to be different!)
- St John's College JCR
- John Snow College JCR
- St Mary's College JCR
- Trevelyan College JCR
- University College JCR ('Castle')
- Van Mildert College JCR