Overview

About the Junior Common Room

The JCR is located next to Vanbrugh Bar on the ground floor of Vanbrugh Nucleus, Le Page Court, and is equipped with sofas, a large screen TV, DVD player, pool tables and games machines. This room is for the use of Vanbrugh Undergraduates at 24 hours a day during term-time. Vanbrugh resident's keycard will allow access out-of-hours and non-residents may obtain a non-residents keycard from the College Administrator.

A Junior Common Room Committee is elected annually at the end of the Autumn Term for the following calendar year, and is actively responsible for social events, sporting fixtures, and for representing and supporting Vanbrugh undergraduates (resident and non-resident). Any undergraduate member of Vanbrugh College can stand for one of the many positions available.

The office of the Junior Common Room Committee is room V/A/006 (ground floor of Le Page Court, A Block). The JCR Committee provide welfare advice and drop-in sessions.

Full details of JCR activities are issued at the beginning of each academic year, and more information, can be found on the JCR's own website and on notice boards in the JCR and in the Foyer area. Vanbrugh JCR often communicate their activities via the College Newsletter, by advertising on Vanbrugh Stalls and via a variety of Facebook groups.

Paintings in the JCR are by Tabitha McHenry.

Committee

Vanbrugh Junior Common Room Committee

Welfare Drop-In

JCR welfare drop-in sessions

Vanbrugh College has JCR welfare reps who hold regular drop-in sessions:

LGBT Welfare and Female Welfare drop-in sessions

• Tuesdays 12-1pm in the JCR Office, Vanbrugh A Block, Le Page Court

Male Welfare drop-in sessions  

• Wednesday 12-1pm in the JCR Office, Vanbrugh A Block, Le Page Court

International Welfare drop-in sessions  

• Mondays 5-6pm in the JCR

The JCR Welfare Information board is located in Vanbrugh Foyer and provides useful information on welfare issues and events

Use of the JCR

Regulations for the Use of Vanbrugh Junior Common Room

Vanbrugh JCR is a 24 hour, non-bookable, common room space for all Vanbrugh members, with open access during the daytime for all those using the snack bar and V-Bar space. Once V-Bar is shut, access to the Vanbrugh JCR is restricted to Vanbrugh members and their guests, for whom those with keycard are responsible at all times. 

After the bar has closed and the shutters are locked down, the door between the games area and the JCR is only accessible by keycard.

All members of Vanbrugh College, are entitled to a keycard which will allow them to access the JCR.  For residents, residential keycards will also allow access to the JCR.  Non-residents may obtain a keycard from the College Administrator.

During vacations, Vanbrugh JCR can be booked through the Conference Office.