Wadham College

College facilities

Library and IT services

The Wadham Library is a modern and spacious study space run by supportive library staff. It is open 24 hours a day throughout the year. In addition to a comfortable 'beanbag' seating area, there is a discussion room available for group study for up to 16 people. Find out more about the library on the college website. 

College members can connect to the University-wide eduroam network and most rooms have an Ethernet port, which allows connection of a device to the college network. The college IT Team is available to help students during office hours. There are computer rooms on the college site, at Merifield and at the Dorothy Wadham Building.

Printing facilities are available in the computer rooms on the main site and accessible from any personal computer via the college network, with printing costs charged to battels.

Sport, music and college facilities

The large graduate centre is available for the use of all Wadham graduates. It features a common room, with bar, reading area, several networked computers and printer/photocopier, TV room and seminar rooms, relaxation and study space. Also on the main college site graduates have use of the Moser Theatre, the student bar, refectory and gym. 

The college has a sports ground in North Oxford, next to the Merifield accommodation site, and the central college buildings include a gym and courts for squash and badminton. There is a shared college boathouse and punting facilities are available in the summer. The college's reputation in sports is strong across all abilities and levels of engagement. 

Facilities for disabled students

Wadham welcomes disabled students. The college has two Disability Leads, a Disability Co-ordinator, a Tutor for Equality and Diversity and strong links with the University's Disability Advisory Service, to whom any enquiries can be made in confidence. If you think that you might require adaptations to your accommodation on disability grounds, please contact the Disability Co-ordinator.

Welfare

There is a wealth of free and confidential welfare support available at the at Wadham. 

The Welfare Lead and Wadham’s two Welfare Advisors, are available all year round for students to discuss any concerns and receive help accessing support. Wadham’s Lodge is open 24/7 where students can expect a warm welcome and access to Junior Deans who live in Wadham accommodation for out-of-hours support. Wadham’s Nurse is available to consult in term-time.

Peer supporters are fellow students trained to listen to students. There are diverse events that Wadham students can enjoy such as free yoga and brunch, including events organised by the MCR welfare officers. Equalities Fellows, including the Tutor for Welfare, support the interests of Wadham’s students, as do Harassment Advisors in College. Financial support opportunities, from travel grants to hardship funding, are available.

Wadham’s chapel is a calm, peaceful space, as are the college’s outstandingly beautiful grounds.

More information about welfare support at Wadham can be found on the college website.

All Wadham students also have access to free, expert, and confidential University support including Oxford University Counselling Service, Disability Advisory Service, and Sexual Violence and Support Service.

MCR

As members of Wadham Middle Common Room (MCR), the college's graduates have access to some of the most modern and comprehensive MCR facilities in Oxford. The active graduate student committee organises a wide range of social and academic activities during each term, from exchange dinners, guest nights, wine tasting and weekly Welfare teas, to student-subsidised trips to the theatre and graduate seminars where students present and discuss their research.

The graduate committee is friendly and always open to input and suggestions from its members. Graduates are encouraged to be active in all areas of college life. Recent initiatives include an MCR Conference Day for the presentation of research, an annual Supervisors' Dinner, two termly College Advisor Dinners, the appointment of study advisors from the MCR supporting the development of undergraduates' study skills, and a graduate scheme to support the college’s access work with schools and colleges under-represented at Oxford.