Somerville - Student Life

Housing: College equalisation scheme helps students who have to live out; JCR helps in finding accommodation.

Eats: College food generally OK - veggie and other choices; meal from £3. Sunday lunch at Radcliffe Arms for under a fiver.

Drink: Cheap (beer from £1.40+ a pint) in newly refurbished bar. Lots of nearby pubs and bars.

Nightlife: In-college entertainment very good; plenty of places nearby; nearly all clubs in walking distance.

Locals: Very friendly, though lots of tourists.

Sports: College facilities not so good. Members active in many university teams.

Travel: Travel grants available.

Financial help: College sympathetic. Hardship funds available, as well as vacation residence grants, and college equalisation scheme for those living out.

Jobs: Officially not allowed during term-time. Restaurant and bar work nearby, £4-£5/hour.

Best features: Friendly, unstuffy and supportive.

More info: Email: jcr.president(at)somerville.oxford.ac.uk

Past students: Indira Gandhi, Iris Murdoch, Margaret Thatcher, Vera Brittain, Esther Rantzen, Ann Oakley, Joyce Gutteridge. Victoria Glendinning, Kate Mortimer, Dr Cicely Williams, Anne Scott James, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elspeth Barker, Winifred Holtby, Dorothy Sayers, Dorothy Hodgkin. Shirley Williams.