By now you should have received a welcome email by your College parent, offering hard-won wisdom and general knowledge to help make your transition to graduate life. If this has not happened, please contact Ari or Sara.
Your MCR will show you around in Freshers' Week, one week before your academic programme starts. We'll give you a feel of how great it is to be in Oxford. Meet other students, find out where to find what and check out Oxford's nightlife.
For Freshers' Week, the week before your academic programme officially starts, we've got the events below planned. Feel free to join us - it's a great chance to mix with other students. Enjoy the week!
| Time | Event | Location | Dress code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 1 Oct | |||
| all day | Faculty/department orientations | ||
| 7:00pm | Exeter House drinks party | Exeter House, 237-9 Iffley Rd | casual |
| Exeter House residents only: Be given a warm welcome by Exeter House President, Patrick Wadden. | |||
| Tuesday 2 Oct | |||
| all day | Faculty/department orientations | ||
| 7:00pm | Scavenger Hunt Kickoff | Exeter MCR | casual |
| You will be given teammates (or you can pick yer own) and a list of Oxford landmarks and Places of Interest For Students, plus a disposable camera. Read more about your mission | |||
| 7:30pm | Pub Crawl | Exeter House, 237-9 Iffley Rd | casual |
| Visit other college's bars, make new friends, compare poisons, try to find your way home before dawn. Exeter, Green, Univ, Templeton, and LMH are on the schedule, led by the small but intrepid Maria Lamprakaki and sidekick Joao Rosa. | |||
| Wednesday 3 Oct | |||
| 9:00am-6:00pm | College Talks* | Exeter: Saskatchewan Room | casual |
| See college timetable for details | |||
| 12:45pm | Lunch with College 'Parents' | Exeter Hall | casual |
| Every graduate fresher should have received an email from a current Exeter graduate student. Your 'college parent' will be in College on Wednesday and want to eat lunch with you in our lovely Hall. The Scavenger Hunt also officially stops here. Hand in your cameras. Judging will take place on Friday (after photos are developed). Don't miss out. | |||
| 6:30pm | Graduate Freshers' Dinner* | Exeter Hall | semi-formal & gown |
| Meet in the MCR for pre-dinner drinks at 6.30pm. Dinner is served at 7.15pm in the Hall (freshers only). Then carry on the night at the Freshers' Ball. | |||
| 9:30pm | Freshers' Ball | Freud (Jericho) | semi-formal |
| Please contact Maria if you are interested in tickets (£12). | |||
| Thursday 4 Oct | |||
| 9:30am-12:30pm | University Freshers' Fair* | Exam Schools, High St. | casual |
| Tickets for the fair will be posted in your pigeonholes. | |||
| afternoon | Signing the college register* | Exeter: Rector's Lodgings | casual & gown |
| Check noticeboard for your time. | |||
| 3:00pm | Student Spouses' Welcome | Exeter MCR | casual |
| If you are in a long-term relationship with an Exeter graduate fresher, come along. Lindsay Weichel and Meredith Riedel will tell you all about resources for you in Oxford! | |||
| 4:00pm | Tea & Cakes | Exeter MCR | casual |
| It's our first tea & cakes of the year! Yummy cakes and that classic English drink, the panacea for anything and everything, hot tea, wil be prepared by Lydia Carr. | |||
| Friday 5 Oct | |||
| 9:00am | Eucharist | Exeter Chapel | casual |
| morning | Signing the college register* | Exeter: Rector's Lodgings | casual & gown |
| Check noticeboard for your time. | |||
| 3:00pm | College Fair | Exeter JCR | |
| The JCR is sponsoring a College Fair featuring all college clubs, teams, activities etc., that you might want to be involved in. | |||
| 4:00pm | Tea & Cakes | Exeer MCR | casual |
| This time the VP for Graduates, Ingrid Frater, will be on hand to explain the curiosities and benefits of OUSU, the Oxford University Student Union. Plus more yummy cakes and hot tea. | |||
| 6:00pm | Exeter House BBQ | Exeter House, 237-9 Iffley Rd | casual |
| Come along, even if you're not staying at Exeter House! | |||
| Saturday 6 Oct | |||
| tba | MCR Football | tba | casual |
| 12:00pm | Boat House BBQ | Exeter Boat House | casual |
| 8:00pm | JCR Bop | Exeter JCR | casual |
| The JCR is sponsoring a college-wide party, known as a 'bop' in Oxfordese. All welcome! | |||
| Sunday 7 Oct | |||
| 6:00pm | Freshers' Chapel Service | Exeter Chapel | casual |
| all day | Sleep & recover | ||
| President | Meredith | meredith.riedel at exeter.ox.ac.uk |
|---|---|---|
| Exeter House President | Patrick | patrick.wadden at exeter.ox.ac.uk |
| Freshers' Reps | Maria | 0774 762 40 90 |
| Brian | brian.moss at exeter.ox.ac.uk | |
| Joao | joao.rosa at exeter.ox.ac.uk | |
| Katherine | katherine.lafrance at exeter.ox.ac.uk | |
| John | john.bolin at exeter.ox.ac.uk |