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Bod the Bodleian Library in general. Also used to refer to the big square building which is technically the "Old Bodleian"
Bod card the most important piece of plastic you will possess during your time here. This is your university ID: it will get you into libraries and buy you food in college. It is credited with £100 to start off with and can be topped up at the Bursary
Bop "Big Open Party". This is the name given to parties that are open to all students of the university.
Bursary
Buttery
Carfax this is a tower at the crossroads of The High, Broad Street, Queen Street and St. Aldates. For some reason the university likes to measure things from here, such as the number of miles radius within which you have to live to satisfy your residence requirements.
Collections rather confusingly, the name given both to the college-based beginning of term exams that the undergraduates take and to the end-of-term or end-of-year report meetings
Formal Hall dinner in hall but with nicer food, better clothes and wine. In Corpus this usually takes place on Fridays.
Fresher a new student who has not yet undergone Matriculation.
The High the High Street
High Table the table on a raised dais in hall where the Fellows and their guests sit and eat far superior food. Graduates get to go twice a year.
Hilary The Easter term
JCR Junior Common Room - the student body (technically undergraduate and graduate, though effectively only undergraduate). Also the room where the undergraduates spend time.
Matriculation the ceremony by which a Fresher becomes a member of the university. Involves dressing up in subfusc and listening to Latin in the Sheldonian.
MCR Middle Common Room - the graduate body, also the room where the graduates spend time.
Michaelmas the Autumn term
Mods Moderations. The first set of formal exams for undergraduates. For some subjects the first set of exams is known as Prelims.
0th week, etc. even the time is reckoned differently in Oxford! Each week starts on Sunday. 0th week is the first week of Full Term, -1st week the week before and 1st week the week after. You'll get used to it.
Proctor the university police. Watch out because although their powers have dwindled they can still discipline you.
Rad Cam the Radcliffe Camera, which is the big round building next to the Bod.
Schools Finals. The last set of formal exams for undergraduates.
Scout the Oxford term for the lovely people who clean for us. It's customary to give your scout a small gift at the end of every term.
SCR Senior Common Room - the tutors and fellows, also the rooms where they spend time. Graduates are invited to take lunch there on Mondays during term.
Sheldonian the Sheldonian Theatre, where university ceremonies such as Matriculation and Graduation take place.
Subfusc what you have to wear under your academic gown for university ceremonies and for exams - black suit, trousers or skirt, white shirt, black cardigan or pullover, black shoes.
Trinity the summer term
Bod card the most important piece of plastic you will possess during your time here. This is your university ID: it will get you into libraries and buy you food in college. It is credited with £100 to start off with and can be topped up at the Bursary
Bop "Big Open Party". This is the name given to parties that are open to all students of the university.
Bursary
Buttery
Carfax this is a tower at the crossroads of The High, Broad Street, Queen Street and St. Aldates. For some reason the university likes to measure things from here, such as the number of miles radius within which you have to live to satisfy your residence requirements.
Collections rather confusingly, the name given both to the college-based beginning of term exams that the undergraduates take and to the end-of-term or end-of-year report meetings
Formal Hall dinner in hall but with nicer food, better clothes and wine. In Corpus this usually takes place on Fridays.
Fresher a new student who has not yet undergone Matriculation.
The High the High Street
High Table the table on a raised dais in hall where the Fellows and their guests sit and eat far superior food. Graduates get to go twice a year.
Hilary The Easter term
JCR Junior Common Room - the student body (technically undergraduate and graduate, though effectively only undergraduate). Also the room where the undergraduates spend time.
Matriculation the ceremony by which a Fresher becomes a member of the university. Involves dressing up in subfusc and listening to Latin in the Sheldonian.
MCR Middle Common Room - the graduate body, also the room where the graduates spend time.
Michaelmas the Autumn term
Mods Moderations. The first set of formal exams for undergraduates. For some subjects the first set of exams is known as Prelims.
0th week, etc. even the time is reckoned differently in Oxford! Each week starts on Sunday. 0th week is the first week of Full Term, -1st week the week before and 1st week the week after. You'll get used to it.
Proctor the university police. Watch out because although their powers have dwindled they can still discipline you.
Rad Cam the Radcliffe Camera, which is the big round building next to the Bod.
Schools Finals. The last set of formal exams for undergraduates.
Scout the Oxford term for the lovely people who clean for us. It's customary to give your scout a small gift at the end of every term.
SCR Senior Common Room - the tutors and fellows, also the rooms where they spend time. Graduates are invited to take lunch there on Mondays during term.
Sheldonian the Sheldonian Theatre, where university ceremonies such as Matriculation and Graduation take place.
Subfusc what you have to wear under your academic gown for university ceremonies and for exams - black suit, trousers or skirt, white shirt, black cardigan or pullover, black shoes.
Trinity the summer term
