Whats a JCR?
JCR stands for Junior Common Room. Traditionally, this was the room that undergraduate residents hung out in at university. Nowadays, it refers to the committee of undergraduate students who organise and run events in hall, and Orbital for those of you lucky enough to be living in Student Houses! Different halls have different policies for running their JCRs. Some will recruit in the first few weeks (for instance: Hiatt Baker, Durdham and Badock) to run things for the academic year while others will recruit towards the end of the spring term for the following academic year, with those chosen staying on in hall for a second year. These posts are typically elected and depending on the hall either hotly contested or a relatively cold contest.
