Common Room Support
Find your Common Room in the list below, and click on the links to explore the groups on offer to you from afar!
College of St Hild and St Bede - SRC
- Join the Bedo's Playtime Facebook group for quizzes, challenges, entertainment, and welfare updates
- Join the Coronavirus Memes for Hild Bede Teens Facebook page
- Follow @Bedos_Barnyard on Instagram for pet updates
- Follow @hildbedewelfare on Instagram for tips, updates, and engagement
- Follow Kesia, SRC President, on her Instagram page @HildBedePrez.
Collingwood College - JCR & MCR
- For Collingwood students still in Durham, join this Facebook Group
- Cwarantine Facebook Group (for all Collingwood students).
Grey College - JCR & MCR
- Follow the @grey_sabbs Instagram account (JCR) and @greycollegemcr Instagram account (MCR)
- Check out the @ingreywepurr Instagram account for cute pictures of pets
- Join the Grey-to-Z Books Group on Facebook
- Check out Grey's Kitchen on Facebook for cooking tips and celebrity appearances...
- With content from GCBC, Yoga, Cricket, and Running Club, join Keep Fit with Felix on Facebook
- Check out the Intellectual Curiosity Facebook Page
- Explore the Top Isolation Tips Facebook Page
- For memes, check out this Facebook Page
- Music recommendations can be found on this Facebook Page
- For practical revision advice, join this Facebook group
- Arts and Photography with Arts Committee on Facebook
- For puzzles, facts, and more fun, join this Facebook Page
- What to Watch - Film and TV, with the Bad Film Society on Facebook
- If you're an MCR member, join the Facebook Group
- Join the JCR Welfare Team for their 3x weekly drop-in via Skype
- Email Leo, the JCR President, and Victor, the MCR President, to join the mailing lists for those remaining in Durham, and those remaining in College acccommodation.
Hatfield College - JCR
- Check out the JCR website
- Follow @teamhatfield, @hatfieldjcr, and @hatfieldwelfare on Instagram
- If you're in Durham still, join this Facebook Group
- Join the Facebook Group for all Hatfield JCR members
- Check out the JCR Twitter account @hatfieldjcr.
Hatfield College - MCR
- Make sure you check your emails regularly for updates from MCR President Henry
- Join the Facebook page.
John Snow College - JCR
- Join the Facebook Group.
Josephine Butler College - JCR & MCR
- Look out for a weekly update from Charlotte, the JCR President, and Huw, the MCR President, via email
- Join the Facebook Group
- Follow Butler Welfare on Facebook for more information on Skype Drop-Ins and Skype Tea and Toast
- Join Butler Positive Pandemic Pastimes on Facebook
- Follow the JCR President, Charlotte, on Instagram @butler.pres
- Keep an eye out on the new JCR website.
Stephenson College - JCR
- Check out the JCR website
- Follow @stephenson.jcr on Instagram
- Follow @stephenson_college on Instagram
- Make sure you also follow @stephenson.welfare on Instagram
- Check out the Stephenson JCR Facebook Group
- Join the Stevo Locked Up Facebook Group, too.
Stephenson College - MCR
- Join the Facebook Group.
St Aidan's College - JCR
- Join the Facebook Group for all Aidanites to keep the community spirit up and enjoy movie recommendations, quizzes, group yoga, memes, and much more
- Stay tuned for Alex's President's Weekly Wipe email for news and updates of events in Easter Term
- Make sure you email Alex, the JCR President, with any concerns, questions, or comments you have.
St Aidan's College - SCR
- Check out the Facebook Group.
St Chad's College - JCR & MCR
- Join the Facebook Group for both JCR and MCR members
- Follow @stchadsjcr on Twitter
- Check out @stchadsjcr on Instagram
- Also take a look at @chadshappypost on Instagram
- If you're still in Durham, make sure you look at the Chad's-John's Still Here Facebook group
- Check out the St Chad's Welfare Facebook Page, too.
St Cuthbert's Society - JCR & MCR
- Make sure you follow the JCR's main Instagram page @cuthsjcr
- Check out the Cuth's Simultaneous Film Watching Group on Facebook
- Join in with the Cuth's Livestream Pub Quizzes Facebook Group three times a week for quizzes
- Sign up to the language learning buddy system scheme using this form.
St John's College - SJCR
- Check out the SJCR website
- Follow the Instagram account @johns.sjcr
- Look at the College blog, the John's Chronicle
- Join the Facebook Group John's Beyond Covid for fun activities to distract you from Covid-19
- Check-in on the St John's Current Students Facebook Group.
St Mary's College - JCR
- Check out the Welfare at Mary's Instagram page @welfare.at.marys, for lots of support and self-care content
- Join the Facebook Group 'Mary's Pandemic Pals', run by the Mary's Welfare Team
- Join the Facebook Group 'Mary's Covid-19 Simultaneous Film/TV Watching Group' to share what you're watching, watch things together, discuss shows etc.
- Join the Facebook Group 'Mary's Social Distancing Society' if you're a Mary's student still living in Durham
- Follow Nuriya, the JCR President, on her Instagram account @marys.pres.
St Mary's College - MCR
- Email dsm8mm@durham.ac.uk to be added to the 'MCR Info' chat, which cascades information from email bulletins to your WhatsApp
- Follow @marysmcrfreshers on Instagram
- Join the St Mary's College MCR Facebook Page
- Check out the MCR website
- Email Aiden, the MCR President, to join the informal Mary's MCR chat, and to ask any questions you might have
- Follow this link to the 'Isolation and Chill' Teams page
- Check out the JCR activities, and get involved if you would like to.
Trevelyan College - JCR
- Check out the Instagram page of the JCR President, Alistair @trevspres
- Look at the Welfare Instagram page @trevswelfare
- Join the 'Social Distancing Social Club' Facebook Group
- Check out the Welfare Facebook page.
Trevelyan College - MCR
- Join the MCR Facebook Group
- Follow the @trevelyanmcr Instagram account
- Follow the Trevelyan President's, Ben, Instagram account @trevsmcrpres
- Check out the website.
University College - JCR
- Join the JCR Facebook Group
- Check out the Instagram account @castlejcr.
University College - MCR
- Join the MCR Facebook Group
- Keep up to date with the MCR website
- Follow @castlemcrdurham on Instagram
- Make sure you read the weekly newsletter from the MCR Secretary
- If you need access to the MCR Hardship Fund, contact David Lowther, in College Office - david.a.lowther@durham.ac.uk.
Ustinov College - GCR
- The GCR has set up a Discord Server to allow students to keep in touch using text and voice. Get in touch with GCR President Diana for more details
- The Ustinov Pub Quiz will take part every Thursday at 8:30pm, through Zoom. More information will be posted on the Facebook page
- Stay tuned for information about movie nights via watch parties
- For information on social-distancing and wellbeing, see the GCR website
- Check out the GCR Facebook page
- Follow @UstinovGCR on Twitter
- Check out @ustinovgcr on Instagram
- Contact GCR President Diana to join the WhatsApp and WeChat groups.
Van Mildert College - JCR
- Check out the current Facebook page for Mildert students
- Look up the @mildertmeansquarantine Instagram page.
Van Mildert College - MCR
- Join the Postgraduate group on Facebook
- Check out the @vanmildertmcr Twitter page
- Also search @vanmildertmcr on Instagram.
As well as the Groups and Pages you can explore in the list above, you can email your Common Room President for more information:
- College of St Hild and St Bede
- Kesia Schofield (SRC) hild-bede.src@durham.ac.uk
- Jesse Bachir (SRC PG) jesse.m.bachir@durham.ac.uk
- Collingwood College
- Caragh Evans (JCR and MCR) collingwood.president@durham.ac.uk
- Grey College
- Leo Harris (JCR) grey.president@durham.ac.uk
- Victor So (MCR) greymcr.president@durham.ac.uk
- Hatfield College
- Kathryn Rogers (JCR) hatfield.seniorman@durham.ac.uk
- Henry Hoyle (MCR) hatfield.mcr@durham.ac.uk
- John Snow College
- Richard Freeman (JCR) snow.jcr@durham.ac.uk
- Josephine Butler College
- Charlotte Thompson (JCR) butler.jcr@durham.ac.uk
- Huw Thomas (MCR) jcmcr.president@durham.ac.uk
- Stephenson College
- Joshua Crawshaw (JCR) stephenson.jcr@durham.ac.uk
- Harriet Axbey (MCR) stephenson.mcr@durham.ac.uk
- St Aidan's College
- Alex Longman (JCR) aidans.president@durham.ac.uk
- Harry Cross (SCR) harry.cross@durham.ac.uk
- St Chad's College
- James Burton (JCR) james.f.burton@durham.ac.uk
- Nathaniel Attenborough (MCR) stchadsmcr@durham.ac.uk
- St Cuthbert's Society
- Elena Martin (JCR) president@cuths.com
- Sarah McAllister (MCR) pg-rep@cuths.com
- St John's College
- Joe Pape (SJCR) johns.president@durham.ac.uk
- Richard Dyer (SJCR PG) johnsmcr.president@durham.ac.uk
- St Mary's College
- Nuriya Shoro (JCR) st-marys.jcr@durham.ac.uk
- Aiden Patterson (MCR) st-marys.mcr@durham.ac.uk
- Trevelyan College
- Alistair Stark (JCR) trevelyan.president@durham.ac.uk
- Ben Vickers (MCR) trevelyan.mcr@durham.ac.uk
- University College
- Charlie McKeever (JCR) castle.seniorstudent@durham.ac.uk
- Nick Spong (MCR) president.castlemcr@durham.ac.uk
- Ustinov College
- Diana Martinez (GCR) ustinov.president@durham.ac.uk
- Van Mildert College
- Sheehan Quirke (JCR) vm.president@durham.ac.uk
- Islam Elsayed (MCR) islam.elsayed@durham.ac.uk