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iii) Attend all tutorials, classes, lectures and other required academic engagements, including practicals, except where permission is obtained, preferably in advance, from the tutor(s) concerned. In particular, students are expected to attend start-of-term and end-of-term meetings with their tutors (as required). If you are prevented from attendance by illness or other urgent cause, please tell your tutor as soon as possible (preferably in advance). a b c C. Davis and J. Garnett (2008). Tutorial Teaching at Wadham: A History. Oxford: The Development Office of Wadham College. The courses and examinations are defined and organised by the appropriate faculties within the University, and set out in the University Examination Regulations. Make sure you are familiar with all relevant parts of the regulations for the relevant year of entry. In some subjects the regulations are supplemented by more detailed statements circulated to students by the appropriate Faculty.

Ensuring that you clean up after yourself when using a shared kitchen or bathroom. Washing up should be done straight away and not left in the kitchen as the housekeeping team cannot clean thoroughly.Suspension is normally agreed only on medical grounds, and after very careful consideration. Grounds for suspension may include ill-health, pregnancy, childcare commitments, or exceptional personal circumstances. The University rule is that candidates will not normally be admitted to its final examinations after the lapse of more than six extra terms. Students are advised to consult the College’s Guidelines on Suspension for further information. William Doo and William Doo Jr thanked Lord Patten for his kind words, and Robert Hannigan, Ken Macdonald, and Julie Hage, our Fellow and Development Director, for their vision and dedication to the project, and their friendship. The McCall MacBain Graduate Centre is a dedicated facility for Wadham’s graduate students. The Graduate Centre provides a modern, year-round, centrally-located study space to both taught and research students, and social space to which all MCR members are welcome. Students are encouraged to say what parts of the course they have particularly enjoyed or have found difficult, for example, and to offer any suggestions they may have that will help a subject or an individual tutor provide better tuition for undergraduates in the future. To a large extent this happens best informally; however, if a student feels awkward about approaching a tutor directly, they may wish to talk, instead, to the Senior Tutor or the Tutor for Undergraduates.

Two 20th century Lord Chancellors, F. E. Smith (Lord Birkenhead) and John Simon, were undergraduates together in the 1890s, along with the sportsman C. B. Fry; Sir Thomas Beecham was an undergraduate in 1897, though soon abandoning Oxford for his musical career. Priority 3: Non-urgent repairs; to be completed within 28 days or left to the vacations depending on the nature of the defect. (Any repairs not falling into the above categories). The Tutorial Board is a committee of the Warden and all Tutorial Fellows and College Officers, and is responsible to Governing Body for all the teaching functions of the College. Tutorial Board usually meets three times a term to make decisions or recommendations to Governing Body on a wide range of matters concerning students, such as academic work, welfare, and admissions. SU representatives are invited to unreserved sections of meetings. Roche, John P. (29 September 1969). "Free Speech on the Campus". The Bryan (Ohio) Times . Retrieved 16 June 2013. Wadham College ( / ˈ w ɒ d ə m/) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford [3] in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road.If a student’s work or attendance is unsatisfactory on grounds not entirely covered by or other than those envisaged above (see 'Coping with problems'), then the tutor will bring this to their attention through informal discussion and by taking reasonable measures as they see fit. They may also give an informal warning to the student that their work or attendance is unsatisfactory. Recycling as much of your rubbish as possible. Please place your rubbish in the correct bins and leave them outside your room door on weekdays for collection by the housekeeping team. I am looking forward to meeting you in person when you arrive in the autumn. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the many people at the College who are here to help you begin your undergraduate life. Sargent, Rose-Mary (1995). The Diffident Naturalist: Robert Boyle and the Philosophy of Experiment. University of Chicago Press. p.63.

engraver.), Thomas Robson (1 January 1830). "The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland"– via Google Books.As members of Wadham Middle Common Room (MCR), the college's graduates have access to some of the most modern and comprehensive MCR facilities in Oxford. The active graduate student committee organises a wide range of social and academic activities during each term, from exchange dinners, guest nights, wine tasting and weekly Welfare teas, to student-subsidised trips to the theatre and graduate seminars where students present and discuss their research. Restored and reshaped following the Second World War, the present Gardens are divided into the Warden's Garden, the Fellows' Private Garden and the Fellows' Garden, together with the Cloister Garden (originally the cemetery) and the White Scented Garden. Amongst Wadham's most famous alumni is Sir Christopher Wren. Wren was one of a brilliant group of experimental scientists at Oxford in the 1650s, the Oxford Philosophical Club, which included Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke. This group held regular meetings at Wadham College under the guidance of the warden, John Wilkins, and the group formed the nucleus which went on to found the Royal Society.