- Summary
- Queen’s College is an academic community.
- Living in College helps with the transition into University life.
- The mentoring program for first year residents helps with academic, social, pastoral and career concerns.
- Senior students, tutors and professionals live in the College and are happy to help out at any time.
- Living at Queen’s College gives you the opportunity to network with successful academics and professionals.
Queen’s College is primarily an academic community and there are considerable benefits to be reaped from living within such an environment.
Helping With The Transition To University
The academic transition from school to university can be difficult – university life is very different to school and you are also living away from home. At Queen’s College, you will be living with people going through exactly the same experiences (and often doing the same courses) which means there is mutual support from fellow residents.
Senior Common Room
The Senior Common Room (SCR), which comprises a group of senior students, postgraduates and professionals, offer support through tutorial and mentoring programs.
The mentoring program is a key feature of College for first year students. A select group of SCR members are individually responsible for a small group of students each. Mentors are there to help with personal and social as well as academic and career concerns.
Support From Fellow Queeners
Living with like-minded students allows people to easily share knowledge about assignments and essays and ask advice when confronted with academic or course related problems. It also means that there are people to go to lectures with and share late night discussions. Perhaps more importantly, however, it makes it easy to meet people across a range of disciplines – diversifying friendship groups and allowing a more rounded approach to university life.
The most important aspect of academic support often comes from other students at Queen’s College. Senior students can often give personal advice about the subjects they found interesting, the lecturers they found engaging and tips about past exams – information that cannot be found inside a handbook. Peers also provide an excellent source of academic support – around exam period people can often be found in the library or in tutorial rooms studying together or finishing group assignments.
Networking With Professionals & Academics
The relationship that Queen’s College has with successful academics and professionals has also been particularly beneficial for residents. Through events such as Fellows’ Dinner, the Monday Evening Program and faculty-related dinners, Queen’s College encourages its residents to learn and network with experienced people who have already succeeded in their chosen fields. This opens up contacts within specific fields and these people can often share advice concerning the best way to succeed professionally.
