St Leonard's College
St Leonard’s College, one of the three mediaeval colleges on which the University was based, was re-established in 1972 as a non-statutory college for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows/research staff in the University. As a postgraduate student you are automatically a member of St Leonard’s College. It could be called a 'virtual college' because it has no buildings of its own. It does, however, work for the greater good of the postgraduate student body. Each and every member of the postgraduate community is a member of the Postgraduate Society of St Leonard's College.
College functions include: an Orientation reception held at the beginning of each session to welcome new postgraduates, a variety of social events, occasional lectures by eminent speakers, and other meetings intended to complement the general programme on offer to all University students. Events are usually sponsored jointly by the College and the Postgraduate Society of the Students’ Association, and are open to all postgraduates and research staff, and they are advertised through postgraduate-specific web sites and other sources, such as the Wednesday memo email.
This year saw the launch of dedicated postgraduate pages within the University website, which offer a one-stop comprehensive information point.