Editing Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (section)

==Student life==
The Junior Common Room (JCR) is a physical room as well as being the association of the undergraduate members of the college. It represents its members to the college authorities and facilitates activities and budgets as well as clubs and societies. Officers are elected by the student body to communicate internally and externally on matters regarding student life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LMH JCR Student Union Page|url=https://www.oxfordsu.org/jcr/lmhjcr/|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Oxford SU}}</ref>

[[File:Clore Graduate Centre, LMH Oxford.jpg|thumb|The Clore Graduate Centre]]
Graduate students have similar support from that provided for the JCR in the Middle Common Room (MCR).

In 2022, Lady Margaret Hall was the first Oxford college to sign a government-backed pledge on ending [[non-disclosure agreements]] in cases of sexual misconduct.<ref name=BBCNDAs>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=27 April 2022 |title=Lady Margaret Hall signs pledge to end gagging clauses |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-61245322 |work=[[BBC News]] |location= |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> This followed reporting by ''[[The Times]]'' that eight female LMH students felt unsafe after the college's response to their complaints of student sexual violence between 2015 and 2021. One undergraduate said that she was threatened with expulsion if she spoke about being raped by a man who was previously reported to the college for sexual violence, and was made to sign a confidentiality agreement by the then Principal Alan Rusbridger.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Sean |date=31 March 2022 |title=Oxford college rape claim: 'They tried to convince me not to complain' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/oxford-college-rape-claim-they-tried-to-convince-me-not-to-complain-gk6vdkw09 |work=[[The Times]] |location= |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> The college initially disputed the undergraduate's claim, but under Rusbridger's successor Christine Gerrard settled the case<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Sean |date=1 April 2022 |title=Minister demands action at Oxford college that silenced rape accuser |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/oxford-college-silenced-student-who-claimed-she-was-raped-bnrt7cmxc |work=[[The Times]] |location= |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> and paid damages to the woman.<ref>{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Richard |date=1 April 2022 |title=Oxford college pays damages to woman after alleged rape by fellow student |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/01/oxford-college-pays-damages-to-woman-after-alleged-by-fellow-student |work=[[The Guardian]] |location= |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> Gerrard described the pledge as part of reforms to strengthen safeguarding procedures.<ref name=BBCNDAs/>

===Accommodation===
[[File:Talbot hall lmh.png|alt=Talbot Hall LMH|thumb|upright=1.6|Talbot Hall]]
Accommodation is always provided for undergraduates for three years of their study, and provided for some graduates. The accommodation is found throughout college with a ballot system giving the first choice of room to the students of higher years. The Deneke Building exclusively contains accommodation for first-year undergraduates and students visiting from other universities. However, the first College Disparities Report created by Oxford's Student Union ranked the college as one of the poorest Oxford colleges in terms of asset wealth, with one of the listed consequences of these disparities being that undergraduate students will pay an average of £5,000 more in rent during the course of their studies than those at wealthier colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordsu.org/pageassets/representation/student-council/Danial-Hussain-Student-Council-Report-MT23.docx|title=Report|website=www.oxfordsu.org|language=en|access-date=2024-09-12}}</ref>

===Boating===
Given the [[River Cherwell]] running past the bottom of LMH's grounds, the students have always had a strong history of spending time by or on the river with the first boat, ''Lady Maggie'', purchased in 1885. The punt house, by tradition, opens on [[May Day]].

===Sports===
[[File:Lmh 2009 rowing eight.jpg|alt=The College First VIII racing in Eights Week – rowing is one of the sporting activities of students at Oxford|thumb|LMH 1st VIII racing in Eights Week – rowing is one of the sporting activities of students at Oxford]]
In addition to university-wide societies, students at Lady Margaret Hall can also join societies specific to the college.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/student-life/societies-and-clubs?page=1|title=Societies and clubs {{!}} Lady Margaret Hall|website=Lady Margaret Hall|language=en|access-date=2017-08-02}}</ref> The college has a gym, found near the entrance by Pipe Partridge.
[[File:Chalk Arms recording rowing successes at LMH.png|alt=Chalk Arms recording rowing successes at LMH|thumb|Chalk Arms recording rowing successes at LMH]] 

====Rowing====
[[File:Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club Rowing Blazer.png|alt=Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club Rowing Blazer|thumb|upright=0.85|Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club Rowing Blazer]]

LMH's rowing club, [[Lady Margaret Hall Boat Club]] (LMHBC) is one of the largest sports clubs within the college. In recent years, the club has won blades in [[OURCs]] events multiple times. The club has a boat house shared with [[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]] on Boat House Island by [[Christ Church Meadow, Oxford|Christ Church Meadows]], along with a purpose-built [[indoor rower|erg]] shed, constructed to aid in training.
 
The Men's 1st VIII have raced in the [[Temple Challenge Cup]] at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] on several occasions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lmhboatclub.wordpress.com/events/|title=Events|date=16 October 2014|website=Lmhboatclub.wordpress.com|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref> On multiple years including 2018 and 2019, members of the club have rowed in [[The Boat Race]], an annual competition between Oxford and Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/9908522/University-Boat-Race-men-and-women-weigh-in-at-same-event-ahead-of-Oxford-and-Cambridge-race.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/9908522/University-Boat-Race-men-and-women-weigh-in-at-same-event-ahead-of-Oxford-and-Cambridge-race.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=University Boat Race: men and women weigh in at same event ahead of Oxford and Cambridge race|first=Rachel|last=Quarrell|date=4 March 2013|access-date=30 September 2017|website=Telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/lmh-rowers-featuring-tomorrows-boat-race |title=LMH rowers featuring in tomorrow's Boat Race {{!}} Lady Margaret Hall |website=www.lmh.ox.ac.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401005606/http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/lmh-rowers-featuring-tomorrows-boat-race |archive-date=2018-04-01}} </ref>

Like other UK rowing clubs, the college's boat club has distinctive blazers that can be awarded by the club to members who attain membership of certain VIIIs or race with distinction in [[Summer Eights]] or [[Torpids]]. These blazers have blue and yellow trim and a blue Beaufort portcullis on them, which is the emblem of the boat club and increasingly of other sports clubs.

Rowing blades commemorating success in the intercollegiate rowing competitions decorate the walls of the bar.
[[File:Members of LMH JCR in punts on an open day.png|alt=Members of LMH JCR in punts on an open day|thumb|Members of LMH JCR in punts on an open day]]

====Football====
The college football ground is situated adjacent to [[Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies]] and is shared with [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|St Catherine's College]] and [[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]].
[[File:Simpkins Lee Theatre LMH.png|alt=Simpkins Lee Theatre LMH|thumb|Simpkins Lee Theatre at LMH]]