Editing Wadham College, Oxford (section)

== Student life ==
[[File:Wadh.jpg|thumb|right|Back quad]]
Undergraduate students at Wadham are offered accommodation for all years of their course.<ref>[https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/students/undergraduates/undergraduate-accommodation "Wadham Undergraduate Accommodation"]. wadham.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 16 May 2019.</ref>
Accommodation is provided within college for the first and final years of their course, and during the second (or fourth) year within the newly constructed Dorothy Wadham Building,<ref name="Dorothy Wadham Building" /> on [[Iffley Road]], or within the Merifield annexe<ref name="Merifield Graduate Accommodation" /><ref name="Wadham Graduate Accommodation" /> in [[Summertown, Oxford|Summertown]].

Since 1976, Wadham has been distinctive in having a Student Union,<ref>[http://su.wadham.ox.ac.uk/ "Students' Union, Wadham College"]. su.wadham.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.</ref> which in principle represents both undergraduate and graduate members. In practice the SU is more concerned with undergraduate interests and activities, whilst the separate MCR committee represents graduate students.<ref>[http://mcr.wadham.ox.ac.uk "MCR, Wadham College"]. mcr.wadham.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.</ref>

All students can use the on-site facilities such as the Moser Theatre, squash court, gym, kitchen, laundry room, music practice rooms and various meeting rooms. The JCR Lounge is the main common room space used by undergraduate students, along with the bar. Since 2012 the MCR has had its own social area in the McCall MacBain Graduate Centre, with its kitchen, small bar, and media room. The college sports ground is located in [[Summertown, Oxford|Summertown]], adjoining the Merifield residential complex.

The Wadham JCR common room consists of a pool table and a table tennis table.{{cn|date=February 2025}} Famously, this has been the home of the Wadham bar sports team for over 15 years which has now grown to over 30 members. Notable alumni include influential figures from the finance, tech and legal sectors, in particular [[BlackRock]], [[Google]] and [[Hogan Lovells]]. An annual dinner is an important part of student life and has brought the years together over a shared love of pool and darts.{{cn|date=February 2025}} In 2022 the Wadham pool team set a new record with a 78% frame win rate in Cuppers.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Wadham has a student exchange programme with the [[Sarah Lawrence College]] in [[New York City|New York]]. About 30 students come each year and live at Merifield, and about six Wadham students go to SLC in the spring each year for 3 weeks.<ref>[http://www.slc.edu/international-exchange/oxford/index.html "Sarah Lawrence College in Oxford"]. slc.edu. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/home/students/current-students/sarah-lawrence-programme "The Sarah Lawrence Programme"]. wadham.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.</ref>

There are elected welfare officers on both the SU and MCR committees. There is a general welfare room, as well as a women's room. The college also has a nurse who runs an open surgery.<ref name="students-room">[http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/wadham_college,_oxford]. thestudentroom.co.uk. Retrieved on 20 December 2013.</ref>

Wadham has a relatively high number of [[state school]] students, compared to other Oxford colleges. Wadham hosts Queerfest (formally Queer Bop), and Wadstock (a twelve-hour live music festival named after [[Woodstock]]). It also hosts bops five times a term in [[Michaelmas term]] and [[Hilary term]].<ref name="students-room" /> A Wadham student tradition is that events are always concluded with the playing of ''Free Nelson Mandela''.<ref name="mandela" />

There are three football teams, two chess teams, a cricket team, a [[Wadham College Boat Club|boat club]], a hockey team with Trinity, trampolining Cuppers side (mixed); Gaelic Football Cuppers side, men's darts, men's rugby, women's rugby Fives, mixed pool as well as Ultimate Frisbee.<ref name="students-room" /> There is also Wadham Women's Weightlifting, an inclusive weightlifting club for marginalised genders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sport |first=OxStu |date=2019-05-28 |title=Women’s* Weightlifters Qualify for Nationals |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2019/05/28/womens-weightlifters-qualify-for-nationals/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=The Oxford Student |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[Wadham College Boat Club]] is the rowing club for students at Wadham, and it also allows Harris Manchester College students to join. The college boat house is located on Boathouse Island.