Battels

Battels are College charges, excluding course fees. At the start of each term you will be emailed and pidged a copy of your battels statement which will be due to be paid by Thursday of 1st Week in each term, with a final bill distributed at the end of Trinity Term.

Items detailed on your bill may include student society levies, printing charges and other services or credits that have arisen in the preceding term.

For any queries relating to payment of battels statements or fee invoices, email the Accounts Department on accounts@exeter.ox.ac.uk. You can visit this webpage to make payments.

Your Bod Card

The University of Oxford issues a personalised identity card to all students within the University, known as your “Bod card”. This card serves a number of functions, including identifying yourself as a student, providing access to some secure rooms or buildings, a cashless payment system, borrowing library books, and enabling use of facilities such as photocopiers.

You should always carry your Bod card with you as it may be needed to prove you are an Exeter College student. You must not lend your Bod card to anyone.

To learn more about your Bod card, including using it to pay or replacing a lost card, visit this page of the Exeter College website.

Bodleian Library

Libraries will play a big part during your time at Oxford, whether providing access to online articles on your reading list or helping you find that elusive book. The Bodleian Libraries is the library service supporting the University and can help you get the most out of your course. Learn more about the Bodleian Libraries during orientation, or on this webpage.

Meals (Catering) at Exeter College

Meals are served generally from Breakfast through Dinner during term time at the Turl Street dining hall. More information about times for each meal and menus can be found here.

Additionally, there is a café at the Cohen Quad that serves breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday. The Turl Street Undercroft Bar (student bar) is open in the evenings.

You do not need to sign up in advance for breakfast, brunch, lunch or the first evening meal in the Dining Hall during term time. Bod Cards are presented at the point of sale and the cashless account is debited accordingly. Your Bod Card is loaded with £100 each term by WEPO. After this, you can reload your card for additional spending money. Remember that the first £300 is loaded on a 'use it or lose it' basis by the end of the academic year, so we encourage you to take advantage of the catering at Exeter!

To attend formal hall (second dinner) you need to sign up in advance and pre-pay using your Upay account. You must sign on for formal hall meals online at upay.co.uk. You will be issued a receipt for the booking you have made. You must print the receipt and take it with you to the Dining Hall for it to be checked by the hall staff. Learn more about booking for formal hall here. You must wear your gown to formal hall.

Sport at Oxford

Exeter is renowned for its integrated community that spans all year groups – an atmosphere partly fostered by the sporting spirit within the College. College sport can also provide a stepping stone for getting involved in University-wide sports teams.

The College has a great range of facilities including an on-site gym, football and rugby pitches only a short walk from College, and a well equipped boat club for anyone who wants to try rowing. Students also possess a heavily subsidised membership to the University’s excellent sports complex on Iffley Road.

Learn more about sporting activities and clubs here.

Student Handbooks for Oxford University

The ‘Red Book‘ contains the College Rules for students that you must know and observe.

The ‘Green Guide‘, or College Student Handbook, contains useful information that you will find helpful during your time at Exeter College.

You should read both of these books before coming to Exeter, and keep them on hand for reference while you’re here.

New editions of these books are issued every October.

Welfare and Support

The welfare and wellbeing of all members of Exeter is an important part of our collegiate life, and many people play a role in providing welfare support. Central to welfare at Exeter is the Welfare Team, whose members can give specific advice or liaise with external services. Asking for help is one of the biggest hurdles in tackling whatever problem or concern you might have, so please don’t be surprised if you find it difficult to ask for support. Please get in touch with either the Welfare Coordinator, Andrew Allen, or Welfare Officer, Helen Thornton, in the first instance. They will be able to advise on the most appropriate form of support.

The College Welfare Team

Students who support students

Other areas of College support

Welfare in Oxford

– Counselling Service

– Sexual Harassment and Violence Support Service

Disability

The College Welfare Team

We want you to flourish whilst at Exeter. The College draws on a large team of experts to help support you during your time here. There is a dedicated Welfare Team, led by the Welfare Coordinator, and consisting the Welfare Dean, Welfare Officer and College Nurse, and the Junior Deans. The Welfare Team is supplemented by other College Officers and students with some welfare training, the Peer Supporters.  The College has an excellent relationship with the College Doctors, the University Counselling Service, and the Disability Advisory Service.

Please get in touch with any member of the welfare team. They can help you with issues such as:

• anxiety

• settling in to Oxford

• relationships

• gender

• sexuality

• self development

• resilience

or, will be able to liaise and triage for relevant help.

Further information, including the Confidentiality Policy can be found in the Green Guide.

You can contact any member of the welfare team:

• The Welfare Coordinator, Andrew Allen

• The Welfare Officer, Helen Thornton

• The Welfare Dean, Dr James Grant

• The Junior Deans

Counselling

Students can self-refer to the University Counselling Service, or liaise with a member of the Welfare Team. In addition to counselling sessions the Counselling Service runs workshops and has a selection of podcasts dealing with a range of issues. 

Peer Support

JCR Welfare reps

Peer Supporters are trained by the University Counselling Service as an impartial ear for anyone in college to talk to about absolutely anything.

Peer support offers an easily accessible and relatively informal opportunity to talk through issues which may be concerning you. Often it can help simply to get things off your chest or to know that someone is genuinely willing to listen and take time to understand what’s on your mind. Sometimes just talking things through is enough; sometimes it may lead you to seek more professional help.

It is important to emphasise that peer supporters are not counsellors and they may encourage you to seek more formal support through college welfare, your GP or the University Counselling Service.

Sexual Harassment and Violence Support Service

There are resources available for anyone who feels they have experienced any form of sexual harassment or violence at the Sexual Harassment and Violence Support Service.