Membership

As set out in our constitution, there are two types of membership: ‘Full members’ and ‘Associate members’. These have the following rights:

  1. Full members
    • Have access to all facilities provided by the MCR
    • Subject to availability, they are entitled to book a member’s ticket for each MCR Formal Hall and any other MCR event
  2. Associated members
    • Have access to all facilities provided by the MCR. The exception to this are 4th year undergraduates who are not allowed to book the MCR punts.
    • Subject to availability, they are entitled to book a member’s ticket for each MCR Formal Hall
    • Tickets for other MCR events e.g. trips, swaps may be made available to associate members at the discretion of the Committee if tickets are available
    • Associate members are not entitled to vote at General Meetings or in elections
    • In general, associate members may not be candidates for election to any Committee position. The exception to this are 4th year undergraduate students who may stand for non‐executive roles

The following people are entitled to membership:

  1. Full members
    Only members of Clare College who are registered for one of the following degrees shall be considered as “graduate members” and so have automatic membership in the MCR:
    • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), including PhD by part‐time study
    • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Vet MB)
    • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BChir)
    • Bachelor of Music (MusB)
    • Master of Education (MEd)
    • Master of Laws (LLM)
    • Master of Letters (MLitt)
    • Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
    • Master of Research (MRes)
    • Master of Science (MSc)
    • Master of Studies (MSt)
    • Diploma in Economics
    • Diploma in International Law
    • Diploma in Legal Studies
    • Any other University Diploma
    • Any Certificate of Postgraduate Study
    • Any Other University Certificate, including Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (aka Part III Maths)
  2. Associate members
    • Members of Clare College in their fourth year who are acquiring a graduate degree as a consequence of continuing their undergraduate study;
    • Members of the Clare College Research Associate Scheme;
    • Other students e.g. visiting students at the discretion of the committee

Those eligible for associate membership need to have their application for membership approved by the MCR committee at a committee meeting. If you would like to become an associate member, you should send your application/request to the MCR secretary (mcr-secretary@clare.cam.ac.uk) and it will be discussed at the next committee meeting and after which you will be informed of the outcome.

Membership of Clare MCR comes at a cost of £35 a year. For full members this is automatically added to the college bill, associate members are requested to pay the fee after their application is approved.