Student body As of the 2017/18 academic year, Hatfield College has a population of 1,339 students. There are 1,007 full-time undergraduates and 3 part-time undergraduates. Postgraduate figures include 55 students on full-time postgraduate research programs and 111 studying for full-time postgraduate taught programs, plus a further 94 part-time postgraduate students (research and taught) as well as 69 distance learning students. Common rooms The Junior Common Room (JCR) is for undergraduates in the college. It annually elects an executive committee consisting of 10 members, including an impartial chair, who run the JCR in conjunction with college officers. Unlike other colleges, Hatfield exclusively retains Senior Man as its title for the head of the JCR, having rejected a motion to move to "JCR President" in May 2014. A motion to allow the incumbent to choose between "Senior Man", "Senior Woman" or "Senior Student" was also defeated in January 2016. The Middle Common Room (MCR) is the organisation for postgraduate students. Postgraduate accommodation is located at James Barber House. College officers, fellows and tutors are members of the Senior Common Room (SCR). Image Having shed its theological image by the Second World War, Hatfield came to be seen in the decades following as a sporty college, with students who often held a relaxed attitude towards studying and were assumed to be disproportionately recruited from socially exclusive private schools. Writing in 1996, college archivist Arthur Moyes admitted that modesty "is not a Hatfield characteristic". Portrayals of Hatfield students as more privileged than others were resisted by then Master Thomas Whitworth in his 1971 college history, Yellow Sandstone and Mellow Brick; instead, Whitworth defined Hatfielders by ambition, and stressed their tendency to seek leadership positions on campus. This viewpoint was echoed years later by his successor, James Barber: Alumni have also praised a "work hard, play hard ethos" conducive to future success and highlighted a strong sense of identity and community. Nevertheless, student articles have criticised Hatfield for being 'rah', and suggested it is responsible for perpetuating negative views about the wider university. Past data has shown it to be popular with applicants from private schools. For the 2015/2016 cycle, 65.8% of applicants were privately educated – against a university total of only 36.1%. To attract a wider range of candidates it has launched an outreach programme working with pupils in local state schools in Gateshead, Hartlepool, and Washington. Admissions For the 2015/2016 entry cycle