The colleges also support research by electing research fellows. Since it is impossible to become a student member of the University without first being a member of a college, the colleges have considerable control over the admission of students. The colleges are responsible for the welfare and academical progress of all those whom they admit. Each student has a Director of Studies and a Tutor. The Tutor is responsible for helping with personal questions.
Colleges also provide accommodation, meals, library facilities and recreation for their members.
All postgraduate teaching and research supervision, on the other hand, is provided by the University. Information about colleges can be found in the University of Cambridge Undergraduate Prospectus and the University of Cambridge Graduate Studies Prospectus . A list of the Law Fellows of each college is here . The ability to make effective use of IT is rapidly becoming a necessary skill for legal researchers of all varieties. Effective presentation and communication of ideas increasingly involves a computing element.