@stjohnsox.bsky.social
Keeping in touch with prospective students, current members of College, alumni & benefactors, and sharing our research and events with the world.
Looking forward to the launch of our new ‘Failing Well’ series next week - join us to explore how failure doesn't need to be seen as a bad thing, but can fuel innovation and help us to unlock deeper learning!
📅 14th Nov, 5:30 pm
📍 Auditorium, St John’s College
https://ow.ly/hTHb50X7BQA
NEW✨ What fuels far-right nationalism?
@vladimirbortun.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social reviews Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization by #RichardSeymour @versobooks.bsky.social.
Hannah Skoda, Professor of Medieval History @stjohnsox.bsky.social reflects on practical steps to improve women’s place in higher education. www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4619
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Framed artwork of plants
Unframed artwork of plants laid out on a table
We’re delighted to host The Oxford Florilegium for a new exhibition which celebrates Oxford’s plant life through stunning botanical art 🌸
📍The Barn Gallery, St John’s College
📅 9–23 Oct
Free entry!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Yesterday we celebrated the launch of Oxford North, a flagship new development for science, technology and innovation in Oxford.
We hope it will connect local research with innovative start-ups and companies, helping to retain exceptional talent in the city.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
A warm welcome back and hearty congratulations to everyone who graduated over the weekend! 👋🥂
We'll be celebrating our Degree Day graduates throughout the week. 🧑🎓
"Welcome to St John's!"
We have students from over 50 different countries, and are proud to be a multilingual college.
How many languages did you get?
#EuropeanDayOfLanguages
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...
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Career Development Research Fellowships 2026!
St John's invites applications for up to six full-time research Fellowships across Classics, English, Geography, Modern Languages, Physics and Theology.
A fantastic opportunity for early career researchers.
Find out more ⬇️
Applications are now open for Inspire Years 12 & 13!
Hear from this year’s participants had to say about their experience at the end of our summer school, then apply today 🚀
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/access-and-o...
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our final Open Day of 2025 on Friday.
It was wonderful to meet so many of you, and we hope to see lots of you back here as students next October! 🎓
🚨 Tomorrow is the final day to register for Oxford admissions tests - don’t miss out!
ox.ac.uk/tests
Late summer sunshine in the College gardens. ☀️🦋
17.09.2025 09:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for Oxford Open Doors this weekend - we loved welcoming you in! #oxfordevents #oxfordopendoors #heritageoxford
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A pot of glowing green liquid and a pot of yellow powder on a workbench in front of a 'University of Oxford Department of Chemistry' mug
Dr Dan Congrave
Congratulations to Dr Dan Congrave, Research Fellow in Chemistry at St John's, on being awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social
Dr Kantor will lead an expert tour of the portraits in our Hall as part of #oxfordopendoors on Saturday 13 September at 10.30am.
There's no need to book: just come along and ask our student helpers for more information!
@oxfordprestrust.bsky.social
Why is there 'an anatomical abomination' at every St John's College dinner?
Is St John's the only Oxford college with a portrait of a man in high vis?
Find out the answers to these questions and more with Dr Georgy Kantor, Keeper of the Pictures at St John's, this weekend.
Visitors and student ambassadors in Canterbury Quad, viewed through a stained-glass window with the college crest.
Step through the gates of St John’s this weekend!
From 10am to 5pm, explore our stunning quads, gardens, and historic buildings, attend expert lectures, and see a whole new side of college life.
Free entry, no booking required.
#OxfordOpenDoors
The alt text for that first photo is delightful 😂
08.09.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of Laud (the cat, not the archbishop) basking in the sun
Photo of Laud in the College grounds
Photo of Laud following his brother Case
Photo of Laud and his brother Case going for a walk
I saw Laud this morning (the @stjohnsox.bsky.social cat)! He was soon joined by his brother, Case. They sat and stared at one another for a while, then went for a walk 💕
04.09.2025 08:16 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Applying this year? Don't forget to register if you need to sit an admissions test as part of the application process!
The deadline for registering is Friday 19th September - more info at www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u...
Meet our newest Professors! 🎉
Two St John’s academics have been awarded the title in this year’s Recognition of Distinction awards.
Laurence Hunt becomes Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Mark Cannon becomes Professor of Engineering Science.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
#DYK that in August 1636, our newly-finished Laudian Library hosted a lavish feast for King Charles I, which cost an astonishing £2,666 - almost £500,000 now!
Come along to #OxfordOpenDoors to see the library yourself (tea and cake available in Hall for a lot less than that!)
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Goodwin, Supernumerary Fellow at St John’s, on being awarded one of the @royalsociety.org inaugural Faraday Discovery Fellowships!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
St John's #OxfordOpenDoors 2025 programme is now live on our website!
We'll be open 10am–5pm, 13 and 14 September, with an exciting mix of talks, tours, music and activities, as well as wonderful student helpers to answer your questions.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Congratulations to Professor Sir Rory Collins, Emeritus Research Fellow at St John’s, on being awarded the
@royalsociety.org Buchanan Medal for leading practice altering cardiovascular clinical trials and the UK Biobank.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
❗Call for proposals! ❗
Two of our brilliant DPhil students are editing a special AES collection exploring the ways in which promised futures moralize and motivate present-day actions.
Please do contribute:
americanethnologist.org/news/america...
Headshot of Graham Cormode
Congratulations to Professor Graham Cormode who joins @compscioxford.bsky.social and St John's College next year.
We look forward to his contributions to our academic community in the new year.
➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
Last month, we were honoured to receive an historic photograph of the college taken c.1857 by the pioneering British photographer, Roger Fenton.
Alumni Stephen Barber and Mark Bedingham donated the image in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of their matriculation.
🚨📝 Delighted my latest article has been published online in Social & Cultural Geography today!
‘The power of representations to affect and effect: podcasting, popular culture, and audience stories behind Call the Midwife’.
It’s free to access and read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
