St John's College, Oxford
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Keeping in touch with prospective students, current members of College, alumni & benefactors, and sharing our research and events with the world.
Can you learn a new language from an app on your phone? 📱 St John's Supernumerary Fellow in Language Science, Prof. Elizabeth Wonnacott, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread programme this afternoon to discuss the efficacy of language learning apps and AI-powered features.
What makes a 500-year-old book funny? 📚 Lochy, an English and French student, shares why he loves Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais, and why this 16th-century classic still feels surprisingly modern. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn
In this latest #NationalYearofReading video, we celebrate a classic Victorian novel: Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South (1855), recommended by Anna, our MCR Culture Officer.
✨ Big news! Thanks to a hugely generous $150,000 gift from alumnus @will-sentance.bsky.social, we've launched the Inspire Hub - an innovative new Access platform designed to support students’ long term educational journeys. Find out more ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
For 40 years, our President, Professor Lady Sue Black helped uncover the truth in criminal cases. Now, in new book 'An Expert Witness', she explores the history of forensic science and the unique role of the expert witness. Out now! www.penguin.co.uk/books/470923...
We're pleased to share this year’s edition of our Benefactors magazine, which features the annual Impact of Philanthropy report and Roll of Benefactors. Read the whole thing here ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/documents/SJ...
The July @ox.ac.uk Open Days, through the lens of our student ambassadors! 📸
A huge thanks to Wolvercote Cricket Club for coming down to play at the college sports ground yesterday (and for lending us a couple of excellent players!) Full match report ➡ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
On the first of this year's Open Days, Isaac, a Psychology DPhil student, shares the book that started it all for him. Come and chat to our students today and tomorrow for more recommendations to inspire you to explore your favourite subjects! #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026
There are a few free tickets left for tomorrow night's lecture 'Higher Learning in the Post-Truth Age'. Professor @duncanivison.bsky.social, Vice Chancellor @manchester.ac.uk, joins Professor Irene Tracey, Vice Chancellor @ox.ac.uk, followed by drinks www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
We're delighted to announce our Visiting Scholars for the Long Vacation 2026. In July, St John's welcomes six distinguished academics and practitioners, working on a range of interdisciplinary projects. We look forward to their contributions to college life!
Our favourite time of year came round again yesterday - the annual Oxford Cow ice cream visit! We even persuaded the sun to come out while they were here ☀️
Congratulations to all five St John's boat club crews who rowed in this year's Summer Eights!
How do we future-proof our trees and cities in a changing climate? 🌍🌳 Join Kevin Martin, Head of Tree Collections & Arboriculture at Kew Gardens, for this year’s Penson Lecture: “Preparing for the Future” 23rd June, 5pm, free and open to all! www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
It's today! 🎉☀️📖 Come along to St John's for a weekend of book-based fun - there are still a few spaces left for most talks! https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/st-johns-literary-festival/
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of two distinguished alumni as Honorary Fellows of St John’s College - Professor László Székelyhidi and Bronwen Maddox - who were welcomed back at a special dinner last Friday. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
Happy World Bee Day from this friend (who unfortunately could not be photographed in front of the Beehive building...) 🐝
Last week, we hosted a new Academic Excellence Summit, organised jointly by students in the MCR and Clarendon Scholars from across the collegiate university. We hope that this will be a regular event in the College's calendar and look forward to next year's summit!
St John's welcomes Professor Sendhil Mullainathan, Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professor of Business and Development 2026, for an exploration of what it means to 'fail well'. Professor Mullainathan's lecture is free to attend and open to members of the public. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Thinking of doing some gardening this Bank Holiday Monday? Now our students can too 🌿 Introducing the new SJC Wellbeing Garden! This is a quiet, tranquil space where students can take a break from academic life and get hands-on with simple tasks like watering and weeding.
Congratulations to Professor Gareth Lloyd Evans, Tutorial Fellow in English, on being awarded a Research Fellowship by the The Leverhulme Trust for research on trans lives in the Viking world. More info ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
Giles the lamb is back after an exciting few weeks accompanying the President, Principal Bursar and Alumni team to the USA 🌉 Huge thanks to all alumni and friends of the college who came to see us - it was a wonderful trip and we hope to see you again soon! www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/
Join the St John's choir and professional singers from Vox Urbane, for an hour of wonderful music to start the term. 6pm, Sunday 19th April, St John's Chapel. Free and open to all!
On Wednesday, we were delighted to host the Inaugural Lecture of the new Nuffield Professor of Population Health, Professor Prabhat Jha. Professor Jha joined @oxpop.bsky.social and St John's this academic year, and it was wonderful to welcome him officially to @ox.ac.uk.
The flowering cherry (prunus pandora) looking beautiful in college! Spring is on the way... 🌸
It's University Mental Health Day! We asked some of our current students what they do to manage their mental health - not surprisingly, the cats featured... 🐱🐱🐱 #UniMentalHealthDay @studentmindsorg.bsky.social
Marking 400 years since the death of John Dowland, our Choir Director performs Dr Case’s Pavan. The pavan commemorates John Case, Scholar and Fellow of St John’s, who is remembered to this day in his portrait above High Table and in his Chapel funerary monument.
Dearest gentle reader... as Bridgerton returns today, all eyes turn again to Queen Charlotte 👑 The college's portraits of George III and Charlotte Sophia, gifted by the royals themselves, sit at the heart of a long-running debate: was she Britain’s first Black queen?