St John's College, Oxford
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Professor Philip Maini (SJC and @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social) is one of 19 @ox.ac.uk researchers featured in a new series of portraits commissioned by @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and the British Journal of Photography, celebrating leading researchers across the University.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
New photographic portrait of Professor Philip K. Maini unveiled at the Bodleian
Professor Maini is one of nineteen University researchers celebrated in a new series of photographic portraits commissioned by the Bodleian Libraries and the British Journal of Photography (BJP).
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December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Professor Philip Maini (SJC and @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social) is one of 19 @ox.ac.uk researchers featured in a new series of portraits commissioned by @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and the British Journal of Photography, celebrating leading researchers across the University.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
"It is the irrepressible warmth and optimism of its storytelling that draws so many back to Call the Midwife each and every year."
A wonderfully festive piece from Geography Lecturer @aliceewatson.bsky.social to get you excited for Christmas... 🎄
A wonderfully festive piece from Geography Lecturer @aliceewatson.bsky.social to get you excited for Christmas... 🎄
Happy to share this festive article I’ve written for the BBC about the magic, storytelling, and enduring popularity of the Call the Midwife Christmas specials - filled with clips of memorable moments and standout scenes from the programme archive 📺🎄
www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthe...
www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthe...
Call the Midwife at Christmas
How the Call the Midwife Christmas special continues to be at the heart of the BBC’s festive schedule every year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"It is the irrepressible warmth and optimism of its storytelling that draws so many back to Call the Midwife each and every year."
A wonderfully festive piece from Geography Lecturer @aliceewatson.bsky.social to get you excited for Christmas... 🎄
A wonderfully festive piece from Geography Lecturer @aliceewatson.bsky.social to get you excited for Christmas... 🎄
We loved welcoming Dr Octavia Cox and the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social team to our Old Library to explain the special connection between Jane Austen and the college!
www.youtube.com/shorts/MHt-H...
www.youtube.com/shorts/MHt-H...
It’s the 8th Day of Oxmas and Jane Austen’s birthday, presented by Dr Octavia Cox! #OxfordLiterature
YouTube video by Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford
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December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We loved welcoming Dr Octavia Cox and the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social team to our Old Library to explain the special connection between Jane Austen and the college!
www.youtube.com/shorts/MHt-H...
www.youtube.com/shorts/MHt-H...
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stjohnsox.bsky.social
The college was founded in 1555 with the aim of providing educated catholic clerics who could support Queen Mary's counter-reformation
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The college was founded in 1555 with the aim of providing educated catholic clerics who could support Queen Mary's counter-reformation
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stjohnsox.bsky.social
The college was founded in 1555 with the aim of providing educated catholic clerics who could support Queen Mary's counter-reformation
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The college was founded in 1555 with the aim of providing educated catholic clerics who could support Queen Mary's counter-reformation
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
'Be yourself'!
Tutors want you to feel able to be yourself in the interview, and to allow you to best demonstrate your skills and abilities.
Don't just try to say what you think your interviewer wants to hear - they're interested in your thoughts and opinions!
Tutors want you to feel able to be yourself in the interview, and to allow you to best demonstrate your skills and abilities.
Don't just try to say what you think your interviewer wants to hear - they're interested in your thoughts and opinions!
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
'Be yourself'!
Tutors want you to feel able to be yourself in the interview, and to allow you to best demonstrate your skills and abilities.
Don't just try to say what you think your interviewer wants to hear - they're interested in your thoughts and opinions!
Tutors want you to feel able to be yourself in the interview, and to allow you to best demonstrate your skills and abilities.
Don't just try to say what you think your interviewer wants to hear - they're interested in your thoughts and opinions!
"We have to tell those stories if we expect to have ... today's world value caregiving."
Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social reflects on the importance of recognising women’s lives as foundational to our societies, as part of our celebration of the Chair in Women's History.
Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social reflects on the importance of recognising women’s lives as foundational to our societies, as part of our celebration of the Chair in Women's History.
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"We have to tell those stories if we expect to have ... today's world value caregiving."
Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social reflects on the importance of recognising women’s lives as foundational to our societies, as part of our celebration of the Chair in Women's History.
Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social reflects on the importance of recognising women’s lives as foundational to our societies, as part of our celebration of the Chair in Women's History.
Got an Oxford interview coming up? Top tip number 1 from our students is to practise speaking out loud about your subject!
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Got an Oxford interview coming up? Top tip number 1 from our students is to practise speaking out loud about your subject!
Last night we gathered together for the Carol Service - one of the highlights of the chapel year, and it's not difficult to see why! 🎶
This year, the service opened with the 'Carol of the Bells', which fits English words to the Ukranian tune 'Shchedryk' by Mykola Leontovych.
This year, the service opened with the 'Carol of the Bells', which fits English words to the Ukranian tune 'Shchedryk' by Mykola Leontovych.
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Last night we gathered together for the Carol Service - one of the highlights of the chapel year, and it's not difficult to see why! 🎶
This year, the service opened with the 'Carol of the Bells', which fits English words to the Ukranian tune 'Shchedryk' by Mykola Leontovych.
This year, the service opened with the 'Carol of the Bells', which fits English words to the Ukranian tune 'Shchedryk' by Mykola Leontovych.
Meet Professor @sarahknott.bsky.social, Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women's History at @stjohnsox.bsky.social and @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social.
We spoke to Professor Knott after her inaugural lecture this week about what the Chair means to her, and why it's so important.
We spoke to Professor Knott after her inaugural lecture this week about what the Chair means to her, and why it's so important.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Meet Professor @sarahknott.bsky.social, Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women's History at @stjohnsox.bsky.social and @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social.
We spoke to Professor Knott after her inaugural lecture this week about what the Chair means to her, and why it's so important.
We spoke to Professor Knott after her inaugural lecture this week about what the Chair means to her, and why it's so important.
We were honoured to welcome Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social to St John's this week, in collaboration with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, for two days of events celebrating the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History, held by Professor Sarah Knott.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We were honoured to welcome Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social to St John's this week, in collaboration with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, for two days of events celebrating the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History, held by Professor Sarah Knott.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
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Grateful to share insights from our archives w/ @stjohnsox.bsky.social + @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social this week. As Prof. Sarah Knott shared, historians rely on archives to do what they do, & safe repositories like ours are essential for contextual understanding & research
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Grateful to share insights from our archives w/ @stjohnsox.bsky.social + @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social this week. As Prof. Sarah Knott shared, historians rely on archives to do what they do, & safe repositories like ours are essential for contextual understanding & research
A glimpse inside last week's private view of 'Theatres of Time: Glory, Decay, and Imagination in Piranesi’s Rome.' 🎨
The exhibition runs until 29 November 2025, and a guided tour is available on Wednesday 26 November at 4.30pm.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
The exhibition runs until 29 November 2025, and a guided tour is available on Wednesday 26 November at 4.30pm.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A glimpse inside last week's private view of 'Theatres of Time: Glory, Decay, and Imagination in Piranesi’s Rome.' 🎨
The exhibition runs until 29 November 2025, and a guided tour is available on Wednesday 26 November at 4.30pm.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
The exhibition runs until 29 November 2025, and a guided tour is available on Wednesday 26 November at 4.30pm.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
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Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
Congratulations to alumna and Honorary Fellow Catherine Mallyon CBE who has been announced today as incoming Chair of @creativeuk.bsky.social: the national membership body for the UK’s cultural and creative industries.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Congratulations to alumna and Honorary Fellow Catherine Mallyon CBE who has been announced today as incoming Chair of @creativeuk.bsky.social: the national membership body for the UK’s cultural and creative industries.
🎷 Tomorrow night at St John’s: award-winning saxophonist & MC Soweto Kinch brings jazz to the Garden Quad Auditorium!
Over 100 tickets already gone - just a few left, don’t miss out on this brilliant evening of music!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Over 100 tickets already gone - just a few left, don’t miss out on this brilliant evening of music!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Jazz at St John's: Soweto Kinch
Soweto Kinch presents a bespoke solo performance blending jazz, hip hop and spoken word, with original new music built from sample packs and East African music.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🎷 Tomorrow night at St John’s: award-winning saxophonist & MC Soweto Kinch brings jazz to the Garden Quad Auditorium!
Over 100 tickets already gone - just a few left, don’t miss out on this brilliant evening of music!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Over 100 tickets already gone - just a few left, don’t miss out on this brilliant evening of music!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
We're offering up to six grants for Visiting Scholars from mid-July to mid-September 2026, including accommodation, meals & SCR membership. 📚
Apply by 5pm UK time, 16 January 2026.
Full details: www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...
Apply by 5pm UK time, 16 January 2026.
Full details: www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're offering up to six grants for Visiting Scholars from mid-July to mid-September 2026, including accommodation, meals & SCR membership. 📚
Apply by 5pm UK time, 16 January 2026.
Full details: www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...
Apply by 5pm UK time, 16 January 2026.
Full details: www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...
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Registration is OPEN for our annual Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture, with speaker Professor Frank Vandenbroucke (Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, Belgium) ⬇️
Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-sidne...
@stjohnsox.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk .uk #WelfareStates #SocialPolicy
Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-sidne...
@stjohnsox.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk .uk #WelfareStates #SocialPolicy
2025 Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture
RESPONSIBILITY AND THE DEMANDS OF SOLIDARITY - Defending the welfare state in hard times
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October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Registration is OPEN for our annual Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture, with speaker Professor Frank Vandenbroucke (Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, Belgium) ⬇️
Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-sidne...
@stjohnsox.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk .uk #WelfareStates #SocialPolicy
Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-sidne...
@stjohnsox.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk .uk #WelfareStates #SocialPolicy
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👻 Happy Halloween! 🎃
Here for their final curtain call, we'd like to give our wonderful Lifelong Learning ghosts a round of applause for their work taking learning beyond the veil. 👏👻 We'll see you next year...
#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #LifelongLearning #Halloween #GhostsTrend
Here for their final curtain call, we'd like to give our wonderful Lifelong Learning ghosts a round of applause for their work taking learning beyond the veil. 👏👻 We'll see you next year...
#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #LifelongLearning #Halloween #GhostsTrend
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
👻 Happy Halloween! 🎃
Here for their final curtain call, we'd like to give our wonderful Lifelong Learning ghosts a round of applause for their work taking learning beyond the veil. 👏👻 We'll see you next year...
#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #LifelongLearning #Halloween #GhostsTrend
Here for their final curtain call, we'd like to give our wonderful Lifelong Learning ghosts a round of applause for their work taking learning beyond the veil. 👏👻 We'll see you next year...
#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #LifelongLearning #Halloween #GhostsTrend
Happy Halloween from SJC and our friends the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social ghosts... 👻
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Happy Halloween from SJC and our friends the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social ghosts... 👻
📸 Surface Tension: Photography, Truth, Materiality
25 Oct–16 Nov 2025
Kendrew Barn Gallery, St John’s College
An exhibition exploring photography’s materiality & the nature of truth. Part of Photo Oxford 2025.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
25 Oct–16 Nov 2025
Kendrew Barn Gallery, St John’s College
An exhibition exploring photography’s materiality & the nature of truth. Part of Photo Oxford 2025.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📸 Surface Tension: Photography, Truth, Materiality
25 Oct–16 Nov 2025
Kendrew Barn Gallery, St John’s College
An exhibition exploring photography’s materiality & the nature of truth. Part of Photo Oxford 2025.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
25 Oct–16 Nov 2025
Kendrew Barn Gallery, St John’s College
An exhibition exploring photography’s materiality & the nature of truth. Part of Photo Oxford 2025.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Congratulations to Professors Kate Nation and Laurence Hunt (@oxexppsy.bsky.social) on receiving well-deserved Excellent Teacher Awards from @ox.ac.uk, recognising their inspiring, inclusive, and innovative teaching - a testament to the outstanding academic community at St John’s!
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Congratulations to Professors Kate Nation and Laurence Hunt (@oxexppsy.bsky.social) on receiving well-deserved Excellent Teacher Awards from @ox.ac.uk, recognising their inspiring, inclusive, and innovative teaching - a testament to the outstanding academic community at St John’s!
Alumna Farniyaz Zaker is featured in a new group show at Barvinskyi Art Gallery, Vienna, opening today.
We hosted her 'Enclaves' exhibition in 2023 and are thrilled to see her continued success.
Don’t miss it if you’re in Vienna!
We hosted her 'Enclaves' exhibition in 2023 and are thrilled to see her continued success.
Don’t miss it if you’re in Vienna!
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Alumna Farniyaz Zaker is featured in a new group show at Barvinskyi Art Gallery, Vienna, opening today.
We hosted her 'Enclaves' exhibition in 2023 and are thrilled to see her continued success.
Don’t miss it if you’re in Vienna!
We hosted her 'Enclaves' exhibition in 2023 and are thrilled to see her continued success.
Don’t miss it if you’re in Vienna!
Join us Friday 24th Oct 2025 (6–8 pm) in the Garden Quad Auditorium for an evening of East African hip-hop with Sound Artist in Residence Enrico Figueiredo.
Exclusive early screening of Hip Hop in Dar es Salaam, Q&A & reception.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Exclusive early screening of Hip Hop in Dar es Salaam, Q&A & reception.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Join us Friday 24th Oct 2025 (6–8 pm) in the Garden Quad Auditorium for an evening of East African hip-hop with Sound Artist in Residence Enrico Figueiredo.
Exclusive early screening of Hip Hop in Dar es Salaam, Q&A & reception.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
Exclusive early screening of Hip Hop in Dar es Salaam, Q&A & reception.
Free and open to all!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
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Still feel so lucky that I get to do my research in the Old Library at St John’s (@stjohnsox.bsky.social) 🙂 Such a beautiful place.
October 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Still feel so lucky that I get to do my research in the Old Library at St John’s (@stjohnsox.bsky.social) 🙂 Such a beautiful place.
It's been a busy start to term for everyone, including Baylie...
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's been a busy start to term for everyone, including Baylie...