St John's College, Oxford
@stjohnsox.bsky.social
Keeping in touch with prospective students, current members of College, alumni & benefactors, and sharing our research and events with the world.
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.
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...
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...
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...
🚨 Final call! The UCAS deadline for applying to Oxford is tomorrow.
Make sure your application is complete and submitted before 6pm (UK time) tomorrow, Wednesday 15th October.
Make sure your application is complete and submitted before 6pm (UK time) tomorrow, Wednesday 15th October.
October 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🚨 Final call! The UCAS deadline for applying to Oxford is tomorrow.
Make sure your application is complete and submitted before 6pm (UK time) tomorrow, Wednesday 15th October.
Make sure your application is complete and submitted before 6pm (UK time) tomorrow, Wednesday 15th October.
🎥 Screening: ACTING by Sophie Fiennes
📆 26th Oct 2025, 3pm
Join us for a captivating look behind the scenes as actors rehearse Macbeth. Panel discussion, Q&A, drinks and networking follow the screening.
🎟️ Free tickets ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
📆 26th Oct 2025, 3pm
Join us for a captivating look behind the scenes as actors rehearse Macbeth. Panel discussion, Q&A, drinks and networking follow the screening.
🎟️ Free tickets ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
October 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎥 Screening: ACTING by Sophie Fiennes
📆 26th Oct 2025, 3pm
Join us for a captivating look behind the scenes as actors rehearse Macbeth. Panel discussion, Q&A, drinks and networking follow the screening.
🎟️ Free tickets ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
📆 26th Oct 2025, 3pm
Join us for a captivating look behind the scenes as actors rehearse Macbeth. Panel discussion, Q&A, drinks and networking follow the screening.
🎟️ Free tickets ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
We’re honoured to be welcoming Lord Simon Woolley as our speaker for this year’s Black History Month Lecture: “In a climate of fear of ‘the other’, new leaders must emerge.”
📅 30th Oct, 5:00pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Register now for a free ticket
ow.ly/ueMI50X9KxE
📅 30th Oct, 5:00pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Register now for a free ticket
ow.ly/ueMI50X9KxE
October 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We’re honoured to be welcoming Lord Simon Woolley as our speaker for this year’s Black History Month Lecture: “In a climate of fear of ‘the other’, new leaders must emerge.”
📅 30th Oct, 5:00pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Register now for a free ticket
ow.ly/ueMI50X9KxE
📅 30th Oct, 5:00pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Register now for a free ticket
ow.ly/ueMI50X9KxE
Join us for 'Decolonial Pedagogies Through Dance' with Tjimur Dance Theatre next weekend!
📅 18th Oct, 2:00–4:30 pm
📍 Kendrew Events Room, St John’s College
💻 Register now (free, £7 refundable deposit)
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
📅 18th Oct, 2:00–4:30 pm
📍 Kendrew Events Room, St John’s College
💻 Register now (free, £7 refundable deposit)
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
October 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Join us for 'Decolonial Pedagogies Through Dance' with Tjimur Dance Theatre next weekend!
📅 18th Oct, 2:00–4:30 pm
📍 Kendrew Events Room, St John’s College
💻 Register now (free, £7 refundable deposit)
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
📅 18th Oct, 2:00–4:30 pm
📍 Kendrew Events Room, St John’s College
💻 Register now (free, £7 refundable deposit)
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
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!
📅 17th Oct, 5:30 pm
📍 Auditorium, St John’s College
ow.ly/hTHb50X7BQA
📅 17th Oct, 5:30 pm
📍 Auditorium, St John’s College
ow.ly/hTHb50X7BQA
October 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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!
📅 17th Oct, 5:30 pm
📍 Auditorium, St John’s College
ow.ly/hTHb50X7BQA
📅 17th Oct, 5:30 pm
📍 Auditorium, St John’s College
ow.ly/hTHb50X7BQA
A sweet start to term for our new Freshers 🍦
October 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A sweet start to term for our new Freshers 🍦
The college is delighted to present the third annual Donald Russell Memorial Lecture. Professor Ewen Bowie will explore the life and works of the Cretan poet Mesomedes.
📅 23rd October, 5pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Free, registration encouraged
https://ow.ly/z3Th50X796V
📅 23rd October, 5pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Free, registration encouraged
https://ow.ly/z3Th50X796V
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The college is delighted to present the third annual Donald Russell Memorial Lecture. Professor Ewen Bowie will explore the life and works of the Cretan poet Mesomedes.
📅 23rd October, 5pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Free, registration encouraged
https://ow.ly/z3Th50X796V
📅 23rd October, 5pm
📍 Garden Quad Auditorium, St John’s College
➡️ Free, registration encouraged
https://ow.ly/z3Th50X796V
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...
📍The Barn Gallery, St John’s College
📅 9–23 Oct
Free entry!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
October 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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...
📍The Barn Gallery, St John’s College
📅 9–23 Oct
Free entry!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/eve...
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. 🧑🎓
We'll be celebrating our Degree Day graduates throughout the week. 🧑🎓
September 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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. 🧑🎓
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
We have students from over 50 different countries, and are proud to be a multilingual college.
How many languages did you get?
#EuropeanDayOfLanguages
September 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"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
We have students from over 50 different countries, and are proud to be a multilingual college.
How many languages did you get?
#EuropeanDayOfLanguages
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 ⬇️
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 ⬇️
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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 ⬇️
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...
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...
September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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...
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! 🎓
It was wonderful to meet so many of you, and we hope to see lots of you back here as students next October! 🎓
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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! 🎓
It was wonderful to meet so many of you, and we hope to see lots of you back here as students next October! 🎓
September 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Late summer sunshine in the College gardens. ☀️🦋
September 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Late summer sunshine in the College gardens. ☀️🦋
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for Oxford Open Doors this weekend - we loved welcoming you in! #oxfordevents #oxfordopendoors #heritageoxford
September 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for Oxford Open Doors this weekend - we loved welcoming you in! #oxfordevents #oxfordopendoors #heritageoxford
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
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social