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.
These portraits, admired at the time for their fidelity, continue to sit at the centre of this discussion.
Read more about Allan Ramsay's Queen Charlotte Sophia ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/college-life...
Since the mid-twentieth century, scholars have explored the possibility of African ancestry within Charlotte’s Portuguese royal lineage, while contemporary descriptions of her appearance remain complex and sometimes contradictory.
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?
These texts reflect everyday book culture: affordable student copies, devotional texts and popular editions.
Such material is comparatively rare in major libraries but offers valuable insight into the social and economic history of reading.
A huge thank you to Professor Bray!
The College is delighted to have received a significant donation of Arabic-script manuscripts and early printed and lithographed books from the collection of Professor Julia Bray, Emeritus Research Fellow in Arabic.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
Slade Lectures 2026
'Brasilia: Planned Exclusion'
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wed 18 Feb
Auditorium, St John's College
@stjohnsox.bsky.social
(Free Admission)
Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-...
Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
Huge congratulations to the three SJC students who will play for OURFC in the Varsity Matches on Saturday, 28th February 2026!
Look out for Mel Morley, starting number 8, Kate Mitchell, replacement winger, and Owen Casstles, replacement scrum-half 🏉
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2026! 🎉
We’re proud to support apprentices across St John’s, helping them to gain real skills, experience and qualifications while making a meaningful impact across the college.
Find out more ➡️ www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
TOBITHEFREAK sharing work in progress, standing on stage with keyboard and electronic music equipment
The backs of artists and speakers walking down a path shiny with rain in a quadrangle at St John's College
Sound walk in St John's College Gardens showing grassy grounds with trees and small purple flowers
We had an inspiring Friday & Saturday last week at St John's College with our brilliant guest speakers & current BOOM artists. If you were there, we'd love to have your feedback: www.illuminate-data.org.uk/survey/bsdpvl
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social
Early morning street outside St John’s College, Oxford, with historic stone buildings lining a quiet, wet pavement. Warm streetlights glow against the dark blue sky, reflecting in puddles on the ground. A bicycle is locked to railings, and bare tree branches frame the scene.
Early morning view outside St John's College ✨
📷 Instagram | Spiralling_Oxford (January, 2025)
Slade Lectures 2026
'Colonial Algiers: Architecture and Segregation'
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wed 4 Feb
Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social
(Free Admission)
Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-...
More information on the Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
While not the first to be broadcast, 'The Roman Arena' was the first to be made, and Matthew was asked the first ever question of the new Misha Glenny era!
Did you catch Senior Tutor, Dr Matthew Nicholls, discussing The Roman Arena on In Our Time this morning?
If not, don't worry! You can catch up on all the gladiatorial action at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Slade Lectures 2026
'Shanghai'
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Auditorium, St John's College @stjohnsox.bsky.social
(Free Admission)
Today's lecture (abstract) www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-lectures-2026-urban-change-and-representation-2
More info on the Slade Lectures: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
You have an amazing campus and wonderful students! 😊I had a most enjoyable time conducting the workshop and dining at HighTable! Thank you!
Thank you so much for coming, it was an amazing evening!
Ancient Greek Choir Workshop, Uni of Oxford was amazing! 😃Most of the audience were experienced choir singing, studying Greek; we sang fragments of 5 ancient songs together! Special thanks to Ewen Bowie & Georgy Kantor, Donna Han,
& @lucianixon.bsky.social 🤗
We were delighted to welcome 18 Ukrainian academic editors, publishers & policymakers to Oxford yesterday as part of a 5-day programme by Oxford Brookes University to strengthen Ukraine’s academic publishing amid the challenges following Russia’s invasion.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
Congratulations to Professor William Whyte on his appointment as General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
He succeeds Professor Sir David Cannadine, Honorary Fellow of St John’s, who will step down in July after 12 years in the role.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
If it's not good news, you should still be incredibly proud of yourself for getting this far. We have far more good applicants than places available, and you will thrive wherever you go to university!
Congratulations to everyone receiving their offer today 🎉
We hope you're as excited as we are - you have so much to look forward to!
Case, a black and white cat, looks at the camera with a dusting of snow on his back.
Happy New Year from a snowy St John's this morning!
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...
"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... 🎄
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...
An old colour picture postcard showing a watercolour of medieval college buildings, on a leafy street, with a few smartly and academically dressed people outside
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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'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!
"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.
