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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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📢 Our new College video is here! 📽️ Step through our front gate and see some of the places, people and one particular animal who make the St John's community what it is. Watch the full video here 👇
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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We're delighted to announce that the historic Lamb & Flag pub in Oxford is to reopen following an agreement between @StJohnsOx and The Inklings Group.
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The news we've all been waiting for... The kittens have names! Please join us in welcoming Laud (after President Laud), Baylie (after President Baylie) and Case (after John Case, former Scholar) to College, and stay tuned for lots of updates on their adventures at St John's!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Christmas has come early to St John's as President Dame Sue Black has welcomed three kittens to the President's Lodgings 🐱 Members of College have until tomorrow to submit name ideas for our newest arrivals. Stay tuned for the reveal!
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The @StJohnsOx kittens are out and about - and were keen to pay @william_whyte a visit yesterday!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Many congratulations to renowned psychologist and expert in the psychology of language, @ReadOxford , on her election as Fellow of the British Academy! @BritishAcademy_ @StJohnsOx
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St John's College
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Congratulations to Professor Zoltán Molnár on being elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology! The Fellowship is awarded to scientists who have made a distinctive contribution to the advancement of the biological sciences. Read more on our website:
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St John's College
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Cheers to the reopening of the Lamb and Flag! 🥂 Our Works Bursar, Principal Bursar and Bursary Manager enjoyed raising their glass to the successful reopening of the Lamb and Flag a few weeks ago. If you're local to Oxford, be sure to pay a visit!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The College is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Dame Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome, as its 37th President. We look forward to welcoming her to St John's in September 2022.
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Lovely to finally see the sun shining over Front Quad again today☀️
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St John's College
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Say hello to the latest furry friend spotted in the St John's gardens - looks like they've had a long week 🥱🦊 thank you to @Rubys_Travels for the picture!
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St John's College
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For #NationalUnicornDay a Unicorn from a 14th-century English Bestiary given to the College By Sir William Paddy in 1634
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St John's College
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St John's College is very sad to announce the death of Donald Russell FBA, Emeritus Professor of Classical Literature, on 9 February 2020 at the age of 99, after a short illness: .
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St John's College
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Congratulations to @william_whyte on his appointment as Chair of the @EnglishHeritage Blue Plaques panel! Read more about his appointment and the recipients of the 2023 plaques here:
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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A very happy Christmas from everyone at St John's! Thank you to the Bainton Road Nursery children for lending us their voices, and to the College kittens for putting up with us 🎅
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
2 years
If you're enjoying the sun in Oxford today, come take a walk around our beautiful gardens! Open 13.00-17.00 and free to all 🌼🌺🌿
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Katherine southwood
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Hope everyone is enjoying the crisp winter sun today
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from St John's!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The gardens have well and truly turned for autumn 🍂
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The College recently celebrated the unveiling of the official College portrait of Professor Maggie Snowling, the first female President of St John’s (2012–).
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Many congratulations to @ReadOxford on her election as a Fellow @AcadSocSciences !
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
2 years
A beautiful day for a celebration! Congratulations to everyone back at St John's celebrating their Degree Day today - we hope you're all feeling very proud! 🎓
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Maggie Snowling is talking in depth about dyslexia to @MichaelRosenYes on @BBCRadio4 ’s ‘Word of Mouth’ at 16.00 on 12 February (and available after that on catch-up): .
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
7 years
Congratulations to everyone who received an offer to Oxford today! #goingtooxford
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
2 years
Today we officially welcome Professor Dame Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome DBE, OBE to College as our 37th President 🎉 Read more about Sue on our website here 👇
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
3 years
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from St John's!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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A warm welcome to all of our students who matriculated today
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
3 years
An important fox watch update 🦊 our unofficial college pet was recently spotted taking a break from a busy day of sneaking around the grounds on the Kendrew Quad bench. It's a hard life! Thank you to @felipe .nuti on Instagram for the picture 📸
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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A reminder that @StJohnsOx is recruiting for a new project on the College and its colonial past. The closing date is 12th April – and please note the further particulars, updated to clarify that the role would be sponsorable for a Tier 2 visa ().
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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That is Laud who has claimed the most appropriate spot in College - he thinks he owns it (and indeed he built it)… @catsofoxford
@william_whyte
William Whyte
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Cloister cat
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Professor Maggie Snowling and Professor Charles Hulme's Nuffield Early Language Intervention Programme shows that improving children’s oral language skills at a young age improves their reading development and wider educational outcomes. @OxExpPsy @UniofOxford @NuffieldFound
@OxExpPsy
Oxford ExpPsychology
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Great news from @OxUniPress and @NuffieldFound , who will be partnering to enable primary school children to benefit from a language intervention developed by researchers including @OxExpPsy 's Prof. Maggie Snowling and @UniofOxford 's Prof. Charles Hulme!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Happy New Year from St John's! Wishing you all the very best for 2020 🎉
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
2 years
A belated but very warm congratulations to @Okwonga on his election as Fellow of @RSLiterature 🥳 Musa came to St John's in 1998 to read Jurisprudence, and has since found huge success as an author and too many other things to fit into 280 characters!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The Pride flag is flying high above the St John's Front Quad in celebration of #PrideMonth2021 🏳️‍🌈
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Looking for something interesting to do? Come to the Pollution Pods to experience the air pollution of 5 different cities across the globe. 🗓️ Open to the public, 7 days a week until 5 November ⏰1.00-5.00 Mon to Fri ⏰10.00-5.00 Sat & Sun @oxfculturalprog
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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A hat-trick! @stjohnsox is delighted to announce that President Dame Sue Black, James Maynard and Myles Allen have been elected as Fellows @royalsociety for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of science. Many congratulations to them. .
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Well it's always nice to come top in a league table... But they can't tell you everything - so the best ways to find out if we're the college for you are to come and visit, or take a look at our website!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The haggis at #BurnsNight2023 had no chance @StJohnsOx under the knife of our President, forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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A big festive 'thank you' to everyone who helped during the Oxford interviews over the past couple of weeks.
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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@JohnGillibrand
John Gillibrand
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@StJohnsOx 😇😉
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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And so another year at Oxford begins... Welcome to all of our students, new and returning, who are moving into college this week! We hope you all have a great year and a wonderful time at Oxford #WelcometoOxford 🎉
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The beautiful replacement columns for Canterbury Quad have arrived today. Check back here in 2408 to see if they have lasted as long as the originals…
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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We are delighted to welcome this year’s interview candidates to St John’s for their admissions interviews! Good luck everyone, and remember: if you have trouble finding us, look out for the Christmas tree on St Giles: once you’ve found this, you’ve found us too!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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We’ve reached the end of another term at Oxford… Wishing all of our students a great vacation – we’ll see you back at St John’s in 2020!
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St John's College
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Welcome to all of our students who are arriving at College for the first time or moving back in this week - it's great to see you all! Wishing you all the best for the year ahead Thanks to our graduate student @its_hira for this beautiful photo of a rainbow over Front Quad! 📸🌈
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St John's College
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We hope you’ve had as restful a break as Case, Bailey and Laud, the three newest members of @StJohnsOx . Happy New Year to all – we’re open and looking forward to a new term!
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St John's College
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It's an exciting day in College as we're hosting Reflections of a President After 40 years of Women! We're celebrating 40 years since women were admitted to the College and the tenure of President Maggie Snowling, our first female President #40YearsOfWomen
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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We are delighted that the Hillary Rodham Clinton Professorship of Women's History will be held in association with @StJohnsOx . Details of the post are here: . The closing date for applications is 6th April.
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St John's College
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It's been nice to have some sun in Oxford this morning, with the stones of Canterbury Quad glowing against a bright blue sky ☀️
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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This extraordinary manuscript is a collection of Ethiopic miracles written in Ge‘ez, when it was already mainly used as a liturgical language. Bound between simple wooden boards and still stored in its bespoke satchel, it looks quite ancient, but dates from the 19th century only.
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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St John's got a wintry makeover last night with a sprinkling of snow ❄ Luckily some of it stuck around long enough for us to get pictures this morning!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
4 years
Yesterday we celebrated 100 years of #WomenAtOxford with the Vice-Chancellor @UniofOxford , @HillaryClinton , Professor Brenda E. Stevenson and the President. Professor Stevenson's ambition to reveal the lives of women through public history is inspiring. Looking forward to 2021!
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St John's College
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The crocuses are blooming in the gardens, which can only mean one thing: spring is definitely on its way 🌸
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay 🙌 President Maggie Snowling is the first female President of St John's, and this is her final year in office. Read her statement on her last #WomensDay as President 📣 #BreaktheBias #IWD2022
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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News to make a sunny day even sunnier: @ProfJohnKay has received a Knighthood for services to economics, finance and business – and @StJohnsOx would add, for his great service to so many areas of College. Many congratulations! #QueensBirthdayHonours
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Many congratulations to Jay on this extraordinary achievement 🥳
@JayRuckelshaus
Jay Ruckelshaus
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10 years ago, I became paralyzed after breaking my neck. Today, I submitted my PhD dissertation at the University of Oxford.
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St John's College
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See video of Dr Catherine Whistler discussing 3 stunning #Raphaeldrawings from the new @AshmoleanMuseum exhibition
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St John's College
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We really mean it when we say that our wonderful Lodge team are on hand to help with any and every problem in College!
@aipsmith
Adam Smith
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Amazing scenes as the very kind porters at @StJohnsOx climbed onto the roof of this building in order to retrieve my daughter’s phone. It had sailed there out of her back pocket when she was on a terrifying fair ground ride.
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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REPOST: We are recruiting up to 7 Career Development Research Fellows for October 2024, in Early Medieval History, Archaeology and Anthropology, Music, Politics, Chemistry, Engineering, and Biology. Apply by: noon, Monday 16 October.
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St John's College
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The @Ri_Science #XmasLectures with Professor Dame Sue Black conclude tomorrow (all episodes are on @BBCiPlayer ). In the final lecture a 'heist' has been staged @Ri_Science . Can forensic evidence identify and convict the individual responsible? We will see...
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Heather Bouman and Stefan Kiefer have been awarded the title of Full Professor through the University's Recognition of Distinction exercise this year for their achievements in research, teaching and good citizenship. Many congratulations to them both!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Applying to study #medicine @UniofOxford ? @OxfordMedSci @OxOutreach Hear what our medical students say about interviews, their studies and their amazing elective experiences
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The Transgender Flag is flying high above College today to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance and in support of our Transgender community 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayOfRemembrance
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Excellent to see the launch of #OpportunityOxford and #FoundationOxford from @UniofOxford ; @StJohnsOx ’s Inspire programme and other outreach activities help ensure that the most academically gifted from all backgrounds can achieve their full potential: .
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Congratulations to everyone who received an offer from Oxford today! #GoingtoOxford @UniofOxford
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St John's College
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Good luck to everyone getting their results today, and congratulations to those who have found out they are #GoingToOxford and coming to St John's this autumn - we're so excited to meet you! 🎉
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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The College is delighted to announce our partnership with @rosehillprimary ! From early 2022 SJC students will provide catch-up tutoring and run extra-curricular activities at the school as part of an @OxfordHub initiative. Read more here:
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St John's College
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It's excellent to see that @GeorgyKantor has been reappointed as a Curator of @bodleianlibs - along with @Helen_Gittos @BalliolHistory . Historians are, of course, excellent custodians of both the past and the future!
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St John's College
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Congratulations to the President who has today been awarded an Honorary Degree by Bristol University, her alma mater: . Livestreaming now: !
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St John's College
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A remarkable Anglo-Saxon survival, this Latin textbook was written by Aelfric, first abbot of Eynsham Abbey, very close to Oxford.
@StJohnsOxLib
St John's College Library, Oxford
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Our book of the month this March is over 1,000 years old! @StJohnsOx 's MS 154 contains the earliest copy of the first vernacular grammar of Latin. It is an extraordinary treasure from early medieval England. Find out more at #medievaltwitter #manuscript
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Happy New Year from all of us at St John's! Thank you to Matthias Groh for submitting this to our photo competition all the way back in 2012 📸
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If you're not too busy eating your own Easter eggs, perhaps you could help find some of ours? 🐇 🍫 We've had a very cheeky visitor to Front Quad, and they've left six eggs lying about. Where could they be hiding...? Happy Easter everyone! #Easter2022 #VirtualEggHunt
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@StJohnsOx is flying the Oxford Women's Suffrage flag today to mark the centenary of women being given the right to be awarded degrees and to celebrate #WomenAtOxford .
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St John's College
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We launched the Pollution Pods in Front Quad @stjohnsox last night with @oxfculturalprog and @OxfordSustaina1 . Come and experience @PinskyMichael ’s innovative installation to raise awareness of the impact of air pollution on human health. #oxfordis
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St John's College
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Professor James Maynard, Supernumerary Fellow @StJohnsOx and Professor of Number Theory @OxUniMaths , has been awarded a Fields Medal, the highest honour a young mathematician can attain. Read more about James's work here: . Congratulations!
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St John's College
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Professor Dame Sue Black is on @BBCWomansHour this morning, talking about the latest techniques in forensic science ahead of the @Ri_Science Christmas Lectures. Listen live at 10.20 or catch up later here: .
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Exciting news for @StJohnsOx : our President, Professor Dame Sue Black, is this year's Christmas Lecturer @Ri_Science ! #XmasLectures
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Royal Institution
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We're excited to announce our 2022 Christmas Lecturer: Professor Dame Sue Black! This year's #XmasLectures will be all about forensic science, as Sue reveals the secrets of real-life investigations, separating forensic fact from fiction. Find out more:
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A glimpse into our Old Library, currently undergoing renovations along with Canterbury Quad 📖 Check back early 2023 to see it finished and full of books again!
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Congratulations to everyone @stjohnsox who graduated today. We hope you had a wonderful day! Good luck - and stay in touch.
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St John's College
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Congratulations Class of 2019 🎉🥂👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 #SJCDegreeDay
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Wishing you a Happy New Year!
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Many congratulations to Professor Richard Ekins, Professor of Law and Constitutional Government @StJohnsOx , on being appointed as an Honorary King's Counsel (KC).
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St John's College
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Thank you to @GKountourides for this wonderful shot of glowing windows in Canterbury Quad at dusk!
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Dr Gabriella Kountourides
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I’ve missed you. @StJohnsOx #oxford
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Does this face look familiar? If you caught Prof Sue Black's @Ri_Science #XmasLecture , the answer might be yes! This is a facial reconstruction of a Viking skeleton found in College, looking uncannily like some of our current students 👀 More here 👉
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St John's College
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@aipsmith Our porters are fantastic team! Glad to hear your daughter was able to retrieve her phone unharmed 😊
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St John's College
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Good luck to everyone receiving their A level results today - we're looking forward to meeting those of you who'll be joining us at St John's! Let us know if you're #GoingtoOxford using the hashtag 🎉
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St John's College
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A very warm welcome to our new students – and to all students coming back to @stjohnsox this week. Here’s to a happy, intellectually stimulating and successful year - #WelcomeToOxford !
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St John's College
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From Hong Kong to Singapore, to North America and Canada, we've had a very busy few weeks traveling meeting alumni -
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St John's College
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Many congratulations to the President, Professor Maggie Snowling, on her CBE #BirthdayHonours
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St John's College
3 years
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day to all our Welsh alumni, staff and friends!
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St John's College
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Thinking about studying Physics at @UniofOxford ? Join Aimee+Marco for the #OxPhysicsLive Q&A on 20th June at 4.30pm
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St John's College
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Congratulations to the winners of our Classics and Ancient History essay competition who received their prizes today. Hope all the entrants enjoyed their visit with us, it was great to see so many of you! #classics @oxfordclassics
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St John's College
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The new Study Centre benefits from stepped walls and roof lights to admit light into the Foyer; roof lights provide light to the Lower Reading Room and Mezzanine; the Upper Reading Room, Seminar Room and first floor offices take full advantage of views into the Groves. #library
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@StJohnsOx
St John's College
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Congratulations to Professor Zoltán Molnár, Tutorial Fellow in Human Anatomy, who has been awarded an Einstein Visiting Fellowship to @ChariteBerlin , where he will conduct collaborative research over the next three years. Read more:
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St John's College
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Our 9th annual #Classics and #AncientHistory Essay competition is now open! Your chance to write an essay on the classical world with lots of prizes to be won. All entrants will also be invited to attend a study day on 25th April. @oxfordclassics #outreach
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