St John's College News
St John's appoints new Director of Music
06/02/2007St John's appoints new Director of MusicAndrew Nethsingha (BA St John's 1990), MA FRCO, ARCM, has been appointed Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge and will take up his position on 1 September 2007. He succeeds Dr David Hill who will take over from Stephen Cleobury as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers at the end of the current season. Andrew has held Organ Scholarships under Christopher Robinson at St George's Chapel,…read moreChoral Open Day - 3rd February
29/01/2007Choral Open Day - 3rd FebruaryCome along to our Choral Open Day on Saturday 3 February to find out more about being a Choral Student at St John's.read moreArt and Applied Arts Prizes
26/01/2007Art and Applied Arts PrizesThere are two prizes of £120, in the form of Heffer's or Jessop's tokens, available for the winning entries. read morePhotography Prizes
26/01/2007Photography PrizesThree prizes of £60, in the form of Heffer's or Jessop's tokens, are available for entries submitted for College Prizes in Photography. read moreChoir Christmas Concert Podcast
18/12/2006Choir Christmas Concert PodcastThe College Choir performed on Sunday 17 December 2006 in the main hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, which is considered to be one of the finest concert halls in the world because of its superb acoustics. The concert can be downloaded as a free iTunes podcast by clicking here and selecting "061217 AVRO Zondagochtend Concert". The iTunes application can be downloaded by clicking here.…read moreChristmas Concerts in Holland and Belgium
11/12/2006Christmas Concerts in Holland and BelgiumThe Choir will be singing at a series of Christmas Concerts in The Netherlands and Belgium from Sunday 16 December to Saturday 23 December. read morePre-election of a Master
01/12/2006Pre-election of a MasterChristopher M. Dobson, MA, DPhil, FMedSci, FRS, Fellow of the College, and John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology, has been pre-elected Master of the College to take office on 1 October 2007.read moreDr Denys Armstrong dies, aged 80
01/12/2006Dr Denys Armstrong dies, aged 80Dr William Denys Armstrong, OBE, MA, PhD (Christ's), Fellow of St John's College 1970-2006, Steward 1970-1975, University Lecturer in Chemical Engineering 1954-1986, died on 29 November 2006, aged 80.read moreSigning out for Michaelmas Term
30/11/2006Signing out for Michaelmas TermUndergraduates must sign the Term Book (Forecourt Porter's Lodge) on the day of departure. Graduates should complete Certificates of Residence via email. For further details, see the Tutorial Notice regarding Keeping Term.read moreJohnian wins Researcher of Year Award
29/11/2006Johnian wins Researcher of Year AwardDr Danielle Turner (PhD 2005) has won the Young Researcher of the Year Award. Click here to find out more about Dani's workread moreRemembrance Sunday Service on-line
12/11/2006Remembrance Sunday Service on-lineThe Sung Eucharist with Orchestra in Commemoration of the dead of the two world wars is now available on-line. The setting for the Eucharist is the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé (1902-86).read moreChoir to sing at Cambridge Music Festival
30/10/2006Choir to sing at Cambridge Music FestivalThe Choir of St John's College will sing at a concert on Tuesday 21 November as part of the Cambridge Music Festival.read moreLecture by Dr Bob Jordan
19/10/2006Lecture by Dr Bob JordanDr Bob Jordan (BA 1961) will give an illustrated talk entitled 'Sir Edmund Hillary's Schoolhouses in the Clouds: their first inspection in 1968'. The talk describes the trek that he undertook to visit seven primary schools, which were funded by Hillary for Sherpas in Solu Khumbu, and will take place on Monday 23 October 2006 at 5.00pm in the Palmerston Room, Fisher Building. The lecture is open…read moreHonour for Prime Minister of India
11/10/2006Honour for Prime Minister of IndiaThe Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, (BA St John's 1957) received the honorary degree of Doctor of Law at a special congregation at the Senate House today, Wednesday 11 October. The ceremony was followed by a reception and lunch in the College.read moreThe College established an Environmental Working Group to address environmental topics
05/10/2006The College established an Environmental Working Group to address environmental topicsread moreParking arrangements for freshers
22/09/2006Parking arrangements for freshersBecause of repair works to the walls of the Cripps Car Park the following arrangements for parking and reception have been made: Tuesday, 26 September (7am to 10pm) Cripps Car Park [access off Northampton Street] will be available for you to drop off your belongings. Parking in this area is restricted to a maximum of 30 minutes. At the end of that period you must move your car to the…read moreMemorial Service for Professor Robin Orr
22/09/2006Memorial Service for Professor Robin OrrA memorial service for Robert Kemsley (Robin) Orr, CBE, MA, MusD, FRCM, Emeritus Professor of Music, Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge 1987-2006, and of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1988-2006, Organist of St John's College 1938-1951, and Fellow 1948-1956 and 1965-1976, who died on 9 April 2006, aged 96, will be held in St John's College Chapel on Saturday 4 November 2006, at 12…read moreDr Clifford Evans dies, aged 93
22/09/2006Dr Clifford Evans dies, aged 93Dr George Clifford Evans, M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D., Fellow of St John's College 1938-2006, sometime Bursar in Charge of College Buildings, and Emeritus Reader in Experimental Ecology, died on 12 September 2006, aged 93 years.read moreGifts to the Bursary Scheme reach £900,000
14/09/2006Gifts to the Bursary Scheme reach £900,000Johnians will remember that the Master wrote to them in November last year announcing the magnificent benefaction from Nick Corfield (BA 1981, Honorary Fellow 2001) of £1m to set up a Matching Programme for Bursaries. Under the matching programme, donations to the College for the Bursary Scheme will be matched £ for £ until the £1,000,000 fund is exhausted. We are delighted to announce that…read moreJohnian wins Joseph Lister Award
01/08/2006Johnian wins Joseph Lister AwardStefan Fafinski (BA 1989) wins Joseph Lister Award from the British Association for the Advancement of Science. For further information, click on the link below.http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/4175read moreA-Level Results!
31/07/2006A-Level Results!RESULTS, RESULTS, RESULTS!!! Well, it's that time of year again: sunshine and tension with exam results declared, declaring or ready to be declared. For those of you awaiting A-levels - and also those who have already received their results - this is what happens next!!! On the afternoon of Thursday 17 August, here at St John's, we will be holding an Admissions Meeting to discuss all the results…read moreForthcoming election of Master
19/07/2006Forthcoming election of MasterProfessor Richard Perham will retire from the Office of Master on 30 September 2007. The Fellows of the College are therefore seeking to elect a successor to hold office from 1 October 2007 and hope to be in a position to do so later this year. To that end a confidential list of names of men and women of distinction is being drawn up for consideration. Suggestions of names for consideration will…read moreLatest Choir Webcast now available
19/07/2006Latest Choir Webcast now availableThe third and final webcast by the Choir is now available. The service is free but you will need to have a browser with flash installed on your PC to be able to listen on-line. This is a pilot project and the College is keen receive feedback on the service. The College also welcomes donations in support of this service so that it may continue in the future.read moreBoat Club Manager
07/07/2006Boat Club ManagerThe Lady Margaret Boat Club was founded in 1825 and is the Boat Club of St John's College, Cambridge. It has its own Boathouse which was recently extended and modernised and which includes a well-equipped gym and a workshop. The Club is seeking a full-time Boat Club Manager.read moreJohnian wins prize for political writing
03/07/2006Johnian wins prize for political writingRowland Manthorpe (BA 2005) has won the second Ben Pimlott prize for political writing. His 'Spirit of the Brits' appeared in the Guardian review section on Saturday 1 July. An edited version of his essay can be viewed on the Guardian website.http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jul/01/featuresreviews.guardianreview29 read more