St John's College News
Quincentenary Concert - Haydn: The Creation
Quincentenary Concert - Haydn: The CreationThe Choir of St John's College Cambridge will be performing Haydn's Creation in the College Chapel on Monday 14th February at 7.30pm, and at St John's Smith Square in London on Friday 18th February at 7.30pm. The Choir will be joined by the highly acclaimed Britten Sinfonia and leading UK soloists, including Allan Clayton (a former Choral Scholar), Rebecca Evans, and Neal Davies…read moreMansergh Prizes - Essay Competition
Mansergh Prizes - Essay CompetitionTwo prizes (value £150) will be awarded for the best short dissertation or essay, not more than 10,000 words in length, on a subject in History. There is no restriction as to the country or period of study to which the dissertation or essay shall relate. The competition is open to members of the College who are, at the time of issue of this notice, undergraduates in their fifth or eighth…read moreMemorial Service for Dr John Alexander
Memorial Service for Dr John AlexanderA Memorial Service for John Amyas Alexander, MA, PhD, ScD, Fellow of St John's College since 1976, University Lecturer in Archaeology 1974-1984, will be held in St John's College Chapel on Saturday, 5 February 2011, at 12 noon.read moreBrearley to Chair World Cricket Committee
Brearley to Chair World Cricket CommitteeThe College would like to congratulate John Michael Brearley OBE (1960), Honorary Fellow, on his recent appointment as Chair of the World Cricket Committee. Mr Brearley, a former captain of the England cricket team, will take up the Chair on 1 October 2011.read moreAnnual Election of Research Fellows
Annual Election of Research FellowsThe following are elected into Fellowships under Title A from 1 October 2011: Joshua Henry Billings (AB, AM, Harvard, MSt, Oxford) for Classics; Knut Drescher (MPhys, Oxford) for Biological Physics; …read moreJohnians in 2011 New Year Honours List
Johnians in 2011 New Year Honours ListThe College would like to congratulate the following Johnians, who are among those featured in the New Year Honours List 2011. Francis Stephen Baron (1964), Lately Chief Executive, Rugby Football Union. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to Sport. Nicholas Michael Smith (1987), Director, International Festival Chorus & Peking Sinfonietta. Officer of the Order…read moreEnglish language requirements
English language requirementsIt is essential that your English language skills are good enough for you to undertake an intensive and challenging academic course that is taught and examined in English. Therefore, if your first language is not English, if you are invited to interview, your interviewer will be assessing your English language skills as well as your academic ability. You may be asked to achieve one of the…read moreRt Revd Dr Peter Knight Walker dies, aged 91
Rt Revd Dr Peter Knight Walker dies, aged 91The Rt Revd Dr Peter Knight Walker, MA, Hon DD, Honorary Fellow of the College since 1989, Bishop of Ely 1977-1989, died on 28 December 2010, aged 91.read moreThe Winter Pool
The Winter PoolThe pool is designed to even out applications across the Colleges to ensure that the best applicants are offered places. If your application is pooled, you may be asked to attend a further interview at another College in early January, or you may possibly be offered a place at another College without further interview. We pool only those applicants who we feel are deserving of a place…read morePersonal statements
Personal statementsYour UCAS personal statement is your opportunity to impart specific information about yourself and that you feel it is important that we know. This could be detailed reasons why you wish to study your chosen course at Cambridge, what motivated your interest in this subject, your hobbies and interests outside school, or your future aspirations, to name but a few.It is important to remember…read moreOffer letters
Offer lettersSuccessful applicants will receive offer letters by mid January. Although we give details of the academic conditions of the offer, the formal offer will be made via UCAS. Applicants who are applying to other universities as well as Cambridge should wait until they have received decisions from all the institutions on their UCAS form before deciding which offer to accept as…read moreMinimum offer levels
Minimum offer levelsGenerally speaking our minimum conditional offer is A*AA at A2 (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) for Arts subjects and A*A*A at A2 for Sciences. There are no hard and fast rules as such, but, as a general guide, for an applicant sitting four or more A levels (excluding General Studies) we would normally expect them to achieve at least an A grade in all those A levels to meet…read moreQuincentenary programme now online
Quincentenary programme now onlineThe St John's College Quincentenary Brochure is now available and outlines all of our exciting plans for next year. All Johnians should expect to receive a personal copy of the brochure over the next couple of weeks. For further information, please visit our Quincentenary pages or contact the Development Office on 01223 338700 read moreProfessor Sir Maurice Wilkes dies, aged 97
Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes dies, aged 97Professor Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes, MA, PhD, ScD, Fellow of St John's College since 1950 and Emeritus Professor of Computer Technology, died on 29 November 2010, aged 97.read moreSir Christophor Laidlaw dies, aged 88
Sir Christophor Laidlaw dies, aged 88Sir Christophor Charles Fraser Laidlaw, MA, Honorary Fellow of the College since 1996, formerly Chairman, BP Oil, died on 27 November 2010, aged 88. read moreGreen Day: Success!
Green Day: Success!Green Day: Switch Off! - Results On Thursday the 18th November 2010 St John's College had what was known as Green Day: Switch-Off. The day was about rethinking the ways in which we use energy (that's mainly gas and electricity) and switching things off when we are not using them. I am pleased to report that the results of our Green Day are good news! We managed to save an impressive 11%…read moreGeorge Becker - Cosmic Climate Change
George Becker - Cosmic Climate ChangeA team of astronomers, led by St. John's College Research Associate Dr. George Becker, has found evidence of climate change on a truly astronomical scale. Using light from distant quasars the team was able to measure the temperature of intergalactic gas, finding evidence of a "warming trend" early in the history of the Universe. Becker comments, "Of course, the temperatures we…read moreGreen Day: Switch-Off
Green Day: Switch-OffOn Thursday the 18th November 2010 St John's College are having what is known as Green Day: Switch-Off. This day is about rethinking the ways in which we use energy. It's about switching things off when we don't need them! It couldn't be more simple and everybody can get involved, both staff and students!read moreHear My Words - New Choir CD Released
Hear My Words - New Choir CD ReleasedAvailable to Purchase from the Choir Website This new release of Choral Classics from St John's spans nearly 500 years of choral music. The earliest pieces date from the first half of the sixteenth century and the most recent from 2007. The styles and genres vary but there are clear links between the works throughout. Several are based on texts from the psalms and the works by Rachmaninov, Part…read moreLibrary embarks on Samuel Butler project
Library embarks on Samuel Butler projectInterested in Everything : drawing inspiration from the collections of Samuel Butler. In 2011, St John's College Library will embark on an ambitious project to make the collections of Samuel Butler (1835-1902) accessible to both public and scholars, thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other benefactors. Best known today for his satirical and utopian novels Erewhon and The Way of…read moreGreen Day 2010 – A focal day for behavioural change in the College
Green Day 2010 – A focal day for behavioural change in the CollegeOn Thursday the 18th November 2010 St John’s College had Green Day 2010. The day was about rethinking the ways in which we use energy. The College managed to save an impressive 11% on gas and 5% on our electricity consumption. This saved almost one tonne of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) being released, which is enough to fill 230,372 two-litre bottles. This also saved £100 in just the one day. More…read moreHonorary Fellowships
Honorary FellowshipsSt John's College welcomes three new Honorary Fellows. Professor Louis CHA, GBM, OBE Author Professor Peter John HENNESSY, FBA Historian Dr Frederick SANGER, OM, CH, CBE, FRS Biochemist read moreAdmission of Scholars 2010
Admission of Scholars 2010The following members of St John's College were admitted as Scholars at a ceremony held on Saturday 23rd October 2010: Dr Doerrzapf's Tutorial Pupils Challenger, John Matthew Crowther, Madeleine Ford, Alun James Leslie, Huw Griffith John Makal, Aleksander Rose, Rahul Ryan, Daniel Thomas Tyndall, Jagveen Singh Dr Hughes' Tutorial Pupils Atkins, Michael Ian Fitton, Christopher…read moreJohnian MDC Young Person of the Year
Johnian MDC Young Person of the YearJonathan Gilmour, currently studying for a PhD in Jewish Philosophy, was recently named'˜Young Person of the Year' by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (MDC). Jonathan was praised for'˜forging an outstanding academic career' despite the difficulties involved with having Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. More details about Jonathan's achievement can be found on the official Muscular Dystrohpy Campaign…read morePaul Hodgson Exhibition
Paul Hodgson ExhibitionA new exhibition of works by the artist Paul Hodgson is currently on display at St. John's College Library. The exhibition accompanies the publication of 'Cold Eye', a new book of images which respond to ten poems by Dan Burt, focussing on the themes of mortality and moral failure. Hodgson uses a complex mixed media process, combining photographic and painted impressions of a subject to create a…read more