Open Days and Events

Upcoming Events and Programmes

St John's College is pleased to hold regular events for prospective applicants throughout the year. See below for upcoming events and opportunities.

For recordings of events and programmes held online in recent years, head over to our Resources Archive page.

Open Days - 7th and 8th July 2022

Open Days 7th and 8th July 2022

The University of Cambridge Open Days are running as a hybrid event in 2022. For more information and to book a place, please see the university's webpage here.

St John's College has limited accommodation available for small Year 12 school groups to stay on the night of July 7th. Teachers and school staff can find more information and submit a booking request for this overnight stay via this form.

St John's Poster Competition

St John's is delighted to be launching the third year of our Poster Competition. The competition is open to participants currently attending one of our outreach programmes.

For more information on St John's Poster Competition 2022, including this year's theme, eligibility criteria, and the form to submit your entry - please see this page.

St John's Webinar Programme

St John's Webinar Programme 2022

We are delighted to announce the launch of this year's Webinar Programme, a series of online sessions running throughout 2022 to support students in their university decisions and applications.

There are sessions available for Years 10 - 13 throughout the year, focussing on a wide range of topics – from Choosing your University Subject to Study Skills and Careers sessions.

The webinars are suited for anyone who hopes to apply to competitive universities: if you’re a high-achieving student, intellectually curious and ambitious, these webinars will make a great start to your university journey.

If you would like to attend these sessions, please sign up here.

Webinar Schedule:

Introduction to University and Cambridge (Year 10 – 12) - 28th January 5pm

Student Life - Q&A Panel (Year 10 – 12) - 25th February 5pm

Choosing your University Subject (Year 11 – 12) - 25th March 5pm

Study Skills and Super-Curriculars (Year 10 – 12) – 22^nd April 5pm

Post-16 Options (Year 10 – 11) – 26^th May 5pm

Careers and Financial Support (Year 12) – 27^th May 5pm

Making Competitive Applications (Year 12) – 25^th June 5pm

Personal Statement Workshop (Year 12) – 29^th July 5pm

Preparing for Sixth Form (Year 11) – 19^th August 5pm

Interview Workshop (new Year 13) – 30^th September 5pm

St John's Admissions Clinics

These informal sessions are an opportunity to have your admissions-related questions answered by a current undergraduate student and a member of the college's Admissions team.

Admissions Clinics will be held on Tuesdays at 17:00 (UK time) on Zoom.

Information and the sign-up form for the May-July Admissions Clinics will be available in due course.

Open Days 2022

July Open Days

Cambridge Open Days will be held on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th July 2022. Please see this webpage for more information.

St John's College held virtual Open Days w/c 5th July 2021, and released a number of new online resources. Head to our Resources Archive to access them.

September Open Days

Cambridge Open Days will be held on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th September 2022.

St John’s College Open Day will be held on Friday 23rd September 2022.

West Midlands Webinar Series 2022

Please note: If you will be in Year 12 at a state school in the West Midlands in 2022 (i.e. you are currently in Year 11), you can register interest here to receive a notification when applications open next year.

We are excited to be working alongside colleges at both the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge for the West Midlands Webinars 2021. These will be a series of four online sessions for Year 12 students at state schools or sixth form colleges in the West Midlands. This includes St John's link area of Shropshire.

The webinars will cover various aspects of applying to, preparing for, and studying at Oxford and Cambridge. The session are suitable for any student hoping to apply to competitive universities. If you’re a high-achieving student (aiming to achieve above AAA at A Level), intellectually curious and ambitious, then these webinars will be a great start for your university journey.

Programme details will be available soon.

As these sessions will run as Zoom webinars, your camera and microphone will not be enabled, and you will only be able to communicate with the hosts/panelists running the session by typing questions into the Q&A box.

To apply for this programme, you must:

currently be in Year 12
be attending a state school or sixth form college in the West Midlands
- The West Midlands are the following regions:
  - Birmingham
  - Coventry
  - Dudley
  - Herefordshire
  - Sandwell
  - Shropshire
  - Solihull
  - Staffordshire
  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - Telford and Wrekin
  - Walsall
  - Warwickshire
  - Wolverhampton
  - Worcestershire

We hope to offer as many students as possible a place on these webinars. However, if we have more applications than places available, we will prioritise students who match one or more of the following criteria:

Have lived, or are currently living, in local authority care
Are eligible, or have been eligible within the past six years, for free school meals
Are a refugee
Have caring responsibilities for a family member
Live in neighbourhoods with low overall progression rates to higher education
Have no parental history of higher education
Have a disability

Experience St John's

For information on visiting St John's, please see this page.

If you have any questions regarding admissions please email admissions@joh.cam.ac.uk.

For information about the College, University and applications, including panels with our current students, please see the Resources Archive.

For external resources suggested for super-curricular exploration, head to our Schools and Resources page.