Alumna Barbara Perryman was one of the first women admitted to St John’s College in 1973. Lucy Irving interviews her to discover what college life was like in the 70s and how her university experience shaped her future.
Category: Once a Johnian
Daisy Mitchell talks to Issy, a current third year student at St John’s College, and her mum, Nicolie, a John’s alumna. In a unique investigation into the different experiences of John’s students across two generations, they were asked about their time and involvement in the college. Additionally, Nicolie speaks of finding her husband at university and her opinions on Issy’s admission into the college in 2021.
Dan Bavister reflects on last week’s ‘Once a Johnian’ Formal, which saw John’s students, past and present, enjoying interaction with a range of journalists, broadcasters and marketing gurus.
In October 1960, we were thirty-five young men who met for the first time in the Junior Common Room at St John’s, Durham. Little did we know what an important part we would play in each other’s lives, staying in touch as individual friends over the following years. In 1993, Richard Graham (previously Feek) ‘activated’ this network and we held our first alumni reunion at St John’s – thirty years after our graduation.
Alumnus Don Erman shares photos and memories of life at St John’s 60 years ago in 1963.
On the first weekend of September, over 70 alumni made their way back up the…
Annabel Jenkinson reflects on her time at Durham University and St John’s College in the…
Annabel Jenkinson had the opportunity to interview some John’s alumni who have kept in contact…
By Lucy Irving, Finalist On the 6th of June, a Leavers service was held in…
When were you at John’s? How did you come to study at St John’s? I…
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