A Lebanon to come back to
Aya Majzoub (2010) is a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Beruit. Here she tells us about her work investigating human rights abuses in Lebanon.
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Aya Majzoub (2010) is a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Beruit. Here she tells us about her work investigating human rights abuses in Lebanon.
Activities in College marking the anniversaries of the admission of female undergraduates, postgraduates and Fellows.
Professor Tamsin Mather (1995) studied Natural Sciences at St John’s specialising in Chemistry and then returned in 2001 to do a PhD in Earth Sciences. She is now a Professor of Volcanology at the University of Oxford. Her work has taken her all over the globe in a quest to understand more about the world’s volcanoes.
Alumna Rachel Addison (2000), music teacher at King’s Hedges Educational Federation, invited students from St John’s to play live music for the school children.
Three Johnians were recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2022.
Dr Tai Ran Niew (1988) left a career in investment banking to pursue a journey in wine and has established his own vineyard in Oregon, USA.
Alison Wedgwood (1992) is co-founder and CEO of eWater Services, a company providing affordable, pay-as-you-go access to clean, sustainable water across Africa.
Kate Reid (2013) is a writer, actor and producer and is currently working towards an Off-West End transfer of her play ‘The 4th Country’.
Lara Weaver (2016) has created a sound installation for the Chapel of St John's, exploring architecture and acoustics through spatial composition
Alumnus Dr Edward Showler ('Ed')(2007) died at the age of 28 from clear cell sarcoma. The Edward Showler Foundation has just launched a new programme of pioneering research into the cancer.