Donor Day 2023

The Master and Fellows of St John’s College are delighted to invite you to this year’s Donor Day on Sunday 21 May. We look forward to thanking you in person for the support you’ve given since the start of the 2021/22 academic year.

Programme

12pm: Welcome drinks in the Central Hall of the Old Divinity School

1pm: Lunch in Hall

3.30pm: Session in the Main Lecture Theatre of the Old Divinity School (details below)

4.30pm: Afternoon Tea on the Backs (with weather contingency plan in place)

5.30pm: Event closes

(optional) 5.30pm: Pop in to visit the new Buttery, Bar and Café in Second Court

(optional) 6.30pm: Evensong in the Chapel

Registration has now closed for this event.

Afternoon session

3.30–4.30pm
‘Dyslexia, Rhythm, Language and the Developing Brain’ with Professor Usha Goshwami
Professor Goswami is a St John’s Fellow and a leading researcher in Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience at the University. She is the founder and Director of the world’s first Centre for Neuroscience in Education, and she has received multiple awards including the Fellowship of The Royal Society, the CBE honour and the Yidan Prize (awarded for research excellence in education). Professor Goswami will guide us through her research on the importance of children’s awareness of linguistic rhythm patterns for their reading acquisition and how this process is impaired in children with dyslexia.