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Charles Armstrong (1990) is Founder and CEO of The Trampery, a company providing workspaces, venues, training and management services based in London. Here he tells us about its social aims and impact, and his ambitions for the future.
Satowa Kinoshita (2013) is a self-described climate entrepreneur. In this article she tells us about how she came to this role and why it is so important.
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.
St John’s will be celebrating its first-ever Giving Day on 23 and 24 June. We need you to help make it a real success.
Activities in College marking the anniversaries of the admission of female undergraduates, postgraduates and Fellows.
Professor David Green (1970) studied Economics at St John’s and worked for the homelessness charity Shelter before pursuing a career in Education. He is currently the Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Worcester and was awarded a CBE in 2019 for services to higher education. He spoke to us about the values which have underpinned his career.
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.
Megan Quinn (2008) studied for an MPhil in English at St John’s, completed a PhD in English at Princeton University, and now works as a senior narrative designer at a game studio.
Richard and Hugh both studied Natural Sciences at St John’s in the 1960s and have remained friends ever since. Here they talk about their career paths, share their ideas about preventative medicine and offer advice for Johnians starting out in the medical profession.
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.
Ed Hossack (1994) has had a varied career working as a CEO, leader and consultant in the arts and third sectors working with internationally acclaimed orchestras, opera and dance companies.
Fiona Colbert, the College’s Biographical Librarian, has been checking the treasure trove of biographical records to find information about past Johnian involvement in the Winter Olympics.
Owen Byrne (1998) joined the Johnian Society Committee last month and here tells us about his reasons for serving on the committee.
