Category: Alumni Stories

A black and white photo looking down at a the West Wing of the college building. It is a brick building with white, symmetrical windows. The bottom floor of three has some ivy on it.

Our spooky campus

This autumn we asked our alumni community to share their spooky stories from their student days, and they did not disappoint! Just a trick of the light? When Esther moved into West Wing for...

A photo of the original Ripon campus in the snow.

Ripon festive lunch 2025: attendee list

This November, we’re excited to welcome our Ripon alumni to The Ripon Inn for our annul lunchtime event in Ripon. We will update the below list weekly until booking closes. Please note that although...

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Alumni magazine 2025/2026 bonus content

In this year’s magazine, we shortened three fantastic articles so that they’d fit the School of Education, Language and Psychology page. But, each article contained wonderful details we thought you’d enjoy. So, please enjoy...

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CRYSJ stories: Alan Smith

Alan Smith studied at Ripon College, completing his course in 1977. By the time he finished at Ripon, it had transitioned into the College of Ripon and York St John, thanks in part, to...

Ozzie, Tia, Alasdair and Rob

YSJ London Network

Last week the Alumni and Fundraising team hosted the second YSJ London Network event. After a successful inaugural event last year at our London campus, we were excited to bring our London-based alumni back...