Every year we mark International Women’s Day by reflecting on figures and time periods from our University’s history. The theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is Inspire Inclusion. So, we took a trip to...
The Fundraising and Alumni Team are always happy to welcome alumni back to campus. In January, we opened the doors of the Boat House on Marygate for a special alumni reunion. Over the last...
If you follow us on Facebook, Instagram or X, you’ll have seen our regular Throwback Thursday posts. We have objects, images and stories dating from our foundation in 1841 onwards, and we’re always excited...
The quad has been an integral part of York St John since we were founded, or has it? For decades, students who studied with us have viewed the quad as an important part of...
When Pam Beck (nee Waye) arrived at St John’s College in 1966 to study our Primary Education Course with a specialism in music, she wasn’t the first person to study with us, or the...
In our first YSJ Families installment, we hear from Geoff Cooper who studied with us in the late 1950s. From the luxury of college life to reflecting on his time with us after his...
Founded in 1841, we just missed out on celebrating Queen Victoria’s Coronation, but since then we’ve marked four Coronations. Remarkably, the last Coronation was so long ago, we’d yet to reunify as single institution,...