Committee

President – Sanjay Karthikappallil

jcr-president@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hello! I’m Sanjay, and I’m in my second year studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). As your President, I am the main representative between you and College. Beyond this, I lead the JCR General Committee and represent St John’s in the Student Union and to other JCRs. If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints, I will be happy to respond or direct you to the right person!

Vice-President – Ruth Magedera

jcr-vice-president@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hi, I’m Ruth, a third year studying Psychology and Linguistics. As VP I’ll mainly be doing the housing ballot and Fresher’s Week, as well as filling in for Sanjay when needed. I’m hoping to make the housing ballot as efficient and fair as possible. I also believe that Fresher’s Week should be fun and non-cringy! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

Secretary – Mia Clark-Webb

jcr-secretary@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hi, I’m Mia! I’m a fourth-year physicist and your JCR Secretary. As Secretary, my role is to understand the JCR Constitution and to help JCR meetings run smoothly, by helping people propose motions, minuting meetings, and setting up voting for motions after each meeting.

Treasurer – Andras Bard

jcr-treasurer@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hi, I’m Andras, a third-year Computer Science student! As your Treasurer, I set the JCR budget, and reimburse Officers for JCR purchases. If you have any questions or suggestions about the budget, feel free to drop me an email.

Academic Affairs Officer – Maxim Vorobev

jcr-acaffairs@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hello! I am Maxim a third year Historian. I am excited to help work on improving the library provisions, the library book request system, and, more broadly, access to the wealth of college resources for all subjects. I will be organising the Academic Feedback Survey in Hilary as well as, if needed, careers and academic support sessions – so feel free to get in touch at any time.

Arts Officer – Pascal Sleigh

jcr-artrep@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Access and Admissions Officer – Inaya Chaudhry

jcr-access@sjc.ox.ac.uk

…

Charities Officer – Vincent Gueguen

jcr-charities@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hello, I’m Vinnie and I’m a second-year engineer. As your JCR Charity Officer, I will be organising our JCR’s charity donations, promoting local charities, and organizing fundraising events. The best ideas often come from you, so do get in touch!

Domestic Secretaries – Anya Macaulay and Marina Harrison

jcr-domsec@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hello! We are Marina (Chemistry) and Anya (Medicine) and we’re so excited to be your Domestic Officers this year. We are responsible for putting on two guest dinners every term, providing airbeds, collecting student opinions for the food feedback forum, and more widely liaising with college about domestic services they provide. Please feel free to pop us an email if you have any ideas or questions!

Entz Officers – James Harper-Jones, Ishen Dodhia and Josie Shuall

jcr-entz@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hi everyone, we’re James, Ishen and Josie. We’re HYPED to be the entz officers for St. John’s this year. We will be organising club nights and running some terrible parties (BOPS). If anyone has any ANY suggestions, ideas or feedback let us know at ‘jcr-entz@sjc.ox.ac.uk’, or on our insta ‘@sjc.entz‘ or tell it to our face 👹

Environment and Ethics Officer – Isaac Smith

jcr-env-ethics@sjc.ox.ac.uk

…

Equality and Diversity Officer – Lia Jobanputra

jcr-equality@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hey guys, I’m Lia, a third year reading Human Sciences! As your Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, I’m your go to person around college to come to if you are experiencing any issues of inequality. I am also responsible for running the BAME and LGBTQ+ dinners, and hopefully organising some fun socials! Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

IT Officer – Frederic Fong

jcr-it@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hi! I’m Fred, a second year medic. I operate the website that you are reading, and the IT equipment loan scheme. If you have any IT-related issues in or around college, please drop me an email and I will be happy to help!

Publicity Officer – Sam Govier

jcr-publicity@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hi! I’m Sam, a second year medic. As your publicity officer this year, I will be overseeing the JCR Instagram account, as well as our other presences on social media (watch this space…). We’re hoping to expand the role of the JCR socials this year, both within college and outside, helping to expand student-led outreach online. If you have any questions, or want to discuss advertisement of student societies on JCR social media, feel free to drop me an email!

Sports Officer – Emily Saunders

jcr-sports@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hello! I’m Emily, a third year Geography student. As your Sports Officer, I organise the annual sports dinner in Trinity term, a freshers sports day, and a sports exchange day with our sister college Sidney Sussex, Cambridge. I am so excited for this year and please feel free to message me if you have any questions!

Welfare Officers – Emma Boaler, Molly Crone and Dom Swieboda

jcr-welfare@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Big hi from everyone on this year’s welfare team: Emma, a second year studying Human Science, Molly, a second year studying biochemistry and Dom, a second year as well studying engineering.

As your welfare officers it’s our job to run lots of fun welfare activities throughout the term! We will organise Friday night karaoke, TW teas, welfare walks and so much more. Make sure you follow the @sjc_welfare Instagram so you don’t miss out on any of these fun events.

If you have any wellbeing questions/concerns, please get in touch privately, by messaging the welfare Instagram, using the form in the Instagram’s bio or by emailing the welfare email, we are always more than happy to help!

Women’s Officer – Rhythm Dhir

jcr-women@sjc.ox.ac.uk

…

Returning Officer – Alex Mylet

jcr-returning@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Hi, I’m Alex, a fourth year Mathematics and Computer Science Student and I’m the JCR’s Returning Officer.

As Returning Officer, I run Officer elections, including by-elections, and I am responsible for running the complaints procedure. If you have any concerns about the fairness of elections, or complaints about Officers or the running of the JCR, please let me know.