Travel Award Holders 2014

Members of St John's College have been granted awards in May 2014 for travel from the Long Vacation 2014.

To get a taster of the types of adventures our Students undertake please read the exciting reports from previous Travel Awards by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page.

Johnian Society Travel Exhibitions

Mr JKR BauschLofoten – Adventure Beyond the Polar Circle
Mr JS BirkCorsica’s GR20: A Beginner’s Attempt at ‘Europe’s Toughest Long-Distance Trek’
Mr CP KoziolExploration of the Lofoten Islands, Norway
Mr J MaillardThe Lofoten Islands: Mountaineering Beyond the Arctic Circle
Mr AA Ó DonnghaileThe Lofoten Islands: Archipelago and Arctic Oasis
Mr HAS SadikCorsica’s GR20: A Beginner’s Attempt at ‘Europe’s Toughest Long-Distance Trek’
Mr AG Seyed-SafiTwo Weeks at the Panda Breeding Programme in Chengdu

Christopher Vincent Travel Exhibition

Miss SE AbbottUnearthing Brazil: A Linguistic, Historical, and Cultural Insight
Mr AD Goddard‘The Last Great Adventure on Earth”? Exploring Indonesia, from Sumatra to Lombok
Mr JJ HuangThird World to First: An Exploration of Indonesia's Development, Focusing Particularly on Legal Change
Mr R Macgregor‘The Last Great Adventure on Earth”? Exploring Indonesia, from Sumatra to Lombok
Ms ASB StanleyVolunteering with Y Care International

Grants from the B H Farmer Fund

Miss OJ CapewellThe Geography of Sicily

Grants from the C W Brasher Fund

Mr JB AtamanFrom Trabzon to Tehran: A Journey Through the Caucasus
Mr AP BallardNomadic in Kyrgyzstan
Mr RG McFadyenCorsica’s GR20: A Beginner’s Attempt at ‘Europe’s Toughest Long-Distance Trek’
Miss GEG StevensonIndonesian Adventure

Grants from the Frank Hollick Fund

Miss CR BrittonMontepulciano: A Study of its Architecture
Mr KM BruntExploring Iceland: Nationalism in Music and Folk Culture
Mr FK LakeFollowing Laurie Lee
Miss C Palacios BerraqueroFlamenco Guitar in the English Mines of Huelva
Mr AR WoolfMusic Teaching in Zambia - Ngoma Dolce Music Academy

Grants from the Glyn and Ruth Daniel Fund

Mr MM GoolamThe Dream that is Rome
Mr CA HootonEl Camino de Santiago: A Charitable Pilgrimage Through Medieval Spain
Mr PJA HusemeyerEl Camino de Santiago: A Charitable Pilgrimage Through Medieval Spain
Mr MV KeeblerEl Camino de Santiago: A Charitable Pilgrimage Through Medieval Spain
Mr RM O’ RiagainOne Man, Two Wheels and 15,000 Years of Human History in the Dordogne
Miss H SandfordA Cultural Exploration of South East Asia

Grants from the Hanley Fund

Miss CM AbellExploring Indigenous Communities: Ecuador and Peru
Mr S DesaiCulture in Thailand
Mr D Estevez PradoCuba’s Challenges, Success and Future Perspectives in Healthcare Biotechnology
Mr BD WilsonSouth American Biodiversity Trip
Miss Y ZhengHealthcare Volunteering and Teaching in Nepal

Grants from the J F L Travel Fund

Miss MHCO de Ferrer

Edinburgh and the West Coast of Scotland

Grants from the Parsons Fund

Mr SS AllanThe Aegean Sea: from West to East
Miss PM BokIn the Shadow of Vesuvius: Exploring the World of Pompeii
Mr J BrowningThe Significance of Florence to English Literature
Miss CMY ChanAncient Greece in the Context of Modernity
Miss B CharnleyThe Aegean Sea: from West to East
Mr JLC ClaphamFlorence's Musical Identity from the Middle Ages onwards
Miss HF Clark-MaxwellExploring Greece: Language, Music and Natural Treasures
Miss HM GuzikInvestigating Artistic Ambition, Patronage, and the Courts in 15th-Century Italy
Ms NR HartAncient Treasures to Recent Strife: Witnessing the Forging of Modern Croatia
Mr JD HydeExploring Greece: Language, Music and Natural Treasures
Ms JE RedmondIn the Shadow of Vesuvius: Exploring the World of Pompeii
Mr JC SimonsTeaching and Journalism in The Congo and Middle East
Miss AN TrelleAncient Treasures to Recent Strife: Witnessing the Forging of Modern Croatia

Grants from the Peter Allan Travel Award

Mr S NannehMountains, Seas and Deserts: A Cultural and Linguistic Journey Through Bilad al-Sham

Grants from the Robert Sloley Fund

Mr DE AndersonFollowing in French's Footsteps
Mr BCT ChanFollowing in French's Footsteps
Miss LD ParkinsonDigging the Roman Villa with Baths at Pollena Trocchia
Miss OL PoltenEchoes of the Muses: A Poetic Ethnography of the Greek-Speaking World
Mr SFB ShaughnessyTracing Ireland's 'Atlantean' Heritage in Morocco
Mr B XiaoPre Inca Civilisation in Northern Peru

Grants from the Roberts Fund

Miss AE Fischer-LinnettTravel Through Peru
Miss S LawsonTeaching and Trekking in Nepal
Mr OJ McPherson-SmithKyrgz Language Study in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Grants from the Scullard Fund

Mr DS BravoBaroque Art in Abbeys of the Former Diocese of Constance
Mr Y ChachanA Journey Through History in Italy
Miss GS CorsinoRevealed Secrecy: the Visible Sacred in Ancient Greece
Miss C ErnstArt and Architecture Oriented Road Trip through Northern Italy
Miss G LeeArt and Architecture Oriented Road Trip through Northern Italy
Miss AA PodlaszewskaFrom the East to the West - Journey Across Asia
Mr J QasimReligion in Egypt
Mr BS SachdevExploring Buddhist Temples in Burma and Cambodia
Miss RJ StephensA Historical Tour of Italy

Grants from Ulysses Travel Fund

Mr AD McKayTrekking in Mongolia and the Gobi Desert Marathon

Grants from Wilberforce and Clarkson (Williams) Travel Fund

Mr CL ClarkAssessing Development in Tanzania
Mr OU DeenTeaching Mathematics in the Slums of Dar es Salaam