News & Events
Featured News & Events

15 September 2023
Professor Jose Harris (1941-2023)
St Catherine’s College is saddened to share the news that Professor Jose Harris FBA, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, has …
Latest News & Events

12 October 2018
Catz students celebrated at Sustainability Showcase
On 14 June, Oxford University held its fifth annual Sustainability Showcase at the Museum of Natural History, with staff and…

21 August 2018
2018 Finalists in Historic Norrington Table Success
3rd place in the Norrington Table – the first time St Catz has reached this level in 35 years.

5 July 2018
Emeritus Fellow Thelma Holt wins Sam Wanamaker Award
Thelma Holt CBE, Emeritus Fellow of St Catz, has received the 2018 Sam Wanamaker Award – an award established to…

18 June 2018
Professor Ben Bollig in discussion of Garsington Opera’s new production
In anticipation of Garsington Opera’s latest production ‘The Skating Rink’, our Fellow in Spanish Ben Bollig will be offering his expertise in…

14 June 2018
St Catz Alumni recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
We are immensely proud that two of our alumni have been recognised in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Professor…

4 June 2018
Showcasing DPhil research at Catz
We have such a diverse range of research happening at graduate level here at Catz, and we want to celebrate…

4 June 2018
Catz Alum is Podcast Champion
Alumna Helen Zaltzman (1999, English) won big at this year’s British Podcast Awards in May, taking home both the ‘Podcast…

4 June 2018
The Days Before Selfies
Catz alumnus Fred Jarvis (1949, PPE) recently staged his final, and biggest, photography exhibition, entitled ‘In the Days Before Selfies’….

4 June 2018
New Research Funding for Catz Fellow
Alex Teytelboym, Associate Professor of Economics and Tutorial Fellow at Catz, has received a prestigious three-year New Investigator Grant from…

1 June 2018
British Academy Award helps Catz Fellow advance Modern Languages
Jessica Goodman, our Fellow and Tutor in French, is one of the latest academics to have been granted a British Academy…

30 May 2018
Paying Homage to Nicanor Parra
On Tuesday 1 May, Oxford paid homage to the Chilean writer, physicist and mathematician, Nicanor Parra (Honorary Fellow and alumnus of…

28 May 2018
Fellows’ and Alumni Publications
Fellows’ Publications ‘A Ketone Ester Drink Lowers Human Ghrelin and Appetite’ co-authored by Heidi de Wet, Fellow and Tutor in…

28 May 2018
Alumni News in Brief
Simon Bridges named Leader of New Zealand’s Opposition Catz alumnus Simon Bridges (2004, Law) was recently voted leader of New…

25 May 2018
Catz Calling!
The College has continued its successful streak of Telethon campaigns – thanks to you! Our student callers contacted nearly 600…

25 May 2018
Catz Lawyers Moot Victoriously over Cambridge
Two second-year Law students, Wei Jin Chan (2016, Law) and Kseniia Simongauz (2016, Law), recently won a mooting competition between St Catz…

25 May 2018
JCR names Books2Africa Charity of the Year
Every year, the undergraduate students of St Catz elect a charity for whom they fundraise alongside Emilie’s Charities, our permanently supported…

22 May 2018
Oxford University releases its first Annual Admissions Statistical Report
Oxford University has published its first Annual Admissions Statistical Report, drawing together data about undergraduate admissions for the University as…

16 May 2018
Catz MBA students victorious in MBAT
Over 10th-12th May, Catz MBA students visited Paris as part of a team from the Oxford Saïd Business School, to compete…

16 May 2018
Mark Miodownik hosts Plastic Fantastic
Catz alumnus Professor Mark Miodownik (1988, Metallurgy) has launched a new three-part series on BBC Radio 4, exploring our love-hate…

8 May 2018
Taylor Institution Library hosts a Homage to Nicanor Parra
This month, in conjunction with the University of Oxford Sub-Faculty of Spanish, the Taylor Institution Library is paying homage to…

17 April 2018
Catz students present Tom Stoppard’s Travesties
Four Catz students are set to take on a production of Travesties next month, the award-winning 1974 play by our Cameron Mackintosh Visiting…

19 March 2018
Our 150th Anniversary celebrated on BBC Radio Oxford
In anticipation of our upcoming 150th anniversary we have been working with the Oxfordshire Family History Society to research our first 59…

19 March 2018
Alumnus appointed Governor of Montserrat
Andrew Pearce OBE (1979, Chemistry) was recently appointed Governor of Montserrat, his latest posting in his 30 years of service…

19 March 2018
Dying is easy, Comedy is hard
On 21 February 2018, Sir Tom Stoppard returned to College to deliver his third event during his time so far…

9 March 2018
Catz alum establishes National Centre for Nuclear Robotics
Professor Rustam Stolkin (1993, Engineering), the University of Birmingham’s Chair in Robotics is the Director of the newly established National…

7 March 2018
Consideration of pension arrangements for academic staff
The St Catherine’s College Governing Body would wish for the retention of the defined benefits scheme to be given further…

28 February 2018
Catz alumnus named Leader of New Zealand’s Opposition
Catz alumnus Simon Bridges (2004, Law) was yesterday voted leader of New Zealand’s opposition party, the National Party. Simon studied…