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Catz Fellow made University Assessor News

13 March 2024

Catz Fellow made University Assessor

Professor Ben Bollig, Catz Fellow and Tutor in Spanish and Professor of Spanish American Literature, has been admitted as the …

Catz boatman sets new record for crossing Atlantic News

14 March 2024

Catz boatman sets new record for crossing Atlantic

Jim Ronaldson, the Catz boatman, has set the new record for crossing the Atlantic in a rowboat during the 2023/24 …

St Catherine’s College Master announces retirement News

29 January 2024

St Catherine’s College Master announces retirement

On 23 January, the Master, Professor Kersti Börjars, announced that she will be retiring at the end of Trinity Term …

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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’….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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25 May 2018

Catz Calling!

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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6 March 2018

Leavers’ T-Shirt 2018 – Regular Gift

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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…

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31 January 2018

Fellow’s Geotechnical Project wins Fleming Award

Byron Byrne, our Fellow in Engineering Science, recently led a joint university-industry team to victory winning the 2017 British Geotechnical…

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31 January 2018

Catz alumnus and advocate for nonviolent resistance, Gene Sharp, dies aged 90

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of alumnus Dr Gene Sharp (1961, Social Studies), who died…

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31 January 2018

Catz student conducts with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Early this year, Catz student Chloe Rooke (2015, Music) took part in a conducting course with the BBC National Orchestra…

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