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Barrie Juniper gardening in a tree News

22 March 2023

Memorial fund established in honour of Dr Barrie Juniper

St Catherine’s has established a fund in memory of the late Dr Barrie Juniper to support the upkeep and preservation…

A close-up image of a pen filling in a survey. News

10 March 2023

2022-23 Alumni Survey Results

The results of the 2022-23 Catz alumni survey results are in! Thank you so much to all who filled in…

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8 March 2023

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023

To mark International Women’s Day, and on the eve of the 50th anniversary of coeducation at St Catz next year,…

Dame Angela McLean, a white woman smiles at the camera News

7 March 2023

Former Catz Fellow Dame Angela McLean named new Chief Scientific Adviser

Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS, Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford and former fellow of St Catherine’s…

Students attending talk in Mary Sunley Room News

6 March 2023

The Brilliant Club Partnership 2023

Here at St Catherine’s College, we’ve been working in partnership with The Brilliant Club for a number of years, with…

Students working with the Brilliant club News

6 March 2023

Increasing access through sustained contact

The Catalyst Programme is the College’s established outreach initiative, aiming to equip students with the information and knowledge that they…

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2 March 2023

World Book Day 2023 with Dr Katherine Rundell (2005, English Language & Literature)

To celebrate World Book Day 2023, we asked Dr Katherine Rundell (2005, English Language & Literature)—bestselling and award-winning author of…

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22 February 2023

‘Whose stories get told? Reading – Righting – Responding’: Adjoa Andoh leads first workshop

Actor, director, producer, and Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre Adjoa Andoh was joined by award winning Royal Shakespeare…

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21 February 2023

Catz alumni recognised in 2023 New Years Honours

St Catherine’s College is pleased to share the news that two alumni have been recognised in the King’s New Year…

Offer-holders enjoying a discussion in the sunny JCR News

17 February 2023

St Catz Offer-holders’ day 2023

On Wednesday, we were delighted to welcome 96 of our UK-based undergraduate offer-holders’ to Catz for our first ever in-person…

Barrie Juniper gardening in a tree News

30 January 2023

Barrie Juniper (1932-2023)

St Catherine’s College is saddened to share the news that Dr Barrie Juniper, Emeritus Fellow, has died aged 90. Dr…

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27 January 2023

Congratulations to our 2023 offer-holders !

We are delighted to be able to announce that this year we gave 174 students the news that they have…

A close-up image of a pen filling in a survey. News

2 December 2022

Alumni: share your views on Catz!

Calling all alumni: can you spare 15 minutes to share your views on St Catz in our 2022-23 alumni survey?…

Tom Phillips sits in his studio surrounded by his work. News

1 December 2022

Tom Phillips (1937-2022)

Tom was born in Clapham, south-west London, to Margaret (nee Arnold) and David Phillips. Margaret ran a boarding house and…

Three students sit around a table and talk. News

29 November 2022

The Master’s Fund for Enhancing the Student Experience

This Giving Tuesday, a day of giving celebrated globally, we are very proud to launch the new Master’s Fund for…

The logo of The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. News

18 November 2022

Catz alum wins the Baillie Gifford Prize

Catz alumna Katherine Rundell (2005, English Language & Literature) has won the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for her…

An image taken of the exhibition, showing a row of portraits of Ukrainian women. News

3 November 2022

Exhibition on pioneering women in Ukraine

An exhibition running at Catz this term will tell the stories of a series of pioneering women from Ukraine. The…

The four Catz students sit behind the University Challenge desk. Their surnames are Olive, Laskowski, Spacey and Partis. 'St Catherine's - Oxford' appears on the front of the desk. News

2 November 2022

Catz team on University Challenge

A team from St Catherine’s appeared on the long-running television quiz show University Challenge last night (1 November). The team,…

An image of Donald Perkins sits beside the College crest. News

1 November 2022

Donald Perkins (1925-2022)

St Catherine’s College is saddened to share the news that Professor Donald Perkins CBE FRS, Emeritus Fellow, has died aged…

An image of Sam Wolfe to the right, with the Leverhulme Trust logo to the left. News

21 October 2022

Sam Wolfe awarded Philip Leverhulme Prize

Sam Wolfe, Catz Fellow and Professor of French and Romance Linguistics, has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize from…

Adjoa Andoh stands with her arms apart as she delivers a lecture in front of an audience. News

19 October 2022

‘We and all our stories are worthy’: Adjoa Andoh delivers her inaugural lecture

Actor, director and producer Adjoa Andoh delivered her inaugural lecture as the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre on…

A silhouette of the Oxford skyline, with the University of Oxford and Saïd Business School logos. Text reads: All-Innovate, the University of Oxford's inter-college idea competition. News

20 September 2022

Oxford’s All-Innovate Ideas Competition launches for 2022-23

All-Innovate, the University’s entrepreneurship competition, has launched for the 2022-23 academic year. The competition, based in the University’s Saïd Business…

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14 September 2022

Memorial fund established in honour of Richard Parish

A memorial fund has been established in memory of the late Richard Parish. Professor Parish was the College’s longest-serving tutorial…

The Queen wears a burgundy-coloured hat and smiles News

8 September 2022

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022

St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened by the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Acceding to the…

A graphic of a stack of books, mini ladders leant against them and the words 'Lit Hits' to the side. News

2 September 2022

Pick your next read with LitHits

An initiative spearheaded by a Catz Fellow is helping to get people reading. LitHits is a digital reading project founded…

A 1960s black-and-white photo of the College buildings News

25 August 2022

Catz’s unique architecture features on design programme

The architecture of St Catherine’s, by famed Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, has this week featured on an episode of Monocle…

An image of Eleanor Stride to the left and the logo of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to the right. News

21 July 2022

Eleanor Stride appointed Commissioner to 1851 Royal Commission

Catz Fellow Eleanor Stride had been appointed as a Commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. The…

Byron sits behind a desk with a laptop and books in front of him, and beside a model of a wind turbine. Behind him are bookshelves. News

19 July 2022

Byron Byrne: Oxford Professor, award-winning innovator, cricketer

This ‘Oxford Profile’ on Catz Fellow Byron Byrne discovers more about his Oxford career, his world-changing research and… cricket.  …

Three glass cases containing books and materials for the exhibition. News

1 July, 2022

Exhibition on a Russian-Ukrainian genderqueer hero

An exhibition is running at Catz this month which tells the story of a Russian-Ukrainian genderqueer hero. Aleksandr Aleksandrov (born…

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22 June 2022

Catz alumni recognised in 2022 Birthday Honours

St Catherine’s College is pleased to share the news that two alumni have been recognised in the 2022 Birthday Honours….

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