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Catz Fellow Awarded Funding for Public Engagement Projects in the Humanities News

23 October 2025

Catz Fellow Awarded Funding for Public Engagement Projects in the Humanities

St Catherine's College is delighted to announce that Dr Jessica Goodman, Catz Director of Studies and Tutorial Fellow in French, …

Catz DPhil Student Makes Debut with the Chilean National Symphony Orchestra News

24 October 2025

Catz DPhil Student Makes Debut with the Chilean National Symphony Orchestra

  St Catherine's College is proud to announce that Emmanuel Sowicz, a second-year DPhil student at the Faculty of Music, recently …

Catz Fellow Delivers his Inaugural Lecture as University Chair of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience News

21 October 2025

Catz Fellow Delivers his Inaugural Lecture as University Chair of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience

St Catherine's College looks forward to the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Ole Jensen, Catz Statutory Professor of Experimental Psychology. On …

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14 September, 2019

Anniversary Weekend

The culmination of our 150th celebrations will be our Anniversary Weekend, taking place in College on Saturday 14 and Sunday…

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6 July, 2019

Family Day

Following the success of our previous Family Days, we are delighted to be hosting this event again in 2019. The…

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27 June, 2020

Gaudy for 1973-1982 Matriculands – Postponed

It is with great regret that due to the uncertainties of the current Covid-19 situation, we have made the decision…

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25 May, 2019

Society Gaudy for Pre-1962 Matriculands

We look forward to welcoming back our alumni who matriculated before 1962 for a Society Gaudy. The event will begin…

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16 May, 2019

Manchester Drinks

Our Regional Drinks Reception in Manchester will take place at the Great John Street Hotel and we would be delighted…

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16 October 2018

Ceri Peach (1939 – 2018)

St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened to share the news that Professor Ceri Peach, Emeritus Fellow, passed away on 2nd…

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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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9 October 2018

Katritzky Lecture 2018

St Catherine’s College and the University of Oxford Chemistry Department are delighted to announce that the 2018 Katritzky Lecture will…

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4 October 2018

Dr Tim Stone CBE Appointed Chair of the Nuclear Industry Association

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), the trade association for the UK’s civil nuclear industry, announced this week that Catz alumnus…

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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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