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The Year 2024-25 is out now News

24 April 2026

The Year 2024-25 is out now

The latest edition of The Year is now available, offering a snapshot of life at St Catz across the 2024-25 …

Catz Around the Corner – Birmingham Drinks 2026 Events

14 April 2026

Catz Around the Corner – Birmingham Drinks 2026

Booking for our 2026 Birmingham Drinks is now live! Our new event series, ‘Catz Around the Corner’, aims to bring the …

Catz Around the Corner – Manchester Drinks 2026 Events

20 March 2026

Catz Around the Corner – Manchester Drinks 2026

Booking for our 2026 Manchester Drinks is now live! Our new event series, 'Catz Around the Corner', aims to bring the …

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13 March 2020

Students and staff gather for the Wallace Watson Award Lecture

The annual Wallace Watson Award lecture is firmly entrenched in the St Catz calendar, providing an opportunity for staff and…

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13 March 2020

Dr Michael Spence AC Appointed UCL President and Provost

We are delighted to announce that Dr Michael Spence AC (1988, Law), Catz alumnus and former Fellow of the College,…

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13 March 2020

Ainsworth Graduate Centre Open for Students

On Friday 13th March the Catz graduate community was welcomed into its new home.  Honouring the memory of the late…

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13 March 2020

Hilary Term Interview with the Master

After a term of leadership at Catz, we asked Master Kersti Borjars to describe her experience of life at the…

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22 January 2020

Eleanor Stride Announced as a Finalist in the 2020 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

St Catherine’s is delighted to announce that Fellow, Professor Eleanor Stride, has been announced as a Finalist in the 2020…

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21 January 2020

Three Alumni Receive Queen’s New Year Honours

We are delighted to extend our congratulations to three of our alumni for receiving recognition for their work in this…

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17 February, 2020

Katritzky Lecture 2020: Climate, History and Change: Reflections on a 21st-century challenge

Professor Michael McCormick will be delivering the 2020 Katritzky Lecture on Monday 17 February at 5:15pm in the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre of St Catherine’s College. All are welcome…

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5 December 2019

Dean Kitchen Circle visit to Winchester Cathedral and College

To mark the 150th anniversary of the ‘Delegacy for Unattached Students’, the Dean Kitchen Circle lunch was held at Winchester…

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5 December 2019

Latest Alumni Publications

Dominic Gavin (1996, English) Fascism and Resistance in Italian Cinema (Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2020) Italian cinema is one of this…

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5 December 2019

Meet the Master: Interview with Kersti Börjars

We asked Master-elect, Professor Kersti Börjars, your questions.  What are you most looking forward to about working at Catz? There’s…

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17 April, 2020

Intercollegiate Spring Golf Tournament – Cancelled

St Catz will once again take part in the annual Intercollegiate Golf Tournament, taking place at Frilford Heath Golf Club…

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17 April, 2020

Meeting Minds in North America – Cancelled

The 2020 Meeting Minds: Alumni Weekend in New York will take place on Friday 17 April & Saturday 18 April….

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30 October 2019

Deborah Warner Delivers her Cameron Mackintosh Inaugural Lecture

Deborah Warner delivered her Inaugural Lecture as the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre on Wednesday 16 October 2019…

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18 October 2019

Eleanor Stride Announced as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Engineering

St Catherine’s is delighted to announce that Fellow, Professor Eleanor Stride, has been announced as one of the top 100…

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16 October 2019

Nelson French (1926-2019)

Nelson was born in Kingston-upon-Thames on 27 May 1926. He attended local prep schools and completed his secondary school education…

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9 October 2019

Nobel Prize awarded to Honorary Fellow, Professor Goodenough

We are delighted to announce that Professor John Goodenough, Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s, has been awarded the Nobel Prize…

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19 April, 2020

New York Drinks – Cancelled

The Master, Professor Kersti Börjars, will be visiting New York in April, as part of the USA Meeting Minds Weekend,…

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23 August 2019

St Catz comes fourth in Norrington Table

We are delighted to announce that St Catherine’s College has been placed fourth in the Norrington Table this year, with…

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2 November, 2019

Professor Roger Ainsworth – Memorial Event

St Catherine’s College will be hosting a memorial event to celebrate the life of our late Master, Professor Roger Ainsworth…

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18 September, 2019

Hong Kong Dinner

The Pro-Master, Professor Peter Battle, will be visiting Hong Kong in September, and looks forward to welcoming alumni and members…

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5 July 2019

Fellow Awarded Institute of Physics Medal and Prize

Catz Fellow, Professor Ian Shipsey, has been awarded the Institute of Physics 2019 Chadwick Medal and Prize. This award recognises…

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28 June 2019

A New Home for Catz Graduates

St Catherine’s opened its doors as a College in 1962 in what was a revolutionary event for the University. Not…

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28 June 2019

Remembering Professor Roger Ainsworth

On 13th March, friends, family and colleagues of the late Professor Roger Ainsworth gathered in the University Church of St…

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28 June 2019

Catz Student in Historic Boat Race

Graduate student Augustin Wambersie (2018, Engineering Science) represented Oxford in the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race in April this year….

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28 June 2019

Outstanding Violin Gifted to Catz Students

Alumnus Arnold Freedman (1949, Medicine) died in November 2017, bequeathing his violin – a highly valuable instrument with remarkable heritage…

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28 June 2019

Catz Alumnus Fighting Dementia with ‘Magic Table’

Catz alumnus John Ramsay (2003, Modern Languages & Linguistics) is the co-founder of socially responsible company Shift8*, which he launched…

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28 June 2019

Catz Alumna Speaks on Microsoft Education Panel

In January this year, Catz alumna Michaela Brady (2017, MSc Social Science of the Internet) presented on a panel at…

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19 June 2019

Professor Kersti Börjars Appointed as New Master

St Catherine’s College is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Kersti Börjars as Master of the College. She will…

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13 June 2019

Five Members of Catz Community Receive Queen’s Birthday Honours

We are delighted to extend our congratulations to several members of the Catz community for receiving recognition for their work…

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24 May 2019

Honorary Fellow, Professor Goodenough, Awarded Royal Society’s Copley Medal

We are delighted to announce that Professor John Goodenough, Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s, has been awarded the Royal Society’s…

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