St Catherine's College, Oxford
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| St Catherine's College | |
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| Established | 1963 |
| Sister College | Robinson College |
| Master | Prof. Roger Ainsworth |
| Graduates | 160 |
| Undergraduates | 450 |
| Visiting Students | 50 |
</div> St Catherine's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Familiarly known as "Catz", the college's modern architecture by Arne Jacobsen reflects the date of its foundation, and it is a Grade I listed building.
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History
The college was founded in 1962 by Alan Bullock, out of the former St Catherine's Society for unattached undergraduates. In 1974, it became one of the first five co-educational colleges in the university.
St Catz is situated towards the East of Oxford, on the bank of the Cherwell river.
In 2001 the college announced its intention to build sufficient housing so that any student who wishes to live in college (rather than elsewhere in Oxford) will be able to do so for the entire duration of their course. This has resulted in 6 new staircases being constructed (in addition to the original 16 and a further 3 from an earlier expansion) during the course of 2004.
Current times
Currently, St Catz has completed the constructions of the new staircases with en suite rooms and indeed, everyone can now live in college for the duration of their course. Also, the scaffolding that has been up for what seemed like forever to college students is finally down and the college looks the way it was meant to by the designer. The Porters Lodge has also moved to a new location, closer to the new living block. Academically, though, St Catz is the same establishment it was from the beginning.
Jargon
JCR - Junior Common Room, the place for undergraduates to hang out
Hall - The dining hall where college meals are served
Entz - College party which normally takes place in the JCR
Notable former students
- John Birt - Former Director-General of the BBC.
- Sir John Cornforth - 1975 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
- Joseph Heller - American author; Catch-22.
- Peter Mandelson - Architect of "New Labour" and twice a UK Cabinet minister.
- Tom Phillips - Artist and Royal Academician.
- Matthew Pinsent - Quadruple Olympic gold medallist in rowing.
- Sir John Vane - 1992 Nobel Laureate in Medicine.
- John Walker - 1997 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
- Jeanette Winterson - British author; Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.
External link
- St Catherine's College (http://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/)
- Some pictures of College buildings (http://mcr.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/Members/CollegeBuildings)
- Oxford University (http://www.ox.ac.uk/)
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