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COLLEGE LIFE
and encouraging young people of all backgrounds to
apply to Catz.
The tutorial system provides our students with
incomparable levels of personal attention and academic
rigour, enabling them to lock wits regularly with the
world’s leading academics. The quality of this system
depends on a low student-to-tutor ratio. Our financial
position, solidified and strengthened by your support,
has enabled us to maintain our team of over 100 Tutors
and Lecturers. Our ability to fill vacated teaching posts is
essential, and since 2008, your support has helped us to
replace retiring Fellows in Mathematics and Spanish. We
are proud to provide one of the larger course offerings
in the University: Catz currently offers 40 subjects for
undergraduates and our postgraduates are reading 38
subjects. Thanks to your support, we have also been able
to increase the collection of books in our library, giving our
students access to an ever-larger source of knowledge and
eliminating the need to buy expensive textbooks.
Our buildings provide a welcoming and spacious
atmosphere, which houses the intellectual community
in which our students thrive. Your support for the
Catz|fivezero Campaign helps us to continue improving
them, thereby making a big impact on our students’
quality of life. Last year, with the help of donations, we
purchased new computers for the library and fitted new
carpets in 100 student rooms. Your support has also
helped us to reduce our carbon footprint significantly. In
2012, we installed an environmentally friendly heating
system in Hall and re-roofed the gym with a highly
advanced ‘green’ roof, which will boost energy efficiency
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Teaching and Research
Buildings and Facilities
5%
16%
46% Student Support
Our Greatest Need
33%
and drastically cut maintenance costs. With environmental
and access standards evolving constantly, donations
provide us with invaluable help in preserving the worldclass
standards of Catz’s buildings and facilities.
Through our Catz|fivezero Campaign, Alumni, Parents
and Friends such as you have helped to secure the
future of the College. As you will have read above, the
achievements and impact of the Campaign are being felt
strongly, proving the vital importance of your donations.
Looking to the future, we aim to continue expanding
financial support for our students, improving the quality
of our tutorial system, and making sure that Catz remains
an excellent place to live and work. Thanks to the
enduring support of Donors such as you, we have every
confidence that these goals will be attained and that our
young College will continue to flourish for the next 50
years – and beyond!
To help us prepare the College for the next 50 years and
beyond by making a gift to St Catherine’s, please contact
the Development Office on +44 (0) 1865 271 705 or
email development.office@stcatz.ox.ac.uk. n
Around 1 in 5
undergraduates
currently
receive financial
support from
the College
ST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE 2012/9