Alumni

The Development & Alumni Relations team are here to help you maintain contact with the global St Cross community through both in-person and virtual events, newsletters & Common Room Membership. We are always delighted to welcome back our alumni to St Cross, so when you're next in town and would like to pop in, just email James Brazier on alumni.events@stx.ox.ac.uk. You can also view the many different ways in which to support College by clicking on the links below. 

 

Careers Programme

Whether you are still identifying areas that might be of interest to you, or if you already have a particular career path in mind, your fellow St Crossers are here to assist you in your career journey. We have a number of alumni volunteers in a wide range of professional fields happy to support you and answer your questions.

Alumni Events

If you have high academic potential and you are looking for a graduate College with an international ethos and vibrant community, then St Cross College is the ideal choice for you.
 

Support St Cross

Our aim is to preserve and enhance those aspects of St Cross which make our College special, nurturing our stimulating environment where productive academic relationships flourish between members of the College in different disciplines at all levels.

 

 
Alumni Benefits

Alumni Benefits

All former students of St Cross College have the right to become a Member of Common Room at the end of their studies. MCR status enables members to continue to play an active role in College life, attending all Feasts, Special Dinners, Lectures and events. A small deposit and a termly subscription fee apply. If you would like to apply, please complete the application form.

Staying in Touch

Staying in Touch

Alumni receive a bi-monthly email with updates and details of the many events held globally to which they are invited. We also provide regular communications on Facebook and Twitter and facilitate online networking through our private LinkedIn group.

Degree Days & Graduation

Degree Days & Graduation

Taught Master's Student:

If you are in your final year, you will have received an email from the university on 28 November 2023, formally inviting you to book your degree conferral. The booking window is now open, which means that you have until the window closes on 31 January 2024 to make your booking. You can book your ceremony by logging into your Student Self-Service account and selecting the 'My Ceremonies' tab at the top. 

When making your booking please note:

1).  Different colleges present graduands for conferral only on certain dates. This means that St Cross is allocated a specific number of ceremonies throughout the ceremony period. As such, you may know students from other colleges (but on your course) who have been offered dates different from St Cross dates. You are required to graduate on only the dates offered by St Cross

2).  If you do not see any availability for a particular date (St Cross ceremonies) then this means that all the places for your degree type are already booked for that date. You can check back on the system regularly to see if any places become available due to cancellations. Or alternatively, please choose an alternative ceremony

3).  You can opt to have your degree conferred in absentia (in absence) and you would indicate this when you register for your conferral via your Student Self-Service account
 
4).  Cancellation or changing ceremony date is not permitted within 60 days of a booked ceremony. So if you do need to cancel or reschedule, you must do this before this 60-day period. Otherwise your degree will be conferred in absentia at that ceremony and you will not be able to attend a future date

5).  The booking window closes on Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 23:59.  Once the booking window closes, you will not be able to make a booking via your Student Self-Service account. So it is strongly advised to make your booking during this period

6).  Once you have made your booking, we will be in touch closer to your ceremony date, with information about dress code and other logistics

Research Students:

Once you have been granted leave to supplicate you will automatically receive an email from the university with instructions on how to book your degree ceremony. 

Alumni:

If you finished your course and did not make a ceremony during your booking window, then your booking would be processed manually in college. Please note the following:

1).  We still have some availability for ceremony 24 Feb 2024 (AM). If you would like to book onto this ceremony then please email degree.conferrals@stx.ox.ac.uk as soon as possible.  Bookings are made on first-come-first served basis, dependent on availability and degree type

2). All other ceremonies up to July 2024 are fully booked and we are not taking any additional bookings at this time. If you would like to book a ceremony for July 2024 or beyond, then please email degree.conferrals@stx.ox.ac.uk from 01 February 2024.  We will then be able to give you available ceremony dates and process a manual booking request for you. Please do not email with your request before 01 February 2024, since no bookings will be made and no details will be available

In Absentia:

1).  If you are a current taught finalist or have just received your leave to supplicate (research students), then you can select to have your degree conferred in absentia when you are invited to book a ceremony. This will beyou’re your Student Self-Service account

2).  If you are an alumni member and wish to have your degree conferred in absentia, then please email degree.conferrals@stx.ox.ac.uk and college will book your conferral for the next available ceremony. 

Visa Letters:

If you have booked your ceremony and require a visa letter for guests travelling from overseas, please email your request to degree.conferrals@stx.ox.ac.uk  Please give your name, your ceremony date and the names of your guests who require visas 

Degree Day Logistics:

Once you have booked your ceremony, we will be in touch approximately 2 months prior to your ceremony with details about schedule, dress code, catering and other information

Questions?

Contact degree.conferrals@stx.ox.ac.uk or 01865 278458

Ordering certificates and transcripts

Ordering certificates and transcripts

Degree certificates are issued automatically prior to each degree ceremony and are handed out on the day (or posted on the first working day after the ceremony to those who took their degree In Absentia). Additional certificates can be ordered from the University website (please note, charges for additional certificates will apply).

For students who commenced their studies in and after Michaelmas term 2007, transcripts can be requested from the University website. For students who commenced their studies prior to 2007, transcript requests should be directed to the Academic Office.

Alumni Research

Alumni Research

The College library has an alumni and member book collection, and we warmly welcome donations of published works which we will be delighted to showcase. Please get in touch with the College librarian (librarian@stx.ox.ac.uk).

Please note that the College does not hold any theses or dissertations by any members or alumni. This is the responsibility of the Oxford University Research Archive and they should be your first point of contact if you would like to access the thesis of any St Cross member. 

Visiting and staying in College

Visiting and staying in College

If you are passing through Oxford and would like to visit College, we would love to welcome you back. Please email the Development Team, who will be able to arrange fob access, a tour, or perhaps lunch or dinner, depending on the nature of your visit.

Alumni are entitled to take lunch in College twice per term at the rate of £13.13/head. Please contact the Development Team with at least a day's notice if you would like to come in to lunch. Payment is by direct bank transfer.
Should you wish to come into College for lunch more frequently, you might consider Membership of Common Room, which entitles you to lunch five times a week (from 1 August 2019).

Alumni members are entitled to reduced rate guest accommodation in the College. Please see the guest accommodation page for details (College Member rates apply for Alumni).

To make a booking please contact the Accommodation Officer.

Supporting St Cross

Supporting St Cross

Our aim is to preserve and enhance those aspects of St Cross which make our College special, nurturing our stimulating environment where productive academic relationships flourish between members of the College in different disciplines at all levels.

St Cross has always worked hard to ensure good stewardship of its resources, and this has enabled the College to achieve a stable financial position. However, the demands placed on the endowment by the needs of a 21st-century learning environment, in a landscape of decreasing government funding for Universities, means the support of our members becomes crucial.

If you would like to support the College, donations can be made online or by completing and returning a donation form (download UK form | download US form).

All gifts, regardless of size, are gratefully received and are set to work developing and expanding some of the brightest minds in the world. 

If you are interested in leaving a gift to St Cross in your Will, please see our Legacies page.


 

Alumni Network

https://www.youtube.com/embed/X1ZxFA98ElE

Don't forget:

To ensure that we can stay connected and that you receive information and updates from the College in the years ahead, please make sure you update your contact details by completing the personal information form here.

 

The College’s global alumni network includes over 5,000 St Crossers in 122 countries. Median average age of alumni is 37 years old

 

 

Meet the team

 
James Brazier

James Brazier

James coordinates the St Cross alumni events programme, managing and organising events both in the UK and overseas. Please contact him with any questions about our events programme.

alumni.events@stx.ox.ac.uk

+44 (0)1865 278 480


judith

Judith Palmer

Judith is the College's Communications Officer who keeps the website and social media up-to-date.

communications@stx.ox.ac.uk

+44 (0)1865 278 472

 

 

 

Information and FAQs

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All former students of St Cross College have the right to become a Member of Common Room at the end of their studies. MCR status enables members to continue to play an active role in College life, attending all Feasts, Special Dinners, Lectures and events. A small deposit and a termly subscription fee apply. If you would like to apply, please complete the application form.

If you are passing through Oxford and would like to visit College, we would love to welcome you back. Please email the Development Team, who will be able to arrange fob access, a tour, or perhaps lunch or dinner, depending on the nature of your visit.

Alumni are entitled to take lunch in College twice per term at the rate of £13.90/head. Please contact the Development Team with at least a day's notice if you would like to come in to lunch. Payment is by direct bank transfer.
Should you wish to come into College for lunch more frequently, you might consider Membership of Common Room, which entitles you to lunch five times a week (from 1 August 2019).

Alumni members are entitled to reduced rate guest accommodation in the College. Please see the guest accommodation page for details (College Member rates apply for Alumni).

To make a booking please contact the Accommodation Officer.

Alumni receive a quarterly newsletter with updates and details of the many events held globally to which they are invited. We also provide regular communications on Facebook and Twitter and facilitate online networking through our private LinkedIn group.

Degree Days

Graduation is the formal end to your degree and in order to mark this important occasion, students are invited to attend a ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre.

In order to attend a Degree Ceremony, students must book their place via the University's online portal

St Cross hosts a celebration in College either before or after your ceremony, depending on the time of your ceremony. Students can invite up to two guests to the ceremony and College celebration, and you will be sent a link to book tickets for your guests ahead of your ceremony. For students with more than two guests, we recommend that you consider planning an additional celebration elsewhere in Oxford during that weekend, where you can accommodate everyone in your party.

Dates for Degree Days can be found above.

 

Certicates and Transcripts

Degree certificates are issued automatically prior to each degree ceremony and are handed out on the day (or posted on the first working day after the ceremony to those who took their degree In Absentia). Additional certificates can be ordered from the University website (please note, charges for additional certificates will apply).

For students who commenced their studies in and after Michaelmas term 2007, transcripts can be requested from the University website. For students who commenced their studies prior to 2007, transcript requests should be directed to the Academic Office.