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8 December 2021

New Professors in Medicine, Archaeology & Korean

Congratulations to Jieun Kiaer, Lambros Malafouris and Vladyslav Vyazovskiy who have had the title of Professor conferred in the Vice Chancellor’s annual Recognition of Distinction awards. Jieun is a Senior Researc...

30 November 2021

Alumna appointed Shadow Education Secretary

Bridget Phillipson MP has been promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Education in Labour’s shadow cabinet reshuffle. Bridget studied History and French at Hertford, matriculating in 2002. First elected in 2010,...

29 November 2021

Zhanfeng Cui elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering

Professor Zhanfeng Cui was recently elected a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering by its members, one of only 20 foreign members elected this year. Recognition as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of...

10 November 2021

John Porter, 1953-2021

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of John Porter, an alumnus of Hertford College who matriculated in 1971 to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. John had been a valued friend of the college ...

8 November 2021

Anthony Cockshut, 1927-2021

We are deeply saddened to share the news that Emeritus Fellow A. O. J. Cockshut died on Friday at the age of 94. Tony was a tutorial fellow and G.M. Young Lecturer in 19th-century English Literature. His published works ...

5 November 2021

Refurbishments commended by heritage body

Our recent refurbishments to Holywell Quad and the Porters’ Lodge have been commended in the annual Oxford Preservation Trust Awards.   The OPT Awards received a record 60 submissions this year meaning we were...

29 October 2021

Ewa for Europe

Accounts Clerk, Ewa Gluza, yesterday took part in a Brexit panel discussion and debate with Lord Adonis at Oxford Town Hall. The event, which was attended by over 100 people in person and online, brought together differe...

26 October 2021

Refugee puppet project at Hertford

We were privileged to meet Little Amal as she undertakes her epic journey to highlight the plight of refugees. On her long walk from the Syrian/Turkish border to Manchester, Little Amal – a 3.5m tall puppet represe...

26 October 2021

Computing and philosophy award for Carissa Véliz

Our Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy has been recognised for her outstanding research on ending data inequality. Professor Carissa Véliz was awarded the Herbert A. Simon Award by the International Association of Computing ...

25 October 2021

DPhil student sells start-up to Twitter

Hertford DPhil student Nick D’Aloisio has struck a deal with Twitter in an attempt to make online conversations more meaningful and less divisive. The social media giant has bought Sphere, D’Aloisio’s t...