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27 August 2021

Phenomenal prize performances

Our undergraduates have once again demonstrated their hard work and tenacity by scooping several University prizes for exam performance. We’re very proud of their achievements, especially during an academic year wh...

2 August 2021

Why do we sleep? A new paper from Hertford neuroscientists

Published today in Nature Neuroscience, a study led by Hertford DPhil candidate Lukas Krone opens new and exciting perspectives on the fundamental question underpinning sleep science: why do we sleep? Led by Lukas at the...

2 August 2021

Enjoy afternoon tea in the quad

We’re delighted to be able to welcome visitors to our first ever public cafĂ©, taking up a summer residence in the quad marquee from today.   You’ll be able to enjoy our delicious afternoon tea stands an...

30 July 2021

Mike Wooldridge named Turing AI World-Leading Researcher

Professor Michael Wooldridge is one of five internationally-recognised researchers awarded a new fellowship from UK Research and Innovation. A Hertford fellow and head of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science, Mi...

27 July 2021

Saving turtle doves with a subsidy auction

Economics fellow Professor Elizabeth Baldwin is part of an Oxford team bringing subsidy auctioning to the rescue of England’s endangered turtle doves. Despite prominent roles in literature and popular culture ̵...

26 July 2021

Team Hertford takes on University Challenge

Tonight sees Team Hertford on BBC Two as they take on London Business School in the first round of this year’s University Challenge competition. The college will be represented by four graduate students from a rang...

19 July 2021

Celebrating our Unsung Heroes of Science

The end of June brought with it the end of this year’s Unsung Heroes of Science video competition, in which we challenge 16-18s from around the world to make two-minute videos about a scientist they think deserves more...

12 July 2021

The Duchess of Malfi revisited

Tune in to BBC Radio 3 to hear a new interpretation of the classic revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi. The radio play is introduced by Hertford’s Professor Emma Smith, who abridged and adapted John Webster’...

8 July 2021

Alumni recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

This summer’s honours list saw two Hertfordians recognised for their outstanding contributions to foreign policy and humanitarian work. Michael Adamson (MPhil Economics, 1982) was awarded a CBE for services to the ...

6 July 2021

Royal Society of Literature Fellowship for Sally Bayley

Congratulations to Sally Bayley, Lecturer in English for Visiting Students, who has today been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Sally’s fellowship recognises her work of “outstanding liter...