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Our commitment to carbon net zero by 2030
At Hertford College, we believe that responding to the climate crisis is our urgent responsibility. That’s why, on Earth Day 2021, we’re announcing our commitment to a goal of net-zero carbon emissions and a biodiver...
MCR virtual Venice run supports charities
A group of Hertford graduate students are running the 900 miles from our own Bridge of Sighs to the original in Venice without even leaving the country, raising vital funds for four charities in the process. Our students...
Will Hutton appointed President of Academy of Social Sciences
Will Hutton, Hertford’s Principal from 2011 to 2020, was today announced as the new President of the Academy of Social Sciences. The Academy of Social Sciences is the UK’s national academy of academics, learn...
New podcast with visiting student lecturers launched
Dr Charlie Lee-Potter and Sally Bayley join forces for the first episode of Charlie’s new podcast, ‘Inside A Mountain’. Both College Lecturers in English for our Visiting Students programme, Charlie and...
Jeremy Heywood remembered
With friends and colleagues, we celebrated the life and legacy of Jeremy Heywood in a Zoom webinar on Friday. Jeremy – Baron Heywood of Whitehall – was Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service until re...
Outreach video project launched
The Oxford for East England outreach consortium – bringing together Hertford, Balliol and Wadham Colleges – has launched a new initiative to support school pupils whose education has been disrupted during the...
Hertford partners with refugee training organisation
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Na’amal, which will team Hertford students with learners in Jordan through an innovative digital skills training programme. Na’amal – “we work”...
Hertford success at All-Innovate ideas competition
Two Hertford teams made it to last week’s final of All-Innovate at the Oxford Foundry, Oxford’s entrepreneurship hub, with one securing grant funding as ‘Best Undergraduate Idea’. All-Innovate ...
John Torrance, Emeritus Fellow
Hertford College is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of John Torrance MA over the weekend. John was an Emeritus Fellow of the college, having taught politics here for many years, and was a specialist in Marx. He w...
Unsung Heroes of Science 2021
Oxford’s biggest video competition returns for a third year, challenging young people around the world to uncover the stories of scientists that history has forgotten. In 2020 we were blown away by the entries to U...