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Human genome editing commission publishes report
An international commission, co-chaired by Hertford’s Professor Dame Kay Davies, has concluded that the genetic editing of human embryos is not yet safe for clinical use. The commission is a partnership between the...
Introducing our new Principal: Tom Fletcher CMG
Today we welcome Tom Fletcher CMG as the new Principal of Hertford College, Oxford. Tom returns to Hertford 26 years after he joined us as an undergraduate student. His career has taken him to No.10, as policy advisor to...
Best doctoral thesis prize for English DPhil
Congratulations to Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston who has been awarded the Swapna Dev Memorial Book Prize for their thesis on Irish Modernism and the Politics of Sexual Health. The Swapna Dev Memorial Book Prize was established...
Record results for Hertford finalists
Congratulations are in order as this year’s final-year students smash all records to bring home outstanding results, with an unprecedented 50% achieving a first-class degree. 61 students were awarded a first-class ...
Special Award for Pandemic Service awarded to Prof. Zhanfeng Cui
Back in March, when lockdown was just beginning, Hertford’s Professor of Chemical Engineering pioneered a rapid testing solution for Covid-19 which has now been recognised with a special award from the Royal Academ...
Meet our five new fellows
We are delighted to announce the appointment of five new tutorial fellows, enriching our teaching and research across all four of the University’s academic divisions. Joining us in the new academic year are Prof. D...
Cyber security chief returns to Oxford
Ciaran Martin CB, the founding CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre, is to join the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government as Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations. Ciaran ...
Principal-Elect appointed to new AI and governance commission
The Oxford Internet Institute today announced the launch of a new commission to investigate the role of artificial intelligence in the public sector. Principal-Elect Tom Fletcher, who will join Hertford in September 2020...
30 years at Hertford
Today we said a fond farewell to Sue Finch, our Academic Administrator, who’s retiring after 30 years at Hertford. Sue joined the college in January 1990 and has been a much-loved feature of the Academic Office eve...
First bright comet in two decades visible from UK
Astrophysicist and tutor in Physics, Professor Patrick Roche, shares news of an icy visitor visible in the northern sky this month. We have a rare opportunity to watch a comet visible with the naked eye this month. Comet...