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Britain’s Constitutional Crisis: a new lecture series
The experience of attempting to leave the EU has exposed fault-lines and weaknesses in key British institutions – the operation of constitutional law, the role of the media and the hoped-for independence and impartiali...
Student symposium on Economics
Philosophy, Politics and Economics student George Chantry reviews a recent symposium, bringing together students studying economics from across the college. Economics Professors Elizabeth Baldwin and Teodora Boneva organ...
Texas Business Legend
Honorary Fellow Richard Fisher is to be inducted by the Texas Business Hall of Fame into their Class of 2019 ‘Legends’, following in the footsteps of business titans like Warren Buffett. After studying for hi...
First Academic Skills Fellow
We’re delighted to welcome Oxford’s first Fellow for Academic Skills in an exciting new role developed to support our students at Hertford College. Dr Catherine Sloan has started as our inaugural Porter Fello...
Hertford at the Supreme Court
Today’s historic ruling by the Supreme Court that the Prime Minister’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful rested on the work of not one, not two, but three Hertford alumni. Acting on behalf of the appella...
Orwell week – 1984 Now
Following the publication of his latest book on George Orwell, English Fellow Dr David Dwan organises a week-long event investigating the impact and legacy of the author’s iconic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ‘...
Hertford welcomes new Academic Visitors
We are delighted to announce that Hertford will be welcoming three new Academic Visitors for the year ahead: Professor Judith Herrin, winner of the Heineken history prize in 2016, is a British archaeologist and academic ...
Olly Robbins becomes the first Heywood Fellow
A new fellowship has been created in memory of Jeremy Heywood (Modern History, 1980), who was Cabinet Secretary from 2012 to 2018. The post has been established through a partnership between the Heywood Foundation and Ox...
University prizes for Hertfordians
We’d like to offer congratulations to all of our students who have sat exams this year, and are delighted to hear that several have been awarded University prizes for their exceptional performance or research work....
Prof. Gideon Henderson appointed as Chief Scientific Adviser to DEFRA
Hertford alumnus Professor Gideon Henderson (Earth Sciences, 1986) has been appointed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) as its new Chief Scientific Adviser. Professor Henderson, who is a P...