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20 August 2019

Chief Conductor of Netherlands Radio Choir

Benjamin Goodson, who graduated with a degree in Music from Hertford College in 2012, has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Groot Omroepkoor – the Netherlands Radio Choir – from September 2020. We’r...

16 August 2019

Veganism in the vestry

College Chaplain Mia Smith explores the ethical and theological implications of plant-based diets in her new book, The Plant-based Diet: A Christian Option? Thanks to the launch of a vegan sausage roll in January of this...

31 July 2019

New Fellows in Law and Accounting

We’re delighted to be welcoming two new Associate Professors & Tutorial Fellows to the college in the new academic year, who will contribute to our teaching and research excellence in Law and Economics and Mana...

25 July 2019

Four weeks of UNIQ

As we reach what may well be the hottest day on record, we also say goodbye to the summer school students staying with us as part of Oxford University’s UNIQ residential programme. During the last month, we’v...

19 July 2019

Sir Henry Carr

It is with great sadness that we announce the death yesterday of Sir Henry Carr, distinguished barrister and high court judge, at only 61. As a Hertford alumnus, Henry chaired our Remuneration Committee for the last four...

18 July 2019

Queen’s Award for Children Heard and Seen

Hertford College were delighted to host Children Heard and Seen this week as they celebrated being presented with the Queen’s Award. Oxfordshire based charity Children Heard and Seen received the Queen’s Awar...

3 July 2019

Winners of Unsung Heroes of Science competition announced

We’re delighted to announce that the winners of our inaugural video competition were crowned yesterday in a celebration event at Hertford College. Brother and sister Kairul & Tasnia Choudhury took first place i...

21 June 2019

40 years later: Geography medal for student turned professor

The RGS-IBG Victoria Medal recognises outstanding geographical scholarship; we are delighted that this year’s recipient is the University’s chair of Geography and Hertford Professorial Fellow, Prof. David S.G...

13 June 2019

Warnock Society & Summer 8s

Warnock Society tour of Oxford’s Botanic Gardens & Summer 8s BBQ. The college had the privilege of hosting our Warnock Society members for their annual Summer event (luckily, this was before the rain) at Oxford...

7 June 2019

Top Foreign Office job for Visiting Academic

Kumar Iyer, an Academic Visitor at Hertford since 2017, has today been appointed Chief Economist at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, becoming the first British-Asian to hold this role. Kumar’s experience stradd...