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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...
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...
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...
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...
Alumna featured in photography exhibition
Hertford alumna Reverend Susie Simpson (Music, 1978) has been featured in a photography exhibition at the Oxo Tower Gallery, London. Alumna Revd Susie Simpson was recently featured in a photo-story exhibition by Jim Grov...
The World of the Crusades
The latest book by Professor of History of the Crusades, Christoper Tyerman, was published last week, re-imagining the period in the light of objects made and used by the crusaders themselves. The crusades are often seen...
Royal Opera success
Hertford alum’s acclaimed performance at the Royal Opera House. Congratulations to Edmund Whitehead (Music, 2011), whose recent production of Phaedra at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, has been met with cri...
Inspiring Essex
Head of Sixth Form at The FitzWimarc School in Rayleigh wins one of Oxford University’s Inspirational Teachers Awards. We were absolutely delighted to see teacher Steve Jolley pick up an award at last week’s ...
Hertford evidence in US Congressional Committee
If you were following the US Congress’s Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife hearing this week, you may have heard evidence citing Hertford’s own Clive Hambler. Clive, who is our Organising Tutor and C...
Video competition shortlist announced
We’re excited to announce the shortlist for our inaugural Unsung Heroes of Science video competition, featuring 20 teams from across the country. Back in February, we launched Unsung Heroes of Science, with the hop...