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4 March 2019

Student conductor scales new heights

Charlotte Corderoy, second-year Music student at Hertford, has been appointed as the new Music Director of Oxford University Philharmonia. As one of our two organ scholars at Hertford, Charlotte leads the musical life of...

27 February 2019

New inflammation research published

Professor David Greaves’s research group at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology have published a new paper on human cannabinoid receptors. Our two cannabinoid receptors were first discovered 30 years ago ̵...

26 February 2019

Summer Studentships launched

Applications for this year’s Summer Research Studentships are now open, giving Hertford students the opportunity to spend their summer undertaking a funded research project in Oxford. Three Studentships are availab...

20 February 2019

Fan fiction impact award

The outreach work of Hertford Physics Lecturer, Dr Sam Henry, has been recognised with a University impact award. Sam’s work was celebrated at the University’s annual Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences ...

6 February 2019

Brand-new video competition launched

Unsung Heroes of Science is a brand-new video competition for 16-18 year-olds, searching for the stories that have been left out of the textbooks. We all know the big names of science, but what about those who were worki...

24 January 2019

Award-winning outreach

Last night we were thrilled to award the second annual Tanner Awards for outstanding contributions to outreach. The prizes recognise the hard work and commitment of our team of trained Student Ambassadors who support our...

10 January 2019

Bruce takes on ‘Question Time’

Tonight sees Hertford alumna Fiona Bruce take the reins on Question Time, the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme. Fiona takes over the top job from David Dimbleby, who retires after 25 years in the chair, bec...

8 January 2019

Socio-economic inequality fellowship

Economics Fellow Dr Teodora Boneva has been awarded a coveted Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship, giving her the opportunity to research socio-economic inequality. Teodora, who joined Hertford last year, was awarded a...

13 December 2018

Could you survive a natural disaster?

How have natural disasters shaped our world, and how will we cope with them in the future? These are the big questions raised by the latest Oxplore topic, and answered by Hertford Engineer, Prof. Manolis Chatzis. When he...

7 December 2018

DPhil success in Varsity rugby

Oxford’s win against Cambridge in yesterday’s Varsity Match at Twickenham was secured by Hertford student Tom Humberstone. Tom, who started a DPhil in Pharmacology at Hertford this year, was the match’s...