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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...
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...
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...
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...
Story of Phi: Restricted Books
For many years, the Bodleian Library curated a restricted collection of books that were considered to be too explicit for general access. These books, many of which had sexual content, made up the “Phi” collection, b...
Alumni speakers at Hertford
It has been an honour for us to host a number of distinguished Hertford alumni in recent weeks who have given generously of their time and expertise to speak with current and former students and alumni about their own ca...
EU staff settlement support
Hertford College will pay the fees for all permanent staff from the European Union who wish to settle in the UK after Brexit. Following the recent announcement by Oxford University that it would be covering the fees for ...
Debating Capitalism series
Where is today’s capitalist economy headed? “There are fewer and fewer defenders, even among business leaders, of the way the current system operates which – despite its capacity to create jobs – ...
Krishnan Guru-Murthy at the Oxford Media Society
Third-year student Miranda Ryan (2015, Economics & Management) attended the recent talk by Krishnan Guru-Murthy (1989, PPE) hosted by the Oxford Media Society at Herford College. Having attended enough Hertford Busin...
WWI Armistice Centenary
November 2018 marks 100 years since the end of the First World War. To commemorate this centenary, we’re sharing stories from our Archives about the college at war. Did you know that it was the death of a Hertford ...