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Sir Jeremy Heywood steps down
Hertford is saddened to share the news that Sir Jeremy Heywood is stepping down from his role as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service. Sir Jeremy read Modern History & Economics in Hertford, matriculating ...
Our new Outreach Team
In recent months there have been two new additions to our Outreach team. Nathan Stazicker arrived as Outreach & Communications Officer in June, taking over the running of our access work with schools for Dr Ca...
Giving blood for NHS at 70
Students and staff came together to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service in College Communion last week, sharing stories about the importance of giving blood. The celebrations on the feast day of...
Artificial Intelligence podcast
A series of podcasts exploring the philosophical and scientific implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are now available to download as part of the ‘Discover #OxfordAI’ campaign. Futuremakers is hosted...
Matriculation 2018
On Saturday the latest crop of Hertford undergraduates and graduates braved tempestuous weather conditions for this year’s Matriculation Ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre. The new students endured a soggy thirty-s...
Orwell’s Political Ideals
“George Orwell is watching you and you’re watching him.” Dr David Dwan’s latest book, Liberty, Equality and Humbug: Orwell’s Political Ideals was published this week by Oxford University P...
Law Reunion with Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC and Michael Fordham QC
Last Friday (12 October) current and former Hertford lawyers gathered to hear Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC (1961) and Michael Fordham QC (1983) in conversation. Among the topics of discussion were Sir Jeffrey’s ...
Professor Louise Gullifer QC (Hons Causa) appointed to the Rouse Ball Professorship of English Law
We are delighted to announce that Professor Louise Gullifer QC (Jurisprudence, 1979) has been appointed to the Rouse Ball Chair of English Law at the University of Cambridge. Established in 1927, this is a senior profe...
Is Shakespeare history?
Did you hear Prof. Emma Smith, Hertford’s Professor of Shakespeare Studies, on Radio 4 this week? In a special programme to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘In Our Time’, Emma joined host Melvyn Bragg...
Prize-winning patient care
Congratulations to Ifan Jenkin, fifth-year Clinical Medicine student, on being awarded the John Pearce Memorial Prize. The prize is awarded by the University’s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences to the clinic...