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21 August 2018

Nail-biting University Challenge appearance

Our appearance on last night’s University Challenge was nail-biting for everyone at Hertford. Our team of students took on Clare College, Cambridge with great enthusiasm, successfully answering questions on indie ...

13 August 2018

Points of Light Award for Rachel Weiss

Congratulations to Rachel Weiss (Mathematics, 1985) who was today recognised by Prime Minister Theresa May for her exceptional service as the founder of Menopause Cafe. Menopause Cafe is a group which hosts pop-up event...

8 August 2018

Hertford Festival

This weekend we hosted our Hertford Festival, three days of events celebrating the Hertford community. Alumni and friends of the college enjoyed supper and a concert on Friday, children’s activities, tours and demo...

30 July 2018

Ride London success

Team Hertford was out in force this weekend at the annual Ride London event. A team of 13 cyclists made up of alumni and friends of the college rode in the event raising money for our student support fund. In total, almo...

26 July 2018

Steps to Success

Hertford student Edwin Esosa writes about his experience with Credit Suisse’s Steps to Success programme that provided him with a full scholarship to study PPE at Hertford College. You can read his article on the F...

26 July 2018

Nigerian biochemist welcomed as Visiting Fellow

This summer, we’re delighted to be hosting a Visiting Fellow at Hertford as part of the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx). Dr Amos Olalekan Abolaji will be joining us on 5 August from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria,...

17 July 2018

UNIQ at Hertford

After experiencing a week of academic sessions, fun social activities, and seeing what the city has to offer, a lot of the students were seriously considering applying to Oxford! We were thrilled to host Oxford Universit...

9 July 2018

Henley Royal Regatta

Congratulations to ZoĂ« Lee (Geography, 2004) who was part of the winning crew in this year’s Princess Grace Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. Rowing as part of the Cambridge University Women’s Boat ...

5 July 2018

Honorary degree for Jacqui Smith

Congratulations to Honorary Fellow Rt Hon Jacqui Smith (PPE 1981) who will receive an honorary Doctor of the University degree from the University of Birmingham this afternoon. After a career in school teaching, Jacqui ...

2 July 2018

Henley Women’s Regatta

Last week the Women’s 1st VIII teamed up with some friends from LMH to end the year at the home of rowing to test themselves against some of the best university clubs in the country in the Aspirational Academic 8+ cate...