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#100years – Votes for Women
To mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 – the Act of Parliament that allowed women over the age of 30 and ‘of property’ the vote for the first time in British history –Â...
New Honorary Fellows elected
We are delighted to announce the election of seven new honorary fellows: Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell, KCMG QC, Jurisprudence 1961 Sir Jeffrey is one of the UK’s most eminent lawyers. He is leading authority on public,...
LGBTQ+ History Month
February marks LGBTQ+ History month. Hertford is one of 12 Oxford colleges who will be flying the flag throughout the month to mark this.
More Newsnight
Soweto Kinch (1996), newly elected Honorary Fellow (and recent gaudy speaker), was on Newsnight last night, continuing this week’s trend of Hertford alumni on the programme. Skip to 37.10 to see Soweto talk about H...
The ‘Real’ Brexit Secretary?
Alumnus Olly Robbins (PPE 1993) was featured on BBC Newsnight, described as ‘one of the best-known unknown people in Downing Street’. Is he the man really managing Brexit? You can watch the feature on the BBC...
‘Commie Geographers’
All at Hertford are amused by an unnamed Tory source describing us as ‘Commie geographers’. You can read about it in the BBC news report on Olly Robbins (PPE, 1993), the Prime Minister’s chief advisor o...
Farewell Chagas Disease
Congratulations to third year Hertford biochemist Jei Diwakar, who was part of an Oxford group project competing at the international synthetic biology competition iGEM in Boston this November. Team Oxford won the Best D...
Project Shoebox Success
Following our call to Hertfordians to support this year’s Project Shoebox initiative, we are delighted to be able to announce that we managed to fill 40 shoeboxes and 10 sacks with essential toiletries, gifts, and ...
2017 Oku Memorial Trophy
The Oku Memorial Trophy was contested for the 14th time at the Richmond Athletic Ground on Saturday 2nd December between a Hertford College Past & Present XV, London Japanese and the Kew Occasionals. The event ho...
Prime Ministers and Europe since Thatcher
During Michaelmas term, Hertford has held a series of lectures on each Prime Minister’s relationship with Europe since Margaret Thatcher by an individual who worked closely with that leader. The lectures were held ...