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Vic Madden 1937 – 2023
The Hertford community is saddened to hear of the death of Vic Madden, who was the college groundsman for 48 years. One of Hertford’s longest-serving members of staff, Vic joined the college in 1956 at the age of 1...
Unsung Heroes of Science Competition Winners Celebrated at Hertford
At the end of June, 17 young people came to Hertford for the Unsung Heroes of Science Celebration Day. All were shortlisted for the annual Unsung Heroes of Science competition, which challenges teenagers aged 16-18 aroun...
Library campaign boosted by substantial gifts
We are thrilled to announce that Hertford has received two generous gifts in support of our project to transform the college library. Thanks to these gifts and that of many other alumni and friends of the college, we are...
Spin-out company wins Royal Society of Chemistry prize
A spin-out company, co-founded by Hertford Chemistry Fellow Professor Claire Vallance and alumnus Dean James, amongst others, has won a prestigious Royal Society Chemistry Emerging Technologies Prize. Their new company, ...
Hertford Fellows receive Frontiers of Science awards
Two Hertford Fellows have been recognised in the Frontiers of Science Awards. Professor Dawid Kielak, along with co-authors Marek Kaluba and Piotr Nowak, received the award for their work on property T for automorphism g...
Circular economies and ethical trade
This week, Dr Steve New hosted a workshop in college on Blockchain Solutions in Recycling and the Circular Economy, co-organised with Dr Yu (Jack) Gong from Southampton University. The workshop drew together practitioner...
Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
Congratulations to alumnus Dr Hashem Abushama (Human Geography, 2018), who was named joint runner up for the 2023 Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize for his dissertation Articulations: Settler Colonialism, Dispossession, and A...
Amelia Bowman wins the 2023 Vaughan Williams Prize in Clinical Medicine
The Hertford College Vaughan Williams Prize in Clinical Medicine has been awarded in 2023 to Dr Amelia Bowman. Since 2020, the prize is awarded annually to the Year 6 medical student (studying at Hertford) who submits th...
Music students visit Garsington Opera thanks to academic enrichment fund
A group of Hertford music students and their intrepid tutor enjoyed an evening at Garsington Opera, thanks to the generosity of Hertford’s academic enrichment fund. The purpose of the fund is to enable experiences whic...
Hertford appoints first Director of Music
Hertford is delighted to announce the appointment of choral conductor and organist Hannah Towndrow to the role of Director of Music of Hertford College Chapel. Hannah is a Hertford alumna, having read Music at Hertfo...