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Hertford, diversity, and our class of 2018
We’ve all read the recent headlines about diversity at Oxford – and we know that there’s still a long way to go on admissions to the university. Hertford has a proud history of opening up to state-educated students...
Rising Star update
UPDATE: Jeremy won! Well done from all at Hertford! Congratulations to alumnus Jeremy Boon (2008) who is a finalist in the Black British Business Awards. Jeremy has been nominated in the Professional Services Rising Star...
Black History Month
Great to see Hertford lawyer Tobi Rufus (2002) talking about the non-optionality of diversity at Goldman Sachs and beyond, in an article in The Lawyer for Black History Month.
World Mental Health Day
Miranda Reilly (English, 2015), Chair of the Students’ Disability Community worked during the summer vacation at the Pitt Rivers museum creating a disability-friendly trail, which will shortly be available as an ap...
Peter Howard (1975)
It is with sadness that we report the passing of Peter Howard (1975). Peter came to Hertford from the RGS Worcester to read Physics and Philosophy, going on to a career in software and telecommunications. Peter was a loy...
New Professors
Congratulations to our two new Professors: David Hopkin (History) and Alan Lauder (Mathematics). Both were recognised in the university’s 2017 distinction awards.
Pop-up school
Last week 200 sixth-form students and 22 teachers from Kensington Aldridge Academy (KAA) came to Oxford for a residential week at Hertford College and The Queen’s College. The school had found themselves in a uniqu...
Mexican pop-up for Hertford chef
Oxford residents deploring the representation of Mexican food among the city’s residents need look no further. Hertford’s very own Ben Gibbons has set up Taco Bandits – a weekend pop-up restautant servi...
Waugh on Cruttwell
Radio 4’s World at One visited Hertford to discuss Evelyn Waugh’s novels, which are being published in a new edition by Oxford University Press. Listen (around 25:00) to hear about Waugh’s feud with...
Geoffrey Ellis FRHistS
We report with great sadness the death of historian and Emeritus Fellow Geoffrey Ellis, who died on 20 August 2017. The funeral will be on 4 September at 2.30pm, at All Saints’ Church, Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. A full t...