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Maiden honour
Congratulations to Professor Martin Maiden on his election to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. The Academy, the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, recognizes exce...
Mixed fortunes in Torpids
At this weeks Torpids, Hertford Women’s I bumped Balliol, Teddy Hall and St John’s to rise 3 places to 8th in Division 1. The Men’s I held level, retaining their place at 7th in Division 1. Men’s ...
College chef climbs Kilimanjaro for charity
Our acting head chef Ben Gibbons has taken on a charitable challenge: to climb all 5,895 metres of Mount Kilimanjaro in September 2016. Interviewed in today’s Oxford Mail, Ben said: “I am extremely lucky to b...
Rainbow flag over Hertford
We are proud to be flying the rainbow flag this week in honour of LGBQT history week.
Brexit: a view from Hertford
If you’d like to raise your game on the question of Brexit, Hertford help is at hand. Law Fellow Alison L Young is the co-author of a new paper in European Public Law 131 (2016): ‘Regaining Sovereignty?: Brexit, ...
Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman (1925-2016)
On 13 February 2016, Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman died in his sleep at home in Oxfordshire. Sir Christopher, a renowned mathematician and communicator of mathematics, was Principal of Hertford from 1988-95. There wil...
William Gaskill (1930-2016)
Appreciations of the life and work of theatre director and Hertford alumnus William Gaskill can be read in The Guardian and The Telegraph. Gaskill began directing while at Hertford, and his style, in landmark producti...
Half-term tours
If you’re thinking of applying to Oxford and want to see what Hertford has to offer, why not come for a look around and a chance to meet a member of our admissions team? Every day during half-term (15–19 February...
Redford commission
Catherine Redford, our Outreach Fellow, was typically busy last week. She visited Chelmsford County High School for Girls and Great Baddow High School before dashing back to Oxford to welcome Westcliff High School for Bo...
Soweto Kinch on race and education
Hertford graduate and jazz musician Soweto Kinch (History, 1996) has praised David Cameron for raising the issue of race and Oxford admissions, and issued his own call for radical action in a BBC video.