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EU poetry award for Hertford graduate
Warm congratulations to Hertford student, South African poet Athol Williams, who has been awarded the Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Prize for his poem ‘Streetclass diseases’. Athol’s third volume of poetry, Bum...
Neil Tanner, the Nobel Prize, and heavy water
Earlier this year, we celebrated Neil Tanner’s initiative in promoting access to Oxford by applicants from state schools. But Neil was not only a remarkable tutor; he was also a very astute physicist with an impressive...
NOPI Ottolenghi pop-up at Hertford
For one night only… on 10 October, chefs from Yotam Ottolenghi’s NOPI restaurant set up shop in Hertford kitchens to produce a lavish meal for diners, beginning with sage and pineapple martini and ending with...
Telethon success!
We’re pleased to announce that our ninth annual telethon has just been completed; thanks to the generosity of our alumni and friends we raised £175,000! We have been delighted by the support and our students have rea...
New Hertford science communicator
Congratulations to Rosemary Chamberlain, 3rd year biochemist, who is following in her tutor Alison Woollard’s footsteps by winning a prize in the Biochemistry Society’s national science communication competit...
Access Summer School announced
There’s plenty of evidence that Summer Schools are an effective way to support and encourage students from disadvantaged backgrounds as they make decisions about applying to university. And Hertford is delighted to...
Do access initiatives work?
Have you ever wondered whether any of the school students featured in items about our access and outreach work ever make it to Hertford? Well, they do! And not just to Hertford, but also to Cambridge and a host of other ...
Horsedung, crusader castles and marauding students
Religious war isn’t an irrational act, and we shouldn’t dismiss it as irrational. This month’s BBC History magazine interviews Hertford’s Professor of the History of the Crusades, Christopher Tyer...
Tanner Day report
Professor Pat Roche’s account of the Tanner day celebrations was published in the Oxford Mail this week. Thanks to all our speakers and alumni who made it such a success. Pat reviews Hertford’s role in chang...
Guru-Murthy: ‘why Oxford was right for me’
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 news journalist and fomer Hertford PPEist, talks about why Oxford was right for him: “Just apply. Whatever you’re worried about about Oxford, it’s probably not true.̶...