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Professor of Poetry: vote now!
The candidates have been announced for the next Professor of Poetry, and, uniquely in the university, this appointment is made by an election of Oxford MAs. You need to register to vote before 8 June, and make your choi...
New books from Hertford graduates
Two new books show members of Hertford’s graduate community working in fields outside their immediate study. Daniel Valentine, studying for an MSc in English Local History, has published Online Marketing to Investo...
Hertfordians in the General Election
Four Hertfordians were standing for Parliament in Thursday’s General Election: between them, they form a version of the overall results in miniature. Congratulations to the three elected MPs:Â Jeremy Quin (History,...
Honours for Historians
We were delighted to hear that two Hertford historians are among the six authors shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society’s 2014 Gladstone Prize. The prize is awarded to a history book on any topic that is not ...
Common Sense, Confusion, and Human Rights
Hertford Law Fellow Alison Young is co-author of a new – and timely – paper on the Conservative Party and the Human Rights Act (1998). She and her collaborator Stephen Dimelow presented their findings last we...
Rewilding Hertford Geography
Jamie Lorimer, Fellow and Tutor in Geography, has recently published his first book:Â Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation after Nature. The book explores the challenges facing nature conservation in an era when hu...
Politics lecturer for teaching award
Well done to Dr Dana Mills, Lecturer in Politics, who has been shortlisted for a teaching excellence award in the scheme run by OUSU and based on student nominations. The winner will be announced on 28 May. Last year Her...
Congratulations on FRS
We congratulate Professor Richard Thomas, now Professor of Pure Mathematics at Imperial College, on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Richard began his postdoctoral work as a Junior Research Fellow in Mathem...
All from the same mould?
Home Bursar, Dr Andrew Beaumont, has been at it again – this time creating lego versions of the candidates for the parliamentary seat of Oxford West and Abingdon – and, even in lego, there are important differences ...
Recruiting Medics in Kent
Today Dr Catherine Redford, Hertford’s Outreach Fellow, will be visiting the site of a former fort and military hospital – now Fort Pitt Grammar School in Chatham, Kent. Florence Nightingale established the first...