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24 October 2014

Philip Leverhulme Prize

Great news for Professor Alan Bogg who has been awarded a highly competitive Philip Leverhulme Prize to develop his work in labour law over the next two years. These prestigious prizes ‘recognise the achievement o...

22 October 2014

Charity calendar

Freya Turner, one of our JCR charities reps, writes about our charity calendar: “This year, homelessness is up in Oxford by 24%, whilst homeless services in the city have just taken a 38% budget cut. So, as JCR cha...

21 October 2014

Alumna aims to break two ocean rowing world records

Kate Hallam (Physics, 2001) is one of a team of four women setting out to break two ocean rowing world records whilst raising awareness and funding for the mental health charity Mind. Kate writes about the challenge: ...

20 October 2014

Climate change extinction controversy

Hertford lecturer Clive Hambler is in the news after he called for a prominent biological journal to withdraw an article on climate-related species extinction. The story has been covered in The Times and Forbes, and is ...

16 October 2014

Another woman of the year!

Hertford women are unstoppable (to paraphrase the comment of host Sue Perkins when the college’s portrait exhibition featured on Have I Got News For You). We’re really proud that Ewa Gluza was voted UK Poli...

13 October 2014

HIGNFY features Hertford’s women

We were delighted that the portraits of Hertford women were mentioned in a recent episode of the BBC’s Have I Got News For You. You can watch the episode here and, if you want to know more about other responses t...

13 October 2014

Hatch End School visit

Today we look forward to welcoming a group of year 12s from Hatch End School in London. Our link with the school was established by a student who went on to train as a teacher, and we are always keen to hear from alumni ...

12 October 2014

Portrait responses

Our new-look hall, with 21 portraits of Hertford women, was unveiled three weeks ago, and now it has been mentioned on Have I Got News For You it seems a good time to review the responses. We’ve been overwhelmed ...

12 October 2014

Woman of the Year

We are very proud (again) of Hertford biochemist Alison Woollard, whose achievements this year including her televised Royal Institution Christmas lectures and her participation in our Women Portraits exhibition culmina...

8 October 2014

Recognition of Distinction

Many congratulations to Hertford chemistry fellow Claire Vallance, awarded the title of Professor in the university’s Recognition of Distinction exercise 2014.