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Alain Locke portrait unveiled
As Alain Locke’s portrait (by Carl Van Vechten) was unveiled in Hertford Hall today, Rhodes Scholar Hertfordian Natalya Din-Kariuki read from his 1944 essay ‘Whither Race Relations? A Critical Commentary̵...
Happy International Women’s Day!
Hertfordians are marking International Women’s Day in many different ways. Law professor Alison Young has written a blog on women’s activism for transformative legal and policy strategies. She and her collabo...
Diversifying portraiture
The University of Oxford have recently launched the Diversifying Portraiture Project which plans to commission around 25 new portraits. Perhaps they were inspired by our exhibition celebrating co-education in 2014-15 or ...
Rainbow flag over Hertford
We are proud to be flying the rainbow flag this week in honour of LGBQT history week.
Award supports ambitious outreach
With candidates for interview due to arrrive this weekend, Hertford is looking to the future and the next generation of undergraduates. We are therefore delighted to announce that, together with Emmanuel College, Cambrid...
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...
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...
New portraits
In September 2015, we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of a scheme which promoted equal access to higher education with a new year-long display of portraits in our dining Hall. This initiative, known as the Tanne...
Portraits ripple effect
Our initiative in replacing the Hall portraits – the Hertford College Women portrait display – continues to gather followers. After Brasenose College JCR voted to follow suit, there is also student pressure...
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 ...