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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...
Knowledge Exchange Awards
Two Hertford Fellows have received funding from the university’s Humanities Division for projects engaging with external organisations. Our Drapers’ Company Fellow Luke Blaxill will be exploring election prom...
A week of access work
In the run-up to half term we have been busy welcoming groups from a number of state schools to Hertford. It started on Tuesday with students from Sewyne Park School (pictured), and they were followed on Wednesday by a ...
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...
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...
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: ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...