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Welcome to new Director of Development
We are very pleased indeed to welcome Julia Thaxton as Hertford’s new Director of Development. Julia took up post at the beginning of this month, and reports: I’m absolutely delighted to be joining Hertford ...
Book now for Oxbridge Student Conferences!
If you live and study in Edinburgh, Newcastle or Northern Ireland, a trip to Oxford can be expensive and time-consuming. So, if you want to find out more about the University and the courses it offers, it might be more c...
Prize for Hertford Geographer
Hertford Geographer, Hannah Smith, has been awarded the Quaternary Research Association’s annual prize for her undergraduate dissertation – ‘Using species distribution modelling to understand the mid-Holoc...
Alison Woollard: Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Alison Woollard’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures were broadcast on BBC Four on Saturday 28, Sunday 29 and Monday 30 December: they are still available on BBC iPlayer. Read more about science and stardom in th...
Happy New Year!
Happy new year to all Hertfordians. Why not come back and see us during 2014? There’s a range of activities in the diary, from the Oxford-Venice cycle ride (you don’t have to do it all) to the Women in the Ar...
Case for a New Priority in British Conservation: ‘Rewilding’
Clive Hambler and George Monbiot debate against traditional British conservation management, and call for ‘rewilding’ parts of the landscape. (Linnean Society of London on 13 November 2013).
Hertford Rugby and the Oku Memorial Trophy 2013
The Oku Memorial Trophy was contested for the ninth time on Saturday 7 December 2013 at the University’s RFC ground at Iffley Road. This year for the second time, Ambassador Oku’s alma mater Hertford College and Vi...
Magical genetics
Listen to Dr Alison Woollard on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week – discussing the magic of genetics and her Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: a magical voyage through developmental biology, evolution, and...
Sleigh bells ringing
We warmly congratulate Hertford graduate James Sleigh on the award of a prestigious Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship, which he will take up at University College London in October 2014. The £250,000 award will all...
2013 Magazine published
Volume 93 of the Hertford Magazine has just been published and has been sent to alumni. It’s also available online. Highlights include a report from our new Access Fellow, Christopher Tyerman on the iconography of ...