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27 October 2013

Terry Hughes

The college is shocked to hear of the death of Terry Hughes (Physics, 1982). Terry was one of the college’s key supporters, with a particular interest in the Boat Club. He served on our Development Committee and wa...

22 October 2013

Bridge ‘an aesthetic crime’?

Dr William Whyte, who lectured on the history of Hertford Bridge at the Centenary celebrations in September, has written a piece on Oxford’s architectural battles for the alumni magazine Oxford Today. He begins:  ...

21 October 2013

Gerard (Gerry) McCrum, 1927-2013

We are sorry to announce the death last night (20 October 2013) of Emeritus Fellow Gerry McCrum, former Tutor in Engineering Science, who was elected in 1966.  Update: Tony Wilson, the current Tutor in Engineering, wrot...

17 October 2013

Access motors on

After the success of the Access Day (pictured) which launched the celebrations for the centenary of the Hertford bridge, we have been keeping up the access momentum. This week we have three schools visiting the college: ...

14 October 2013

Photos from the Bridge Centenary Celebrations

We recently marked the 100th anniversary of the construction of Hertford’s bridge over New College Lane with a series of events on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September. The programme began with an access day for...

10 October 2013

Hertford students’ starring role

Brand new videos on fourteen of the courses taught at Oxford have just been added to the University Admissions pages and we are very excited to see that  current Hertford undergraduates feature prominently. Look out for...

9 October 2013

Law Prizes for BCL students

Hertford is pleased to announce its recent success in the BCL (Bachelor of Civil Law) examinations. Shanaka Jayasuriya was awarded the prize for the highest marks in Roman Law (Delict) and Ciar McAndrew was awarded the p...

2 October 2013

Hertford historian awarded Carwardine Prize

We’re very proud of recent Hertford graduate Joe Carter Hepplewhite (History, 2010), who has been awarded the 2013 Cawardine prize for the best thesis on US history. Joe’s thesis was ‘”What was c...

30 September 2013

Bridging Programme Begins

Today Hertford welcomed 20 students participating in this year’s Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Bridging Programme. As they arrived, the marquee in the Old Buildings quadrangle used for our centenary celebrations...

29 September 2013

Kay Davies on women in science

Professor Dame Kay Davies, Lee’s Professor of Anatomy at Hertford, writes in the New Statesman on her own career in science. She encourage young scientists, both women and men, to resist science’s ‘mach...