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27 May 2013

Excellence in teaching

Hertford is delighted that both Professor Peter Millican (Philosophy) and Dr Kevin Hilliard (Modern Languages) have been nominated for a prestigious accolade, taking two of the five places on the shorlist for the ‘...

17 May 2013

Instant access

Today saw the launch of the access and outreach section of the Hertford website. Now, with a click of a mouse, you can discover what we offer schools visiting Oxford; what we do on outreach visits, and the range of acces...

15 May 2013

Vice-Chancellor’s Civic Award

We are delighted that our Junior Dean, Tatiana Cutts, will be recognised with a Vice-Chancellor’s Civic Award at Encaenia next month. The awards recognise ‘exceptional achievement in and commitment to creatin...

14 May 2013

Link schools in college!

Pupils from Beauchamps High School and the Appleton School are, as I write, completing the Discovery Hunt that is one of the highlights of an Oxford Pathways Y10 Taster Day. They are being guided around Oxford by three ...

12 May 2013

Congratulations to Hertford’s 10K runners

A team of 21Hertford athletes, coralled by Claire Vallance, completed Oxford’s 10K Town and Gown Race today – with times ranging from 38:02 (well done to JCR President Hugh Baker) to 1:17:15 (well done to Pri...

9 May 2013

Royal Geographical Society honour

Professor of Geography David Thomas has been appointed Vice-President for Research and Higher Education at the Royal Geographical Society. It’s an important role at an important time for the subject – and Dav...

6 May 2013

Professor Chris Schofield, FRS

Congratulations to Professor Chris Schofield, Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry, who has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. The citation recognises his work as an international leader in functional, structural and m...

30 April 2013

New term, new Pathways

We’re delighted to welcome two groups of Y10s visiting Hertford today as part of the Oxford Pathways Programme. One is from Rainham School for Girls, one of our link schools in Kent, and the other from Severn Vale ...

24 April 2013

Fighting leukaemia

Hertford alumna Lauren Murrell has raised almost £45,000 which has been used to enable research into re-programming T cells (a type of white blood cell) conducted by Eva, a PhD student at UCL. Lauren was diagnosed with ...

24 April 2013

Bridge Celebration Access Event

Hertford’s ‘Bridge of Sighs’ (c.f. our FAQs) might seem always to have been part of Oxford’s visual and architectural identity, but it is in fact not quite 100 years old. Celebrations for the centenary will begin...